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8 U.S.C. § 1701 — Vulnerability and threat assessment
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**(a) Study** The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology and the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, shall study the technology, equipment, and personnel needed to address security vulnerabilities within the United States for each field office of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection that has responsibility for any portion of the United States borders with Canada and Mexico. The Under Secretary shall conduct follow-up studies at least once every 5 years.
**(b) Report to Congress** The Under Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the Under Secretary’s findings and conclusions from each study conducted under subsection (a) together with legislative recommendations, as appropriate, for addressing any security vulnerabilities found by the study.
**(c) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security Directorate of Border and Transportation Security such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2006 through 2011 to carry out any such recommendations from the first study conducted under subsection (a).
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**(a) Study** The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology and the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, shall study the technology, equipment, and personnel needed to address security vulnerabilities within the United States for each field office of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection that has responsibility for any portion of the United States borders with Canada and Mexico. The Under Secretary shall conduct follow-up studies at least once every 5 years.
**(b) Report to Congress** The Under Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the Under Secretary’s findings and conclusions from each study conducted under subsection (a) together with legislative recommendations, as appropriate, for addressing any security vulnerabilities found by the study.
**(c) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security Directorate of Border and Transportation Security such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2006 through 2011 to carry out any such recommendations from the first study conducted under subsection (a).
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**(a) Establishment.—**
(1) **In general.—** — There is established within the Department of Justice under the general authority of the Attorney General the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (in this section referred to as the “Bureau”).
(2) **Director.—** — There shall be at the head of the Bureau a Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (in this subtitle 22 See References in Text note below. referred to as the “Director”). The Director shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate 33 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. and shall perform such functions as the Attorney General shall direct. The Director shall receive compensation at the rate prescribed by law under section 5314 of title V 44 So in original. Probably should be title “5”., United States Code, for positions at level III of the Executive Schedule.
(3) **Coordination.—** — The Attorney General, acting through the Director and such other officials of the Department of Justice as the Attorney General may designate, shall provide for the coordination of all firearms, explosives, tobacco enforcement, and arson enforcement functions vested in the Attorney General so as to assure maximum cooperation between and among any officer, employee, or agency of the Department of Justice involved in the performance of these and related functions.
(4) **Performance of transferred functions.—** — The Attorney General may make such provisions as the Attorney General determines appropriate to authorize the performance by any officer, employee, or agency of the Department of Justice of any function transferred to the Attorney General under this section.
**(b) Responsibilities.—** Subject to the direction of the Attorney Ge
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**(a)** As used in this chapter—
(1) The term “administrator” means the official designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to [section 1104(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1104/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The term “advocates” includes, but is not limited to, advises, recommends, furthers by overt act, and admits belief in.
(3) The term “alien” means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
(4) The term “application for admission” has reference to the application for admission into the United States and not to the application for the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa.
(5) The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States.
(6) The term “border crossing identification card” means a document of identity bearing that designation issued to an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or to an alien who is a resident in foreign contiguous territory, by a consular officer or an immigration officer for the purpose of crossing over the borders between the United States and foreign contiguous territory in accordance with such conditions for its issuance and use as may be prescribed by regulations. Such regulations shall provide that (A) each such document include a biometric identifier (such as the fingerprint or handprint of the alien) that is machine readable and (B) an alien presenting a border crossing identification card is not permitted to cross over the border into the United States unless the biometric identifier contained on the card matches the appropriate biometric characteristic of the alien.
(7) The term “clerk of court” means a clerk of a naturalization court.
(8) The terms “Commissioner” and “Deputy Commissioner” mean the Co
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**(a) Finding** Consistent with the report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Congress finds that completing a biometric entry and exit data system as expeditiously as possible is an essential investment in efforts to protect the United States by preventing the entry of terrorists.
**(b) Definition** In this section, the term “entry and exit data system” means the entry and exit system required by applicable sections of—
(1) the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–208);
(2) the Immigration and Naturalization Service Data Management Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–205) 11 So in original. Probably should be “(Public Law 106–215)”. ;
(3) the Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act (Public Law 106–396);
(4) the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–173) [[8 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq]; and
(5) the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–56).
**(c) Plan and report**
(1) **Development of plan** — The Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop a plan to accelerate the full implementation of an automated biometric entry and exit data system.
(2) **Report** — Not later than 180 days after December 17, 2004, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the plan developed under paragraph (1), which shall contain—
(A) a description of the current functionality of the entry and exit data system, including—
(i) a listing of ports of entry and other Department of Homeland Security and Department of State locations with biometric en
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impose requirements that are inconsistent with the USMCA (as defined in [section 4502 of title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4502&num=0&edition=prelim)) or to require additional documents for aliens for whom documentary requirements are waived under [section 1182(d)(4)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182/d/4/B&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
§ 1701
Sec.
SUBCHAPTER VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
1771.
General Accounting Office study.
1772.
International cooperation.
1773.
Statutory construction.
1774.
Annual report on aliens who fail to appear
after release on own recognizance.
1775.
Retention of nonimmigrant visa applications
by the Department of State.
1776.
Training program.
1777.
Establishment of Human Smuggling and
Trafficking Center.
1778.
Vulnerability and threat assessment.
§ 1701. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1) Alien
The term ‘‘alien’’ has the meaning given the
term in section 1101(a)(3) of this title.
(2) Appropriate committees of Congress
The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means the following:
(A) The Committee on the Judiciary, the
Select Committee on Intelligence, and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate.
(B) The Committee on the Judiciary, the
Permanent
Select
Committee
on
Intel-
ligence, and the Committee on International
Relations of the House of Representatives.
(3) Chimera system
The term ‘‘Chimera system’’ means the
interoperable electronic data system required
to be developed and implemented by section
1722(a)(2) of this title.
(4) Federal law enforcement agencies
The term ‘‘Federal law enforcement agen-
cies’’ means the following:
(A) The United States Secret Service.
(B) The Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion.
(C) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(D) The Immigration and Naturalization
Service.
(E) The United States Marshall Service.
(F) The Naval Criminal Investigative Serv-
ice.
(G) The Coast Guard.
(H) The Diplomatic Security Service.
(I) The United States Postal Inspection
Service.
(J) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms, and Explosives, Department of
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