Speaker. during the 91st Congress and again during the. current 92d Congress. I introduced legislation. known as the Nonimmigrant. Visa Act of 1971. which would grant the Secretary of State and the Attorney General broad authority to waive visa requirements for business and pleasure visitors of up to 90 days. I felt. among many reasons. that my bill would be in the national interest because while unprecedented numbers of Americans are traveling abroad. by contrast. the number of foreign visitors coming to the United States is not increasing by a comparable rate. and consequently. the United States runs a deficit in the tourism account of over $2. billion annually. This is the difference between what foreigners are spending to. come here and what American are spending overseas. and this trend has continued over the last several years.
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