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Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2014

Introduced: September 16, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Oct 28, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Sep 18, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Sep 15, 2014
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 15, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include terrorism risk as a factor the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) shall consider under the electronic system for travel authorization (ESTA) in determining the eligibility of an alien to travel to the United States.

Directs the Secretary to report to Congress regarding: (1) the number of individuals, identified by their countries of citizenship or nationality, who were denied eligibility to travel, or whose eligibility was revoked, under ESTA because the individual was determined to be a U.S. security threat; (2) steps to strengthen ESTA; and (3) foreign government compliance with information sharing agreements concerning passport theft or loss and whether a country's citizens or nationals traveling to the United States pose a U.S. security threat.

Authorizes the Secretary to suspend a country from the visa waiver program without prior notice if the country fails to comply with an agreement to share information regarding whether its citizens and nationals traveling to the United States pose a U.S. security threat.

What's happening now October 28, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 4 Republican 2
D
Waters, Maxine
California · Sep 19, 2014
CULBERSON, JOHN
· Sep 18, 2014
KING, PETER
· Sep 17, 2014
Meehan, Patrick
· Sep 17, 2014
Rothfus, Keith
· Sep 17, 2014
Brooks, Susan
· Sep 16, 2014
Cook, Paul
· Sep 16, 2014
Gabbard, Tulsi
· Sep 16, 2014
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Sep 16, 2014
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Sep 15, 2014
 R
Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Sep 15, 2014
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Sep 15, 2014
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 15, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5470: Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5470/
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"H.R. 5470: Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5470/.
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H.R. 5470, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5470/.
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