§ 2723. Denial of visas

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1956

   Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993

   Pub. L. 102–138 title I § 127(a) · 105 Stat. 647

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2723

   Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 51, as added Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 127(a), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 660

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 51, as added Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 127(a), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 660

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Amendment to State Department Basic Authorities Act.— The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by adding after section 50 the following new section: “Sec. 51. “denial of visas (a) Report to Congress.— The Secretary shall report, on a timely basis, to the appropriate committees of the Congress each time a consular post denies a visa on the grounds of terrorist activities or foreign policy. Such report shall set forth the name and nationality of each such person and a factual statement of the basis for such denial. “(b) Limitation.— Information contained in such report may be classified to the extent necessary and shall protect intelligence sources and methods. “(c) Appropriate Committees.— For the purposes of this section the term ‘appropriate committees of the Congress’ means the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.”.

2. 2002

   Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003

   Pub. L. 107–228 div. A title II § 231 · 116 Stat. 1350

   1. Amended · 22 U.S.C. § 2723(a)

      Pub. L. 107–228 designated existing provisions as par. (1)

   2. Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 2723(a)

      Pub. L. 107–228 inserted par. (1) heading

   3. Added · 22 U.S.C. § 2723(a)

      Pub. L. 107–228 added par. (2)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–228 designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par. (1) heading, and added par. (2).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 231. REPORT ON VISA ISSUANCE TO INADMISSIBLE ALIENS. Section 51(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2723(a)) is amended— (1) by inserting “(1) Denial of visas.—” before “The Secretary”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(2) Visa issuance to inadmissible aliens.— The Secretary shall, on a semiannual basis, submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report describing every instance during the period covered by the report in which a consular post or the Visa Office of the Department of State issued an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to an alien who is inadmissible to the United States based upon terrorist activity or failed to object to the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to an alien notwithstanding any such ground of inadmissibility. The report shall set forth the name and nationality of the alien, the issuing post, and a brief factual statement of the basis for issuance of the visa or the failure to object. The report may be submitted in classified or unclassified form.”.

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