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I also believe the provision should have included a sunset date so that we can assess its efficacy. I am further concerned that the new requirement will result in our partner nations placing new limits on travel by United States citizens to their own countries. It is because of these problems that numerous civil rights and civil liberties groups have expressed serious concerns or outright opposition to the overall legislation. including the American Civil Liberties Union. the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. the NAACP. the AmericanArab AntiDiscrimination Committee. the American Immigration Lawyers Association. the Council on AmericanIslamic Relations. the ArabAmerican Civil Rights League. Human Rights Watch. and the League of United Latin American Citizens. among others. Mr. Speaker. I include in the RECORD letters from those groups. Re: Visa Waiver Improvement and Terrorism Travel Prevention Act of 2015. H.R. 158