HR7263-118

Introduced

To authorize amounts collected in certain visa fees to be made available to reduce visa wait times, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Feb 6, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

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:

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

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

Immigration Government Operations Foreign Policy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 6, 2024

Ms. Titus (for herself, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mrs. González-Colón, …

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
Immigration Government Operations Foreign Policy
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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