United States · Bill · S
S. 1205 (105th)
A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to clarify that records of arrival or departure are not required to be collected for purposes of the automated entry-exit control system developed under section 110 of such Act for Canadians who are not otherwise required to possess a visa, passport, or border crossing identification card.
Introduced
23 September 1997
Last action
15 May 1998 · Referred
Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration.
Sponsors
Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA]
Subjects
Immigration
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to exempt certain Canadian nationals or residents from the arrival-departure information required to be collected under the U.S. automated entry-exit control system.
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Timeline
23 September 1997
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
23 September 1997
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9790)
Source: IntroReferral
23 September 1997
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
15 May 1998
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 23 September 1997 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Introduced in Senate (PDF)
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 23 September 1997
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Sponsors
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to clarify that records of arrival or departure are not required to be collected for purposes of the automated entry-exit control system developed under section 110 of such Act for Canadians who are not otherwise required to possess a visa, passport, or border crossing identification card.
- related to ← A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to clarify that records of arrival or departure are not required to be collected for purposes of the automated entry-exit control system developed under 110 of such Act for Canadians who are not otherwise required to possess a visa, passport, or border crossing identification card.
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1205
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1205
- us · 105-s-1205 · source updated 10 August 2026