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House Bill 5405
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Southwest Tourism Expansion Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Dec 11, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Dec 11, 2019
Latest Action
Jan 28, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
5405
Congress
116
Policy Area
Immigration
Immigration
Primary focus of measure is administration of immigration and naturalization matters; immigration enforcement procedures; refugees and asylum policies; travel and residence documentation; foreign labor; benefits for immigrants. Measures concerning smuggling and trafficking of persons may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area. Measures concerning refugees may fall under International Affairs policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Greg Stanton
Arizona
Democrat
Ann Kirkpatrick
Arizona
Republican
David Schweikert
Arizona
Democrat
Raul Grijalva
Arizona
Democrat
Ruben Gallego
Arizona
Democrat
Tom O'Halleran
Arizona
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Southwest Tourism Expansion Act

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to waive the requirement to issue arrival-departure cards to certain Mexican nationals. Specifically, the waiver shall apply to a Mexican national who is (1) eligible for nonimmigrant admission into the United States, (2) exempt from visa and passport requirements or certain existing (and generally more limited) arrival-departure card requirements, and (3) admitted at a port of entry in Arizona on the U.S.-Mexico border for visiting Arizona for up to 30 days.

The waiver program shall be in effect for five years. Before the program expires, DHS shall report to Congress on issues including (1) the estimated economic impact of the program, and (2) the number of Mexican nationals who overstayed their visa in Arizona during the first four years in which the program was in effect.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
December 11, 2019
Related Bills (1)
Dec 11, 2019
Introduced in Senate
3
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 3022
Southwest Tourism Expansion Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (3)
01/28/2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
12/11/2019
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
12/11/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Oct 28, 2022 1:45:59 AM
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