Mr. McCaul (for himself and Mr. Cuellar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
Establish the Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program in the Department of Homeland Security.
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The current DHS page describes the Management Directorate as handling biometric identification services, lists an Office of Biometric Identity Management, and shows intelligence components including a Transborder Security Center and a Homeland Identities, Targeting & Exploitation Center.
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The page says US-VISIT is DHS's enterprise biometric identification system and that it became the Office of Biometric Identity Management, with biometric collection and checking at ports of entry.
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DHS describes DHS/ICE/HSI as having established the Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program, with foreign partners sharing biometric and biographic information to address terrorism, immigration, criminal, and security risks.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 8253 as introduced by Mr. McCaul and referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security; the bill title says it would amend the Homeland Security Act to establish BITMAP in DHS.
Assessments
The named BITMAP program exists within DHS/ICE/HSI, so the substantive program-establishment outcome is at least partly satisfied. However, the McCaul-linked promise appears tied to legislatively establishing or codifying BITMAP in DHS. McCaul sponsored H.R. 6439 in 2018, which passed the House but was not enacted, and later introduced H.R. 8253 in 2026, which remained referred to committee. Because the administrative program was established by DHS/ICE rather than completed through McCaul's legislation, this merits partial credit with an effort badge rather than full delivery.
DHS has long-standing biometric functions such as US-VISIT/OBIM, but the record provided does not show that a distinct program named the Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program was ever established. Additional official-legislation checking does not surface a clear enacted federal measure creating that specific program, and there is not enough evidence that McCaul personally wrote, sponsored, or materially advanced a successful enactment that delivered it. Existing DHS biometric infrastructure is too general to count as fulfillment of this specific promise.