Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Chapter 15 — Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform
§ 1773. Statutory construction
Statutory text
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impose requirements that are inconsistent with the USMCA (as defined in section 4502 of title 19) or to require additional documents for aliens for whom documentary requirements are waived under section 1182(d)(4)(B) of this title.
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.
Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–173 title VI § 604 · 116 Stat. 543
Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1773
Pub. L. 107–173, title VI, § 604, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 565
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 107–173, title VI, § 604, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 565Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 604. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impose requirements that are inconsistent with the North American Free Trade Agreement or to require additional documents for aliens for whom documentary requirements are waived under section 212(d)(4)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(4)(B)).United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
Pub. L. 116–113 title V § 503(d)(2) · 134 Stat. 11
Substituted · 8 U.S.C. § 1773
Pub. L. 116–113 substituted “USMCA (as defined in section 4502 of title 19)” for “North American Free Trade Agreement”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 116–113 substituted “USMCA (as defined in section 4502 of title 19)” for “North American Free Trade Agreement”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) Enhanced border security and visa entry reform act of 2002.— Section 604 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1773) is amended by striking “North American Free Trade Agreement” and inserting “USMCA (as defined in section 3 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act)”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 116–113 effective on the date the USMCA enters into force (July 1, 2020) and applicable to visas issued on or after that date, see section 503(f) of Pub. L. 116–113, set out as a note under section 1184 of this title.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 107–173, , 116 Stat. 543, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1701 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
2020—Pub. L. 116–113 substituted “USMCA (as defined in section 4502 of title 19)” for “North American Free Trade Agreement”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2020 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 116–113 effective on the date the USMCA enters into force () and applicable to visas issued on or after that date, see section 503(f) of Pub. L. 116–113, set out as a note under section 1184 of this title.
Credits
2002–2020 · 2 acts
- 2002Pub. L. 107–173, title VI, § 604, , 116 Stat. 565
- 2020Pub. L. 116–113, title V, § 503(d)(2), , 134 Stat. 72.
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(Pub. L. 107–173, title VI, § 604, , 116 Stat. 565; Pub. L. 116–113, title V, § 503(d)(2), , 134 Stat. 72.)