118th Congress Immigration
H.R. 4448: Canadian Snowbird Visa Act
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Summary
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to admit into the United States qualifying Canadian citizens as long-term nonimmigrant visitors.
A qualifying Canadian citizen is an individual who (1) is at least 50 years old, (2) maintains a Canadian residence, (3) owns a U.S. residence or has rented a U.S. accommodation for the duration of the individual's stay, (4) is not inadmissible or deportable, (5) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States other than for a non-U.S.-based person or entity by whom the Canadian citizen was employed in Canada or for whom the Canadian citizen performed services in Canada, and (6) will not seek certain forms of assistance or benefits. A qualified individual may be admitted for up to 240 days during any single 365-day period.
The spouse of such an individual may be admitted under the same terms, except that the spouse is not required to separately satisfy the requirement for owning or renting a residence in the United States.
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An individual admitted into the United States under this bill shall have nonresident alien tax status.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Jack Bergman R-MIOriginal
- Kathy Castor D-FLOriginal
- Earl Carter R-GAOriginal
- Bill Foster D-ILOriginal
- Debbie Lesko R-AZOriginal
- Brian Mast R-FLOriginal
- Mike Quigley D-ILOriginal
- John Rutherford R-FLOriginal
- David Schweikert R-AZOriginal
- Greg Stanton D-AZOriginal
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FLOriginal
- Joseph Morelle D-NY
- Juan Ciscomani R-AZ
- Michael Lawler R-NY
- Laurel Lee R-FL
- Aaron Bean R-FL
- Maria Salazar R-FL
- Ken Buck R-CO
- Nathaniel Moran R-TX
- Mark Amodei R-NV
- Becca Balint D-VT
- Katherine Cammack R-FL
- Josh Gottheimer D-NJ
Who scored on this bill
- 1Elise Stefanik SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Elise Stefanik.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.