I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1390, insert after line 19 the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC. __. ADDITION OF VIRGIN ISLANDS VISA WAIVER TO GUAM AND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS VISA WAIVER. (a) In General.--Section 212(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(l)) is amended to read as follows: ``(l) Guam and Northern Mariana Islands Visa Waiver Program; Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Program.-- ``(1) In general.--The requirement of subsection (a)(7)(B)(i) may be waived by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the case of an alien applying for admission as a nonimmigrant visitor for business or pleasure and solely for entry into and stay in Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands of the United States, for a period not to exceed 45 days, if the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of State, and the Governor of Guam and the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Governor of the Virgin Islands of the United States, as the case may be, determines that-- ``(A) an adequate arrival and departure control system has been developed in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands of the United States; and ``(B) such a waiver does not represent a threat…
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