[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 730 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 730

 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 30, 2017

  Mr. Amash (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Massie, and Mrs. Dingell) 
 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 
2017''.

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) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                `` in subparagraphs (B) and (C)--'' and inserting ``in 
                subparagraphs (B) and (C), the alien has not been 
                present, at any time on or after March 1, 2011--'';
                    (B) in subclause (III) of clause (i), by striking 
                ``; and'' at the end and inserting a period;
                    (C) in clause (i), by striking the matter preceding 
                subclause (I);
                    (D) by striking clause (ii); and
                    (E) by redesignating subclauses (I), (II), and 
                (III) of clause (i) 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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