[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4122 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4122

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who 
 were present in certain countries may not be admitted under the visa 
                waiver program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2015

Ms. Sinema (for herself and Mr. Salmon) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who 
 were present in certain countries may not be admitted under the visa 
                waiver program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CERTAIN ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.

    Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Certain Aliens Ineligible.--
            ``(1) In general.--An alien who was present in a country 
        described in paragraph (2) during the 5-year period preceding 
        the alien's application for admission may not be admitted under 
        the program.
            ``(2) Countries described.--A country described in this 
        paragraph is--
                    ``(A) a country that is designated by the Secretary 
                of State under section 6(j) of the Export 
                Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 2405) (as 
                continued in effect under the International Emergency 
                Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)), section 
                40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), 
                section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
                U.S.C. 2371), or any other provision of law, as a 
                country, the government of which has repeatedly 
                provided support for acts of international terrorism;
                    ``(B) Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, 
                Somalia, or Nigeria; or
                    ``(C) any other country determined appropriate by 
                the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the 
                Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence.''.
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