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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5470 
To clarify the grounds for ineligibility for travel to the United States regard-
ing terrorism risk, to expand the criteria by which a country may be 
removed from the Visa Waiver Program, to require the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to submit a report on strengthening the Electronic 
System for Travel Authorization to better secure the international bor-
ders of the United States and prevent terrorists and instruments of 
terrorism from entering the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 
Mrs. MILLER of Michigan (for herself, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. BARBER, and Ms. CLARKE 
of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Home-
land Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To clarify the grounds for ineligibility for travel to the 
United States regarding terrorism risk, to expand the 
criteria by which a country may be removed from the 
Visa Waiver Program, to require the Secretary of Home-
land Security to submit a report on strengthening the 
Electronic System for Travel Authorization to better se-
cure the international borders of the United States and 
prevent terrorists and instruments of terrorism from en-
tering the United States, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Visa Waiver Program 
Improvement Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. GROUNDS FOR INELIGIBILITY FOR TRAVEL TO THE 
UNITED STATES; REPORTS ON LAW ENFORCE-
MENT 
AND 
SECURITY 
INTERESTS; 
CON-
TINUING QUALIFICATION AND DESIGNATION 
TERMINATIONS; 
REPORT 
ON 
STRENGTH-
ENING THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAV-
EL AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) GROUNDS FOR INELIGIBILITY FOR TRAVEL TO 
THE UNITED STATES; PERIOD OF VALIDITY.—Section 
217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1187) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(11), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing terrorism risk,’’ after ‘‘security risk’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 
including terrorism risk,’’ after ‘‘security risk’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), in the second 
sentence, by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, or, if the Secretary deter-
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mines that such is appropriate, may limit such 
period of eligibility’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.— 
‘‘(i) REPORTS
ON
CERTAIN
LIMITA-
TIONS
ON
TRAVEL.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of 
this subparagraph and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, 
shall submit to the Committee on Home-
land Security and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate a re-
port on the number of individuals, identi-
fied by their countries of citizenship or na-
tionality, who were denied eligibility to 
travel under the System or whose eligibility 
for such travel was revoked during the pre-
vious year if such individual was deter-
mined, in accordance with subsection 
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(a)(6), to represent a threat to the security 
of the United States. 
‘‘(ii) REPORTS ON CERTAIN THREAT 
ASSESSMENTS.—Beginning with the first 
report under clause (i) of subsection 
(c)(5)(A) that is submitted after the date 
of the enactment of this subparagraph and 
periodically thereafter (together with sub-
sequent reports submitted under such 
clause (i)), the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, in consultation with the Director of 
National Intelligence, shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs and the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate a report that contains a 
threat assessment regarding the compli-
ance of foreign governments with the 
agreements described in subparagraphs 
(D) and (F) of subsection (c)(2).’’. 
(b) REPORTS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY 
INTERESTS; CONTINUING QUALIFICATION AND DESIGNA-
TION TERMINATIONS.—Subsection (c) of section 217 of 
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the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(C)(iii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and the Committee on 
International Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 
(i) in subclause (III), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subclause (IV), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding after subclause (IV) 
the following new subclause: 
‘‘(V) shall submit to Congress a 
report regarding the security param-
eters described in paragraph (9).’’; 
and 
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