S.Amdt. 433

1. Inserts new text at the end of section 1375

   Inserts

   Inserted: ( ) Use of biometric technology for armed law enforcement travel.--

   Inserted: ( ) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Improving America's Security Act of 2007, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall--

   Inserted: ( ) consult with the Attorney General concerning implementation of this paragraph;

   Inserted: ( ) issue any necessary rulemaking to implement this paragraph; and

   Inserted: ( ) establishing a national registered armed law enforcement program for law enforcement officers needing to be armed when traveling by air.

   Inserted: ( ) Program requirements.--The program shall--

   Inserted: ( ) establish a credential or a system that incorporates biometric technology and other applicable technologies;

   Inserted: ( ) provide a flexible solution for law enforcement officers who need to be armed when traveling by air on a regular basis and for those who need to be armed during temporary travel assignments;

   Inserted: ( ) be coordinated with other uniform credentialing initiatives including the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12;

   Inserted: ( ) be applicable for all Federal, State, local, tribal and territorial government law enforcement agencies; and

   Inserted: ( ) establish a process by which the travel credential or system may be used to verify the identity, using biometric technology, of a Federal, State, local, tribal, or territorial law enforcement officer seeking to carry a weapon on board an aircraft, without unnecessarily disclosing to the public that the individual is a law enforcement officer.

   Inserted: ( ) Procedures.--In establishing the program, the Secretary shall develop procedures--

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   Inserted: ( ) to ensure that only Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial government law enforcement officers with a specific need to be armed when traveling by air are issued a law enforcement travel credential;

   Inserted: ( ) to preserve the anonymity of the armed law enforcement officer without calling undue attention to the individual's identity;

   Inserted: ( ) to resolve failures to enroll, false matches, and false non-matches relating to use of the law enforcement travel credential or system; and

   Inserted: ( ) to invalidate any law enforcement travel credential or system that is lost, stolen, or no longer authorized for use.

   Inserted: ( ) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry out this paragraph.".

   Inserted: ( ) Report.--Within 180 days after implementing the national registered armed law enforcement program required by section 44903(h)(6) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall transmit a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. If the Secretary has not implemented the program within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a report to the Committee within 180 days explaining the reasons for the failure to implement the program within the time required by that section, and a further report within each successive 180-day period until the program is implemented explaining the reasons for such further delays in implementation until the program is implemented. The Secretary shall submit each report required by this subsection in classified format.

   Original wording

   At the end of section 1375 insert the following:

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