‘‘(iii) REDESIGNATION.—In the case
of a termination under this subparagraph,
the Attorney General shall redesignate the
country as a program country, without re-
gard to subsection (f) or paragraph (2) or
(3), when the required report is submitted,
if the report includes a determination by
the Attorney General that the country
should continue as a program country.
‘‘(C) EMERGENCY TERMINATION.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a
program country in which an emergency
occurs that the Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, de-
termines threatens the law enforcement or
security interests of the United States (in-
cluding the interest in enforcement of the
immigration laws of the United States),
the Attorney General shall immediately
terminate the designation of the country as
a program country.
‘‘(ii) DEFINITION.—For purposes of
clause (i), the term ‘emergency’ means—
‘‘(I) the overthrow of a democrat-
ically elected government;
‘‘(II) war (including undeclared
war, civil war, or other military activ-
ity);
‘‘(III) disruptive social unrest;
‘‘(IV) a severe economic or finan-
cial crisis; or
‘‘(V) any other extraordinary
event that threatens the law enforce-
ment or security interests of the
United States (including the interest
in enforcement of the immigration
laws of the United States).
‘‘(iii) REDESIGNATION.—The Attorney
General may redesignate the country as a
program country, without regard to sub-
section (f) or paragraph (2) or (3), when
the Attorney General determines that—
‘‘(I) at least 6 months have
elapsed since the effective date of the
termination;
‘‘(II) the emergency that caused
the termination has ended; and
‘‘(III) the average number of re-
fusals of nonimmigrant visitor visas
for nationals of that country during
the period of termination under this
subparagraph was less than 3.0 per-
cent of the total number of non-
immigrant visitor visas for nationals
of that country which were granted or
refused during such period.
‘‘(D) TREATMENT OF NATIONALS AFTER
TERMINATION.—For 
purposes 
of 
this
paragraph—
‘‘(i) nationals of a country whose des-
ignation is terminated under subparagraph
(A), (B), or (C) shall remain eligible for a
waiver under subsection (a) until the effec-
tive date of such termination; and
‘‘(ii) a waiver under this section that
is provided to such a national for a period
described in subsection (a)(1) shall not, by
such a designation termination, be deemed
to have been rescinded or otherwise ren-
dered invalid, if the waiver is granted prior
to such termination.’’.
SEC. 205. USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 217 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), as amended by sec-
tion 203(b), is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(h) USE
OF
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
SYS-
TEMS.—
‘‘(1) AUTOMATED ENTRY-EXIT CONTROL SYS-
TEM.—
‘‘(A) SYSTEM.—Not later than October 1,
2001, the Attorney General shall develop and
implement a fully automated entry and exit
control system that will collect a record of ar-
rival and departure for every alien who arrives
by sea or air at a port of entry into the United
States and is provided a waiver under the pro-
gram.
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The system under
subparagraph (A) shall satisfy the following re-
quirements:
‘‘(i) DATA
COLLECTION
BY
CAR-
RIERS.—Not later than October 1, 2001,
the records of arrival and departure de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) shall be
based, to the maximum extent practicable,
on passenger data collected and electroni-
cally transmitted to the automated entry
and exit control system by each carrier
that has an agreement under subsection
(a)(4).
‘‘(ii) 
DATA
PROVISION
BY
CAR-
RIERS.—Not later than October 1, 2002,
no waiver may be provided under this sec-
tion to an alien arriving by sea or air at
a port of entry into the United States on
a carrier unless the carrier is electronically
transmitting to the automated entry and
exit control system passenger data deter-
mined by the Attorney General to be suffi-
cient to permit the Attorney General to
carry out this paragraph.
‘‘(iii) 
CALCULATION.—The 
system
shall contain sufficient data to permit the
Attorney General to calculate, for each
program country and each fiscal year, the
portion of nationals of that country who
are described in subparagraph (A) and for
whom no record of departure exists, ex-
pressed as a percentage of the total num-
ber of such nationals who are so described.
‘‘(C) REPORTING.—
‘‘(i) 
PERCENTAGE
OF
NATIONALS
LACKING DEPARTURE RECORD.—Not later