[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2632 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2632

  To allow United States citizens under 18 years of age to travel to 
Canada without a passport, to develop a system to enable United States 
 citizens to take 24-hour excursions to Canada without a passport, to 
 limit the cost of passport cards or similar alternatives to passports 
                    to $20, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 2006

Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Burns, Mr. Baucus, 
Mr. Jeffords, and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following bill; which was 
       read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To allow United States citizens under 18 years of age to travel to 
Canada without a passport, to develop a system to enable United States 
 citizens to take 24-hour excursions to Canada without a passport, to 
 limit the cost of passport cards or similar alternatives to passports 
                    to $20, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Common Sense Cross-Border Travel and 
Security Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CANADA WITHOUT PASSPORT.

    Section 7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary'';
                    (B) by striking ``This plan'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(B) Implementation.--The plan developed under 
                this paragraph''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Day passes.--The plan developed under this 
                paragraph shall include a system that would enable 
                United States citizens to travel to Canada for a 24-
                hour period without a passport by completing an 
                application for a `day pass' at any port of entry along 
                the land border between the United States and Canada, 
                and certifying that there was not sufficient time to 
                apply for a passport before the excursion. The traveler 
                shall not be charged a fee to acquire or use the day 
                pass.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Minors.--United States citizens who are less than 18 
        years of age, when accompanied by a parent or guardian, or 
        designee thereof, shall not be required to present a passport 
        when returning to the United States from Canada at any port of 
        entry along the land border.''.

SEC. 3. LIMIT ON FEES FOR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law or cost recovery 
requirement established by the Office of Management and Budget, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State may not 
charge a fee in an amount greater than $20 for any passport card or 
similar travel document issued pursuant to section 7209 of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1185 
note).

SEC. 4. ACCEPTANCE OF PASSPORT CARDS AND DAY PASSES BY CANADA.

    The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, shall negotiate with the Government of Canada to 
ensure that passport cards and day passes issued by the Government of 
the United States for travel to Canada are accepted for such purpose by 
the Government of Canada.
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