3.0.0 653 2023-01-11T19:57:43Z 2023-01-11T19:57:43Z Senate S S 2007-02-15 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-02-15T22:34:40Z Visa Waiver Modernization Act 110 1543 HR 2007-04-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Related bill CRS Text similarities House Secure Visa Waiver Travel Act 110 2006 HR 2007-05-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Related bill CRS 2007-02-15 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-02-15 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 2007-02-15 True L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2007-02-15 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-02-15 True S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. 2007-02-15 True Immigration Admission of nonimmigrants Airline passenger traffic Aliens Alliances Armed Forces and National Security Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Electronic data interchange Identification devices International Affairs International cooperation Passports Science, Technology, Communications Technical assistance Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Travel Visas Immigration 00 2007-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-02T19:40:10Z Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should modernize the visa waiver program by enhancing program security requirements and extending visa-free travel privileges to nationals of foreign countries that are allies in the war on terrorism; and (2) such expansion will have positive security, economic, and bilateral effects.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the visa waiver program to authorize waiver of low visa refusal rate requirements for a country that meets security and counterterrorism cooperation requirements and has a sustained reduction in visa refusal rates.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to consider: (1) specified security-related issues in determining whether to waive low visa refusal requirements; and (2) visa overstay rates in determining program eligibility.

Provides for the following program security enhancements: (1) implementation of an electronic travel authorization system which shall provide biographical information; (2) participant country reporting of lost and stolen passports to the U.S. government; (3) participant country acceptance of its citizens or nationals removed from the United States; and (4) security-related information exchange about a country's citizens or nationals traveling to the United States.

Requires the Secretary to establish an exit system that records the departure on a flight leaving the United States of every alien program participant. Requires that such system: (1) match an alien's biometric information against watch lists and immigration information; and (2) compare such biometric information against air carrier manifests to confirm departures.

]]> 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 2007-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s653is/xml/BILLS-110s653is.xml 2007-02-15 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.