I have proposed that a specific deadline be set for the initiation of the program. This deadline. October 1. 1983. gives the Immigration and Naturalization Service 9 months to implement and perfect their computerized system for screening and monitoring foreign visitors to the U.S Immigration and Naturalization Service has assured me that the system will be in place by January 1. 1983. Naturally. should INS feel ready to begin the visa waiver system before October 1. then I would be very pleased to see that done. The third of my amendments makes a slight change in the formula for calculating which nations would be eligible for the visa waiver pilot program. Under my amendment. those nations which have had less than 2 percent of their visa applications rejected during the previous year would be eligible. In the current form of section 213. this 2percent figure would be comprised of rejections. withdrawals. and those persons refused entry at a U.S. port. As I said. this change will make only a small statistical change. but it should simplify the task of determining eligibility.
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