2000 U.S. Code
Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2723 - Denial of visas
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 38 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE Sec. 2723 - Denial of visas |
| Contains | section 2723 |
| Date | 2000 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 2, 2001 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, §51, as added Pub. L. 102-138, title I, §127(a), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 660. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 105 Stat. 660 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 102-138, Public Law 104-14 |
§2723. Denial of visas (a) Report to Congress
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.
(b) LimitationInformation contained in such report may be classified to the extent necessary and shall protect intelligence sources and methods.
(c) Appropriate committeesFor 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.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, §51, as added Pub. L. 102–138, title I, §127(a), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 660.)
Change of NameCommittee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on International Relations of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
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