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H.R. 5555 (102nd)

To provide for increased preinspection at foreign airports, to make permanent the visa waiver pilot program, and to provide for expedited airport immigration processing.

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Introduced

2 July 1992

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Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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Summary

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) identify the ten foreign airports which serve as departure points for the greatest number of improperly documented aliens seeking U.S. entry; (2) establish preinspection stations at airports in such group; (3) report annually to the appropriate congressional committees regarding departure point airports, including the number and nationality of such aliens; and (4) establish an expedited inspection process for U.S. citizens returning by air from abroad. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the pilot visa waiver program permanent. Authorizes arriving vessels or aircraft to submit electronic passenger manifests to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Reduces the required length of time for the provision of immigration inspection and preinspection services. Changes the reporting date for the annual immigration user fee account report to the Congress.

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