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an interoperable component of the electronic data
system described in paragraph (2).
(2) REQUIREMENT FOR INTEROPERABLE DATA
SYSTEM.—Upon the date of commencement of im-
plementation of the plan required by section 201(c),
the President shall develop and implement an inter-
operable electronic data system to provide current
and immediate access to information in databases of
Federal law enforcement agencies and the intel-
ligence community that is relevant to determine
whether to issue a visa or to determine the admissi-
bility or deportability of an alien.
(3) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—In the de-
velopment and implementation of the data system
under this subsection, the President shall consult
with the Director of the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology (NIST) and any such other
agency as may be deemed appropriate.
(4) TECHNOLOGY STANDARD.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The data system devel-
oped and implemented under this subsection,
and the databases referred to in paragraph (2),
shall utilize the technology standard established
pursuant to section 403(c) of the USA PA-
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TRIOT Act, as amended by section 201(c)(5)
and subparagraph (B).
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
403(c) of the USA PATRIOT Act, as amended
by section 201(c)(5), is further amended—
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘,
including appropriate biometric identifier
standards,’’ after ‘‘technology standard’’;
and
(ii) in paragraph (2) —
(I) by striking ‘‘INTEGRATED’’
and inserting ‘‘INTEROPERABLE’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘integrated’’ and
inserting ‘‘interoperable’’.
(5) ACCESS
TO
INFORMATION
IN
DATA
SYS-
TEM.—Subject to paragraph (6), information in the
data system under this subsection shall be readily
and easily accessible—
(A) to any consular officer responsible for
the issuance of visas;
(B) to any Federal official responsible for
determining an alien’s admissibility to or de-
portability from the United States; and
(C) to any Federal law enforcement or in-
telligence officer determined by regulation to be
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responsible for the investigation or identifica-
tion of aliens.
(6) LIMITATION
ON
ACCESS.—The President
shall, in accordance with applicable Federal laws, es-
tablish procedures to restrict access to intelligence
information in the data system under this sub-
section, and the databases referred to in paragraph
(2), under circumstances in which such information
is not to be disclosed directly to Government officials
under paragraph (5).
(b) NAME-SEARCH CAPACITY AND SUPPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The interoperable electronic
data system required by subsection (a) shall—
(A) have the capacity to compensate for
disparate name formats among the different
databases referred to in subsection (a);
(B) be searchable on a linguistically sen-
sitive basis;
(C) provide adequate user support;
(D) to the extent practicable, utilize com-
mercially available technology; and
(E) be adjusted and improved, based upon
experience with the databases and improve-
ments in the underlying technologies and
sciences, on a continuing basis.
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(2) LINGUISTICALLY SENSITIVE SEARCHES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—To satisfy the require-
ment of paragraph (1)(B), the interoperable
electronic database shall be searchable based on
linguistically sensitive algorithms that—
(i) account for variations in name for-
mats and transliterations, including varied
spellings and varied separation or combina-
tion of name elements, within a particular
language; and
(ii) incorporate advanced linguistic,
mathematical, statistical, and anthropo-
logical research and methods.
(B) LANGUAGES REQUIRED.—
(i) PRIORITY
LANGUAGES.—Linguis-
tically sensitive algorithms shall be devel-
oped and implemented for no fewer than 4
languages designated as high priorities by
the Secretary of State, after consultation
with the Attorney General and the Direc-
tor of Central Intelligence.
(ii) IMPLEMENTATION
SCHEDULE.—
Of the 4 linguistically sensitive algorithms
required to be developed and implemented
under clause (i)—
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(I) the highest priority language
algorithms shall be implemented with-
in 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act; and
(II) an additional language algo-
rithm shall be implemented each suc-
ceeding year for the next three years.
(3) ADEQUATE USER SUPPORT.—The Secretary
of State and the Attorney General shall jointly pre-
scribe procedures to ensure that consular and immi-
gration officers can, as required, obtain assistance in
resolving identity and other questions that may arise
about names of aliens seeking visas or admission to
the United States that may be subject to variations
in format, transliteration, or other similar phe-
nomenon.
(4) INTERIM REPORTS.—Six months after the
date of enactment of this Act, the President shall
submit a report to the appropriate committees of
Congress on the progress in implementing each re-
quirement of this section.
(5) REPORTS BY INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.—
(A) CURRENT
STANDARDS.—Not later
than 60 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Director of Central Intelligence
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shall complete the survey and issue the report
previously required by section 309(a) of the In-
telligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1998 (50 U.S.C. 403–3 note).
