[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 814 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 814

 To allow the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Romania as a 
             program country under the visa waiver program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 15, 2023

  Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Romania as a 
             program country under the visa waiver program.

    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 ``Romania Visa Waiver Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the Government of Romania should--
            (1) undertake all steps necessary to prepare Romania for 
        participation in the visa waiver program under section 217 of 
        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) by 
        developing a strategy to meet all criteria for the program; and
            (2) continue to advance robust efforts to eliminate 
        trafficking in persons, including by prioritizing the 
        recommendations outlined in the report of the Department of 
        State entitled ``Trafficking in Persons Report'' issued in July 
        2022.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY OF ROMANIA FOR VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.

    Notwithstanding any provision of section 217 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), the Secretary of Homeland Security may 
designate Romania as a program country under the visa waiver program 
established by that section.
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