H.R. 8253: BITMAP Authorization Act

BITMAP Authorization Act

This bill establishes the Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (BITMAP) within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate with foreign governments to collect and share biometric data to identify national security and terrorist threats before they reach the U.S. border. It also requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide partner countries with the necessary training and equipment to compare this data against U.S. law enforcement and terrorism databases.