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8 U.S.C. § 1722 — Interim measures for access to and coordination of law enforcement and other information
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**(a) Interim directive** Until the plan required by subsection (c) is implemented, Federal law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community shall, to the maximum extent practicable, share any information with the Department of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service relevant to the admissibility and deportability of aliens, consistent with the plan described in subsection (c).
**(b) Report identifying law enforcement and intelligence information**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 120 days after May 14, 2002, the President shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report identifying Federal law enforcement and the intelligence community information needed by the Department of State to screen visa applicants, or by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to screen applicants for admission to the United States, and to identify those aliens inadmissible or deportable under the Immigration and Nationality Act [[8 U.S.C. 1101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
(2) **Omitted**
**(c) Coordination plan**
(1) **Requirement for plan** — Not later than one year after October 26, 2001, the President shall develop and implement a plan based on the findings of the report under subsection (b) that requires Federal law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community to provide to the Department of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service all information identified in that report as expeditiously as practicable.
(2) **Consultation requirement** — In the preparation and implementation of the plan under this subsection, the President shall consult with the appropriate committees of Congress.
(3) **Protections regarding information and uses thereof**
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**(a) Interim directive** Until the plan required by subsection (c) is implemented, Federal law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community shall, to the maximum extent practicable, share any information with the Department of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service relevant to the admissibility and deportability of aliens, consistent with the plan described in subsection (c).
**(b) Report identifying law enforcement and intelligence information**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 120 days after May 14, 2002, the President shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report identifying Federal law enforcement and the intelligence community information needed by the Department of State to screen visa applicants, or by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to screen applicants for admission to the United States, and to identify those aliens inadmissible or deportable under the Immigration and Nationality Act [[8 U.S.C. 1101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
(2) **Omitted**
**(c) Coordination plan**
(1) **Requirement for plan** — Not later than one year after October 26, 2001, the President shall develop and implement a plan based on the findings of the report under subsection (b) that requires Federal law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community to provide to the Department of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service all information identified in that report as expeditiously as practicable.
(2) **Consultation requirement** — In the preparation and implementation of the plan under this subsection, the President shall consult with the appropriate committees of Congress.
(3) **Protections regarding information and uses thereof** — The plan under this subsection shall establish conditions for using the information described in subsection (b) received by the Department of State and Immigration and Naturalization Service—
(A) to limit the redissemination of such information;
(B) to ensure that such information is used solely to determine whether to issue a visa to an alien or to determine the admissibility or deportability of an alien to the United States, except as otherwise authorized under Federal law;
(C) to ensure the accuracy, security, and confidentiality of such information;
(D) to protect any privacy rights of individuals who are subjects of such information;
(E) to provide data integrity through the timely removal and destruction of obsolete or erroneous names and information; and
(F) in a manner that protects the sources and methods used to acquire intelligence information as required by [section 403–3(c)(7) of title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section403–3/c/7&num=0&edition=prelim).11 See References in Text note below.
(4) **Criminal penalties for misuse of information** — Any person who obtains information under this subsection without authorization or exceeding authorized access (as defined in [section 1030(e) of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1030/e&num=0&edition=prelim)), and who uses such information in the manner described in any of the paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 1030(a) of such title, or attempts to use such information in such manner, shall be subject to the same penalties as are applicable under section 1030(c) of such title for violation of that paragraph.
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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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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 403–2a, comprising section 8131 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1995, Pub. L. 103–335, titles I–VIII, was editorially reclassified as [section 3303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3303&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Requirement** The Attorney General shall implement an integrated entry and exit data system.
**(b) Integrated entry and exit data system defined** For purposes of this section, the term “integrated entry and exit data system” means an electronic system that—
(1) provides access to, and integrates, alien arrival and departure data that are—
(A) authorized or required to be created or collected under law;
(B) in an electronic format; and
(C) in a data base of the Department of Justice or the Department of State, including those created or used at ports of entry and at consular offices;
(2) uses available data described in paragraph (1) to produce a report of arriving and departing aliens by country of nationality, classification as an immigrant or nonimmigrant, and date of arrival in, and departure from, the United States;
(3) matches an alien’s available arrival data with the alien’s available departure data;
(4) assists the Attorney General (and the Secretary of State, to the extent necessary to carry out such Secretary’s obligations under immigration law) to identify, through on-line searching procedures, lawfully admitted nonimmigrants who may have remained in the United States beyond the period authorized by the Attorney General; and
(5) otherwise uses available alien arrival and departure data described in paragraph (1) to permit the Attorney General to make the reports required under subsection (e).
**(c) Construction**
(1) **No additional authority to impose documentary or data collection requirements** — Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the Attorney General or the Secretary of State to impose any new documentary or data collection requirements on any person in order to satisfy the requirements of this section, including—
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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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Except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or other provisions of law, the provisions of title 5 shall be applicable to the Department of Defense.
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**(a)** The term “Department of the Army” as used in this chapter shall be construed to mean the Department of the Army at the seat of the government and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Department of the Army.
**(b)** The term “Department of the Navy” as used in this chapter shall be construed to mean the Department of the Navy at the seat of the government; the headquarters, United States Marine Corps; the entire operating forces of the United States Navy, including naval aviation, and of the United States Marine Corps, including the reserve components of such forces; all field activities, headquarters, forces, bases, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Department of the Navy; and the United States Coast Guard when operating as a part of the Navy pursuant to law.
**(c)** The term “Department of the Air Force” as used in this chapter shall be construed to mean the Department of the Air Force at the seat of the government and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Department of the Air Force.
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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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**(a) Establishment** Not later than one year after October 26, 2001, the President shall establish a Commission on Interoperable Data Sharing (in this section referred to as the “Commission”). The purposes of the Commission shall be to—
(1) monitor the protections described in [section 1721(c)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1721/c/3&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) provide oversight of the interoperable electronic data system described in [section 1722 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1722&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(3) report to Congress annually on the Commission’s findings and recommendations.
**(b) Composition** The Commission shall consist of nine members, who shall be appointed by the President, as follows:
(1) One member, who shall serve as Chair of the Commission.
(2) Eight members, who shall be appointed from a list of nominees jointly provided by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate.
**(c) Considerations** The Commission shall consider recommendations regarding the following issues:
(1) Adequate protection of privacy concerns inherent in the design, implementation, or operation of the interoperable electronic data system.
(2) Timely adoption of security innovations, consistent with generally accepted security standards, to protect the integrity and confidentiality of information to prevent the risks of accidental or unauthorized loss, access, destruction, use modification, or disclosure of information.
(3) The adequacy of mechanisms to permit the timely correction of errors in data maintained by the interop
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**(a) Entering stolen passport identification numbers in the interoperable data system**
(1) **In general** — Beginning with implementation under [section 1722 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1722&num=0&edition=prelim) of the law enforcement and intelligence data system, not later than 72 hours after receiving notification of the loss or theft of a United States or foreign passport, the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall enter into such system the corresponding identification number for the lost or stolen passport.
(2) **Entry of information on previously lost or stolen passports** — To the extent practicable, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall enter into such system the corresponding identification numbers for the United States and foreign passports lost or stolen prior to the implementation of such system.
**(b) Transition period** Until such time as the law enforcement and intelligence data system described in [section 1722 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1722&num=0&edition=prelim) is fully implemented, the Attorney General shall enter the data described in subsection (a) into an existing data system being used to determine the admissibility or deportability of aliens.
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