Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002

Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002

Sponsored by	Jim Sensenbrenner
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 3525 by Jim Sensenbrenner on December 19, 2001 Passed the House on December 19, 2001 (Voice vote) Passed the Senate on April 18, 2002 (97-0; House agreed to Senate changes with 411-0 vote on May 8, 2002) Signed into law by President George W. Bush on May 14, 2002

The Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–173 (text) (PDF)) is an Act of the United States that deals with immigration. It covers the funding of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), orders that all internal INS databases must be linked together and be fully interoperable with the then-in-development "Chimera" (biometric based) system in order to improve information sharing, makes further regulations in regards to the issuance of Visas, and regulates the inspection and admission of aliens. Currently, much of the Act is yet to be implemented, due to delays in developing the biometric based data system.

References

• Jenks, Rosemary (June 2002), The Enhanced Border Security and Visa Reform Act of 2002 H.R. 3525 (PDF), Center for Immigration Studies, archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-13
• H.R.3525 - Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 United States Congress.

Notes

External links

• H.R. 3525 summary Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, THOMAS
• Privacy Act of 1974; U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Border Crossing Information, Systems of Records"