Visa Waiver Program Expansion Act of 2010 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the provision prohibiting the Secretary of Homeland Security's (DHS) authority to waive requirements for the participation of a country with a low nonimmigrant visa refusal rate in the visa waiver program if the Secretary has not notified Congress by June 30, 2009, of a required air exit system's completion.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 16 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 16
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the temporary
suspension of waiver authority for participation in the Visa Waiver
Program and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 29, 2010
Mr. Voinovich introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the temporary
suspension of waiver authority for participation in the Visa Waiver
Program and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Visa Waiver Program Expansion Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR
PARTICIPATION IN THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.
Section 217(c)(8)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1187(c)(8)(A)) is amended--
(1) by striking clause (iii); and
(2) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (iii).
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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