3.0.0 497 2019-11-15T22:01:14Z 2019-11-15T22:01:14Z Senate S S 2011-03-07 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-03-07T22:04:33Z Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2011 112 959 HR 2011-03-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. Identical bill CRS 2011-03-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-03-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN N K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2011-03-07 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2011-07-07 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-07-25 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-09-15 False B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2011-11-16 False Immigration Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Border security and unlawful immigration Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Immigration status and procedures International organizations and cooperation Judicial review and appeals Terrorism Travel and tourism Visas and passports Immigration 00 2011-03-07 Introduced in Senate 2011-03-10T17:28:12Z Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Secretary of State, to designate program countries; (2) replace visa refusal rates with visa overstay rates in determining program participation; (3) set a maximum 3% visa overstay rate for program countries; and (4) revise probationary status and program termination provisions.

Directs the Comptroller General to review the Secretary of Homeland Security's methods for tracking aliens entering and exiting the United States and for detecting visa overstays.

]]> Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2011 Display Title Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements of the visa waiver program and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-03-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s497is/xml/BILLS-112s497is.xml 2011-03-07 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.