Title: Restoring Northern Border Travel Act
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Restoring Northern Border Travel Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to expand the list of permitted essential travel into the United States through land ports of entry along the U.S.-Canada border.
Specifically, it shall be permitted essential travel to enter the United States through the U.S.-Canada land border to (1) visit a family member who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, (2) visit property that the traveler owns or leases, (3) attend business meetings or site visits, or (4) board a flight for travel.
Within 20 days of this bill's enactment, DHS must report to Congress a plan to fully restore nonessential travel into the United States through this land border.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2196 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2196

  To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand the list of 
categories of essential travel into the United States at land ports of 
  entry along the United States-Canada border, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 23, 2021

  Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand the list of 
categories of essential travel into the United States at land ports of 
  entry along the United States-Canada border, 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 ``Restoring Northern Border Travel 
Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTORING TRAVEL AT THE UNITED STATES-CANADA BORDER.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 10 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall expand 
the list of permitted essential travel into the United States at land 
ports of entry along the United States-Canada border to include the 
following categories:
            (1) An individual traveling to visit a member, who is a 
        United States citizen or permanent resident, of the immediate 
        or extended family of such individual.
            (2) An individual traveling to visit property, including 
        boats, within the United States owned or leased by such 
        individual.
            (3) An individual traveling to the United States to 
        attended business meetings or site-visits.
            (4) An individual traveling directly to a United States 
        airport to board a flight to a United States or international 
        destination.
    (b) Plan for Full Reopening.--Not later than 20 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to Congress and begin implementation of a plan to fully restore 
nonessential travel into the United States at land ports of entry along 
the United States-Canada border.
    (c) Applicability.--This section applies to only those restrictions 
(and the related relief sought in accordance with this section) in 
place pursuant to section 318(b)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1318(b)(2)) at land ports of entry along the United States-
Canada border due to the COVID-19 public health emergency as in effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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