S.744 Immigration bill - Sec. 4507: EXPEDITING ENTRY FOR PRIORITY VISITORS
Posted Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:58 pm
- Section 7208(k)(4) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b(k)(4)) is amended to read as
follows:
- `(4) EXPEDITING ENTRY FOR PRIORITY VISITORS-
- `(A) IN GENERAL- The Secretary of Homeland Security
may expand the enrollment across registered traveler programs to
include eligible individuals employed by international organizations,
selected by the Secretary, which maintain strong working relationships
with the United States.
- `(B) REQUIREMENTS- An individual may not be enrolled in a registered traveler program unless--
- `(i) the individual is sponsored by an international organization selected by the Secretary under subparagraph (A); and
- `(ii) the government that issued the passport
that the individual is using has entered into a Trusted Traveler
Arrangement with the Department of Homeland Security to participate in a
registered traveler program.
- `(C) SECURITY REQUIREMENTS- An individual may not
be enrolled in a registered traveler program unless the individual has
successfully completed all applicable security requirements established
by the Secretary, including cooperation from the applicable foreign
government, to ensure that the individual does not pose a risk to the
United States.
- `(D) DISCRETION- Except as provided in subparagraph
(E), the Secretary shall retain unreviewable discretion to offer or
revoke enrollment in a registered traveler program to any individual.
- `(E) INELIGIBLE TRAVELERS- An individual who is a
citizen of a state sponsor of terrorism (as defined in section 301(13)
of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act
of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8541(13)) may not be enrolled in a registered
traveler program.'.
4507
EXPEDITING ENTRY FOR PRIORITY VISITORS