(a) Denial of entryNotwithstanding 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) ExceptionThe prohibitions in subsection (a) do not apply to an applicant who is a head of state, head of government, or cabinet-level minister.
(c) WaiverThe 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
(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.
Structure US Code
Title 8— ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
CHAPTER 12— IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
Part II— Admission Qualifications for Aliens; Travel Control of Citizens and Aliens
§ 1181. Admission of immigrants into the United States
§§ 1182a to 1182c. Repealed. , (3), ,
§ 1182d. Denial of visas to confiscators of American property
§ 1183. Admission of aliens on giving bond or undertaking; return upon permanent departure
§ 1183a. Requirements for sponsor’s affidavit of support
§ 1184. Admission of nonimmigrants
§ 1184a. Philippine Traders as nonimmigrants
§ 1185. Travel control of citizens and aliens
§ 1186a. Conditional permanent resident status for certain alien spouses and sons and daughters
§ 1187. Visa waiver program for certain visitors
§ 1187a. Provision of assistance to non-program countries