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Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2011

Introduced: March 9, 2011 Introduced by: Quigley, Mike Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Mar 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Mar 8, 2011
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
Mar 8, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Secretary of State, to designate program countries; (2) replace visa refusal rates with visa overstay rates in determining program participation; (3) set a maximum 3% visa overstay rate for program countries; and (4) revise probationary status and program termination provisions.

Directs the Comptroller General to review the Secretary of Homeland Security's methods for tracking aliens entering and exiting the United States and for detecting visa overstays.

What's happening now March 21, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 6 Republican 1
D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Dec 8, 2011
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Nov 15, 2011
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Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Oct 3, 2011
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Aug 1, 2011
Hultgren, Randy
· Jul 25, 2011
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 25, 2011
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · May 31, 2011
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 11, 2011
Hunter, Duncan
· Mar 9, 2011
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 9, 2011
SHIMKUS, JOHN
· Mar 9, 2011
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