3.0.0 1653 2023-01-11T13:22:00Z 2023-01-11T13:22:00Z Senate S S 2011-10-04 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-10-04T20:49:24Z 2011-10-04 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-10-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2011-10-04 True H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2011-10-04 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-10-04 True W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2011-10-06 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2011-10-19 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2011-10-20 False Immigration Asia Brazil China Congressional oversight Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad India Latin America Performance measurement User charges and fees Visas and passports Immigration 00 2011-10-04 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-05T15:07:52Z International Tourism Facilitation Act - Amends the Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2005 to authorize the Secretary of State to charge consular services fees which may be deposited in the appropriate Department of State account to the extent that the amount of such fees collected during a fiscal year is greater than the amount of consular service fees deposited in the Treasury during FY2011.

Amends the Department of State Authorities Act of 2006 to repeal the Secretary's authority to amend consular service surcharges in support of enhanced border security that are in addition to passport and immigrant visa fees in effect on January 1, 2004.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary to waive nonimmigrant visa interviews for up to three additional years (four years total) for individuals who previously held a U.S. visa.

Directs the Secretary to report to Congress regarding nonimmigrant visa projections and plans to service such projections through 2020 in the high-growth markets of Brazil, China, and India.

]]> International Tourism Facilitation Act Display Title International Tourism Facilitation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to make minor modifications to the procedures relating to the issuance of visas. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced International Tourism Facilitation Act Introduced in Senate 2011-10-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1653is/xml/BILLS-112s1653is.xml 2011-10-04 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.