The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that will help the United States welcome more international visitors with an improved visa program, the U.S. Travel Association reported this week.The legislation, H.R. 2410—the "Foreign Relations Authorization Act"—includes a provision that will allow the secretary of state to conduct a two-year pilot program that uses secure, remote videoconferencing technology to conduct tourist visa interviews. The result, proponents argue, will be a visa process that's more convenient for foreign travelers, who will therefore travel to the United States in greater numbers because it will be easier to do so."America's travel community is grateful to House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman and Ranking Member Ileana Ros-Lehtinen for their leadership on this critical reform to America's visitor entry process," U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow said in a statement. "The State Department has made great strides in reducing visa wait times in the last year. Allowing tourist visa interviews to be conducted via secure remote videoconferencing technology is another step in the right direction."H.R. 2410 will now move to the Senate for consideration.