Bill > HR490

Introduced Session

Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) an evaluation of the security risks of aliens who enter the United States without an approved Electronic System for Travel Authorization verification, and (2) a description of any improvements needed to minimize the number of aliens who enter the United States without such verification.

Committee Categories

Mike Quigley (D)*,  Justin Amash (LIB),  Steve Chabot (R),  William Enyart (D),  Bill Foster (D),  Luis Gutiérrez (D),  Joseph Heck (R),  Brian Higgins (D),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Bill Keating (D),  Adam Kinzinger (R),  Daniel Lipinski (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Michael Michaud (D),  Richard Neal (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Brad Schneider (D),  Aaron Schock (R),  John Shimkus (R),  Adam Smith (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security. (on 02/28/2013)