I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6911 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the participation 
in the Visa Waiver Program of certain countries that provide citizenship 
for investment programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2022 
Mr. OWENS (for himself, Mr. COHEN, and Mr. MALINOWSKI) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit 
the participation in the Visa Waiver Program of certain 
countries that provide citizenship for investment pro-
grams, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Travel for Traf-
fickers Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION IN THE VISA WAIV-
ER PROGRAM. 
Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1187) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(H) NOT
A
DISQUALIFIED
COUNTRY.— 
The country is not a country disqualified from 
designation under subsection (j).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) DISQUALIFIED COUNTRIES.—A country shall be 
ineligible for designation under subsection (c) as a pro-
gram country if the country has in effect any program 
permitting an individual who is not a national of that 
country to be provided with citizenship, on condition that 
the individual make an investment in that country.’’. 
SEC. 3. LIST OF FOREIGN STATES WITH CITIZENSHIP BY IN-
VESTMENT PROGRAMS. 
No later than 60 days after the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to 
the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified 
list of countries ineligible for designation as program 
countries under section 217(j) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act. 
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SEC. 4. COOPERATION WITH EUROPEAN UNION AND 
UNITED KINGDOM. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall engage 
with partners in the European Union, the United King-
dom, and other relevant partners to eliminate Schengen 
area visa-free travel access for foreign states that are ineli-
gible for designation as program countries under section 
217(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
SEC. 5. RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR FOREIGN 
VETTING. 
No amounts made available in appropriations Acts 
may be used for the purpose of vetting applicants for a 
program described in section 217(j) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act on behalf of, or at the request of, a 
foreign state, or to otherwise assist a foreign state with 
the operation of such a program. 
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