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110th Congress > House > Vote 1709

Date: July 29, 2008

Result: 394-3 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 534

Vote Subject Matter: Foreign and Defense Policy / Defense Policy Budget

Sponsor: BILIRAKIS, Gus (R-FL)

Bill number: HR2490

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Description: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a pilot program for the mobile biometric identification in the maritime environment of aliens unlawfully attempting to enter the United States

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 10, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) 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.

Bill titles: 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.; To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a pilot program for the mobile biometric identification in the maritime environment of aliens unlawfully attempting to enter the United States.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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