Amendment101st Congress
Amendment extended the current visa waiver program for three years and dropped the limitation of eight countries that could qualify. Any country with a sufficiently low visa abuse rate could be designated for the program by joint action of the Secretary of State and the Attorney General.
- Amendment Number
- 801
- Description
- Amendment extended the current visa waiver program for three years and dropped the limitation of eight countries that could qualify. Any country with a sufficiently low visa abuse rate could be designated for the program by joint action of the Secretary of State and the Attorney General.
- Purpose
- An amendment to exempt nationals from certain designated countries from the requirement of having to acquire a visa before entering the U.S. as a tourist for 90 days or less.
- Congress
- 101
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Oct 2, 1990
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Fish amendment (A012) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 17:05:33
- Submitted Date
- Oct 2, 1990
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Jul 1, 2021