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    United States General Accounting Office
             Washington, D.C.   20548



                             FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                             Expected at 10:00 a.m., EDT
                             Monday, April 28, 1980

              STATEMENT OF

 ROBERT A. PETERSON, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

       GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION

     U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

               BEFORE THE

      SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION,

      REFUGEES, AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

      COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                   ON

     rOPOSED LEGISLATION TO WAIVE

NONIMMIGRANT VISAS FOR CERTAIN COUNTRI]


Madam Chairwoman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We are pleased to have the opportunity to provide our

observations on the proposed legislation to waive, on a re-

ciprocal basis, the nonimmigrant visa requirement for visitors

from designated countries. The purpose of this proposal is to

enable short-term tourists and business visitors from low-

risk countries to enter the United States without the cus-

tomary visa. In so doing, the State Department expects to

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