I 
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. 
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 deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SUSPENSION FROM VISA WAIVER PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, in consultation with the Secretary of State, imme-
diately shall suspend from the visa waiver program estab-
lished under section 217 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) any country that has identified 
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passport holders fighting with Islamic extremist organiza-
tions, including such groups as the Islamic State of Iraq 
and the Levant (ISIL) and al-Qaeda affiliated organiza-
tion. 
(b) RESTORATION
OF PARTICIPATION.—The Sec-
retary 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 Intel-
ligence 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 secu-
rity risks associated with the visa waiver program 
and submit the results of that review to the Con-
gress; 
(2) the Secretary of Homeland Security should 
take steps to strengthen the electronic travel author-
ization 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 
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Islamic extremist organization, and deny such indi-
vidual 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 Gen-
eral’’ each place the term appears (except in subsection 
(c)(11)(B)) and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity’’. 
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