US Congress House Bill 5470 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 15 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-10-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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by their countries of citizenship or nationality, who were denied eligibility to travel, or whose eligibility was revoked, under ESTA because the individual was determined to be a U.S. security threat; (2) steps to strengthen ESTA; and (3) foreign government compliance with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.

Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2014

Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Curt Clawson [R-FL]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-10-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2014-09-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
2014-09-15	House	Referred to House Homeland Security
2014-09-15	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2014-09-15	House	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5470/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5470/BILLS-113hr5470ih.pdf