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 118 STAT. 3820 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 (A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish rules, guidelines, policies, and oper- ating and auditing procedures for collecting, removing, and updating data maintained in, and adding information to, the entry and exit data system that ensure the accuracy and integrity of the data. (B) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall develop training on the rules, guidelines, policies, and procedures estab- lished under subparagraph (A), and on immigration law and procedure. All personnel authorized to access informa- tion maintained in the databases and data system shall receive such training. (2) DATA COLLECTED FROM FOREIGN NATIONALS.—The Sec- retary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General, after consultation with directors of the rel- evant intelligence agencies, shall standardize the information and data collected from foreign nationals, and the procedures utilized to collect such data, to ensure that the information is consistent and valuable to officials accessing that data across multiple agencies. (3) DATA MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES.—Heads of agencies that have databases or data systems linked to the entry and exit data system shall establish rules, guidelines, policies, and operating and auditing procedures for collecting, removing, and updating data maintained in, and adding information to, such databases or data systems that ensure the accuracy and integ- rity of the data and for limiting access to the information in the databases or data systems to authorized personnel. (4) REQUIREMENTS.—The rules, guidelines, policies, and procedures established under this subsection shall— (A) incorporate a simple and timely method for— (i) correcting errors in a timely and effective manner; (ii) determining which government officer provided data so that the accuracy of the data can be ascertained; and (iii) clarifying information known to cause false hits or misidentification errors; (B) include procedures for individuals to— (i) seek corrections of data contained in the data- bases or data systems; and (ii) appeal decisions concerning data contained in the databases or data systems; (C) strictly limit the agency personnel authorized to enter data into the system; (D) identify classes of information to be designated as temporary or permanent entries, with corresponding expiration dates for temporary entries; and (E) identify classes of prejudicial information requiring additional authority of supervisory personnel before entry. (5) CENTRALIZING AND STREAMLINING CORRECTION PROCESS.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The President, or agency director designated by the President, shall establish a clearinghouse bureau in the Department of Homeland Security, to cen- tralize and streamline the process through which members of the public can seek corrections to erroneous or inaccurate President. Establishment. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00354 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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