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(iii) can authenticate the document presented to
verify identity.
(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)(4)(B).
(c) TECHNOLOGY STANDARD FOR VISA WAIVER PARTICIPANTS.—
(1) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than October
26, 2004, 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 designa-
tion, that it has a program to issue to its nationals machine-
readable passports that are tamper-resistant and incorporate
biometric and document authentication identifiers that comply
with applicable biometric and document identifying standards
established by the International Civil Aviation Organization.
This paragraph shall not be construed to rescind the require-
ment of section 217(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act.
(2) USE OF TECHNOLOGY STANDARD.—On and after October
26, 2004, any alien applying for admission under the visa
waiver program under section 217 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act shall present a passport that meets the require-
ments 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 reimbursement to international and domestic
standards organizations.
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 to a foreign country.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of each committee established under
subsection (a) shall be—
(1) to utilize the cooperative resources of all elements of
the United States mission in the country in which the consular
post is located to identify known or potential terrorists and
to develop information on those individuals;
(2) to ensure that such information is routinely and consist-
ently brought to the attention of appropriate United States
officials for use in administering the immigration laws of the
United States; and
(3) to ensure that the names of known and suspected
terrorists are entered into the appropriate lookout databases.
(c) COMPOSITION; CHAIR.—The Secretary shall establish rules
governing the composition of such committees.
(d) MEETINGS.—Each committee established under subsection
(a) shall meet at least monthly to share information pertaining
to the committee’s purpose as described in subsection (b)(2).
(e) PERIODIC REPORTS
TO
THE SECRETARY
OF STATE.—Each
committee established under subsection (a) shall submit monthly
reports to the Secretary of State describing the committee’s activi-
ties, whether or not information on known or suspected terrorists
was developed during the month.
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(f) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of State shall submit
a report on a quarterly basis to the appropriate committees of
Congress on the status of the committees established under sub-
section (a).
(g) 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 responsibilities, 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 officers shall be specially and extensively trained in
the identification of aliens inadmissible under section 212(a)(3)
(A) and (B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, interagency
and international intelligence sharing regarding terrorists and ter-
rorism, and cultural-sensitivity toward visa applicants.
(b) USE
OF
FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE
INFORMATION.—As an
ongoing component of the training required in subsection (a), the
Secretary of State shall coordinate with the Assistant to the Presi-
dent for Homeland Security, Federal law enforcement agencies,
and the intelligence community to compile and disseminate to the
Bureau of Consular Affairs reports, bulletins, updates, and other
current unclassified information relevant to terrorists 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 NONIMMIGRANTS
FROM COUNTRIES THAT ARE STATE SPONSORS OF
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—No nonimmigrant visa under section
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 appropriate 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 developed
by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney General
and the heads of other appropriate United States agencies, that
are applicable to the nationals 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 determined 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 Administration Act
of 1979 (or successor statute).
(B) Section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act.
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(C) Section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961.
SEC. 307. DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM COUNTRIES UNDER THE VISA
WAIVER PROGRAM.
(a) REPORTING PASSPORT THEFTS.—Section 217 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) is amended—
(1) by adding at the end of subsection (c)(2) the following
new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) REPORTING PASSPORT THEFTS.—The government
of the country certifies that it reports to the United States
Government on a timely basis the theft of blank passports
issued by that country.’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(5)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and
inserting ‘‘2 years’’; and
(3) by adding at the end of subsection (f) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(5) FAILURE TO REPORT PASSPORT THEFTS.—If the Attorney
General and the Secretary of State jointly determine that the
program country is not reporting the theft of blank passports,
as required by subsection (c)(2)(D), the Attorney General shall
terminate the designation of the country as a program
country.’’.
(b) CHECK OF LOOKOUT DATABASES.—Prior to the admission
of an alien under the visa waiver program established under section
217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), the
Immigration and Naturalization Service shall determine that the
applicant for admission does not appear in any of the appropriate
lookout 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 implementation 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
General and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall enter
into such system the corresponding identification number for
the lost or stolen passport.
(2) ENTRY OF INFORMATION ON PREVIOUSLY LOST OR STOLEN
PASSPORTS.—To the extent practicable, 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 enforce-
ment and intelligence data system described in section 202 is fully
implemented, the Attorney General shall enter the data described
in subsection (a) into an existing data system being used to deter-
mine 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, immediately upon
the arrival in the United States of an individual admitted under
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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 employ-
ment authorization document. Such document shall, at a minimum,
contain the fingerprint and photograph of such alien.
TITLE IV—INSPECTION AND ADMISSION
OF ALIENS
SEC. 401. STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF A NORTH AMERICAN
NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall conduct a study of the
feasibility of establishing a North American National Security Pro-
gram to enhance the mutual security and safety of the United
States, Canada, and Mexico.
(b) STUDY ELEMENTS.—In conducting the study required by
subsection (a), the President shall consider the following:
(1) PRECLEARANCE.—The feasibility of establishing a pro-
gram enabling foreign national travelers to the United States
to submit voluntarily to a preclearance procedure established
by the Department of State and the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service to determine whether such travelers are
admissible to the United States under section 212 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182). Consideration
shall be given to the feasibility of expanding the preclearance
program to include the preclearance both of foreign nationals
traveling to Canada and foreign nationals traveling to Mexico.
(2) 
PREINSPECTION.—The 
feasibility 
of 
expanding
preinspection facilities at foreign airports as 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 destined for
Canada and Mexico, and the cross training and funding of
inspectors from Canada and Mexico.
(3) CONDITIONS.—A determination of the measures nec-
essary to ensure that the conditions required by section
235A(a)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1225a(a)(5)) are satisfied, 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 Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (a), (b), (d), and (e);
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (j); and
(3) by striking ‘‘SEC. 231.’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 231. (a) ARRIVAL MANIFESTS.—For each commercial vessel
or aircraft transporting any person to any seaport or airport of