Title 46 — Shipping
Chapter 701 — Port Security
§ 70123. Mobile biometric identification
Statutory text
In General.—
Within one year after the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010, the Secretary shall conduct, in the maritime environment, a program for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security and for other purposes.
Requirements.—
The Secretary shall ensure the program required in this section is coordinated with other biometric identification programs within the Department of Homeland Security.
Definition.—
For the purposes of this section, the term “biometric identification” means use of fingerprint and digital photography images and facial and iris scan technology and any other technology considered applicable by the Department of Homeland Security.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010
Pub. L. 111–281 title VIII § 807(a) · 124 Stat. 2905
Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 70123
(Added Pub. L. 111–281, title VIII, § 807(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2993.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 111–281, title VIII, § 807(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2993.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) In General.— Chapter 701 of title 46, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following: “§ 70123. Mobile biometric identification “(a) In General.— Within one year after the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010, the Secretary shall conduct, in the maritime environment, a program for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security and for other purposes. “(b) Requirements.— The Secretary shall ensure the program required in this section is coordinated with other biometric identification programs within the Department of Homeland Security. “(c) Definition.— For the purposes of this section, the term ‘biometric identification’ means use of fingerprint and digital photography images and facial and iris scan technology and any other technology considered applicable by the Department of Homeland Security.” .
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 111–281, which was approved .
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 111–281, title VIII, § 807(a), , 124 Stat. 2993.)