A bill to postpone by 1 year the date by which countries participating in the visa waiver program shall begin to issue machine-readable tamper-resistant entry passports.
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (May 25, 2005)
Amends the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 to extend by one year (October 26, 2006) the deadline for: (1) installing at all U.S. ports of entry equipment and software capable of processing machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents and passports that contain biometric identifiers; (2) Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries to certify that they are issuing machine-readable, tamper-resistant passports that contain biometric and document authentication identifiers comporting with specified standards; and (3) VWP participants who are issued passports on or after the new deadline to present passports that comply with such requirements.
What just happenedMay 25, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
- May 25, 2005IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - May 25, 2005IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate