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22 U.S.C. § 2723 — Denial of visas

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22 U.S.C. § 2723 — Denial of visas

**(a) Report to Congress** (1) **Denial of visas** — The Secretary shall report, on a timely basis, to the appropriate committees of the Congress each time a consular post denies a visa on the grounds of terrorist activities or foreign policy. Such report shall set forth the name and nationality of each such person and a factual statement of the basis for such denial. (2) **Visa issuance to inadmissible aliens** — The Secretary shall, on a semiannual basis, submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report describing every instance during the period covered by the report in which a consular post or the Visa Office of the Department of State issued an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to an alien who is inadmissible to the United States based upon terrorist activity or failed to object to the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to an alien notwithstanding any such ground of inadmissibility. The report shall set forth the name and nationality of the alien, the issuing post, and a brief factual statement of the basis for issuance of the visa or the failure to object. The report may be submitted in classified or unclassified form. **(b) Limitation** Information contained in such report may be classified to the extent necessary and shall protect intelligence sources and methods. **(c) Appropriate committees** For the purposes of this section the term “appropriate committees of the Congress” means the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

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6 U.S.C. § 242a — Visa issuance

**(a) Definition** In this subsection,11 So in original. Probably should be “section”. the term “consular office” 22 So in original. Probably should be “ ‘consular officer’ ”. has the meaning given that term under section 101(a)(9) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ([8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(9)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101/a/9&num=0&edition=prelim)). **(b) In general** Notwithstanding section 104(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ([8 U.S.C. 1104(a)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1104/a&num=0&edition=prelim)) or any other provision of law, and except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary— (1) shall be vested exclusively with all authorities to issue regulations with respect to, administer, and enforce the provisions of such Act [[8 U.S.C. 1101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and of all other immigration and nationality laws, relating to the functions of consular officers of the United States in connection with the granting or refusal of visas, and shall have the authority to refuse visas in accordance with law and to develop programs of homeland security training for consular officers (in addition to consular training provided by the Secretary of State), which authorities shall be exercised through the Secretary of State, except that the Secretary shall not have authority to alter or reverse the decision of a consular officer to refuse a visa to an alien; and (2) shall have authority to confer or impose upon any officer or employee of the United States, with the consent of the head of the executive agency under whose jurisdiction such officer or employee is serving,

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22 U.S.C. § 2723 — Denial of visas

Page 1162 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 2721 abroad, the Secretary of State shall notify the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (c) Reprogramming treatment Amounts made available to pay any expense related to the closing of a consular or diplo- matic post abroad shall be treated as a re- programming of funds under section 2706 of this title and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the pro- cedures applicable to such reprogramming. (d) Exceptions The provisions of this section do not apply with respect to— (1) any post closed because of a break or downgrading of diplomatic relations between the United States and the country in which the post is located; or (2) any post closed because there is a real and present threat to United States diplo- matic or consular personnel in the city where the post is located, and a travel advisory warning against travel by United States citi- zens to that city has been issued by the De- partment of State. (e) ‘‘Consular or diplomatic post’’ defined As used in this section, the term ‘‘consular or diplomatic post’’ does not include a post to which only personnel of agencies other than the Department of State are assigned. (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 48, as added Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 112(a)(1), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 654.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 48 of act Aug. 1, 1956, was set out as a Short Title of 1956 Amendment note under section 2651 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 111(1), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 654. Provisions similar to this section were contained in Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 122, Dec. 22, 1987

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