US HB752 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-10-23 - For Further Action See H.R.3619.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) conduct, through the Coast Guard in the maritime environment, a program for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security and for other purposes; (2) ensure such program's coordination with other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) biometric identification programs; and (3) report to the appropriate congressional committees respecting the cost of expanding the Coast Guard's biometric identification capabilities for use by other Coast Guard and DHS vessels and units. Defines "biometric identification" as the use of fingerprint and digital photography images.

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Title

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a program in the maritime environment for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security.

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History

DateChamberAction
2009-10-23 For Further Action See H.R.3619.
2009-09-22 For Further Action See H.R.3619.
2009-03-24 For Further Action See H.R.1148.
2009-02-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
2009-01-28 Referred to House Homeland Security
2009-01-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
2009-01-28 For Further Action See H.R.1148.
2009-01-28 Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2009-01-28 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Same As/Similar To

HB1148 (Related) 2009-09-22 - Provisions of measure incorporated into Title XI, Section 1107 of H.R. 3619, as reported by the Committee on Transportation.
HB3619 (Related) 2010-10-15 - Became Public Law No: 111-281.

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