118 STAT. 3713 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 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 sys- tems (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 Sec- retary, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall— ‘‘(i) establish a law enforcement officer travel credential that incorporates biometric identifier tech- nology and is uniform across all Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial government law enforcement agencies; ‘‘(ii) establish a process by which the travel creden- tial 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 indi- vidual 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 creden- tial; ‘‘(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 author- ized 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. Procedures. Deadline. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00247 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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