When originally enacted. the conference report explained the need for the new provision. noting that under the prior law. visa applicants were "forced to undergo the indignity of answering embarrassing questions about their political or personal activities. or since the enactment of the McGovern amendment in 1977. required to submit to a lengthy bureaucratic process in order to obtain a waiver to enter the United States." The conference committee added that. "as a result of this history of visa denial. the citizens of the United States have been denied the opportunity to have access to the full spectrum of international opinion. and the reputation of the United States as an open society. tolerant of divergent ideas. has suffered." Is it your understanding that the purpose of this amendment is to reaffirm the intent of Congress when the law was originally enacted?