; or (B) to initiate any necessary or appropriate security-related check or clearance. (2) Security checks The completion of a security-related check or clearance shall not be subject to the time limits set out in subsection (a). 5. Secure technology pilot program Section 222 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1202 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (i) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary of State— (A) shall develop and conduct a pilot program to enhance existing procedures for processing visas under section 101(a)(15)(B) using secure remote videoconferencing technology as a method for conducting visa interviews of applicants; and (B) in consultation with other Federal agencies that use such secure communications, shall help ensure the security of the videoconferencing transmission and encryption conducted under subparagraph (A). (2) The pilot program authorized under paragraph (1) may not be conducted if the Secretary of State determines that such program— (A) poses an undue security risk; and (B) cannot be conducted in a manner consistent with maintaining security controls. (3) Not later than 90 days after the termination of the pilot program authorized under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives that contains— (A) a detailed description of the results of such program, including an assessment of the efficacy, efficiency, and security of the remote videoconferencing technology as a method for conducting visa interviews of applicants