3.0.0 2632 2023-01-13T04:48:36Z 2023-01-13T04:48:36Z Senate S S 2006-04-24 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-04-24T20:48:49Z 2006-04-24 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2006-04-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2006-04-24 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2006-04-24 True B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. 2006-04-24 True B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2006-04-24 True J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2006-04-24 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2006-04-24 True Immigration Administrative fees Canada Economics and Public Finance Families International Affairs Law Negotiations Passports Transportation and Public Works Travel Immigration 00 2006-04-24 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-18T15:33:37Z Common Sense Cross-Border Travel and Security Act of 2006 - Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to require that the travel document plan for U.S. citizens and others with waived document requirements traveling into the United States: (1) include a fee-free "day pass" system that would permit U.S. citizens to travel to Canada for a 24-hour period without a passport by completing a day pass application at any port of entry along the U.S.-Canadian land border, and certifying that there was not sufficient time to apply for a passport before the excursion; and (2) provide that U.S. citizens under 18 years of age who are accompanied by a parent or guardian shall not be required to present a passport when returning to the United States from Canada.

Limits fees to not more that $20 for any passport card or travel document issued pursuant to such plan.

Directs the Secretary of State to negotiate with the government of Canada to ensure the acceptance of such U.S. passport cards and day passes for travel to Canada.

]]> Common Sense Cross-Border Travel and Security Act of 2006 Display Title Common Sense Cross-Border Travel and Security Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to allow United States citizens under 18 years of age to travel to Canada without a passport, to develop a system to enable United States citizens to take 24-hour excursions to Canada without a passport, to limit the cost of passport cards or similar alternatives to passports to $20, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Common Sense Cross-Border Travel and Security Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-04-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2632is/xml/BILLS-109s2632is.xml 2006-04-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.