Sec. 4. Global Entry Program expansion
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The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall explore the feasibility of— coordinating the enrollment and interview processes for individuals who— are nationals of countries with which the United States has a reciprocal trusted traveler program agreement; and simultaneously apply for a United States visa and enroll in the Global Entry Program; and collecting a single application fee from such applicants; and coordinating the passport application and Global Entry Program enrollment processes for eligible United States citizens.
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly submit, to the appropriate congressional committees, a report that describes— the status of bilateral negotiations to expand reciprocal trusted traveler programs such as the Global Entry Program; barriers to the expansion of the Global Entry Program; the number of United States citizens and nationals of other countries who are enrolled in the Global Entry Program, the NEXUS Program, or the SENTRI Program; the feasibility of coordinating Global Entry Program enrollment with the visa and passport application processes; if the Secretaries determine that such coordination is infeasible, the specific reasons for such determination; and the resources needed and the next steps that the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security would need to take to implement the coordinated Global Entry and visa and passport application process described in subsection (a).