US Congress House Bill 959 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-11)
Status: Introduced on March 8 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2011

Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Kathleen Hochul [D-NY]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Rivera [R-FL]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
2011-03-08	House	Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
2011-03-08	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-03-08	House	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.

SB497 (Same As) 2011-03-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/959/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr959/BILLS-112hr959ih.pdf