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To implement the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative and other registered traveler programs of the Department of Homeland Security. 2/14/2007--Introduced. Protecting American Commerce and Travel Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to conduct a pilot program to determine if a state driver's license may be enhanced to satisfy requirements of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA) for land and sea travel only. Amends IRTPA to direct the Secretary to establish a process to permit a U.S. citizen who does not possess a passport to reenter the United States at a U.S. land border. Provides that a U.S. citizen under 17 years shall not be required to present a passport when returning or traveling to the United States from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, or the Caribbean at specified ports of entry. Authorizes the Secretary to consider expanding the special rule for certain minors aged 17 or 18 traveling between the United [...] show full description
- 03/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- 03/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
- 02/14/2007 - Referred to House Homeland Security
- 02/14/2007 - Referred to House Foreign Affairs
- 02/14/2007 - Referred to House Judiciary
show all actions- 03/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- 03/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
- 02/14/2007 - Referred to House Homeland Security
- 02/14/2007 - Referred to House Foreign Affairs
- 02/14/2007 - Referred to House Judiciary
- 02/14/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, 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.
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