The bill also puts into permanent law many of the international peacekeeping reforms that were first enacted in our last bill. Let me also briefly mention a few of the initiatives I have included in this bill. I have included the text of the Terrorist Exclusion Act. which I first introduced in the House 2 years ago. and which I have reintroduced this year with Senator BROWN as my original cosponsor. This provision will restore the pre1990 standard allowing denial of a U.S. visa for membership in a terrorist group. Another provision would codify existing embassy visa terrorist lookout committees. These committees were established by the State Department in 1993 under the Visas Viper Program. However. recent GAO and IG reports indicate that these committees have become moribund. My provision would require the terrorist lookout committees to meet regularly and become more active.
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