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Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011

Introduced: September 23, 2011 See on congress.gov
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May 17, 2012
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Oct 12, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Sep 23, 2011
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 23, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) set a visa processing standard of 12 or fewer calendar days at U.S. diplomatic and consular missions in China, Brazil, and India; and (2) use machine readable nonimmigrant visa fees to hire a sufficient number of Foreign Service officers and limited non-career appointment consular officers to maintain such standard.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a two-year pilot program for the processing of nonimmigrant visas using secure remote video-conferencing technology for visa interviews, and (2) work with other federal agencies that use such secure communications to help ensure security of the video-conferencing transmission and encryption.

Directs the Secretary to provide Congress with an annual forecast of demand through 2020 for nonimmigrant visas in the high-growth markets of Brazil, China, and India.

Authorizes the Secretary to modify or enter into agreements with certain countries on a non-reciprocal basis to allow for longer visa validity periods if doing so causes no adverse effects to the United States.

What's happening now May 17, 2012

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 6 Republican 5
D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Mar 29, 2012
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Mar 7, 2012
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Feb 29, 2012
Hanabusa, Colleen
· Nov 17, 2011
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Nov 17, 2011
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Nov 14, 2011
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Nov 14, 2011
Ross, Dennis
· Nov 14, 2011
Tipton, Scott
· Nov 14, 2011
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Nov 3, 2011
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Oct 24, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 24, 2011
Palazzo, Steven
· Oct 24, 2011
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Oct 14, 2011
Carnahan, Russ
· Oct 11, 2011
Rooney, Thomas
· Oct 6, 2011
TIBERI, PATRICK
· Oct 6, 2011
Bonner, Jo
· Oct 3, 2011
Roskam, Peter
· Oct 3, 2011
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Sep 23, 2011
BERKLEY, SHELLEY
· Sep 23, 2011
Mack, Connie
· Sep 23, 2011
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Sep 23, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3039: Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3039/
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"H.R. 3039: Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3039/.
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H.R. 3039, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3039/.
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