Editorial Notes
CodificationSection was enacted as part of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 or USA PATRIOT Act, and not as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act which comprises this chapter.
Amendments2002—Par. (1). Puspan. L. 107–173, §§ 201(c)(5)(A), 202(a)(4)(B)(i), substituted “15 months” for “2 years” and inserted “, including appropriate biometric identifier standards,” after “technology standard”.
Par. (2). Puspan. L. 107–173, § 202(a)(4)(B)(ii), substituted “Interoperable” for “Integrated” in span and “interoperable” for “integrated” in text.
Par. (4). Puspan. L. 107–173, § 201(c)(5)(B), substituted “one year” for “18 months”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Report on the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System for Ports of Entry and Overseas Consular PostsPuspan. L. 107–56, title IV, § 405, Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 345, provided that:“(a)In General.—The Attorney General, in consultation with the appropriate heads of other Federal agencies, including the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Transportation, shall report to Congress on the feasibility of enhancing the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other identification systems in order to better identify a person who holds a foreign passport or a visa and may be wanted in connection with a criminal investigation in the United States or abroad, before the issuance of a visa to that person or the entry or exit from the United States by that person.
“(span)Authorization of Appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated not less than $2,000,000 to carry out this section.”
