Reform Immigration Through Biometrics Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to evaluate its current biometric entry and exit system within 180 days of enactment. DHS must submit detailed reports to Congress on system costs, staffing, travel wait times, privacy impacts, and how the system affects legitimate travel, trade, and counterterrorism efforts - while excluding U.S. citizen data. The evaluation must assess existing infrastructure, training needs, private-sector partnerships, and compliance with procurement rules. This is an oversight measure focused on reviewing DHS’s current implementation, not creating new policy.
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Introduced Nov 1, 2023
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Nov 1, 2023
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
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Nov 1, 2023
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
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Nov 1, 2023
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1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
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