S. 3022: Southwest Tourism Expansion Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-12-11 · Immigration · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-12-11 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Southwest Tourism Expansion Act

Plain summary

Southwest Tourism Expansion Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to waive the requirement to issue arrival-departure cards to certain Mexican nationals. Specifically, the waiver shall apply to a Mexican national who is (1) eligible for nonimmigrant admission into the United States, (2) exempt from visa and passport requirements or certain existing (and generally more limited) arrival-departure card requirements, and (3) admitted at a port of entry in Arizona on the U.S.-Mexico border for visiting Arizona for up to 30 days. The waiver program shall be in effect for five years. Before the program expires, DHS shall report to Congress on issues including (1) the estimated economic impact of the program, and (2) the number of Mexican nationals who overstayed their visa in Arizona during the first four years in which the program was in effect.

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Official text

Southwest Tourism Expansion Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] · 2 cosponsors

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Mark Kelly (D-AZ)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s3022.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s3022 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116