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(1) such other agencies of the Government of 
the United States as are appropriate; and 
(2) national organizations representing the ar-
chitecture, engineering, surveying, and mapping pro-
fessions. 
(c) REPORT.—The Comptroller General shall submit 
to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives, and to the Senate, by not later 
than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act 
a report on the findings, conclusions, and recommenda-
tions of the study under this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
(1) each of the terms ‘‘architectural’’, ‘‘engi-
neering’’, ‘‘surveying’’, and ‘‘mapping’’— 
(A) subject to subparagraph (B), has the 
same meaning such term has under section 
1102 of title 40, United States Code; and 
(B) includes services performed by profes-
sionals such as surveyors, photogrammetrists, 
hydrographers, geodesists, or cartographers in 
the collection, storage, retrieval, or dissemina-
tion of graphical or digital data to depict nat-
ural or man-made physical features, phe-
nomena, or boundaries of the earth and any in-
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formation related to such data, including any 
such data that comprises the processing of a 
survey, map, chart, geographic information sys-
tem, remotely sensed image or data, or aerial 
photograph; and 
(2) the term ‘‘critical infrastructure’’— 
(A) means systems and assets, whether 
physical or virtual, so vital to the United States 
that the incapacity or destruction of such sys-
tems and assets would have a debilitating im-
pact on security, national economic security, na-
tional public health or safety, or any combina-
tion of those matters; and 
(B) includes the basic facilities, structures, 
and installations needed for the functioning of 
a community or society, including transpor-
tation and communications systems, water and 
power lines, power plants, and the built envi-
ronment of private and public institutions of 
the United States. 
SEC. 1123. IMPROVING THE NEXUS AND FAST REGISTERED 
TRAVELER PROGRAMS. 
(a) MERGING
REQUIREMENTS
OF
NEXUS
AND 
FAST.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall merge the procedures for the pro-
grams described in subsection (j) into a single proce-
dure, with common eligibility and security screening 
requirements, enrollment processes, and sanctions 
regimes. 
(2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that the 
procedures for the programs known as ‘‘NEXUS 
Highway’’, ‘‘NEXUS Marine’’, and ‘‘NEXUS Air’’ 
are integrated into such a single procedure. 
(b) INTEGRATING NEXUS AND FAST INFORMATION 
SYSTEMS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall in-
tegrate all databases and information systems for the pro-
grams described in subsection (j) in a manner that will 
permit any identification card issued to a participant to 
operate in all locations where a program described in such 
subsection is operating. 
(c) CREATION OF NEXUS CONVERTIBLE LANES.—In 
order to expand the NEXUS program described in sub-
section (j)(2) to major northern border crossings, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, in consultation with appro-
priate representatives of the Government of Canada, shall 
equip not fewer than six new northern border crossings 
with NEXUS technology. 
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(d) CREATION
OF REMOTE ENROLLMENT CEN-
TERS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consulta-
tion with appropriate representatives of the Government 
of Canada, shall create a minimum of two remote enroll-
ment centers for the programs described in subsection (j). 
Such a remote enrollment center shall be established at 
each of the border crossings described in subsection (c). 
(e) CREATION
OF
MOBILE
ENROLLMENT
CEN-
TERS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consulta-
tion with appropriate representatives of the Government 
of Canada, shall create a minimum of two mobile enroll-
ment centers for the programs described in subsection (j). 
Such mobile enrollment centers shall be used to accept and 
process applications in areas currently underserved by 
such programs. The Secretary shall work with State and 
local authorities in determining the locations of such mo-
bile enrollment centers. 
(f) ON-LINE APPLICATION PROCESS.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall design an on-line application 
process for the programs described in subsection (j). Such 
process shall permit individuals to securely submit their 
applications on-line and schedule a security interview at 
the nearest enrollment center. 
(g) PROMOTING ENROLLMENT.— 
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(1) 
CREATING
INCENTIVES
FOR
ENROLL-
MENT.—In order to encourage applications for the 
programs described in subsection (j), the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall develop a plan to admit 
participants in an amount that is as inexpensive as 
possible per card issued for each of such programs. 
(2) CUSTOMER SERVICE PHONE NUMBER.—In 
order to provide potential applicants with timely in-
formation for the programs described in subsection 
(j), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall create 
a customer service telephone number for such pro-
grams. 
(3) PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN.—The Secretary shall 
carry out a program to educate the public regarding 
the benefits of the programs described in subsection 
(j). 
(h) TRAVEL DOCUMENT FOR TRAVEL INTO UNITED 
STATES.—For purposes of the plan required under section 
7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Preven-
tion Act of 2004, an identification card issued to a partici-
pant in a program described in subsection (j) shall be con-
sidered a document sufficient on its own when produced 
to denote identity and citizenship for travel into the 
United States by United States citizens and by categories 
of individuals for whom documentation requirements have 
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