3.0.0 888 2023-01-11T20:00:38Z 2023-01-11T20:00:38Z House H HR 2007-02-07 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2007-03-01T15:48:30Z Referred to 2007-02-07T15:02:00Z 2007-03-01 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Committee 2007-02-07 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001137 Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6] GREGORY MEEKS D NY W. 6 N F000447 Rep. Feeney, Tom [R-FL-24] Tom Feeney R FL 24 2007-02-07 True B000755 Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] KEVIN BRADY R TX 8 2007-12-13 False C001038 Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] JOSEPH CROWLEY D NY 7 2007-12-13 False Immigration Administrative remedies Admission of nonimmigrants Affiliated corporations Alien labor Aliens Business education Commerce Contracts Department of Homeland Security Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign corporations Fraud Government Operations and Politics Identification devices International cooperation Joint ventures Labor and Employment Law Passports Service industries Skilled labor Technical education Visas Immigration 00 2007-02-07 Introduced in House 2007-02-15T17:09:08Z 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.

]]> Business Travel Facilitation Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To provide for the admission to the United States of nonimmigrant business facilitation visitors. Introduced in House IH Display Title Business Travel Facilitation Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Business Travel Facilitation Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr888ih/xml/BILLS-110hr888ih.xml 2007-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. 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.