House Oks Passport Requirement Delay ; Amendment Urges Department to 'Slow Down'

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The House voted yesterday to delay the passport requirement for Americans returning by land or sea from Canada and Mexico by 17 months, following last week's admission that the State Department was overwhelmed by demand for passports..

Under the provision, Americans returning by land or sea from Mexico and Canada wouldn't need a passport until June 1, 2009 Congress previously had phase two of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative going into

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House Oks Passport Requirement Delay ; Amendment Urges Department to 'Slow Down'

effect in January 2008

The first phase required Americans to have passports if flying into the United States from other North American and Caribbean...

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