To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who were present in certain countries may not be admitted under the visa waiver program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4122
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2015-11-19
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Afghanistan

Africa

Egypt

Immigration status and procedures

Iraq

Libya

Middle East

Nigeria

Somalia

Terrorism

Travel and tourism

Visas and passports

Yemen
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the visa waiver admission of an alien who was present during the preceding five-year period in: </p> <ul> <li>a country designated by the Department of State or any other provision of law as a country whose government has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; </li> <li>Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, or Nigeria; or </li> <li>any other country determined appropriate by the State Department, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence. </li></ul>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4122 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 19, 2015 Ms. Sinema (for herself and Mr. Salmon ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who were present in certain countries may not be admitted under the visa waiver program, and for other purposes.

1. Certain aliens ineligible for visa waiver program Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1187 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) Certain aliens ineligible (1) In general An alien who was present in a country described in paragraph (2) during the 5-year period preceding the alien’s application for admission may not be admitted under the program. (2) Countries described A country described in this paragraph is— (A) a country that is designated by the Secretary of State under section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 ( 50 U.S.C. 2405 ) (as continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. )), section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2780 ), section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2371 ), or any other provision of law, as a country, the government of which has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; (B) Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, or Nigeria; or (C) any other country determined appropriate by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence. .