Canadian Snowbird Visa Act
Latest action · Jun 28, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Canadian Snowbird Visa Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to admit into the United States qualifying Canadian citizens as long-term nonimmigrant visitors. A qualifying Canadian citizen is an individual who (1) is at least 50 years old, (2) maintains a Canadian residence and owns a U.S. residence or has rented a U.S. accommodation for the duration of the individual's stay, (3) is not inadmissible or deportable, (4) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States other than for a non-U.S.-based person or entity by whom the Canadian citizen was employed in Canada or for whom the Canadian citizen performed services in Canada, and (5) will not seek certain forms of assistance or benefits. A qualified individual may be admitted for up to 240 days during any single 365-day period.
The spouse of such person may be admitted under the same terms, except that he or she is not required to separately satisfy the requirement for owning or renting a residence in the United States.
The bill grants a person so admitted nonresident alien tax status.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2019 to Feb 21, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Jun 12, 2019 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Jun 20, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jun 20, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jun 20, 2019 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 20, 2019 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Jun 21, 2019 | |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jul 12, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Francis Rooney | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Oct 4, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Oct 4, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Oct 11, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Ross Spano | Oct 16, 2019 | |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | Nov 15, 2019 | |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Jan 16, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | Jan 29, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Feb 21, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 12, 2019 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jun 28, 2019 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 12, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 28, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Jun 12, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 12, 2019Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 98, June 12, 2019, page H4628.
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2187 | JOLT Act of 2019 | Related bill | May 15, 2019 |
| S 2507 | Canadian Snowbirds Act | Related bill | Sep 18, 2019 |
| HR 3513 | Canadian Snowbird Visa Act | Reintroduction of | Sep 6, 2017 |
| HR 4498 | Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019 | Related bill | Oct 28, 2019 |
| HR 4856 | Canadian Snowbird Visa Act | Reintroduced Bill | Nov 1, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Canadian Snowbird Visa Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2019Introduced in House
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
