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On the recordDecember 8, 2015
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 158) to clarify the grounds for ineligibility for travel to the United States regarding terrorism risk, to expand the criteria by which a country may be removed from the Visa Waiver Program, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a report on strengthening the Electronic System for Travel Authorization to better secure the international borders of the United States and prevent terrorists and instruments of terrorism from entering the United States, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 158 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 Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015''. SEC. 2. ELECTRONIC PASSPORT REQUIREMENT. (a) Requirement for Alien to Possess Electronic Passport.-- Section 217(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.…
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