Title 8, Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-110

§1723 Commission on Interoperable Data Sharing

Title 8 › CHAPTER 15 — ENHANCED BORDER SECURITY AND VISA ENTRY REFORM › SUBCHAPTER II — INTERAGENCY INFORMATION SHARING › § 1723

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within one year after October 26, 2001, the President must set up a Commission on Interoperable Data Sharing. Its jobs are to watch that the protections listed in another part of the law are followed, oversee the interoperable electronic data system, and send Congress a yearly report with findings and recommendations. The Commission will have nine members appointed by the President: one chair and eight others chosen from a list jointly given by the Speaker of the House, the House Minority Leader, the Senate Majority Leader, and the Senate Minority Leader. It must consider advice on protecting privacy, using current security standards to keep data safe, fixing data errors quickly, and other safeguards (including possible changes to laws or rules to stop misuse). Congress may provide whatever money is needed for the Commission.

Full Legal Text

Title 8, §1723

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(a)Establishment

Not later than one year after October 26, 2001, the President shall establish a Commission on Interoperable Data Sharing (in this section referred to as the “Commission”). The purposes of the Commission shall be to—

(1)monitor the protections described in section 1721(c)(3) of this title;

(2)provide oversight of the interoperable electronic data system described in section 1722 of this title; and

(3)report to Congress annually on the Commission’s findings and recommendations.

(b)Composition

The Commission shall consist of nine members, who shall be appointed by the President, as follows:

(1)One member, who shall serve as Chair of the Commission.

(2)Eight members, who shall be appointed from a list of nominees jointly provided by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate.

(c)Considerations

The Commission shall consider recommendations regarding the following issues:

(1)Adequate protection of privacy concerns inherent in the design, implementation, or operation of the interoperable electronic data system.

(2)Timely adoption of security innovations, consistent with generally accepted security standards, to protect the integrity and confidentiality of information to prevent the risks of accidental or unauthorized loss, access, destruction, use modification, or disclosure of information.

(3)The adequacy of mechanisms to permit the timely correction of errors in data maintained by the interoperable data system.

(4)Other protections against unauthorized use of data to guard against the misuse of the interoperable data system or the data maintained by the system, including recommendations for modifications to existing laws and regulations to sanction misuse of the system.

(d)Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

Reference

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Citation

8 U.S.C. § 1723

Title 8, Aliens and Nationality

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110