(B) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 120
days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Director of Intelligence shall issue the
guidelines and submit the copy of those guide-
lines previously required by section 309(b) of
the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1998 (50 U.S.C. 403–3 note).
(6) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this
subsection.
SEC. 203. COMMISSION ON INTEROPERABLE DATA SHAR-
ING.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year after
the date of enactment of the USA PATRIOT Act, the
President shall establish a Commission on Interoperable
Data Sharing (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Commis-
sion’’). The purposes of the Commission shall be to—
(1) monitor the protections described in section
201(c)(3);
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(2) provide oversight of the interoperable elec-
tronic data system described in this title; and
(3) report to Congress annually on the Commis-
sion’s findings and recommendations.
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall consist of
nine members, who shall be appointed by the President,
as follows:
(1) One member, who shall serve as Chair of
the Commission.
(2) Eight members, who shall be appointed
from a list of nominees jointly provided by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minor-
ity Leader of the House of Representatives, the Ma-
jority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Lead-
er of the Senate.
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—The Commission shall con-
sider recommendations regarding the following issues:
(1) Adequate protection of privacy concerns in-
herent in the design, implementation, or operation of
the interoperable electronic data system.
(2) Timely adoption of security innovations,
consistent with generally accepted security stand-
ards, to protect the integrity and confidentiality of
information to prevent against the risks of acci-
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dental or unauthorized loss, access, destruction, use
modification, or disclosure of information.
(3) The adequacy of mechanisms to permit the
timely correction of errors in data maintained by the
interoperable data system.
(4) Other protections against unauthorized use
of data to guard against the misuse of the interoper-
able data system or the data maintained by the sys-
tem, including recommendations for modifications to
existing laws and regulations to sanction misuse of
the system.
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission such
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
TITLE III—VISA ISSUANCE
SEC. 301. ELECTRONIC PROVISION OF VISA FILES.
Section 221(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(a)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ immediately after ‘‘(a)’’;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) The Secretary of State shall provide to the Serv-
ice an electronic version of the visa file of an alien who
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has been issued a visa to ensure that the data in that visa
file is available to immigration inspectors at the United
States ports of entry before the arrival of the alien at such
a port of entry.’’.
SEC. 302. IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTEGRATED ENTRY
AND EXIT DATA SYSTEM.
(a) DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEM.—In developing the
integrated entry and exit data system for the ports of
entry, as required by the Immigration and Naturalization
Service Data Management Improvement Act of 2000
(Public Law 106–215), the Attorney General and the Sec-
retary of State shall—
(1) implement, fund, and use a technology
standard under section 403(c) of the USA PA-
TRIOT Act (as amended by sections 201(c)(5) and
202(a)(3)(B)) at United States ports of entry and at
consular posts abroad;
(2) establish a database containing the arrival
and departure data from machine-readable visas,
passports, and other travel and entry documents
possessed by aliens; and
(3) make interoperable all security databases
relevant to making determinations of admissibility
under section 212 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182).
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(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—In implementing the provi-
sions of subsection (a), the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service and the Department of State shall—
(1) utilize technologies that facilitate the lawful
and efficient cross-border movement of commerce
and persons without compromising the safety and
security of the United States; and
(2) consider implementing the North American
National Security Program described in section 401.
SEC. 303. MACHINE-READABLE, TAMPER-RESISTANT ENTRY
AND EXIT DOCUMENTS.
(a) REPORT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney
General, the Secretary of State, and the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), act-
ing jointly, shall submit to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress a comprehensive report assessing
the actions that will be necessary, and the consider-
ations to be taken into account, to achieve fully, not
later than October 26, 2003—
(A) implementation of the requirements of
subsections (b) and (c); and
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(B) deployment of the equipment and soft-
ware to allow biometric comparison of the docu-
ments described in subsections (b) and (c).
(2) ESTIMATES.—In addition to the assessment
required by paragraph (1), each report shall include
an estimate of the costs to be incurred, and the per-
sonnel, man-hours, and other support required, by
the Department of Justice, the Department of State,
and NIST to achieve the objectives of subparagraphs
(A) and (B) of paragraph (1).
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 26,
2003, the Attorney General and the Secretary of
State shall issue to aliens only machine-readable,
tamper-resistant visas and travel and entry docu-
ments that use biometric identifiers. The Attorney
General and the Secretary of State shall jointly es-
tablish biometric identifiers standards to be em-
ployed on such visas and travel and entry documents
from among those biometric identifiers recognized by
domestic and international standards organizations.
