3.0.0 342 2023-01-11T20:05:09Z 2023-01-11T20:05:09Z Senate S S 2007-01-22 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-22T18:33:01Z Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act 110 561 HR 2007-02-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Identical bill CRS 2007-01-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S829-830) IntroReferral 2007-01-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S828-829) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. N A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2007-01-22 True L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2007-01-22 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-01-22 True S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. 2007-01-22 True Immigration Administrative fees Admission of nonimmigrants Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Counterfeiting Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Electronic data interchange Fraud Identification devices International Affairs International cooperation Law Passports Science, Technology, Communications Standards Strategic planning Technical assistance Terrorism Visas Immigration 00 2007-01-22 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-24T21:36:29Z Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should expand the visa waiver program to nationals of foreign countries that are allies in the war on terrorism.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a pilot program to expand the visa waiver program for up to five new countries that are are cooperating with the United States on security and counterterrorism matters.

Requires a country, prior to participation, to conclude a counterterrorism and security information sharing agreement with the United States.

Authorizes: (1) a country to participate for an initial three-year period, with an additional two-year extension; and (2) the Secretary to terminate a country's participation for program noncompliance.

Directs the Secretary to develop and implement procedures to improve the manner of calculating visa overstay rates.

]]> Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand visa waiver program to countries on a probationary basis and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act Short Titles as Introduced Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act Introduced in Senate 2007-01-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s342is/xml/BILLS-110s342is.xml 2007-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S829-830) 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.