
    (a) Denial of entry
      Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided
    in subsection (b) of this section, 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) of this section 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) of
    this section 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.

                                DEFINITIONS                            
      For definitions of "Secretary" and "appropriate congressional
    committees" as used in this section, see section 3 of Pub. L.
    107-228, set out as a note under section 2651 of Title 22, Foreign
    Relations and Intercourse.

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