(2) READERS
AND
SCANNERS
AT
PORTS
OF
ENTRY.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October
26, 2003, the Attorney General, in consultation
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with the Secretary of State, shall install at all
ports of entry of the United States equipment
and software to allow biometric comparison of
all United States visas and travel and entry
documents issued to aliens, and passports
issued pursuant to subsection (c)(1).
(B) USE OF READERS AND SCANNERS.—
The Attorney General, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, shall utilize biometric data
readers and scanners that—
(i) domestic and international stand-
ards organizations determine to be highly
accurate when used to verify identity; and
(ii) can read the biometric identifiers
utilized under subsections (b)(1) and
(c)(1).
(3) USE
OF
TECHNOLOGY
STANDARD.—The
systems employed to implement paragraphs (1) and
(2) shall utilize the technology standard established
pursuant to section 403(c) of the USA PATRIOT
Act, 
as 
amended 
by 
section 
201(c)(5) 
and
202(a)(3)(B).
(c) TECHNOLOGY STANDARD FOR VISA WAIVER PAR-
TICIPANTS.—
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(1) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later
than October 26, 2003, the government of each
country that is designated to participate in the visa
waiver program established under section 217 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act shall certify, as a
condition for designation or continuation of that des-
ignation, that it has a program to issue to its na-
tionals machine-readable passports that are tamper-
resistant and incorporate biometric identifiers that
comply with applicable biometric identifiers stand-
ards established by the International Civil Aviation
Organization. This paragraph shall not be construed
to rescind the requirement of section 217(a)(3) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act.
(2) USE OF TECHNOLOGY STANDARD.—On and
after October 26, 2003, any alien applying for ad-
mission under the visa waiver program shall present
a passport that meets the requirements of paragraph
(1) unless the alien’s passport was issued prior to
that date.
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this section, including reimburse-
ment to international and domestic standards organiza-
tions.
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SEC. 304. TERRORIST LOOKOUT COMMITTEES.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State shall
require a terrorist lookout committee to be maintained
within each United States mission.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of each committee es-
tablished under subsection (a) shall be—
(1) to utilize the cooperative resources of all ele-
ments of the United States mission in the country
in which the consular post is located to identify
known or potential terrorists and to develop infor-
mation on those individuals;
(2) to ensure that such information is routinely
and consistently brought to the attention of appro-
priate United States officials for use in admin-
istering the immigration laws of the United States;
and
(3) to ensure that the names of known and sus-
pected terrorists are entered into the appropriate
lookout databases.
(c) COMPOSITION; CHAIR.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish rules governing the composition of such commit-
tees.
(d) MEETINGS.—The committee shall meet at least
monthly to share information pertaining to the commit-
tee’s purpose as described in subsection (b)(2).
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(e) PERIODIC REPORTS.—The committee shall sub-
mit quarterly reports to the Secretary of State describing
the committee’s activities, whether or not information on
known or suspected terrorists was developed during the
quarter.
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to implement this section.
SEC. 305. IMPROVED TRAINING FOR CONSULAR OFFICERS.
(a) TRAINING.—The Secretary of State shall require
that all consular officers responsible for adjudicating visa
applications, before undertaking to perform consular re-
sponsibilities, receive specialized training in the effective
screening of visa applicants who pose a potential threat
to the safety or security of the United States. Such offi-
cers shall be specially and extensively trained in the identi-
fication of aliens inadmissible under section 212(a)(3) (A)
and (B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, inter-
agency and international intelligence sharing regarding
terrorists and terrorism, and cultural-sensitivity toward
visa applicants.
(b) USE
OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE INFORMA-
TION.—As an ongoing component of the training required
in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall coordinate
with the Assistant to the President for Homeland Secu-
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rity, Federal law enforcement agencies, and the intel-
ligence community to compile and disseminate to the Bu-
reau of Consular Affairs reports, bulletins, updates, and
other current unclassified information relevant to terror-
ists and terrorism and to screening visa applicants who
pose a potential threat to the safety or security of the
United States.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to implement this section.
SEC. 306. RESTRICTION ON ISSUANCE OF VISAS TO NON-
IMMIGRANTS FROM COUNTRIES THAT ARE
STATE SPONSORS OF INTERNATIONAL TER-
RORISM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—No nonimmigrant visa under sec-
tion 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) shall be issued to any alien from
a country that is a state sponsor of international terrorism
unless the Secretary of State determines, in consultation
with the Attorney General and the heads of other appro-
priate United States agencies, that such alien does not
pose a threat to the safety or national security of the
United States. In making a determination under this sub-
section, the Secretary of State shall apply standards devel-
oped by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
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Attorney General and the heads of other appropriate
United States agencies, that are applicable to the nation-
als of such states.
