Common Sense Cross-Border Travel and Security Act of 2006 - Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to require that the travel document plan for U.S. citizens and others with waived document requirements traveling into the United States: (1) include a fee-free "day pass" system that would permit U.S. citizens to travel to Canada for a 24-hour period without a passport by completing a day pass application at any port of entry along the U.S.-Canadian land border, and certifying that there was not sufficient time to apply for a passport before the excursion; and (2) provide that U.S. citizens under 18 years of age who are accompanied by a parent or guardian shall not be required to present a passport when returning to the United States from Canada.
Limits fees to not more that $20 for any passport card or travel document issued pursuant to such plan.
Directs the Secretary of State to negotiate with the government of Canada to ensure the acceptance of such U.S. passport cards and day passes for travel to Canada.
[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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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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