Nonpartisan civic infrastructure
AllCiv·Legis1
·

H.R. 4417

BillFederalHouseBecame Law
To modify certain deadlines pertaining to machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents.
About This Bill
Enacted
Latest Action · August 9, 2004
Became Public Law No: 108-299.
Congress
108th (2003–2005)
Introduced
May 20, 2004
Cosponsors (13)
5D 8R
View PDF ↗

Summary

Highlight any text to annotate
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 to extend by one year the deadline for: (1) installing at all U.S. ports of entry equipment and software capable of processing machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents and passports that contain biometric identifiers; (2) Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries to certify that they are issuing machine-readable, tamper-resistant passports that contain biometric and document authentication identifiers comporting with specified standards; and (3) VWP participants who are issued passports on or after the new deadline to present passports that comply with such requirements.

Take Action

Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this bill.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Summary or Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.