Restoring Northern Border Travel Act
Latest action · Jun 23, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedJun 23, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Restoring Northern Border Travel Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to expand the list of permitted essential travel into the United States through land ports of entry along the U.S.-Canada border.
Specifically, it shall be permitted essential travel to enter the United States through the U.S.-Canada land border to (1) visit a family member who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, (2) visit property that the traveler owns or leases, (3) attend business meetings or site visits, or (4) board a flight for travel.
Within 20 days of this bill's enactment, DHS must report to Congress a plan to fully restore nonessential travel into the United States through this land border.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Jun 23, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
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- Jun 23, 2021Introduced in Senate
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