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.
Occurrences
Evidence
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.
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.
Assessments
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.