US Congress Senate Bill 1933 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on June 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides statutory authority for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (BITMAP). The program was established to address and reduce national security, border security, and terrorist threats before such threats reach the international border of the United States. DHS must ensure that any biometric and biographic identification data of U.S. citizens that is captured by BITMAP operations is expunged from all databases to which such data was uploaded, unless such data is retained for specific law enforcement or intelligence purposes. The Government Accountability Office shall conduct an audit that analyzes the effectiveness of BITMAP operations.

Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Authorization Act of 2019

Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-20	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB3377 (Related) 2019-07-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1933/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1933/BILLS-116s1933is.pdf