BITMAP Authorization Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8253 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8253 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security the Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 13, 2026 Mr. McCaul (for himself and Mr. Cuellar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security the Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Authorization Act'' or the ``BITMAP Authorization Act''. SEC. 2. BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION ALERT PROGRAM. (a) In General.--Subtitle D of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 448. BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION ALERT PROGRAM. ``(a) Establishment.--In addition to the Secretary's existing information sharing authorities provided under this title, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), or any other immigration law, there is established in the Department a program to be known as the `Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program' (referred to in this section as `BITMAP') to address and reduce national security, border security, and terrorist threats before such threats reach the international border of the United States. ``(b) Duties.--In car