SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Visa Waiver Perma-
nent Program Act’’.
TITLE I—PERMANENT PROGRAM
AUTHORIZATION
SEC. 101. ELIMINATION OF PILOT PROGRAM STATUS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 217 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘PILOT’’;
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking
‘‘PILOT’’;
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ‘‘pilot’’ both places it appears;
(C) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘pilot
program period (as defined in subsection (e))’’
and inserting ‘‘program’’; and
(D) in paragraph (2), in the paragraph
heading, by striking ‘‘PILOT’’;
(3) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘pilot’’;
(4) in subsection (c)—
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking
‘‘PILOT’’;
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘pilot’’;
(C) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘pilot’’; and
(D) in paragraph (3)—
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘(within the pilot
program period)’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (A), in the mat-
ter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘pilot’’
both places it appears; and
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘pilot’’;
(5) in subsection (e)(1)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ‘‘pilot’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘pilot’’;
(6) by striking subsection (f) and redesignating
subsection (g) as subsection (f); and
(7) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated)—
(A) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking
‘‘pilot’’;
(B) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking
‘‘pilot’’;
(C) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking
‘‘pilot’’ both places it appears;
(D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘pilot’’;
and
(E) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking
‘‘pilot’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS.—Clause
(iv) of section 212(a)(7)(B) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(7)(B)(iv)) is
amended—
(A) in the clause heading, by striking
‘‘PILOT’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘pilot’’.
(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con-
tents for the Immigration and Nationality Act is
amended, in the item relating to section 217, by
striking ‘‘pilot’’.
TITLE II—PROGRAM
IMPROVEMENTS
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF RECIPROCAL PRIVILEGES.
Section 217(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(a)(2)(A)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘, either on its own or in conjunction with one or more
other countries that are described in subparagraph (B)
and that have established with it a common area for immi-
gration admissions,’’ after ‘‘to extend)’’.
SEC. 202. MACHINE READABLE PASSPORT PROGRAM.
(a) REQUIREMENT ON ALIEN.—Section 217(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(a)) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through
(7) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(3) MACHINE READABLE PASSPORT.—On and
after October 1, 2006, the alien at the time of appli-
cation for admission is in possession of a valid unex-
pired machine-readable passport that satisfies the
internationally accepted standard for machine read-
ability.’’.
(b) 
REQUIREMENT
ON
COUNTRY.—Section
217(c)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1187(c)(2)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) MACHINE READABLE PASSPORT PRO-
GRAM.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(ii), the government of the country certifies
that it issues to its citizens machine-read-
able passports that satisfy the internation-
ally accepted standard for machine read-
ability.
‘‘(ii) DEADLINE
FOR
COMPLIANCE
FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES.—In the case of
a country designated as a program country
under this subsection prior to May 1,
2000, as a condition on the continuation of
that designation, the country—
‘‘(I) shall certify, not later than
October 1, 2000, that it has a pro-
gram to issue machine-readable pass-
ports to its citizens not later than Oc-
tober 1, 2003; and
‘‘(II) shall satisfy the require-
ment of clause (i) not later than Octo-
ber 1, 2003.’’.
SEC. 203. DENIAL OF PROGRAM WAIVER BASED ON
GROUND OF INADMISSIBILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 217(a) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(a)), as amended
by section 202, is further amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(9) AUTOMATED SYSTEM CHECK.—The iden-
tity of the alien has been checked using an auto-
mated electronic database containing information