Mr. President. the purpose of the amendment is to allow a study for 1 year. and if the study is favorable it would establish a pilot program which would allow travelers from Korea to visit Hawaii and Alaska. as Guam currently enjoys traveling from Korea into Guam which is a United States territory. without a visa requirement. As the Chair knows. most nations citizens who come into the United States do not need a visa. For Korea we currently require a visa. So there would be a State Department study to determine the merits of allowing for a Iyear period of residency of Korea to travel to Hawaii and Alaska without a visa. The provision would be that they would have to show a roundtrip air ticket before they could depart Korea. They would have to show that when they went through Customs and Immigration upon entering either Alaska or Hawaii. If the State Department determines that it is not advisable. based on their criteria of visa application. obviously it would not go anywhere. That is the purpose of the amendment. I have explained it to the majority. the floor leader. If he has any questions. I would be happy to respond. But it would be meritorious inasmuch as Korea is one of the few countries where we continue to require visas upon entry. We feel that it might extend from both Guam to Alaska and Hawaii inasmuch as most of the traffic that is generated from Korea either stops in Guam or Hawaii.
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