H.R. 300: Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2013
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H.R. 300: Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-01-15 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-01-15 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2013
Plain summary
Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2013 - Includes Israel in the visa waiver program upon the Secretary of Homeland Security's (DHS) determination that Israel: (1) has entered into an agreement with the United States to report, or make available through Interpol or other means, information about passport theft or loss; (2) has entered into an information sharing agreement with the United States regarding whether Israeli citizens and nationals traveling to the United States represent a U.S. security threat; (3) cooperates with the U.S. government on counterterrorism initiatives, information sharing, and preventing terrorist travel; (4) issues all new and reissued passports with biometric identifiers; and (5) has made every reasonable effort, without jeopardizing Israeli security, to ensure that reciprocal privileges are extended to all U.S. citizens.
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Official text
Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2013
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30] · 77 cosponsors
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Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Al Green (D-TX), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Julia Brownley (D-CA) and 17 more.
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30] reported raising $2.9 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr300.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr300 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113