109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2632
To allow United States citizens under 18 years of age to travel
to Canada without a passport, to develop a system to enable United States
citizens to take 24-hour excursions to Canada without a passport, to limit
the cost of passport cards or similar alternatives to passports to $20,
and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 24, 2006
Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BURNS, Mr. BAUCUS,
Mr. JEFFORDS, and Mrs. MURRAY) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To allow United States citizens under 18 years of age to travel
to Canada without a passport, to develop a system to enable United States
citizens to take 24-hour excursions to Canada without a passport, to limit
the cost of passport cards or similar alternatives to passports to $20,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Common Sense Cross-Border Travel and Security
Act of 2006'.
SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CANADA WITHOUT PASSPORT.
Section 7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act
of 2004 (Public Law 108-458) is amended--
(A) by striking `The Secretary' and inserting the following:
`(A) IN GENERAL- The Secretary';
(B) by striking `This plan' and inserting the following:
`(B) IMPLEMENTATION- The plan developed under this paragraph'; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
`(C) DAY PASSES- The plan developed under this paragraph shall include
a system that would enable United States citizens to travel to Canada
for a 24-hour period without a passport by completing an application
for a `day pass' at any port of entry along the land border between
the United States and Canada, and certifying that there was not sufficient
time to apply for a passport before the excursion. The traveler shall
not be charged a fee to acquire or use the day pass.'; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
`(3) MINORS- United States citizens who are less than 18 years of age,
when accompanied by a parent or guardian, or designee thereof, shall not
be required to present a passport when returning to the United States
from Canada at any port of entry along the land border.'.
SEC. 3. LIMIT ON FEES FOR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or cost recovery requirement
established by the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of Homeland
Security and the Secretary of State may not charge a fee in an amount greater
than $20 for any passport card or similar travel document issued pursuant
to section 7209 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act
of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1185 note).
SEC. 4. ACCEPTANCE OF PASSPORT CARDS AND DAY PASSES BY CANADA.
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security,
shall negotiate with the Government of Canada to ensure that passport cards
and day passes issued by the Government of the United States for travel
to Canada are accepted for such purpose by the Government of Canada.
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