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handle is hein.crs/crsaipw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS21916 Updated February 7, 2005 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Biometric Identifiers and Border Security: 9/11 Commission Recommendations and Related Issues Daniel Morgan and William Krouse Resources, Science, and Industry Division and Domestic Social Policy Division Summary In its final report, the 9/11 Commission concluded that funding and completing a biometric entry-exit screening system for travelers to and from the United States is essential to our national security. The commission noted that the United States has built the first phase of a biometric screening system known as US-VISIT, and recommended that the patchwork of other border screening systems be consolidated with US-VISIT to serve as the basis for a single system to streamline border inspections. This report provides an overview of biometric technologies and the major U.S. biometric border screening systems, including US-VISIT, and discusses issues such as cost, performance, and user acceptance. Based in part upon the commission's recommendations, Congress included biometric provisions related to entry/exit control in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-458). This topic will probably continue to be of interest to the 109'h Congress. This report will be updated as needed. Introduction The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, commonly known as the 9/11 Commission, found that constraining terrorist travel should become a vital part of counterterrorism strategy. Noting that false identities are used by terrorists to avoid being detected on a watchlist and that biometric identifiers make such evasions far more difficult, the commission recommended that The Department of Homeland Security, properly supported by the Congress, should complete, as quickly as possible, a biometric entry-exit screening system, including a single system for speeding qualified travelers. The commission identified the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program (US-VISIT) as the first phase of such a program, and recommended that this system be fully integrated with other border screening systems. It further Congressional Research Service +. The Library of Congress

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