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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Common Sense Cross5 Border Travel and Security Act of 2006’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CANADA WITHOUT PASSPORT. 

2 Section 7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Ter3 rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in7 serting the following: 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘This plan’’ and inserting 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(B) IMPLEMENTATION.—The plan devel12 oped under this paragraph’’; and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(C) DAY PASSES.—The plan developed 

15 under this paragraph shall include a system 

16 that would enable United States citizens to 

17 travel to Canada for a 24-hour period without 

18 a passport by completing an application for a 

19 ‘day pass’ at any port of entry along the land 

20 border between the United States and Canada, 

21 and certifying that there was not sufficient time 

22 to apply for a passport before the excursion. 

23 The traveler shall not be charged a fee to ac24 quire or use the day pass.’’; and 

25 (2) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(3) MINORS.—United States citizens who are 

2 less than 18 years of age, when accompanied by a 

3 parent or guardian, or designee thereof, shall not be 

4 required to present a passport when returning to the 

5 United States from Canada at any port of entry 

6 along the land border.’’. 

7 SEC. 3. LIMIT ON FEES FOR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS. 

8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law or cost 

9 recovery requirement established by the Office of Manage10 ment and Budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

11 and the Secretary of State may not charge a fee in an 

12 amount greater than $20 for any passport card or similar 

13 travel document issued pursuant to section 7209 of the 

14 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

15 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1185 note). 

16 SEC. 4. ACCEPTANCE OF PASSPORT CARDS AND DAY 

17 PASSES BY CANADA. 

18 The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec19 retary of Homeland Security, shall negotiate with the Gov20 ernment of Canada to ensure that passport cards and day 

21 passes issued by the Government of the United States for 

22 travel to Canada are accepted for such purpose by the 

23 Government of Canada. 

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