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Southwest Tourism Expansion Act

Introduced: December 11, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 11, 2019
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Southwest Tourism Expansion Act

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to waive the requirement to issue arrival-departure cards to certain Mexican nationals. Specifically, the waiver shall apply to a Mexican national who is (1) eligible for nonimmigrant admission into the United States, (2) exempt from visa and passport requirements or certain existing (and generally more limited) arrival-departure card requirements, and (3) admitted at a port of entry in Arizona on the U.S.-Mexico border for visiting Arizona for up to 30 days.

The waiver program shall be in effect for five years. Before the program expires, DHS shall report to Congress on issues including (1) the estimated economic impact of the program, and (2) the number of Mexican nationals who overstayed their visa in Arizona during the first four years in which the program was in effect.

What's happening now December 11, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5405 Identical bill Southwest Tourism Expansion Act
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Kelly, Mark
Arizona · Dec 17, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3022: Southwest Tourism Expansion Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3022/
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"S. 3022: Southwest Tourism Expansion Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3022/.
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S. 3022, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3022/.
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