‘‘(E) FACTORS.—In determining whether 
to grant or continue providing the waiver under 
this paragraph to nationals of any country, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of State, shall consider all factors that 
the Secretary deems relevant, including elec-
tronic travel authorizations, procedures for re-
porting lost and stolen passports, repatriation 
of aliens, rates of refusal for nonimmigrant vis-
itor visas, overstays, exit systems, and informa-
tion exchange. 
‘‘(F) 
SUSPENSION.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Homeland Security shall monitor the admission 
of nonimmigrant visitors to the United States 
Virgin Islands under this paragraph. If the Sec-
retary determines that such admissions have re-
sulted in an unacceptable number of visitors 
from a country remaining unlawfully in the 
United States Virgin Islands, unlawfully obtain-
ing entry to other parts of the United States, 
or seeking withholding of removal or asylum, or 
that visitors from a country pose a risk to law 
enforcement or security interests of the United 
States Virgin Islands or of the United States 
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(including the interest in the enforcement of the 
immigration laws of the United States), the 
Secretary shall suspend the admission of na-
tionals of such country under this paragraph. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security may in the 
Secretary’s discretion suspend the United 
States Virgin Islands visa waiver program at 
any time, on a country-by-country basis, for 
other good cause. 
‘‘(G) ADDITION OF COUNTRIES.—The Gov-
ernor of the United States Virgin Islands may 
request the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to add a par-
ticular country to the list of countries whose 
nationals may obtain the waiver provided by 
this paragraph, and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security may grant such request after consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of State, and may promulgate regula-
tions with respect to the inclusion of that coun-
try and any special requirements the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, in the Secretary’s sole 
discretion, may impose prior to allowing nation-
als of that country to obtain the waiver pro-
vided by this paragraph.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
212(a)(7)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(7)(iii)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(iii) SPECIAL
VISA
WAIVER
PRO-
GRAMS.—For a provision authorizing waiv-
er of clause (i) in the case of visitors to 
Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, or the United States Vir-
gin Islands, see subsection (l).’’. 
(2) ADMISSION
OF
NONIMMIGRANTS.—Section 
214(a)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(a)(1)) is 
amended by inserting before the final sentence the 
following: ‘‘No alien admitted to the United States 
Virgin Islands without a visa pursuant to section 
212(l)(7) may be authorized to enter or stay in the 
United States other than in United States Virgin Is-
lands or to remain in the United States Virgin Is-
lands for a period exceeding 30 days from date of 
admission to the United States Virgin Islands.’’. 
Æ 
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