Reform Immigration Through Biometrics Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8371 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8371

 To evaluate U.S. Customs and Border Protection's implementation of an 
 integrated biometric entry and exit data system in the United States, 
                        and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 2026

 Mr. Donalds introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, 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 evaluate U.S. Customs and Border Protection's implementation of an 
 integrated biometric entry and exit data system in the United States, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reform Immigration Through 
Biometrics Act''.

SEC. 2. EVALUATION OF CBP'S IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTEGRATED BIOMETRIC 
              ENTRY AND EXIT DATA SYSTEM.

    (a) Evaluation.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
        the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
        and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
        and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on 
        the status of efforts to implement an integrated entry and exit 
        data system in accordance with section 110 of the Illegal 
        Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
        U.S.C. 1365a; in this section referred to as the ``System'').
            (2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall include information relating to the following with 
        respect to the System:
                    (A) The impact on arrival and departure wait times.
                    (B) An evaluation of audits conducted on devices 
                procured by the private sector.
                    (C) An evaluation of prior and ongoing consultation 
                with the private sector.
                    (D) Milestones and metrics of success that have 
                occurred already, and whether such milestones and 
                metrics should be updated to successfully carry out the 
                congressional directive to establish the System.
                    (E) Risks and mitigation strategies to address such 
                risks.
                    (F) The effects of the System on the following:
                            (i) Legitimate travel and trade.
                            (ii) Combating terrorism.
                            (iii) Identifying visa holders who violate 
                        the terms of their visas.
            (3) Requirement.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
        ensure that the collection of biometric data under the System 
        shall cause the least possible disruption to the movement of 
        people or cargo in air, sea, or land transportation while 
        fulfilling the goals of improving counterterrorism efforts and 
        identifying visa holders who violate the terms of their visas.
    (b) Data Matching Assessment.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
        the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
        and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
        and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on 
        how the System is currently matching biometric information for 
        an individual, regardless of nationality, citizenship, or 
        immigration status, who is departing the United States against 
        biometric data previously provided to the United States 
        Government by such individual for the purposes of international 
        travel.
            (2) Prohibition.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall not include any information relating to citizens of the 
        United States, except to describe the privacy protections for 
        such citizens with regard to facial recognition.
    (c) Further Evaluations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the Senate a report on whether the sharing of biographic data provided 
to the Department of Homeland Security by the Canadian Border Services 
Agency pursuant to the 2011 Beyond the Border agreement has occurred, 
and the impacts of such data sharing agreement.
    (d) Other Biometric Initiatives.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to collect biometric information in circumstances other than 
as specified in this section.
    (e) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section may prohibit the 
collection of user fees permitted by section 13031 of the Consolidated 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c).
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