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Title 8, Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-110

§1731 Implementation of an Integrated Entry and Exit Data System

Title 8 › CHAPTER 15 — ENHANCED BORDER SECURITY AND VISA ENTRY REFORM › SUBCHAPTER III — VISA ISSUANCE › § 1731

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General and the Secretary of State must build and run a system that tracks who enters and leaves the United States at ports and at consular offices abroad. They must use and pay for the technology standard in section 1379 at ports and consular posts, create a database of arrival and departure data from machine-readable visas, passports, and other travel documents held by noncitizens, and make security databases that relate to admissibility under section 1182 work together. When doing this, the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department of State must use technology that keeps trade and travel moving lawfully and smoothly while protecting safety and security. They must also consider using the North American National Security Program described in section 1751.

Full Legal Text

Title 8, §1731

Aliens and Nationality, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Development of system
In developing the integrated entry and exit data system for the ports of entry, as 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 shall—
(1)implement, fund, and use a technology standard under section 1379 of this title at United States ports of entry and at consular posts abroad;
(2)establish a database containing the arrival and departure data from machine-readable visas, passports, and other travel and entry documents possessed by aliens; and
(3)make interoperable all security databases relevant to making determinations of admissibility under section 1182 of this title.
(b)Implementation
In implementing the provisions of subsection (a), the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department of State shall—
(1)utilize technologies that facilitate the lawful and efficient cross-border movement of commerce and persons without compromising the safety and security of the United States; and
(2)consider implementing the North American National Security Program described in section 1751 of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Immigration and Naturalization Service Data Management Improvement Act of 2000, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 106–215, June 15, 2000, 114 Stat. 337, which amended section 1365a of this title and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 1101 and 1365a of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

of 2000 Amendment note set out under section 1101 of this title and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and

Transfer of Functions

For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service,

Transfer of Functions

, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title.

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Citation

8 U.S.C. § 1731

Title 8, Aliens and Nationality

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110