[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9545 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9545

     To provide for the electronic submission of domestic violence 
  information and communications with visa applicants, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2024

 Ms. Salazar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide for the electronic submission of domestic violence 
  information and communications with visa applicants, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Visa Processing Improvement and 
Paperwork Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INFORMATION.

     Section 833(a)(5)(A) of the Violence Against Women and Department 
of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (8 U.S.C. 1375a(a)(5)(A)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(vi) Subject to such regulations as the 
                        Secretary of State may prescribe, mailings 
                        under this subsection may be transmitted by 
                        electronic means.''.

SEC. 3. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION WITH VISA APPLICANTS.

    Section 222 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any 
requirement under this Act to communicate with visa applicant by 
standard mail shall be satisfied if an electronic communication is sent 
to the applicant at an electronic mail address provided by the 
applicant in connection with the pending application.''.
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