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 116 STAT. 554 PUBLIC LAW 107-173—MAY 14, 2002 (iii) can authenticate the document presented to verify identity. (3) USE OF TECHNOLOGY STANDARD. —The systems employed to implement paragraphs (1) and (2) shall utilize the technology standard established pursuant to section 403(c) of the USA PATRIOT Act, as amended by section 201(c)(5) and 202(a)(4)(B). (c) TECHNOLOGY STANDARD FOR VISA WAIVER PARTICIPANTS. — (1) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. — Not later than October 26, 2004, the government of each country that is designated to participate in the visa wsiiver program established under section 217 of the Immigration and NationgJity Act shall certify, as a condition for designation or continuation of that designation, that it has a program to issue to its nationals machinereadable passports that are tamper-resistant and incorporate biometric and dociunent authentication identifiers that comply with applicable biometric and document identifying standards established by the Intemationed Civil Aviation Organization. This paragraph shall not be construed to rescind the requirement of section 217(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. (2) USE OF TECHNOLOGY STANDARD. — On and after October 26, 2004, any alien applying for admission under the visa waiver program under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall present a passport that meets the requirements of paragraph (1) unless the alien's passport was issued prior to that date. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There are authorized to be appropriated such simis as may be necesseiry to carry out this section, including reimbursement to international and domestic standards organizations. 8 USC 1733. SEC. 304. TERRORIST LOOKOUT COMMITTEES. (a) ESTABLISHMENT. — The Secretary of State shall require a terrorist lookout committee to be madntained within each United States mission to a foreign country. (b) PURPOSE. — The purpose of each committee established under subsection (a) shall be— (1) to utilize the cooperative resources of all elements of the United States mission in the country in which the consular post is located to identify known or potential terrorists and to develop information on those individuals; (2) to ensure that such information is routinely and consistently brought to the attention of appropriate United States officials for use in administering the immigration laws of the United States; and (3) to ensure that the names of known and suspected terrorists are entered into the appropriate lookout databases. (c) COMPOSITION; CHAIR.—The Secretary shall establish rules governing the composition of such committees. (d) MEETINGS. — Each committee established under subsection (a) shall meet at least monthly to share information pertaining to the committee's purpose as described in subsection (b)(2). (e) PERIODIC REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. —Each committee established under subsection (a) shall submit monthly reports to the Secretary of State describing the committee's activities, whether or not information on known or suspected terrorists was developed during the month.

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