§1731 Implementation of an integrated entry and exit data system

Summary

When building the integrated entry and exit data system required by the Immigration and Naturalization Service Data Management Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–215), the Attorney General and the Secretary of State must put in place, pay for, and use the technology standard under section 1379 at U.S. ports of entry and at consular posts abroad. They must also create a database of arrival and departure data from machine-readable visas, passports, and other travel and entry documents held by aliens, and make the security databases used for admissibility decisions under section 1182 work together. In carrying this out, the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department of State must use technologies that help lawful and efficient cross-border travel and trade without weakening U.S. safety, and they must consider using the North American National Security Program described in section 1751.