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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3189 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a plan to establish 
travel corridors at land-based border ports of entry to facilitate cross- 
border travel at the northern border, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2021 
Mrs. FISCHBACH (for herself, Mr. KATKO, Mr. EMMER, and Mr. STAUBER) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 
Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit 
a plan to establish travel corridors at land-based border 
ports of entry to facilitate cross-border travel at the 
northern border, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH PLAN 
TO ESTABLISH TRAVEL CORRIDORS AT LAND- 
BASED BORDER PORTS OF ENTRY TO FACILI-
TATE 
CROSS-BORDER 
TRAVEL 
AT 
THE 
NORTHERN BORDER. 
(a) PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with appropriate interagency 
partners, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a plan to establish travel corridors 
at land-based border ports of entry to facilitate 
cross-border travel at the northern border. 
(2) NEGOTIATIONS.—In preparing the plan re-
quired under subsection (a), the Secretary, in con-
sultation with appropriate interagency partners, 
shall seek to enter into negotiations with the appro-
priate counterparts of the Government of Canada to 
establish— 
(A) travel corridors at land-based border 
ports of entry to facilitate cross-border travel at 
the northern border based on guidance from the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 
the Public Health Agency of Canada; and 
(B) requirements relating to the docu-
mentation needed for such cross-border travel. 
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(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—If the Secretary and the 
Government of Canada enter into an agreement with re-
spect to establishing travel corridors pursuant to sub-
section (a)(2), not later than 30 days after the date on 
which such agreement is signed, the Secretary shall imple-
ment the plan required under subsection (a)(1). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
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