Visa Waiver Pilot Program Reauthorization Act of 1997
Official title: “To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify and extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to provide for the collection of data with respect to the number of nonimmigrants who remain in the United States after the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney General.”
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It became law on April 27, 1998.
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