Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1996
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2019-03-29
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Travel and tourism

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill renames the Visa Waiver Program (program allowing citizens of participating countries to travel to the United States without a visa) as the Secure Travel Partnership.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1996 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 29, 2019 Mr. Quigley (for himself, Mr. Rice of South Carolina , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , and Mr. Reschenthaler ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to rename the visa waiver program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 . 2. Renaming of program (a) In general Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1187 ) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking Visa waiver program for certain visitors and inserting Secure Travel Partnership ; (2) in subsection (a), by striking a program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the program ) and inserting a program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the Secure Travel Partnership or the program ) ; (3) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (5)(B)(iv), by striking visa waiver program each place that it appears and inserting Secure Travel Partnership ; (B) in paragraph (7)— (i) by striking visa waiver program each place that it appears and inserting Secure Travel Partnership ; and (ii) in the heading for subparagraph (D), by striking in the visa waiver program ; and (C) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking visa waiver program and inserting Secure Travel Partnership ; and (4) in subsection (i)(1), by striking visa waiver program and inserting Secure Travel Partnership . (b) Conforming Amendments (1) Documentation Requirements Section 212(a)(7)(B)(iv) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(7)(B)(iv) ) is amended in the clause heading by striking Visa waiver program and inserting Secure Travel Partnership . (2) Table of Contents The table of contents for the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 217 and inserting the following: Sec. 217. Secure Travel Partnership. .