[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4135 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4135

To clarify the definition of nonimmigrant for purposes of chapter 44 of 
                     title 18, United States Code.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 30, 2015

  Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Ms. Speier, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
    Quigley, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
 Grayson, Ms. Esty, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, and Ms. 
   Lofgren) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To clarify the definition of nonimmigrant for purposes of chapter 44 of 
                     title 18, United States Code.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Visa Waiver Program Firearms 
Clarification Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. NONIMMIGRANT CLARIFICATION.

    Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(5)(B), by inserting ``or pursuant to 
        the Visa Waiver Program established under section 217 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187)'' before the 
        semicolon at the end;
            (2) in subsection (g)(5)(B), by inserting ``or pursuant to 
        the Visa Waiver Program established under section 217 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187)'' before the 
        semicolon at the end; and
            (3) in subsection (y)--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``or 
                Pursuant to the Visa Waiver Program'' after ``Visas'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 
                subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or pursuant to the 
                Visa Waiver Program established under section 217 of 
                the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187)'' 
                after ``visa''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter preceding 
                clause (i), by inserting ``or pursuant to the Visa 
                Waiver Program established under section 217 of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187)'' after 
                ``visa''.
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