Reform Immigration Through Biometrics Act

The "Reform Immigration Through Biometrics Act" directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a comprehensive report within 180 days on the status of the integrated biometric entry and exit data system. This evaluation must cover the system's impact on arrival and departure wait times, private sector involvement, and an assessment of its milestones and metrics of success. It also requires an analysis of risks and mitigation strategies, alongside the system's effects on legitimate travel, trade, counterterrorism efforts, and the identification of visa violators. The Secretary must ensure biometric data collection causes the least possible disruption to movement while fulfilling security objectives.

Furthermore, the bill mandates a separate report within 180 days detailing how the system matches biometric information for individuals departing the United States against previously provided data, regardless of nationality. This report is prohibited from including information on U.S. citizens, except to describe privacy protections for facial recognition. A third evaluation is required on the sharing of biographic data with the Canadian Border Services Agency under the 2011 Beyond the Border agreement and its impacts.