[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4380 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4380

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove limitations on 
  the ability of certain dual citizens from participating in the Visa 
                Waiver Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2016

  Mr. Amash (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. Dingell, and Mr. Massie) 
 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 remove limitations on 
  the ability of certain dual citizens from participating in 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Protection in Travel Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF LIMITATIONS OF CERTAIN DUAL CITIZENS FROM 
              PARTICIPATING IN THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.

    Section 217(a)(12) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1187(a)(12)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking clause (ii);
                    (B) by striking ``(C)--'' and all that follows 
                through ``the alien has not been present'' and 
                inserting ``(C), the alien has not been present''; and
                    (C) by redesignating subclauses (I), (II), and 
                (III) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii); and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause 
        (i), by striking ``(A)(i)'' and inserting ``(A)''.
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