S 1487 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011

Introduced Aug 2, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Maria Cantwell D-WA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 12, 2011 Became Public Law No: 112-54.

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.

  1. IntroducedAug 2, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNov 3, 2011
  3. Passed HouseNov 4, 2011
  4. To the PresidentNov 10, 2011
  5. Became lawNov 12, 2011

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on November 3, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), in coordination with the Secretary of State, during the seven-year period ending on September 30, 2018, to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards to eligible persons, including business leaders and U.S. government officials actively engaged in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) business, who are in good standing in an international trusted traveler program of DHS.

Authorizes the DHS Secretary to collect a fee for the issuance of such cards that is sufficient to offset the costs associated with carrying out this Act. Establishes in the Treasury an APEC Business Travel Card Account into which such fees shall be deposited.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 2, 2011.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaOriginalAug 2, 2011
D-HIDaniel K. InouyeOriginalAug 2, 2011
R-WIRon JohnsonOriginalAug 2, 2011

Actions 19

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 12, 2011Became Public Law No: 112-54.
  2. Nov 12, 2011Signed by President.
  3. Nov 10, 2011Presented to President.
  4. Nov 8, 2011By Senator Lieberman from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 112-92.
  5. Nov 4, 2011Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7381)
Show all 19 actions

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 2042Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011Related billNov 3, 2011
HR 3312Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011Related billNov 15, 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Nov 3, 2011Engrossed in Senate
  3. Nov 3, 2011Reported to Senate
  4. Aug 2, 2011Introduced in Senate

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.