Ebola VISA Safety Act

Ebola VISA Safety Act - Prohibits: (1) a consular officer from issuing an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to an alien during any 30-day period that begins on a day on which the alien is physically present in Guinea, Liberia, or Sierra Leone; and (2) an alien from being admitted into the United States during any 30-day period that begins on a day on which the alien is physically present in Guinea, Liberia, or Sierra Leone.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5693 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5693

To prohibit the issuance of visas to, and the admission into the United 
States of, an alien during the 30-day period following the presence of 
             the alien in Guinea, Liberia, or Sierra Leone.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 12, 2014

 Mr. Poe of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the issuance of visas to, and the admission into the United 
States of, an alien during the 30-day period following the presence of 
             the alien in Guinea, Liberia, or Sierra Leone.

    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 ``Ebola VISA Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL IMMIGRATION LIMITATIONS RELATING TO EBOLA VIRUS 
              DISEASE.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Visa restrictions.--Beginning on the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, no consular officer may issue an 
        immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to an alien during any 30-day 
        period that begins on a day on which the alien is physically 
        present in Guinea, Liberia, or Sierra Leone.
            (2) Admission restrictions.--Beginning on the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, an alien is ineligible to be admitted 
        into the United States during any 30-day period that begins on 
        a day on which the alien is physically present in Guinea, 
        Liberia, or Sierra Leone.
    (b) Definitions.--The terms used in this section shall have the 
meaning given such terms in section 101(a) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
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