3.0.0 1320 2020-02-10T16:49:03Z 2022-02-08T17:27:15Z House H HR 2005-03-15 109 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2005-04-04T21:27:52Z Referred to 2005-03-15T14:04:35Z hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm07 Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee Referred to 2005-03-29T14:35:45Z Referred to 2005-03-15T14:04:40Z 2005-04-04 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. Committee 2005-03-29 hshm07 Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity. Committee 2005-03-15 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2005-03-15 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-15 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2005-03-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000170 Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] SILVESTRE REYES D TX 16 N Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative fees Administrative procedure Admission of nonimmigrants Aerial photography Air travel Alien labor Aliens Americans in foreign countries Animals Arizona Armed Forces and National Security Arrest Bicycles Border patrols Boundaries Canada Computer matching Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Conspiracy Containerization Cost accounting Criminal aliens Criminal investigation Criminal justice information Customs administration Data banks Department of Homeland Security Deportation Detention of persons Diplomats Dogs Drone aircraft Drug abuse Drug law enforcement Economic impact statements Economics and Public Finance Electronic data interchange Electronic government information Electronic surveillance Embassies Emergency medicine Employee training Environmental Protection Executive reorganization Explosives Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to law enforcement Federal employees Federal law enforcement officers Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fines (Penalties) Fingerprints Fire fighters Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign service Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government paperwork Government publicity Government statistics Government trust funds Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Health Homicide Identification devices Identification of criminals Illegal aliens Immigrants Immigration Indian lands Indian law enforcement Information technology Informers Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Intermodal transportation International Affairs Judges Labor and Employment Laboratories Language and languages Larceny Latin America Law Mass rapid transit Mexico Minorities Native Americans Nuclear terrorism Ombudsman Paramedical personnel Passports Pedestrians Planning Police Police training Prisoners Prosecution Public Lands and Natural Resources Public prosecutors Public service advertising Radar Radiation Recruiting of employees Remote sensing Reprogramming of appropriated funds Research and development Risk Salaries Science, Technology, Communications Security measures Sentencing guidelines Signs and symbols Smuggling Space activities Spanish language Standards Technological innovations Technology assessment Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Transportation safety Transportation workers Travel Treaties Truck drivers Virgin Islands Visas Weapons of mass destruction Witnesses Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2005-03-15 Introduced in House 2005-04-09T15:19:06Z Secure Borders Act - Establishes the Land Border Infrastructure Improvement Fund.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to conduct a vulnerability assessment of land ports of entry (POEs).

Directs the Secretary to: (1) make permanent specified pre-enrollment programs that allow expedited inspections at POEs for participants; (2) develop a comprehensive plan to deploy technological surveillance systems along U.S. borders; (3) increase the number of K-9 units working within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); (4) ensure that radiation portal monitors are installed at all southern border POEs no later than September 30, 2005; (5) contract with an independent entity to study the necessary allocation of personnel at POEs and Border Patrol sectors; and (6) provide ongoing training for inspectors.

Requires the Commissioner of Customs to submit a report to Congress on the One Face at the Border Initiative (a Department of Homeland Security [DHS] initiative that unifies customs, immigration, and agricultural inspection functions by cross-training CBP personnel).

Requires the Secretary to: (1) submit unclassified and classified versions of a comprehensive border security strategy; (2) integrate the IDENT and IAFIS databases; and (3) make interoperable those databases used by inspectors in secondary inspections.

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to create the positions of Northern Border Coordinator and Southern Border Coordinator within the DHS's Directorate of Border and Transportation Security.

Requires the President to submit information regarding progress toward implementation of the Smart Border Accords.

Expresses the sense of Congress that Mexicans and Canadians should be treated with parity in establishing periods of lawful admission.

States that, once the entry-exit data system required by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is fully implemented, the period of admission for aliens holding border crossing cards shall be six months.

Requires the Secretary to create an Office of US-VISIT Outreach to inform local border officials, residents, and businesses about developments in the US-VISIT program.

Amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service Data Management Improvement Act of 2000 to reconstitute the integrated entry-exit system task force.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure implementation of electronic arrival/departure records no later than December 1, 2005; (2) report on the development and distribution of a transportation worker identification card; and (3) establish standards and verification procedures for the security of intermodal cargo containers.

Establishes the Office of Tribal Security within DHS. Requires the Secretary to transfer the CBP Customs Patrol Officers unit operating on the Tohono O'odham Indian reservation (known as the Shadow Wolves) to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) immigration cases involving incarcerated criminal aliens should be processed while the alien is in prison; and (2) appropriations should be authorized for staff increases for judicial and prosecutorial offices to better enforce immigration laws.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create a new subclass in the S (witness or informant) nonimmigrant visa category for certain aliens in possession of critical reliable information regarding commercial alien smuggling organizations or enterprises. Provides for adjustment of status for such nonimmigrants.

Imposes increased penalties for, and establishes a rewards program to combat, aggravated alien smuggling. Requires enhanced sentences and fines for alien smuggling.

Amends the Federal criminal code to enhance penalties for smuggling merchandise into the United States. Requires sentencing enhancements for merchandise smuggling that results in a death.

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to create an Office of Overseas Service within DHS's Office of International Affairs.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) report on implementation of prior recommendations regarding visa security; (2) establish an electronic advance passenger screening system for visa waiver program (VWP) participants as part of an integrated entry-exit system; (3) create a VWP Office; and (4) provide fraud detection and foreign language training for inspectors inspecting VWP aliens.

Requires the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Ombudsman to launch a public information campaign and to establish an advisory group.

Directs the Comptroller General to assess CIS and report findings to the Secretary, the Secretary of State, and appropriate congressional committees.

Requires: (1) the Secretary to study biometric identifiers that might be used for immigration benefit applications and petitions; and (2) all fingerprints taken for adjudicating such applications or petitions to be digitized, and all such applications or petitions to be registered using a biometric identifier, by January 1, 2005.

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