HR5969-118

Reported

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to revise certain regulations to permit certain children to accompany their parents or legal guardians through Global Entry airport lanes, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Oct 17, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to revise certain regulations to permit certain children to accompany their parents or legal guardians through Global Entry airport lanes, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Foreign Policy, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

transportation operators and travelers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HF8A8C7253E924C1F932AA1E1762C35C0: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Travel for Families Act.
  • Section H339C5107B6044188BCE0E850A77DB904: 2. Extension of Global Entry to certain children The Secretary of Homeland Security shall revise section 235.12 of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations, to...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to revise certain regulations to permit certain children to accompany their parents or legal guardians through Global Entry airport lanes, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Foreign Policy, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to revise certain regulations to permit certain children to accompany their parents or legal guardians through Global Entry airport lanes, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Policy Domains

Transportation Foreign Policy Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • transportation operators and travelers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • transportation operators and travelers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 6, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland …

Mar 1, 2024

Additional sponsors: Mr. Green of Tennessee and Mr. Ivey

Mar 1, 2024

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security with an amendment

Mar 1, 2024

Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee …

Oct 25, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition …

Oct 17, 2023

Mr. Luttrell introduced the following bill

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Foreign Policy Immigration
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_homeland_security"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security

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