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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4412 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to consolidate existing U.S. 
Citizenship and Immigration Services databases into a comprehensive 
database that allows real-time access to data, in order to improve cus-
tomer service and enhance national security and public safety, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2005 
Mr. MCHENRY (for himself, Mr. JINDAL, Mr. ISSA, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. 
KLINE, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. WAMP, Mr. 
BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. 
FEENEY, Mr. SHADEGG, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. GINGREY, and Mr. GUT-
KNECHT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to consolidate 
existing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services data-
bases into a comprehensive database that allows real- 
time access to data, in order to improve customer service 
and enhance national security and public safety, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Comprehensive Immi-
gration Data And Technology Accountability Act of 
2005’’. 
SEC. 2. CONSOLIDATION OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRA-
TION SERVICES DATABASES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall consolidate existing U.S. Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services databases into a comprehensive database 
that allows all authorized users real-time access to data, 
in order to improve customer service and enhance national 
security and public safety. 
(b) DATABASES INCLUDED.—The databases to be in-
cluded in such consolidation are as follows: 
(1) The Computer Linked Application Informa-
tion Management Systems (CLAIMS), versions 3 
and 4. 
(2) The National Tracking File Systems 
(NTFS). 
(3) The Systematic Alien Verification for Enti-
tlements (SAVE). 
(4) Interagency Border Inspection System 
(IBIS). 
(5) Treasury Enforcement Communications 
System II/NIIS (TECSII/NIIS).
(6) Any other system the Secretary determines 
to be appropriate. 
(c) INTEROPERABILITY.—The comprehensive data-
base described in subsection (a) shall facilitate real-time 
data exchange with all other databases of the Department 
of Homeland Security, the Department of State, Federal 
law enforcement agencies (as defined in section 2 of the 
Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 
2002 (8 U.S.C. 1701), and the intelligence community (as 
so defined) relevant to all aspects of alien screening, in-
cluding databases used for visa issuance and those used 
for determinations of admissibility and deportability. 
(d) BIOMETRIC
AND LINGUISTIC CAPABILITIES.— 
The comprehensive database described in subsection (a) 
shall incorporate full biometric and linguistic capabilities 
to prevent fraud and to verify the identity and immigra-
tion status of aliens in the absence of documentation. 
(e) DESIGN
AND
MAINTENANCE
RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—The Secretary, acting through the Under Sec-
retary for Management, shall be responsible for the design 
and maintenance of the comprehensive database described 
in subsection (a). Such database shall be annually evalu-
ated by the Citizenship and Immigration Services Om-
budsman. 
(f) DEADLINES.—
(1) PLATFORM IDENTIFICATION.—By not later 
than 6 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall identify a commercially 
or publicly available system platform suitable for the 
comprehensive database described in subsection (a). 
(2) DATA TRANSFER.—By not later than 12 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary— 
(A) shall merge the data from the data-
bases described in paragraphs (1) through (4) 
of subsection (b) into the comprehensive data-
base described in subsection (a); and 
(B) shall ensure that all new information 
is entered into the comprehensive database in 
lieu of the databases described in paragraphs 
(1) through (4) of subsection (b). 
(3) REPLACEMENT.—By not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall ensure that the databases de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection 
(b) are completely phased out and the comprehensive 
database described in subsection (a) is fully oper-
ational. 
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