Subject Travel and tourism | Current

State	Bill	Summary/Title	Last Action
US	SB744	Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - States that passage of this Act recognizes that the primary tenets of its success depend on securing U.S. sovereignty and establishing a coherent and just system for integrati... [Detail][Text]	2013-06-17 S.AMDT.1228 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4519)
US	HB1886	Promoting Border Commerce and Travel Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from: (1) establishing, collecting, or otherwise imposing a border crossing fee for pedestrians or passenger vehicles at land ports of entry along the south... [Detail][Text]	2013-06-14 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB1923	Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (PRC) eligible for designation as a visa waiver program country. [Detail][Text]	2013-06-14 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB1917	United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-06-14 To House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet Committee
US	HB1778	Justice for Imprisoned Americans Overseas Act of 2013 or Jacob's Law of 2013 - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to include in the Foreign Service professional development program training to protect the rights of U.S. citizens in foreign custod... [Detail][Text]	2013-06-14 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB1157	Rattlesnake Mountain Public Access Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide access to the summit of Rattlesnake Mountain in the Hanford Reach National Monument in the state of Washington for educational, recreational, historical, scient... [Detail][Text]	2013-06-12 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
US	HB2216	; (4) exercising the power of eminent domain without the payment of just compensation; (5) paying for first-class travel by an agency employee in contravention of federal employee travel requirements; (6) renovating, expanding, or constructing any fa... [Detail][Text]	2013-06-06 To Senate Appropriations Committee
US	SB1071	A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to support facilities for National Historic Sites operated by the National Park Service, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text]	2013-05-23 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
US	SB662	Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Revises the organization, in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and renames it the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-22 Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
US	SB1005	Conservation Reform Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-05-22 To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
US	SR141	Recognizes May 4-12, 2013, as National Travel and Tourism Week. Commends the travel and tourism industry for its important contributions to the United States. [Detail][Text]	2013-05-14 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3436; text as passed Senate: CR S3434)
US	HR205	Recognizes National Travel and Tourism Week. [Detail][Text]	2013-05-10 To House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Committee
US	HB1804	Foreign Travel Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report semiannually to the congressional veterans committees on foreign travel made by VA employees while on official business. Requires each report to include the ... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-08 To House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee
US	HB1880	Protecting Resort Cities from Discrimination Act of 2013 - Prohibits a federal agency from establishing or implementing an internal policy that discourages or prohibits the selection of a travel, event, meeting, or conference location because it is p... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-08 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
US	HR185	Taiwan Travel Act - States that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) allow all high-level officials of Taiwan to enter the United States or its embassies and consulates under conditions which demonstrate appropriate respect for the dignity of such leader... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-06 To House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Committee
US	HB419	Taiwan Policy Act of 2013 - States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to amend or supersede the Taiwan Relations Act. States that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) support Taiwan and the human rights of its people, (2) permit senior leaders of... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent .
US	HB1561	Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service (NPS), to make improvements to a support facility, including a visitor center, for a National Historic Site administered by the NPS if such project: (1) is conducted within t... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Committee
US	SB347	First State National Historical Park Act - Establishes the First State National Historical Park in Delaware, to be administered as a unit of the National Park System. Specifies that the purpose of the Park is the preservation, protection, and interp... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-22 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 58.
US	HB1354	Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act of 2013 or JOLT Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of State (Secretary) to establish a pilot fee-based premium processing service to expedite visa interview ap... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-15 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	SB703	Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (PRC) eligible for designation as a visa waiver program country. [Detail][Text]	2013-04-11 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB1347	Meers Point Boundary Adjustment Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, after completing a survey of Meers Point which covers those portions of lots 34, 35, 37, and 38 that are currently within the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge in Yuma Count... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-11 To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Committee
US	HB873	Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2013 - Prohibits the President from restricting direct transfers from a Cuban depository institution to a U.S. depository institution in payment for a product authorized for sale unde... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB872	Free Trade With Cuba Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the embargo on trade with Cuba. Prohibits the exercise by the President with respect to Cuba of certain authorities conferred by the Trading With the Enemy Act and exercis... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB898	Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of State to: (1) limit the validity of a passport issued to a sex offender to one year or such time period as appropriate, and (2) revoke the passport or passport c... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB1370	International Travelers Bill of Rights Act of 2013 - Requires an individual or entity that operates a website that provides access to international travel services to provide on its website, in a clear and conspicuous way, information regarding the h... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-22 To House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Committee
US	HB313	Government Spending Accountability Act of 2013 or the GSA Act of 2013 - Requires each federal agency to post on its public website detailed information on employee presentations at conferences, including: (1) the prepared text of any verbal presentat... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-20 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
US	HB871	Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2013 - Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions ordinarily incident to such travel relating to: (1) accompanied persona... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-15 To House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Committee
US	HR111	Calls for the President to refrain from any further vacations at the taxpayers' expense until such sums have been saved that the White House can be reopened for public tours. [Detail][Text]	2013-03-12 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
US	HB764	Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program to: (1) provide assistance to coastal states... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-01 To House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Committee
US	HB490	Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust v... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB859	Taxpayers' Conference Overspending Prevention Act or the Taxpayers' COP Act - Requires each executive agency to submit an annual report to Congress listing the amount of funds such agency obligated for conferences in the previous fiscal year, includi... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-27 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
US	HB703	First State National Historical Park Act - Establishes the First State National Historical Park in Delaware, to be administered as a unit of the National Park System. Specifies that the purpose of the Park is the preservation, protection, and interp... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-27 To House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Committee
US	HB441	Services to Allow New Destinations for Tourism Act or STAND for Tourism Act - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to authorize the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homelan... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-08 To House Subcommittee on Trade Committee
US	SB223	Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust v... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-04 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB215	Baseball Diplomacy Act - Waives certain foreign assistance and trade and travel prohibitions against Cuba under specified federal law regarding Cuban nationals who: (1) enter the United States on a visa to play organized professional baseball, and (2... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-25 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB214	Cuba Reconciliation Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the embargo placed upon all trade with Cuba. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare the denial of foreign tax credit inapplicable to Cuba.Permits: (1) installation and... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-15 To House Subcommittee on Trade Committee