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1 Secure Visas Act: Report Together with Additional Views 1 (2012)

handle is hein.immigration/viasactav0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT~ INFORMATION/ GPO, 112TH CONGRESS REPT. 112-411 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 SECURE VISAS ACT MARCH 8, 2012.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. SMITH of Texas, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 1741] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1741) to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State to refuse or revoke visas to aliens if in the security or foreign policy interests of the United States, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to review visa applications be- fore adjudication, to provide for the immediate dissemination of visa revocation information, and for other purposes, having consid- ered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page The Amendment.......................................................2 Purpose and Summary..................................................3 Background and Need for the Legislation ...................................3 Hearings ............................................................13 Committee Consideration...............................................14 Committee Votes......................................................14 Committee Oversight Findings 17 New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..............................17 Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ................................17 Performance Goals and Objectives........................................20 Advisory on Earmarks.................................................21 Section-by-Section Analysis.............................................21 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ......................21 Committee Jurisdiction Letters..........................................26 Additional Views...................................................... 28 19-006