[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1996 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1996

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to rename the visa waiver 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2019

       Mr. Quigley (for himself, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. 
 Krishnamoorthi, and Mr. Reschenthaler) 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 rename 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 ``Secure Travel Partnership Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. RENAMING OF PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1187) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``visa waiver 
        program for certain visitors'' and inserting ``secure travel 
        partnership'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``a program (hereinafter 
        in this section referred to as the `program')'' and inserting 
        ``a program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 
        `Secure Travel Partnership' or the `program')'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (5)(B)(iv), by striking ``visa 
                waiver program'' each place that it appears and 
                inserting ``Secure Travel Partnership'';
                    (B) in paragraph (7)--
                            (i) by striking ``visa waiver program'' 
                        each place that it appears and inserting 
                        ``Secure Travel Partnership''; and
                            (ii) in the heading for subparagraph (D), 
                        by striking ``in the visa waiver program''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ``visa waiver 
                program'' and inserting ``Secure Travel Partnership''; 
                and
            (4) in subsection (i)(1), by striking ``visa waiver 
        program'' and inserting ``Secure Travel Partnership''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Documentation requirements.--Section 212(a)(7)(B)(iv) 
        of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1182(a)(7)(B)(iv)) is amended in the clause heading by striking 
        ``Visa waiver program'' and inserting ``Secure travel 
        partnership''.
            (2) Table of contents.--The table of contents for the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by striking the item 
        relating to section 217 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 217. Secure Travel Partnership.''.
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