US Congress Senate Bill 3022 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum:
Status: Introduced on December 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Southwest Tourism Expansion Act

Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]

Sen. Mark Kelly [D-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB5405 (Same As) 2020-01-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3022/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3022/BILLS-116s3022is.pdf