Sponsor
Byron Donalds
Representative · R-FL
Representative · R-FL
The bill increases federal transparency and requires assessments intended to improve travel flow, security, and device oversight, but it expands biometric data collection and private‑sector data sharing that raise significant privacy, cross‑border data exposure, and cost risks for travelers and communities at ports of entry.
Taxpayers and Congress gain clearer oversight because DHS must report implementation status, metrics, and biometric matching procedures within 180 days, improving transparency about CBP entry/exit efforts.
Travelers, transportation workers, and border communities benefit from a required assessment of effects on travel and trade that can identify and reduce disruptions at ports of entry.
Immigrants and border communities may see improved privacy, security, and system reliability because the bill mandates reporting on risks, mitigation measures, and audits of private‑sector devices.
Immigrants, non‑citizen travelers, and border communities will face expanded biometric collection and matching, increasing surveillance and privacy risks.
Individuals whose data is captured by private‑sector devices face heightened risk of third‑party exposure or cross‑border transfers (including to Canada) because the bill involves private‑sector device use and data sharing.
Taxpayers, travelers, and port operators could see higher fees or reduced resources for other services because implementation and operational costs may require additional funding or divert resources at ports of entry.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires DHS to report to Congress within 180 days on CBP’s biometric entry/exit system implementation, impacts, matching methods, private‑sector device oversight, and Canada data sharing.
Official title: To evaluate U.S. Customs and Border Protection's implementation of an integrated biometric entry and exit data system in the United States, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 20, 2026 by Byron Donalds · Last progress April 20, 2026
Requires the Department of Homeland Security to deliver detailed reports to four congressional committees within 180 days about U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s implementation and effects of the integrated biometric entry and exit data system. The reports must describe implementation status, operational impacts (including wait times and travel/trade effects), privacy and matching procedures for biometric departures, private‑sector device oversight, risk mitigations, metrics/milestones, counterterrorism and visa‑compliance outcomes, and whether Canada has shared biographic data under the 2011 Beyond the Border agreement. Directs DHS to minimize disruption to travel while pursuing counterterrorism and visa‑compliance goals, permits continued biometric collections consistent with law, and does not restrict DHS from collecting certain user fees authorized elsewhere in law.