(b) STATE SPONSOR OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
DEFINED.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In this section, the term
‘‘state sponsor of international terrorism’’ means
any country the government of which has been de-
termined by the Secretary of State under any of the
laws specified in paragraph (2) to have repeatedly
provided support for acts of international terrorism.
(2) LAWS
UNDER
WHICH
DETERMINATIONS
WERE MADE.—The laws specified in this paragraph
are the following:
(A) Section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Ad-
ministration Act of 1979 (or successor statute).
(B) Section 40(d) of the Arms Export
Control Act.
(C) Section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961.
SEC. 307. DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM COUNTRIES UNDER
THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.
(a) REPORTING PASSPORT THEFTS.—As a condition
of a country’s initial designation or continued designation
for participation in the visa waiver program under section
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217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1187), the Attorney General and the Secretary of State
shall consider whether the country reports to the United
States Government on a timely basis the theft of blank
passports issued by that country.
(b) CHECK OF LOOKOUT DATABASES.—Prior to the
admission of an alien under the visa waiver program es-
tablished under section 217 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service shall determine that the applicant for
admission does not appear in any of the appropriate look-
out databases available to immigration inspectors at the
time the alien seeks admission to the United States.
SEC. 308. TRACKING SYSTEM FOR STOLEN PASSPORTS.
(a) ENTERING STOLEN PASSPORT IDENTIFICATION
NUMBERS IN THE INTEROPERABLE DATA SYSTEM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with implementa-
tion under section 202 of the law enforcement and
intelligence data system, not later than 72 hours
after receiving notification of the loss or theft of a
United States or foreign passport, the Attorney Gen-
eral and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall
enter into such system the corresponding identifica-
tion number for the lost or stolen passport.
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(2) ENTRY OF INFORMATION ON PREVIOUSLY
LOST OR STOLEN PASSPORTS.—To the extent prac-
ticable, the Attorney General, in consultation with
the Secretary of State, shall enter into such system
the corresponding identification numbers for the
United States and foreign passports lost or stolen
prior to the implementation of such system.
(b) TRANSITION PERIOD.—Until such time as the law
enforcement and intelligence data system described in sec-
tion 202 is fully implemented, the Attorney General shall
enter the data described in subsection (a) into an existing
data system being used to determine the admissibility or
deportability of aliens.
SEC. 309. IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS FOR CERTAIN
NEWLY ADMITTED ALIENS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Attorney General shall ensure that, imme-
diately upon the arrival in the United States of an indi-
vidual admitted under section 207 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), or immediately upon an
alien being granted asylum under section 208 of such Act
(8 U.S.C. 1158), the alien will be issued an employment
authorization document. Such document shall, at a min-
imum, contain the fingerprint and photograph of such
alien.
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described in section 235A of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225). Consideration shall
be 
given 
to 
the 
feasibility 
of 
expanding
preinspections to foreign nationals on air flights des-
tined for Canada and Mexico, and the cross training
and funding of inspectors from Canada and Mexico.
(3) CONDITIONS.—A determination of the
measures necessary to ensure that the conditions re-
quired by section 235A(a)(5) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225a(a)(5)) are sat-
isfied, including consultation with experts recognized
for their expertise regarding the conditions required
by that section.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to
the appropriate committees of Congress a report setting
forth the findings of the study conducted under subsection
(a).
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this section.
SEC. 402. PASSENGER MANIFESTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 231 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (a), (b), (d), and (e);
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(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (i); and
(3) by inserting after ‘‘SEC. 231.’’ the following
new subsections: ‘‘(a) ARRIVAL MANIFESTS.—For
each commercial vessel or aircraft transporting any
person to any seaport or airport of the United
States from any place outside the United States, it
shall be the duty of an appropriate official specified
in subsection (d) to provide to an immigration offi-
cer at that port manifest information about each
passenger, crew member, and other occupant trans-
ported on such vessel or aircraft prior to arrival at
that port.
‘‘(b) DEPARTURE MANIFESTS.—For each commercial
vessel or aircraft taking passengers on board at any sea-
port or airport of the United States, who are destined to
any place outside the United States, it shall be the duty
of an appropriate official specified in subsection (d) to pro-
vide an immigration officer before departure from such
port manifest information about each passenger, crew
member, and other occupant to be transported.
