[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 131 (Friday, September 26, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10069]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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       THE VISA WAIVER PILOT PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1997

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                  KYL (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1254

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Kyl for himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Jeffords) 
proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 1178) to amend the Immigration 
and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver pilot program, and for 
other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of the bill insert the following section:

     SEC. 3. REPORT ON AUTOMATED ENTRY-EXIT CONTROL SYSTEM.

       (a) Within six months after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Attorney General shall report to the Committees on 
     the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
     on her plans for and the feasibility of developing an 
     automated entry-exit control system that would operate at the 
     land borders of the United States and that would--
       (1) collect a record of departure for every alien departing 
     the United States and match the records of departure with the 
     record of the alien's arrival in the United States; and
       (2) enable the Attorney General to identify, through on-
     line searching procedures, lawfully admitted nonimmigrants 
     who remain in the United States beyond the period authorized 
     by the Attorney General.
       (b) Such report shall assess the costs and feasibility of 
     various means of operating such an automated entry-exit 
     control system; shall evaluate how such a system could be 
     implemented without increasing border traffic congestion and 
     border crossing delays and, if any such system would increase 
     border crossing delays, evaluate to what extent such 
     congestion or delays would increase; and shall estimate the 
     length of time that would be required for any such system to 
     be developed and implemented at the land borders.
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                      HUTCHISON AMENDMENT NO. 1255

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mrs. Hutchison) proposed an amendment to the bill, 
S. 1178, supra; as follows:

       On page 8, after line 6, insert the following:
       (C) Reporting requirements for other countries.--For every 
     country from which nonimmigrants seek entry into the United 
     States, the Attorney General shall make a precise numerical 
     estimate of the figures under clauses (A)(i)(I) and 
     (A)(i)(II) and report those figures to the Committees on the 
     Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
     within 30 days after the end of the fiscal year.
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                ABRAHAM (AND KENNEDY) AMENDMENT NO. 1256

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Abraham, for himself and Mr. Kennedy) proposed 
an amendment to the bill, S. 1178, supra; as follows:

       On page 8, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following new 
     clause:
       ``(ii) Commencement of authorized period for qualifying 
     countries.--No country qualifying under the criteria in 
     clauses (i) and (ii) may be newly designated as a pilot 
     program country prior to October 1, 1998.
       On page 8, line 6, strike ``2002'' and insert ``2000''.

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