PUBLIC LAW 107-173—MAY 14, 2002 116 STAT. 555 (f) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— The Secretary of State shall submit a report on a quarterly basis to the appropriate committees of Congress on the status of the committees established under subsection (a). (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to implement this section. SEC. 305. IMPROVED TRAINING FOR CONSULAR OFFICERS. 8 USC 1734. (a) TRAINING.— The Secretary of State shall require that all consular officers responsible for adjudicating visa applications, before undertaking to perform consular responsibilities, receive specialized training in the effective screening of visa applicants who pose a potential threat to the safety or security of the United States. Such officers shall be specially and extensively trained in the identification of aliens inadmissible under section 212(a)(3) (A) and (B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, interagency and international intelligence sharing regarding terrorists and terrorism, and cultural-sensitivity towEo-d visa applicsuits. (b) USE OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.— AS an ongoing component of the training required in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall coordinate with the Assisteuit to the President for Homeland Security, Federal law enforcement agencies, and the intelligence community to compile and disseminate to the Bureau of Consular Affairs reports, bulletins, updates, and other current unclassified information relevant to terrorists and terrorism and to screening visa applicants who pose a potentizd threat to the safety or security of the United States. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —T here are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to implement this section. SEC. 306. RESTRICTION ON ISSUANCE OF VISAS TO NONIMMIGRANTS 8 USC 1735. FROM COUNTRIES THAT ARE STATE SPONSORS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. (a) IN GENERAL.—No nonimmigrant visa under section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) shall be issued to any alien from a coiuitry that is a state sponsor of international terrorism unless the Secretary of State determines, in consultation with the Attorney General and the heads of other appropriate United States agencies, that such alien does not pose a threat to the safety or national security of the United States. In making a determination under this sub- Applicability. section, the Secretary of State shall apply standards developed by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney General and the heads of other appropriate United States agencies, that are applicable to the nationads of such states. (b) STATE SPONSOR OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM DEFINED.— (1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term "state sponsor of international terrorism" means any country the government of which has been determined by the Secretary of State under any of the laws specified in paragraph (2) to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. (2) LAWS UNDER WHICH DETERMINATIONS WERE MADE. — Tbe laws specified in this paragraph are the following: (A) Section 6(j)(l)(A) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (or successor statute). (B) Section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act.
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