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      "id": 304960,
      "date": "2005-02-07",
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      "title": "Biometric Identifiers and Border Security: 9/11 Commission Recommendations and Related Issues",
      "summary": "In its final report, the 9/11 Commission concluded that funding and completing a \"biometric\nentry-exit screening system\" for travelers to and from the United States is essential to our national\nsecurity. The commission noted that the United States has built the first phase of a biometric\nscreening system known as US-VISIT, and recommended that the \"patchwork\" of other border\nscreening systems be consolidated with US-VISIT to serve as the basis for a single system to\nstreamline border inspections. This report provides an overview of biometric technologies and the\nmajor U.S. biometric border screening systems, including US-VISIT, and discusses issues such as\ncost, performance, and user acceptance. Based in part upon the commission's recommendations,\nCongress included biometric provisions related to entry/exit control in the Intelligence Reform and \nTerrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( P.L. 108-458 ). This topic will probably continue to be of interest\nto the 109th Congress. This report will be updated as needed.",
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