Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 112th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D QuigleySponsor

43 cosponsors · 26 D, 17 R

15 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

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…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 31, 2012

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act

Latest action (Feb 16, 2012): Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.

Policy area: Immigration · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 31, 2012

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.