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INFORMATION/
GPO,
112TH CONGRESS REPT. 112-411
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
SECURE VISAS ACT
MARCH 8, 2012.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SMITH of Texas, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 1741]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 1741) to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security and
the Secretary of State to refuse or revoke visas to aliens if in the
security or foreign policy interests of the United States, to require
the Secretary of Homeland Security to review visa applications be-
fore adjudication, to provide for the immediate dissemination of
visa revocation information, and for other purposes, having consid-
ered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and
recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
The Amendment.......................................................2
Purpose and Summary..................................................3
Background and Need for the Legislation ...................................3
Hearings ............................................................13
Committee Consideration...............................................14
Committee Votes......................................................14
Committee Oversight Findings 17
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..............................17
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ................................17
Performance Goals and Objectives........................................20
Advisory on Earmarks.................................................21
Section-by-Section Analysis.............................................21
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ......................21
Committee Jurisdiction Letters..........................................26
Additional Views...................................................... 28
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