[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4310 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4310

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of 
 Homeland Security to check an alien's interactions on and posting of 
material to the Internet prior to the issuance of a visa, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2015

    Mr. Salmon (for himself, Mr. Miller of Florida, and Ms. Sinema) 
 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 direct the Secretary of 
 Homeland Security to check an alien's interactions on and posting of 
material to the Internet prior to the issuance of a visa, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Vet Electronic Trails Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. INTERACTIONS ON AND POSTING OF MATERIAL TO THE INTERNET CHECKED 
              PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF VISA.

    Chapter 2 of title I of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 219 the 
following:

``SEC. 220. INTERACTIONS ON AND POSTING OF MATERIAL TO THE INTERNET 
              CHECKED PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF VISA.

    ``Prior to the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to any 
alien, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, shall check the alien's interactions on and posting 
of material to the Internet (including social media services) in order 
to ensure that the alien is not a threat to the security of the United 
States.''.

SEC. 3. GAO REPORT.

    On the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
Congress a report which includes--
            (1) a description of the implementation of the requirement 
        under section 220 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as 
        added by this Act; and
            (2) an assessment of whether the implementation of such 
        requirement has prevented the issuance of a visa to any alien 
        who--
                    (A) is not a threat to the national security of the 
                United States; or
                    (B) is a threat to the national security of the 
                United States.
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