MACHINE READABLE PASSPORT PROGRAM.

SEC. 202. MACHINE READABLE PASSPORT PROGRAM. (a) Requirement on Alien.—Section 217(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(a)) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: “(3) Machine readable passport.—On and after October 1, 2007, the alien at the time of application for admission is in possession of a valid unexpired machine-readable passport that satisfies the internationally accepted standard for machine readability.”. (b) Requirement on Country.—Section 217(c)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(2)(B)) is amended to read as follows: “(B) Machine readable passport program.— “(i) In general.—Subject to clause (ii), the government of the country certifies that it issues to its citizens machine-readable passports that satisfy the internationally accepted standard for machine readability. “(ii) Deadline for compliance for certain countries.—In the case of a country designated as a program country under this subsection prior to May 1, 2000, as a condition on the continuation of that designation, the country— 114 STAT. 1639 “(I) shall certify, not later than October 1, 2000, that it has a program to issue machine-readable passports to its citizens not later than October 1, 2003; and “(II) shall satisfy the requirement of clause (i) not later than October 1, 2003.”.