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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3770 
To require a report on easing restrictions on or reopening the United States- 
Canada border to essential and non-essential travel, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2021 
Mr. JACOBS of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees 
on Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To require a report on easing restrictions on or reopening 
the United States-Canada border to essential and non- 
essential travel, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Border Re-
opening Transparency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORT ON EASING RESTRICTIONS ON OR REOPEN-
ING THE UNITED STATES-CANADA BORDER 
TO ESSENTIAL AND NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State 
and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention of the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a report on considerations relating 
to easing restrictions on or reopening the United States- 
Canada border to essential and non-essential travel, in-
cluding information relating to any correspondence or 
communications between the Department of Homeland 
Security and— 
(1) the Department of State; 
(2) any other Federal department or agency; 
and 
(3) counterparts of the Government of Canada. 
(b) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—The report required 
under subsection (a) shall also include information relat-
ing to— 
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(1) the report required pursuant to the January 
21, 2021, Executive Order on ‘‘Promoting COVID– 
19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel’’, in 
which President Biden directed members of the Cab-
inet to submit within 14 days a plan to implement 
appropriate public health measures at land ports of 
entry; and 
(2) the Department of Homeland Security’s de-
liberations and input regarding easing restrictions 
on or reopening the United States-Canada border, 
including relating to— 
(A) establishment of a bilateral plan for re-
storing travel between the United States and 
Canada; 
(B) consideration of a family travel exemp-
tion for the United States similar to what has 
been implemented in Canada; 
(C) policies for property owners to travel 
to Canada; 
(D) ensuring reasonable transit for United 
States citizens and Canadian citizens through 
United States-Canada boundary waters; and 
(E) unilaterally so easing or reopening 
such border. 
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(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply if be-
fore the date specified in subsection (a) the United States- 
Canada border is reopened and functioning in the same 
manner and to the same extent as such border was open 
prior to the COVID–19 pandemic. 
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