Sec. 204. Biometric submission before entry
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Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall initiate a demonstration program to conduct the advance verification of biometric data from a random sample of aliens entering the United States under the visa waiver program established under section 217(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1187(a) ) that considers the factors set out in paragraph (2). In carrying out the demonstration program initiated under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider— how to verify biometric data through a standardized and reliable process or means by which an applicant under the visa waiver program may submit biometric information with relatively limited expense to the applicant; how to ensure necessary quality of biometric information data verified prior to travel to minimize false positive matches upon an applicant’s seeking admission at a United States port of entry; how to verify biometric information from an applicant in a manner that confirms the identity of the applicant and prevents, to the greatest extent practicable, the fraudulent use of a person’s identity; and other elements the Secretary determines are necessary to create a scalable and reliable means of biometric information verification for the visa waiver program.
The demonstration program initiated under paragraph
(1)shall be completed not later than 15 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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