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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) conduct, through the Coast Guard in the maritime environment, a program for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security and for other purposes; (2) ensure such program's coordination with other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) biometric identification programs; and (3) report to the appropriate congressional committees respecting the cost of expanding the Coast Guard's biometric identification capabilities for use by other Coast Guard and DHS vessels and units. </p> <p>Defines &quot;biometric identification&quot; as the use of fingerprint and digital photography images.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 10, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) conduct, through the Coast Guard in the maritime environment, a program for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security and for other purposes; (2) ensure such program's coordination with other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) biometric identification programs; and (3) report to the appropriate congressional committees respecting the cost of expanding the Coast Guard's biometric identification capabilities for use by other Coast Guard and DHS vessels and units. </p> <p>Defines &quot;biometric identification&quot; as the use of fingerprint and digital photography images.</p>]]></text>
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