3.0.0 422 2023-01-11T20:04:40Z 2023-01-11T20:04:40Z Senate S S 2007-01-29 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-29T20:52:53Z Secure Border Crossing Card Entry Act of 2007 110 702 HR 2007-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Identical bill CRS 2007-01-29 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-01-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1291) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2007-01-29 True Immigration Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Admission of nonimmigrants Aliens Commerce Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Department of Homeland Security Government Operations and Politics Identification devices Identification of criminals Illegal aliens Law Tourism Immigration 00 2007-01-29 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-09T17:55:46Z Secure Border Crossing Card Entry Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act provide that the initial admission period for an alien with a valid machine-readable biometric border crossing identification card who has completed required background checks and who is admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant business or tourist visitor at a port of entry where such card is processed shall be not less than the initial admission period granted to any other nonimmigrant business or tourist visitor.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to prescribe the period of such initial admission as: (1) a minimum of six months; or (2) a different period determined on a case-by-case basis.

Prohibits the admission or admission extension of such an alien if: (1) the alien previously violated nonimmigrant status conditions; (2) the alien is inadmissible as a nonimmigrant; or (3) the alien's border crossing card has not been processed through a machine reader at the U.S. port of entry or land border at which the person seeks U.S. admission.

]]> Secure Border Crossing Card Entry Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize any alien who has been issued a valid machine-readable biometric border crossing identification card to be temporarily admitted into the United States upon successfully completing a background check. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Secure Border Crossing Card Entry Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Secure Border Crossing Card Entry Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s422is/xml/BILLS-110s422is.xml 2007-01-29 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.