‘‘(c) CONTENTS OF MANIFEST.—The information to
be provided with respect to each person listed on a mani-
fest required to be provided under subsection (a) or (b)
shall include—
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‘‘(1) complete name;
‘‘(2) date of birth;
‘‘(3) citizenship;
‘‘(4) sex;
‘‘(5) passport number and country of issuance;
‘‘(6) country of residence;
‘‘(7) United States visa number, date, and place
of issuance, where applicable;
‘‘(8) alien registration number, where applica-
ble;
‘‘(9) United States address while in the United
States; and
‘‘(10) such other information the Attorney Gen-
eral, in consultation with the Secretary of State, and
the Secretary of Treasury determines as being nec-
essary for the identification of the persons trans-
ported and for the enforcement of the immigration
laws and to protect safety and national security.
‘‘(d) APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS SPECIFIED.—An ap-
propriate official specified in this subsection is the master
or commanding officer, or authorized agent, owner, or con-
signee, of the commercial vessel or aircraft concerned.
‘‘(e) DEADLINE FOR REQUIREMENT OF ELECTRONIC
TRANSMISSION OF MANIFEST INFORMATION.—Not later
than January 1, 2003, manifest information required to
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be provided under subsection (a) or (b) shall be trans-
mitted electronically by the appropriate official specified
in subsection (d) to an immigration officer.
‘‘(f) PROHIBITION.—No operator of any private or
public carrier that is under a duty to provide manifest in-
formation under this section shall be granted clearance pa-
pers until the appropriate official specified in subsection
(d) has complied with the requirements of this subsection,
except that in the case of commercial vessels, aircraft, or
land carriers that the Attorney General determines are
making regular trips to the United States, the Attorney
General may, when expedient, arrange for the provision
of manifest information of persons departing the United
States at a later date.
‘‘(g) PENALTIES AGAINST NONCOMPLYING SHIP-
MENTS, AIRCRAFT, OR CARRIERS.—If it shall appear to
the satisfaction of the Attorney General that an appro-
priate official specified in subsection (d), any public or pri-
vate carrier, or the agent of any transportation line, as
the case may be, has refused or failed to provide manifest
information required by subsection (a) or (b), or that the
manifest information provided is not accurate and full
based on information provided to the carrier, such official,
carrier, or agent, as the case may be, shall pay to the Com-
missioner the sum of $300 for each person with respect
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to whom such accurate and full manifest information is
not provided, or with respect to whom the manifest infor-
mation is not prepared as prescribed by this section or
by regulations issued pursuant thereto. No commercial
vessel, aircraft, or land carrier shall be granted clearance
pending determination of the question of the liability to
the payment of such penalty, or while it remains unpaid,
and no such penalty shall be remitted or refunded, except
that clearance may be granted prior to the determination
of such question upon the deposit with the Commissioner
of a bond or undertaking approved by the Attorney Gen-
eral or a sum sufficient to cover such penalty.
‘‘(h) WAIVER.—The Attorney General may waive the
requirements of subsection (a) or (b) upon such cir-
cumstances and conditions as the Attorney General may
by regulation prescribe.’’.
(b) EXTENSION TO LAND CARRIERS.—Not later than
two years after the date of enactment of this Act, the
President shall conduct a study regarding the feasibility
of extending the requirements of subsections (a) and (b)
of section 231 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1221), as amended by subsection (a), to any com-
mercial carrier transporting persons by land to or from
the United States. The study shall focus on the manner
in which such requirement would be implemented to en-
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hance the national security of the United States and the
efficient cross-border flow of commerce and persons.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to persons arriving
in, or departing from, the United States on or after the
date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 403. TIME PERIOD FOR INSPECTIONS.
(a) REPEAL
OF TIME LIMITATION
ON INSPEC-
TIONS.—Section 286(g) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘,
within forty-five minutes of their presentation for inspec-
tion,’’.
(b) STAFFING LEVELS AT PORTS OF ENTRY.—The
Immigration and Naturalization Service shall staff ports
of entry at such levels that would be adequate to meet
traffic flow and inspection time objectives efficiently with-
out compromising the safety and security of the United
States. Estimated staffing levels under workforce models
for the Immigration and Naturalization Service shall be
based on the goal of providing immigration services de-
scribed in section 286(g) of such Act within 45 minutes
of a passenger’s presentation for inspection.