To authorize amounts collected in certain visa fees to be made available to reduce visa wait times, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To authorize amounts collected in certain visa fees to be made available to reduce visa wait times, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Government Operations, Foreign Policy.
Who Benefits and How
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers 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, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H1B7CCEDD44F0422898839FD11CBB1F93: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Visa Improvement, Streamlined Investment, and Tourism Optimization Reform Act or the VISITOR Act.
- Section H46932B06AC97458488293675064360DB: 2. Authority to use collected fees to reduce visa wait times Section 1(b) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)), is amended— in paragraph (1),...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To authorize amounts collected in certain visa fees to be made available to reduce visa wait times, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Government Operations, Foreign Policy
Primary Purpose
This bill, To authorize amounts collected in certain visa fees to be made available to reduce visa wait times, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Titus (for herself, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mrs. González-Colón, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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- "the_secretary"
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