[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2458 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2458

  To amend section 217(a)(12) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
 relating to the restriction of the use of the Visa Waiver Program for 
                aliens who travel to certain countries.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 20, 2016

  Mr. Cardin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 217(a)(12) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
 relating to the restriction of the use of the Visa Waiver Program for 
                aliens who travel to certain countries.

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

SECTION 1. VISA WAIVER PROGRAM RESTRICTION.

    Section 217(a)(12) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1187(a)(12)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (i)(III), by striking ``designated by 
                the Secretary of Homeland Security'' and inserting 
                ``designated jointly by the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security and the Secretary of State''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii)(III)--
                            (i) by inserting ``jointly'' after 
                        ``designated''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``and the Secretary of 
                        State'' after ``Homeland Security'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) in order to perform official duties 
                        as an employee of an international 
                        organization.'';
            (3) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (A) by striking ``Secretary of Homeland Security'' 
                and inserting ``President''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the Secretary'' and inserting 
                ``the President''; and
            (4) in subparagraph (D)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``, in consultation 
                with the Secretary of State and'' and inserting ``and 
                the Secretary of State, in consultation with'';
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``the Secretary'' 
                and inserting ``the Secretary of Homeland Security and 
                the Secretary of State''; and
                    (C) in clause (iii), by striking ``the Secretary'' 
                and inserting ``the Secretary of Homeland Security and 
                the Secretary of State''.

SEC. 2. PHASE-IN OF NEW REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
amendments made by section 203 of the Visa Waiver Program Improvement 
and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 shall take effect on the 
date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of such Act.
    (b) Extension.--The Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary 
of State may waive the application of section 217(a)(12) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by section 203 of the Visa 
Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015, 
for a period of up to 90 days, if either Secretary determines that such 
waiver is in the national security interests of the United States.

SEC. 3. SUNSET.

    Section 217(a)(12) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1187(a)(12)) shall be repealed on December 18, 2020.
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