eligible for protection under such provisions. . (2) Clerical amendment The table of contents for such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 361 the following: Sec. 362. Construction. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to applications for immigration benefits pending on or after such date. 207. Technical amendments relating to the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (a) Transit Without Visa program Section 7209(d) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( 8 U.S.C. 1185 note) is amended by striking the Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretary of Homeland Security, and inserting the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, . (b) Technology acquisition and dissemination plan Section 7201(c)(1) of such Act is amended by inserting and the Department of State after used by the Department of Homeland Security . 208. Revocation or denial of passports and passport cards to terrorists The Act entitled An Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, and for other purposes , approved July 3, 1926 ( 22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.) (commonly known as the Passport Act of 1926 ), is amended by adding at the end the following: 4. Authority to deny or revoke passport and passport card (a) Issuance Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of State, in the Secretary’s discretion, may decline to issue a passport or passport card to any national of the United States who— (1) has been convicted under chapter 113B of title 18, United States Code