[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4120 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4120

  To eliminate the Western Hemisphere travel exception by requiring a 
   passport for all travel into and out of the United States and to 
require the Secretary of State to endeavor to persuade all countries to 
 issue machine-readable passports that comply with a uniform document 
                         identifying standard.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 20, 2005

   Mr. Poe introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 
   Homeland Security and International Relations, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To eliminate the Western Hemisphere travel exception by requiring a 
   passport for all travel into and out of the United States and to 
require the Secretary of State to endeavor to persuade all countries to 
 issue machine-readable passports that comply with a uniform document 
                         identifying standard.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Passport for All Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATING AUTHORITY TO WAIVE PASSPORT REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) For Immigrant Aliens.--Section 212 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(7)(A)(i)(I) by striking ``or other 
        suitable travel document'' and all that follows through 
        ``title,''; and
            (2) in subsection (k) by inserting ``and a valid unexpired 
        passport'' after ``an immigrant visa''.
    (b) For Nonimmigrant Aliens.--Section 212 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act is amended in subsection (d)(4) by striking ``Either or 
both of the requirements of paragraph (7)(B)(i)'' and inserting ``The 
requirement of paragraph (7)(B)(i)(II)''.
    (c) For Citizens.--Section 215(b) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Except as otherwise provided by the 
        President and subject to the such limitations and exceptions as 
        the President may authorize and prescribe, it'' and inserting 
        ``It'';
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``, 
        except as provided by the President--''; and
            (3) by adding at the end, as amended by this subsection, 
        the following new paragraphs:
            ``(1) in the case of an unforeseen emergency in individual 
        cases; or
            ``(2) in the case of humanitarian or national interest 
        reasons in individual cases.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take 
effect on January 1, 2008.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATING TRAVEL DOCUMENT PLAN TO CONFORM WITH ELIMINATION OF 
              AUTHORITY TO WAIVE PASSPORT REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 7209 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b) and (c);
            (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(b) Requirement to Produce Documentation.--Not later than January 
1, 2008, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall require all United 
States citizens and aliens to carry and produce a passport when 
travelling from foreign countries into the United States, except as 
provided by the President under section 215(b) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act.''.

SEC. 4. ENDEAVORING TO ACHIEVE UNIFORMITY IN ISSUANCE OF MACHINE-
              READABLE PASSPORTS.

    (a) In General.--Beginning not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall endeavor to 
persuade all countries, through diplomacy and consultation, to issue 
machine-readable passports which comply with applicable document 
identifying standards established by the International Civil Aviation 
Organization.
    (b) Annual Report.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall submit an 
        annual report to Congress on the progress achieved under 
        subsection (a).
            (2) Contents of report.--Each such report shall include--
                    (A) a list of countries that issue machine-readable 
                passports complying with the standards described in 
                subsection (a); and
                    (B) if there are any countries that do not issue 
                such machine-readable passports, a description of any 
                barriers that specific countries face in the issuance 
                of such machine-readable passports.
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