I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2561 
To protect the United States by targeting terrorists at the border, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2007 
Mr. DENT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To protect the United States by targeting terrorists at the 
border, 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 ‘‘Fast and Secure Trav-
el at the Borders Act of 2007’’ or the ‘‘FAST Borders 
Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS OF THE 9/11 COMMISSION. 
Congress finds that the National Commission on Ter-
rorist Attacks Upon the United States (commonly referred 
to as the 9/11 Commission) concluded the following: 
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(a) ‘‘The small terrorist travel intelligence collection 
and analysis program currently in place has produced dis-
proportionately useful results. It should be expanded. 
Since officials at the border encounter 12 travelers and 
their documents first and investigate travel facilitators, 
they must work closely with intelligence officials.’’. 
(b) ‘‘Information systems able to authenticate travel 
documents and detect potential terrorist indicators should 
be used at consulates, at primary border inspection lines, 
in immigration service offices, and intelligence and en-
forcement units.’’. 
(c) ‘‘The President should direct the Department of 
Homeland Security to lead the effort to design a com-
prehensive screening system, addressing common problems 
and setting common standards with systemwide goals in 
mind.’’. 
(d) ‘‘A screening system looks for particular, identifi-
able suspects or indicators of risk. It does not involve 
guesswork about who might be dangerous. It requires 
frontline border officials who have the tools and resources 
to establish that people are who they say they are, inter-
cept identifiable suspects, and disrupt terrorist oper-
ations.’’. 
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SEC. 3. AUTOMATED TARGETING SYSTEM FOR PERSONS 
ENTERING 
OR 
DEPARTING 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, acting through the Commissioner of Customs and 
Border Protection, may establish an automated system for 
the purpose of the enforcement of United States law, in-
cluding laws relating to antiterrorism and border security, 
to assist in the screening of persons seeking to enter or 
depart the United States (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘system’’). 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS TO CORRECT INFOR-
MATION.—The Secretary, acting through the Commis-
sioner, shall ensure that an administrative process is es-
tablished, or application of an existing administrative 
process is extended, pursuant to which any individual may 
apply to correct any information retained by the system 
established under subsection (a). Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as creating a private right of action and 
no court shall have jurisdiction based on any of the provi-
sions of this section to hear any case or claim arising from 
the application of the system or the corrective administra-
tive process established or applied under this subsection. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as abrogating, diminishing, or 
weakening the provisions of any Federal or State law that 
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prevents or protects against the unauthorized collection or 
release of personal records. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 4. PASSENGER AND CREW MANIFESTS FOR VESSELS, 
VEHICLES, AND AIRCRAFT ARRIVING IN OR 
DEPARTING FROM THE UNITED STATES. 
Part II of title IV of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
434 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 435. PASSENGER AND CREW MANIFESTS FOR VES-
SELS, VEHICLES, AND AIRCRAFT ARRIVING IN 
OR DEPARTING FROM THE UNITED STATES. 
‘‘(a) PASSENGER
AND
CREW
MANIFESTS
RE-
QUIRED.—The Commissioner of United States Customs 
and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland 
Security may require each vessel, vehicle, and aircraft ar-
riving in the United States from, or departing the United 
States to, a foreign port or place to transmit to United 
States Customs and Border Protection a passenger mani-
fest and crew manifest containing the information set 
forth in subsection (c) for each such arrival in or depar-
ture from the United States. 
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‘‘(b) TRANSMISSION.—A passenger manifest and 
crew manifest required pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
be transmitted to United States Customs and Border Pro-
tection in advance of arrival in or departure from the 
United States in such manner, time, and form as the Com-
missioner of United States Customs and Border Protec-
tion may prescribe by regulations. 
‘‘(c) INFORMATION.—The information to be provided 
with respect to each person listed on a passenger manifest 
or crew manifest required pursuant to subsection (a) may 
include— 
‘‘(1) the person’s complete name, date of birth, 
citizenship, gender, passport number and country of 
issuance, and alien registration number, if applica-
ble; and 
‘‘(2) such other information as the Commis-
sioner of United States Customs and Border Protec-
tion determines is necessary to enforce the customs, 
immigration, and other related laws of the United 
States, to ensure the transportation security of the 
United States, and to protect the national security 
of the United States. 
‘‘(d) CIVIL PENALTY.—Any person who fails to pro-
vide accurate and full information in a passenger manifest 
or crew manifest required pursuant to subsections (a) and 
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(c) or regulations issued thereunder, or fails to provide 
the manifest in the manner prescribed pursuant to sub-
section (b) or regulations issued thereunder, may be liable 
for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 with respect 
to each person listed on the manifest for whom such accu-
rate or full information is not provided in accordance with 
such requirements. 
‘‘(e) PASSENGER NAME RECORD INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Commissioner of 
United States Customs and Border Protection may 
require each commercial carrier arriving in the 
United States from, or departing the United States 
to, a foreign port or place to make available to 
United States Customs and Border Protection, upon 
the agency’s request, passenger name record infor-
mation for each such arrival in or departure from 
the United States in such manner, time, and form 
as the Commissioner may prescribe by regulations. 
‘‘(2) CIVIL PENALTY.—Any person who fails to 
provide passenger name record information required 
pursuant to paragraph (1) or fails to provide such 
information in the manner prescribed by the Com-
missioner of United States Customs and Border 
Protection may be liable for a civil penalty of not 
more than $5,000 with respect to each person for 
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whom such information is not provided in accord-
ance with such requirements. 
‘‘(f) SHARING OF MANIFEST AND PASSENGER NAME 
RECORD
INFORMATION
WITH
OTHER
GOVERNMENT 
AGENCIES.—The Commissioner of United States Customs 
and Border Protection may provide information contained 
in passenger and crew manifests and passenger name 
record information received pursuant to this section to 
other government authorities in order to protect the na-
tional security of the United States or as otherwise au-
thorized by law. 
‘‘(g) CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC IMPACT.—Prior 
to issuing any final regulation under this section, the Com-
missioner of United States Customs and Border Protec-
tion shall consult with stakeholders from the transpor-
tation industry and assess the economic impact that the 
regulation would have on private industry. 
‘‘(h) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section ab-
rogates, diminishes, or weakens the provisions of any Fed-
eral or State law that prevents or protects against the un-
authorized collection or release of personal records.’’. 
Æ 
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