[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4173 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4173

 To provide that an alien who has traveled to Iraq or Syria during the 
    5-year period prior to the alien's application for admission is 
 ineligible to be admitted to the United States under the visa waiver 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 3, 2015

  Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. McCollum) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that an alien who has traveled to Iraq or Syria during the 
    5-year period prior to the alien's application for admission is 
 ineligible to be admitted to the United States 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. TRAVEL TO IRAQ OR SYRIA PROHIBITED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE 
              VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.

    Section 217(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1187(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) No travel to iraq or syria.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The alien has not traveled to 
                Iraq or Syria during the 5-year period preceding the 
                alien's application for admission under this section.
                    ``(B) Waiver authorized.--The Secretary of Homeland 
                Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
                may waive the requirement under subparagraph (A) as the 
                Secretary determines appropriate.''.
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