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GAO-08-906R 1 (2008-06-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwtu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I GA0 LT.WX11M§= Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-316592 June 23, 2008 The Honorable Max Baucus Chairman The Honorable Charles E. Grassley Ranking Minority Member Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable John Conyers, Jr. Chairman The Honorable Lamar S. Smith Ranking Minority Member Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Subject: Department of Homeland Securit, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: Changes to the Visa Waiver Progrn to Implement the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Program Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, entitled Changes to the Visa Waiver Program to Implement the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Program (RIN: 1651-AA72). We received the rule on June 3, 2008. It was published in the Federal Registeras an interim final rule; solicitation of comments on June 9, 2008. 73 Fed. Reg. 32,440. The interim final rule amends DHS regulations to implement the ESTA requirements under section 711 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, Public Law 110-53, Aug. 3, 2007, for aliens who wish to enter the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) at air or sea ports of entry. Currently, aliens from VWP countries must provide certain biographical information to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at air and sea ports of entry on a paper form, Form 1-94W. Under this interim final rule, VWP travelers will provide the same information to CBP electronically before departing for the United States. According to CBP, by automating the 1-94W process and establishing a system to provide VWP traveler data in advance of travel, CBP will be able to determine the eligibility of citizens and eligible nations from VWP countries to travel to the United GAO-08-906R

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