{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2024/12/news/video-blackburn-hassan-introduce-improving-travel-for-families-act", "VIDEO: Blackburn, Hassan Introduce Improving Travel for Families Act", "2024-12-23", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "TN", "Marsha Blackburn", "B001243", "www.blackburn.senate.gov", "blackburn", "https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/news/cc8c80c1-d564-4bbb-93a4-f1d772346ae0", "scraper", "NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 Ahead of Christmas travel, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following video announcing the introduction of her Improving Travel for Families Act with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) to allow young children to accompany their parents through Global Entry. This will provide flexibility to help families traveling internationally with children.\n\n\u201cOne of the important things that we do is solve problems that Tennesseans let us know about, and that is something that we are working on with a new piece of legislation. We\u2019ve heard from so many of our families that are stationed overseas that using the Global Entry program can really be very helpful. However, when they are traveling with young children \u2013 even newborns \u2013 those children are not allowed to go through that process, so I am filing the Improving Travel for Families Act. It will make it easier for parents with children that are under the age of 10 to have them go through global entry with them.\u201d \u2013 Senator Blackburn\n\nClick here to download video of Senator Blackburn discussing the Improving Travel for Families Act.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nIn fiscal year 2023, over 10 million individuals were members of Global Entry, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection\u2019s program allowing pre-approved, low-risk travelers to go through expedited customs and passport control when arriving in the United States. These streamlined processes are incredibly important for the traveling public\u2014especially as air travel returns to pre-pandemic levels\u2014with the number of travelers arriving by air into the country increasing by 6.1% from August 2023 to August 2024.\n\nBut Global Entry, specifically its redundant and bureaucratic processes, isn\u2019t well-suited for family travel. While Transportation Security Administration PreCheck has adopted measures to allow children to join their parents in the fast lanes, the Global Entry Program has fallen behind and does not allow small children to travel in the Global Entry lanes if those children are not enrolled in the program\u2014even if the child is an infant.\n\nIMPROVING TRAVEL FOR FAMILIES ACT:\n\nThe Improving Travel for Families Act would:\n\nAllow children under the age of 11 who are not a member of Global Entry to go through the Global Entry lanes with their parent or legal guardian who is enrolled in the program; and", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2024/12/news/video-blackburn-hassan-introduce-improving-travel-for-families-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.660522073507309, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}