[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1491 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1491

 To provide for the establishment and implementation of a fingerprint 
  processing system to be used whenever a visa is issued to an alien.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 3, 2001

  Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the establishment and implementation of a fingerprint 
  processing system to be used whenever a visa is issued to an alien.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINGERPRINT PROCESSING SYSTEM.

    Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Immigration and 
Naturalization shall jointly establish and implement a fingerprint 
processing system to be used whenever a visa is issued to an alien. 
Under the system, each fingerprint shall be entered into an electronic 
database that shall be accessed by the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service upon the alien's entry into the United States. The Immigration 
and Naturalization Service shall certify that the fingerprint of the 
individual seeking admission to the United States is a match to the 
fingerprint in the database. If the fingerprint does not match, the 
alien shall not be admitted to the United States.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the establishment of the 
fingerprint processing system.
    (b) Visa Fee Collections.--The Secretary of State shall increase 
the fees charged for the issuance of visas. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, each amount by which a visa fee exceeds the fee in 
effect immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
deposited as offsetting receipts into a separate account in the 
Treasury of the United States, to remain available until expended to 
the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Immigration and 
Naturalization to reimburse any appropriation out of which payments are 
made to cover the costs of the use of the fingerprint processing 
system.
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