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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5594 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5594

To suspend from the visa waiver program any country that has identified 
passport holders fighting with an Islamist extremist organization, and 
                          for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2014

Ms. Gabbard (for herself and Mr. Perry) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

 
To suspend from the visa waiver program any country that has identified 
passport holders fighting with an Islamist extremist organization, 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. SUSPENSION FROM VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, immediately shall suspend 
from the visa waiver program established under section 217 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) any country that has 
identified passport holders fighting with Islamic extremist 
organizations, including such groups as the Islamic State of Iraq and 
the Levant (ISIL) and al-Qaeda affiliated organization.
    (b) Restoration of Participation.--The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall restore a suspended country's participation in the visa 
waiver program upon a determination by the Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National 
Intelligence of the ability of both the suspended country and the 
United States to identify, track, and negate the risk of any individual 
entering the United States from such country under the visa waiver 
program.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the Comptroller General of the United States should 
        conduct a review of the national security risks associated with 
        the visa waiver program and submit the results of that review 
        to the Congress;
            (2) the Secretary of Homeland Security should take steps to 
        strengthen the electronic travel authorization system described 
        in section 217(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)), identify any individual fighting with an 
        Islamic extremist organization, and deny such individual the 
        ability to enter the United States by means of such system; and
            (3) the Secretary of Homeland Security should complete as 
        expeditiously as possible the biometric entry and exit data 
        system described in section 7208 of the 9/11 Commission 
        Implementation Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b).

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) 
is amended by striking ``Attorney General'' each place the term appears 
(except in subsection (c)(11)(B)) and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland 
Security''.
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