116 STAT. 1372 PUBLIC LAW 107-228—SEPT. 30, 2002 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) as subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F), respectively; (3) in paragraph (5), by striking "United States Information Agency" and inserting "Department of State"; (4) in paragraph (6)(G), by striking "United States Information Agency" and inserting "Department of State"; and (5) in paragraph (7), by striking "Director of the United States Information Agency" and inserting "Secretary of State, acting through the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy". Subtitle C—Consular Authorities SEC. 231. REPORT ON VISA ISSUANCE TO INADMISSIBLE ALIENS. Section 51(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2723(a)) is amended— (1) by inserting "(1) DENIAL OF VISAS.— " before "The Secretary"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(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. ". 8 USC 1182f. SEC. 232. DENIAL OF ENTRY INTO UNITED STATES OF CHINESE AND OTHER NATIONALS ENGAGED IN COERCED ORGAN OR BODILY TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION. (a) DENIAL OF ENTRY. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall direct consular officers not to issue a visa to any person whom the Secretary finds, based on credible and specific information, to have been directly involved with the coercive transplantation of human organs or bodily tissue, unless the Secretary has substantial grounds for believing that the foreign national has discontinued his or her involvement with, and support for, such practices. (b) EXCEPTION.— The prohibitions in subsection (a) do not apply to an applicant who is a head of state, head of government, or cabinet-level minister. (c) WAIVER. —The Secretary may waive the prohibitions in subsection (a) with respect to a foreign national if the Secretary— (1) determines that it is important to the national interest of the United States to do so; and Deadline. (2) not later than 30 days after the issuance of a visa, provides written notification to the appropriate congressional committees containing a justification for the waiver.
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