Hemisphere Travel Initiative’’) with respect to land 
and sea travel only. 
(2) AIR
TRAVEL
EXCLUDED.—The pilot pro-
gram described in paragraph (1) may not include air 
travel. 
(3) VOLUNTARY INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Participation in the 
pilot program described in paragraph (1) by a 
citizen of the eligible State shall be voluntary. 
(B) EXTRA COST.—If a citizen of the eligi-
ble State wishes to participate in the pilot pro-
gram, such citizen may be required to pay an 
additional reasonable fee to be determined by 
such State for a driver’s license that satisfies 
the requirements referred to in paragraph (1). 
(4) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to participate 
in the pilot program under this subsection, a State 
shall submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may 
require. 
(5) EXTENSION.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security may extend the pilot program to include at 
least one Province of Canada. 
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the initi-
ation of the pilot program described in subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate a report examining the feasibility, 
method, cost, and time period of implementation, cost and 
security advantages, if any, and the impact on cross-bor-
der traffic of using a State driver’s license that satisfies 
the requirements referred in subsection (a)(1). 
(c) REVIEW BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF-
FICE.—Not later than 45 days after submission of the re-
port required under subsection (b), the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall review the report and sub-
mit an audit of the report to the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and the com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate. 
(d) PROHIBITION REGARDING TIMING OF ISSUANCE 
OF FINAL RULE.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 
may not publish in the Federal Register a Final Rule with 
respect to the issuance of identification cards, such as 
State driver’s licenses pursuant to the pilot program con-
ducted under subsection (a), passport cards issued under 
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section 4(b), and the expedited traveler programs of the 
Department of Homeland Security, such as NEXUS, 
NEXUS AIR, SENTRI, FAST, and Registered Traveler, 
that satisfy the requirements of section 7209(b) of the In-
telligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
until such pilot program has been completed. 
SEC. 4. WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL INITIATIVE. 
(a) TRAVEL
TO CANADA
AND MEXICO.—Section 
7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Preven-
tion Act of 2004 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) PROCESS FOR UNITED STATES CITIZENS 
LACKING REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.—In order to ad-
dress spontaneous travel, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
shall establish a process to permit a citizen of the 
United States who does not possess a passport or 
other document, or combination of documents, as re-
quired under paragraph (1), to re-enter the United 
States at an international land or maritime border 
of the United States. The process referred to in this 
paragraph shall terminate on the date that is 180 
days after the date of the implementation of the 
plan described in paragraph (1)(A). 
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‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN MINORS .— 
Except as provided in paragraph (5), citizens of the 
United States or Canada who are less than 17 years 
of age shall not be required to present to an immi-
gration officer a passport or other document, or 
combination of documents, as required under para-
graph (1), when returning or traveling to the United 
States from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, or the 
Carribean at any port of entry along the inter-
national land or maritime border of the United 
States. 
‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN STUDENT MI-
NORS TRAVELING AS PART OF AN AUTHORIZED AND 
SUPERVISED
SCHOOL
TRIP.—Notwithstanding the 
special rule described in paragraph (4), the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, is authorized to consider ex-
panding the special rule for certain minors described 
in such paragraph to a citizen of the United States 
or Canada who is less than 19 years of age but is 
17 years of age or older and who is traveling be-
tween the United States and Canada at any port of 
entry along the international or maritime border be-
tween the two countries if such citizen is so traveling 
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