[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 752 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 752

 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a program in 
  the maritime environment for the mobile biometric identification of 
    suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border 
                               security.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2009

Mr. Bilirakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a program in 
  the maritime environment for the mobile biometric identification of 
    suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border 
                               security.

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

SECTION 1. MARITIME BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting 
through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall conduct, in the 
maritime environment, a program for the mobile biometric identification 
of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border 
security and for other purposes.
    (b) Requirements.--The Secretary shall ensure the program described 
in subsection (a) is coordinated with other biometric identification 
programs within the Department of Homeland Security.
    (c) Cost Analysis.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations and Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate an analysis of the cost of expanding 
the Coast Guard's biometric identification capabilities for use by the 
Coast Guard's Deployable Operations Group, cutters, stations, and other 
deployable maritime teams considered appropriate by the Secretary, and 
any other appropriate Department of Homeland Security maritime vessels 
and units. The analysis may include a tiered plan for the deployment of 
the program described in subsection (a) that gives priority to vessels 
and units more likely to encounter individuals suspected of making 
unlawful border crossings through the maritime environment.
    (d) Definition.--For the purposes of this section, the term 
``biometric identification'' means the use of fingerprint and digital 
photography images.
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