Business Travel Facilitation Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 1, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Business Travel Facilitation Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include business facilitation visitors from a qualifying country as nonimmigrant aliens visiting the United States temporarily for business.
Defines "business facilitation visitor" as an alien visiting the United States temporarily to: (1) provide services pursuant to a qualifying services contract; or (2) provide management or technical training to, or receive management or technical training from personnel of a U.S. entity. Sets forth conditions with respect to: (1) provision of services; and (2) provision or receipt of management or technical training.
Provides a period of authorized admission of: (1) one year with a one-time six month extension for an alien providing services; and (2) one year for an alien providing or receiving management or technical training.
Prohibits such aliens from changing nonimmigrant status or adjusting to immigrant status.
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to prohibit business facilitation entries from a country whose nationals have engaged in a pattern of fraud involving visas or other immigration matters.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2007 to Dec 13, 2007; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Tom Feeney | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Dec 13, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Dec 13, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 7, 2007 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 1, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- Feb 7, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 7, 2007Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the admission to the United States of nonimmigrant business facilitation visitors.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Business Travel Facilitation Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative remedies
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Affiliated corporations
- Alien labor
- Aliens
- Business education
- Commerce
- Contracts
- Department of Homeland Security
- Foreign corporations
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Identification devices
- Immigration
- International cooperation
- Joint ventures
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Passports
- Service industries
- Skilled labor
- Technical education
- Visas
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2007Introduced in House
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