Restoring Northern Border Travel Act
United States117th CongressS-2196Senate
Updated: Jun 23, 2021
Summary
Restoring Northern Border Travel Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to expand the list of permitted essential travel into the United States through land ports of entry along the U.S.-Canada border. Specifically, it shall be permitted essential travel to enter the United States through the U.S.-Canada land border to (1) visit a family member who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, (2) visit property that the traveler owns or leases, (3) attend business meetings or site visits, or (4) board a flight for travel. Within 20 days of this bill's enactment, DHS must report to Congress a plan to fully restore nonessential travel into the United States through this land border.
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Latest companion bill action
HR-4105: Restoring Northern Border Travel ActReferred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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