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8 U.S.C. § 1187a

Provision of assistance to non-program countries

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8 U.S.C. § 1187a — Provision of assistance to non-program countries

U.S.C. Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY 8 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER 12 - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY SUBCHAPTER II - IMMIGRATION Part II - Admission Qualifications for Aliens; Travel Control of Citizens and Aliens Sec. 1187a - Provision of assistance to non-program countries From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§1187a. Provision of assistance to non-program countries

The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall provide assistance in a risk-based manner to countries that do not participate in the visa waiver program under section 1187 of this title to assist those countries in— (1) submitting to Interpol information about the theft or loss of passports of citizens or nationals of such a country; and (2) issuing, and validating at the ports of entry of such a country, electronic passports that are fraud-resistant, contain relevant biographic and biometric information (as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security), and otherwise satisfy internationally accepted standards for electronic passports.

(Pub. L. 114–113, div. O, title II, §208, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2995.)

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, and not as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act which comprises this chapter.

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