[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 20, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S136]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2950. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4038, to require that supplemental certifications 
and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of 
certain aliens as refugees, and for other purposes; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN DUAL NATIONALS 
                   FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Equal 
     Protection in Travel Act of 2016''.
       (b) 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), respectively; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause 
     (i), by striking ``(A)(i)'' and inserting ``(A)''.
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