3.0.0 321 2019-11-15T21:57:17Z 2019-11-15T21:57:17Z Senate S S 2009-01-26 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-01-26T21:50:19Z 2009-01-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S838) IntroReferral 2009-01-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S838) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2009-01-26 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2009-01-26 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2009-01-28 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2009-01-29 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-03-03 False Immigration Bermuda Canada Caribbean area Citizenship and naturalization Latin America Mexico Visas and passports Immigration 00 2009-01-26 Introduced in Senate 2009-02-03T20:44:07Z Passport Card Travel Enhancement Act of 2009 - Defines "passport card" as the document: (1) known as a passport card that is issued to a U.S. national on the same basis as a regular passport; and (2) that the Secretary of State began issuing in 2008.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State to permit a passport card issued to a U.S. citizen to serve as proof of identify and citizenship if such citizen is departing from or entering the United States through an airport of entry for travel that terminates or originates in: (1) Bermuda; (2) Canada; (3) a Caribbean country; or (4) Mexico.

Prohibits the Secretaries from increasing the passport card fee as a result of such requirement.

]]> Passport Card Travel Enhancement Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Passport Card Travel Enhancement Act of 2009 Display Title Passport Card Travel Enhancement Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State to accept passport cards at air ports of entry and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2009-01-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s321is/xml/BILLS-111s321is.xml 2009-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S838) 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.