,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ae1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,sherman 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,poe of
 ,texas1 ,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen1 ,ms4      
,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4       
,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 
,israel1 ,mr4 ,young of ,alaska1 ,mr4   
,brady of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,honda1   
,mr4 ,schiff1 ,mr4 ,rangel1 ,mr4        
,nadler1 ,mr4 ,grimm1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 
,mrs4 ,ellmers1 ,ms4 ,chu1 ,mr4         
,keating1 ,mr4 ,michaud1 ,mr4 ,franks of
 ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,gene ,green of ,texas1 
,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new     
,york1 ,mr4 ,garrett1 ,mr4 ,johnson of  
,ohio1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,mc,caul1  
,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4 ,hultgren1 ,mr4    
,amodei1 ,mr4 ,holt1 ,ms4 ,hahn1 ,mr4   
,al ,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1  
,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4          
,connolly1 ,ms4 ,schwartz1 ,mr4 ,deutch1
 ,mr4 ,lance1 ,mr4 ,hanna1 ,mr4         
,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4   
,vargas1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,cartwright1 

,ms4 ,brown of ,florida1 ,mr4           
,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,mr4        
,grayson1 ,mr4 ,stockman1 and ,mr4      
,schneider7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to provide for the inclusion of ,israel
 in the visa waiver program1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,visa ,waiver  
for ,israel ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,israel 
designated as a program country for visa
 waiver program  7a7 ,in general        
,beginning on the date described in     
subsection 7c71 ,israel shall be deemed 
a program country for purposes of       
section #bag of the ,immigration and    
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahg74 
7b7 ,exemption from application of      
certain requirements ,in the case of    
,israel1 section #bag7;c77#b77;,a7 of   
the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act  
7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahg7;c77#b77;,a77 does  
not apply4  7c7 ,effective date2        
compliance requirements ,the date       

described in this subsection is the date
 that the ,secretary of ,homeland       
,security1 in consultation with the     
,secretary of ,state1 determines that   
,israel has complied with the following3
  7#a7 ,the government of ,israel has   
entered into an agreement with the      
,government of the ,united ,states to   
report1 or make available through       
,interpol or other means as designated  
by the ,secretary of ,homeland          
,security1 to the ,united ,states       
,government information about the theft 
or loss of passports within a strict    
time limit and in a manner specified in 
the agreement4  7#b7 ,the government of 
,israel has entered into an agreement   
with the ,government of the ,united     
,states to share information regarding  
whether citizens and nationals of       
,israel traveling to the ,united ,states
 represent a threat to the security or  
welfare of the ,united ,states4  7#c7   
,the government of ,israel cooperates   
with the ,government of the ,united     

,states on counterterrorism initiatives1
 information sharing1 and preventing    
terrorist travel1 and the ,secretary of 
,homeland ,security and the ,secretary  
of ,state determine that such           
cooperation will continue4  7#d7 ,the   
government of ,israel issues all new and
 reissued passports with biometric      
identifiers as described in section #cjc
 of the ,enhanced ,border ,security and 
,visa ,entry ,reform ,act of #bjjb 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #agcb74  7#e7 ,the government 
of ,israel has made every reasonable    
effort1 without jeopardizing the        
security of the ,state of ,israel1 to   
ensure that reciprocal privileges are   
extended to all ,united ,states         
citizens4