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HR 5969 118th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airports Family services Transportation safety and security Travel and tourism

Improving Travel for Families Act

Introduced: October 17, 2023 Introduced by: Luttrell, Morgan Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 6, 2024
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mar 5, 2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 5, 2024
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H787)
Mar 5, 2024
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H787)
Mar 5, 2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5969.
Mar 5, 2024
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H787-788)
Mar 5, 2024
Mr. Green (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 1, 2024
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Mar 1, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 118-403, Part I.
Mar 1, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 332.
Nov 8, 2023
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Nov 8, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Oct 25, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Oct 25, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Oct 17, 2023
Introduced in House
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Improving Travel for Families Act

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to allow a child who is 10 years old or younger to accompany their parent (or legal guardian) in the Global Entry lane when arriving at a U.S. international airport if the parent or guardian is a Global Entry member but the child is not.

(Global Entry is a trusted traveler program that allows for the expedited processing of preapproved, low-risk travelers at certain ports of entry.)

If a parent is applying for Global Entry on behalf of such children (i.e., children authorized by this bill to travel under the parent's Global Entry membership), DHS must allow that parent to schedule a single interview relating to the parent's relationship with up to four such children.

What's happening now March 6, 2024

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
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Ivey, Glenn
Maryland · Nov 3, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5969: Improving Travel for Families Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5969/
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"H.R. 5969: Improving Travel for Families Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5969/.
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H.R. 5969, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5969/.
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