PROVISION FOR THE USE OF BIOMETRIC OR OTHER TECHNOLOGY.

SEC. 4011. PROVISION FOR THE USE OF BIOMETRIC OR OTHER TECHNOLOGY.(a) Use of Biometric Identifier Technology.—Section 44903(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—(1) in paragraph (4)(E) by striking “may provide for” and inserting “shall issue, not later than March 31, 2005, guidance for”; and(2) by adding at the end the following: “(5) Use of biometric technology in airport access control systems.—In issuing guidance under paragraph (4)(E), the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) in consultation with representatives of the aviation industry, the biometric identifier industry, 118 STAT. 3713 and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall establish, at a minimum—“(A) comprehensive technical and operational system requirements and performance standards for the use of biometric identifier technology in airport access control systems (including airport perimeter access control systems) to ensure that the biometric identifier systems are effective, reliable, and secure;“(B) a list of products and vendors that meet the requirements and standards set forth in subparagraph (A);“(C) procedures for implementing biometric identifier systems—“(i) to ensure that individuals do not use an assumed identity to enroll in a biometric identifier system; and“(ii) to resolve failures to enroll, false matches, and false non-matches; and“(D) best practices for incorporating biometric identifier technology into airport access control systems in the most effective manner, including a process to best utilize existing airport access control systems, facilities, and equipment and existing data networks connecting airports.“(6) Use of biometric technology for law enforcement officer travel.—“(A) In general.—Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall—“(i) establish a law enforcement officer travel credential that incorporates biometric identifier technology and is uniform across all Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial government law enforcement agencies;“(ii) establish a process by which the travel credential will be used to verify the identity 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;“(iii) establish procedures—“(I) to ensure that only Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial government law enforcement officers are issued a law enforcement travel credential;“(II) to resolve failures to enroll, false matches, and false non-matches relating to use of the law enforcement travel credential; and “(III) to invalidate any law enforcement travel credential that is lost, stolen, or no longer authorized for use; “(iv) begin issuance of the travel credential to each Federal, State, local, tribal, or territorial government law enforcement officer authorized by the Assistant Secretary to carry a weapon on board an aircraft; and “(v) take such other actions with respect to the travel credential as the Assistant Secretary considers appropriate. 118 STAT. 3714“(B) Funding.—There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this paragraph.“(7) Definitions.—In this subsection, the following definitions apply: “(A) Biometric identifier information.—The term ‘biometric identifier information’ means the distinct physical or behavioral characteristics of an individual that are used for unique identification, or verification of the identity, of an individual.“(B) Biometric identifier.—The term ‘biometric identifier’ means a technology that enables the automated identification, or verification of the identity, of an individual based on biometric information.“(C) Failure to enroll.—The term ‘failure to enroll’ means the inability of an individual to enroll in a biometric identifier system due to an insufficiently distinctive biometric sample, the lack of a body part necessary to provide the biometric sample, a system design that makes it difficult to provide consistent biometric identifier information, or other factors.“(D) False match.—The term ‘false match’ means the incorrect matching of one individual’s biometric identifier information to another individual’s biometric identifier information by a biometric identifier system.“(E) False non-match.—The term ‘false non-match’ means the rejection of a valid identity by a biometric identifier system.“(F) Secure area of an airport.—The term ‘secure area of an airport’ means the sterile area and the Secure Identification Display Area of an airport (as such terms are defined in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation to such section).”.(b) Aviation Security Research and Development.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for the use of the Transportation Security Administration $20,000,000, in addition to any amounts otherwise authorized by law, for research and development of advanced biometric technology applications to aviation security, including mass identification technology.(c) Sense of Congress on Transfer of Technology.—It is the sense of Congress that the national intelligence community and the Department of Homeland Security should share information on and technological advancements to biometric systems, biometric technology, and biometric identifier systems obtained through research and development programs conducted by various Federal agencies.(d) Biometric Center of Excellence.—There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000, in addition to any amounts otherwise authorized by law, for the establishment of a competitive center of excellence that will develop and expedite the Federal Government’s use of biometric identifiers.