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To: steve who wrote (21644)	12/1/2001 1:00:20 PM
From: steve	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

December 1, 2001 Senators combine terms for border security measure WASHINGTON -- Four senators have combined versions of legislation that would tighten border security and visa screening in an effort to pass the bill this year. Sens. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and Sam Brownback, R-Kan., joined with Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., to draft the new legislation, which could be attached to an appropriations bill to get approval this year. The legislation would require development of an electronic database by Oct. 26, 2003, that would provide foreign-service officers and federal agents immediate access to law-enforcement intelligence information. It would also provide $150 million to the Immigration and Naturalization Service and to the Customs Bureau to improve technology, Kyl said. The legislation also would: Raise salaries for Border Patrol agents and inspectors, and increase the number of INS inspectors, investigators and Border Patrol agents. Require immigration and visitor documents to be machine-readable with biometrics, such as face-recognition technology. Remove a 45-minute deadline under which Customs inspectors are required to clear passengers arriving on international flights or to secure departing flights. ocregister.com steve