DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM COUNTRIES UNDER THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.

SEC. 307. DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM COUNTRIES UNDER THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM. (a) Reporting Passport Thefts.—Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) is amended— (1) by adding at the end of subsection (c)(2) the following new subparagraph: “(D) Reporting passport thefts.—The government of the country certifies that it reports to the United States Government on a timely basis the theft of blank passports issued by that country.”; and (2) in subsection (c)(5)(A)(i), by striking “5 years” and inserting “2 years”; and (3) by adding at the end of subsection (f) the following new paragraph: “(5) Failure to report passport thefts.—If the Attorney General and the Secretary of State jointly determine that the program country is not reporting the theft of blank passports, as required by subsection (c)(2)(D), the Attorney General shall terminate the designation of the country as a program country.”. (b) Check of Lookout Databases.—Prior to the admission of an alien under the visa waiver program established under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), the Immigration and Naturalization Service shall determine that the applicant for admission does not appear in any of the appropriate lookout databases available to immigration inspectors at the time the alien seeks admission to the United States.