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8 U.S.C. § 1733 — Machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents
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**(a) Report**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 180 days after May 14, 2002, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), acting jointly, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a comprehensive report assessing the actions that will be necessary, and the considerations to be taken into account, to achieve fully, not later than October 26, 2004—
(A) implementation of the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); and
(B) deployment of the equipment and software to allow biometric comparison and authentication of the documents described in subsections (b) and (c).
(2) **Estimates** — In addition to the assessment required by paragraph (1), the report required by that paragraph shall include an estimate of the costs to be incurred, and the personnel, man-hours, and other support required, by the Department of Justice, the Department of State, and NIST to achieve the objectives of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1).
**(b) Requirements**
(1) **In general** — Not later than October 26, 2004, the Attorney General and the Secretary of State shall issue to aliens only machine-readable, tamper-resistant visas and other travel and entry documents that use biometric identifiers. The Attorney General and the Secretary of State shall jointly establish document authentication standards and biometric identifiers standards to be employed on such visas and other travel and entry documents from among those biometric identifiers recognized by domestic and international standards organizations.
(2) **Readers and scanners at ports of entry**
(A) *In general* — Not later than October 26, 2005, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall install at all ports of ent
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**(a) Report**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 180 days after May 14, 2002, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), acting jointly, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a comprehensive report assessing the actions that will be necessary, and the considerations to be taken into account, to achieve fully, not later than October 26, 2004—
(A) implementation of the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); and
(B) deployment of the equipment and software to allow biometric comparison and authentication of the documents described in subsections (b) and (c).
(2) **Estimates** — In addition to the assessment required by paragraph (1), the report required by that paragraph shall include an estimate of the costs to be incurred, and the personnel, man-hours, and other support required, by the Department of Justice, the Department of State, and NIST to achieve the objectives of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1).
**(b) Requirements**
(1) **In general** — Not later than October 26, 2004, the Attorney General and the Secretary of State shall issue to aliens only machine-readable, tamper-resistant visas and other travel and entry documents that use biometric identifiers. The Attorney General and the Secretary of State shall jointly establish document authentication standards and biometric identifiers standards to be employed on such visas and other travel and entry documents from among those biometric identifiers recognized by domestic and international standards organizations.
(2) **Readers and scanners at ports of entry**
(A) *In general* — Not later than October 26, 2005, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall install at all ports of entry of the United States equipment and software to allow biometric comparison and authentication of all United States visas and other travel and entry documents issued to aliens, and passports issued pursuant to subsection (c)(1).
(B) *Use of readers and scanners* — The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall utilize biometric data readers and scanners that—
(i) domestic and international standards organizations determine to be highly accurate when used to verify identity;
(ii) can read the biometric identifiers utilized under subsections (b)(1) and (c)(1); and
(iii) can authenticate the document presented to verify identity.
(3) **Use of technology standard** — The systems employed to implement paragraphs (1) and (2) shall utilize the technology standard established pursuant to [section 1379 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1379&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Repealed. Pub. L. 114–113, div. O, title II, § 202(c), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2989**
**(d) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section, including reimbursement to international and domestic standards organizations.
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(1) **In general** — The Attorney General and the Secretary of State jointly, through the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and other Federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies the Attorney General or Secretary of State deems appropriate and in consultation with Congress, shall within 15 months after October 26, 2001, develop and certify a technology standard, including appropriate biometric identifier standards, that can be used to verify the identity of persons applying for a United States visa or such persons seeking to enter the United States pursuant to a visa for the purposes of conducting background checks, confirming identity, and ensuring that a person has not received a visa under a different name or such person seeking to enter the United States pursuant to a visa.
(2) **Interoperable** — The technology standard developed pursuant to paragraph (1), shall be the technological basis for a cross-agency, cross-platform electronic system that is a cost-effective, efficient, fully interoperable means to share law enforcement and intelligence information necessary to confirm the identity of such persons applying for a United States visa or such person seeking to enter the United States pursuant to a visa.
(3) **Accessible** — The electronic system described in paragraph (2), once implemented, shall be readily and easily accessible to—
(A) all consular officers responsible for the issuance of visas;
(B) all Federal inspection agents at all United States border inspection points; and
(C) all law enforcement and intelligence officers as determined by regulation to be responsible for investigation or identification of aliens admitted to the United States pursuant to a visa.
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There is created and established in the Department of Justice an Immigration and Naturalization Service.
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**(a) Definition** In this subsection,11 So in original. Probably should be “section”. the term “consular office” 22 So in original. Probably should be “ ‘consular officer’ ”. has the meaning given that term under section 101(a)(9) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ([8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(9)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101/a/9&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(b) In general** Notwithstanding section 104(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ([8 U.S.C. 1104(a)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1104/a&num=0&edition=prelim)) or any other provision of law, and except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary—
(1) shall be vested exclusively with all authorities to issue regulations with respect to, administer, and enforce the provisions of such Act [[8 U.S.C. 1101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and of all other immigration and nationality laws, relating to the functions of consular officers of the United States in connection with the granting or refusal of visas, and shall have the authority to refuse visas in accordance with law and to develop programs of homeland security training for consular officers (in addition to consular training provided by the Secretary of State), which authorities shall be exercised through the Secretary of State, except that the Secretary shall not have authority to alter or reverse the decision of a consular officer to refuse a visa to an alien; and
(2) shall have authority to confer or impose upon any officer or employee of the United States, with the consent of the head of the executive agency under whose jurisdiction such officer or employee is serving,
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TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
§ 1735
§ 1733. Terrorist lookout committees
(a) Establishment
The Secretary of State shall require a ter-
rorist lookout committee to be maintained
within each United States mission to a foreign
country.
(b) Purpose
The purpose of each committee established
under subsection (a) shall be—
(1) to utilize the cooperative resources of all
elements of the United States mission in the
country in which the consular post is located
to identify known or potential terrorists and
to develop information on those individuals;
(2) to ensure that such information is rou-
tinely and consistently brought to the atten-
tion of appropriate United States officials for
use in administering the immigration laws of
the United States; and
(3) to ensure that the names of known and
suspected terrorists are entered into the ap-
propriate lookout databases.
(c) Composition; chair
The Secretary shall establish rules governing
the composition of such committees.
(d) Meetings
Each committee established under subsection
(a) shall meet at least monthly to share infor-
mation pertaining to the committee’s purpose
as described in subsection (b)(2).
(e) Periodic reports to the Secretary of State
Each committee established under subsection
(a) shall submit monthly reports to the Sec-
retary of State describing the committee’s ac-
tivities, whether or not information on known
or suspected terrorists was developed during the
month.
(f) Repealed. Pub. L. 113–235, div. J, title VII,
§ 7034(i), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2624
(g) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to implement this
section.
(Pub. L. 107–173, title III, § 304, May 14, 2002, 116
Stat. 554; Pub. L. 113–235, di
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