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 118 STAT. 3835 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 case of such individuals abroad for which no further inves- tigation or prosecution is initiated, ensure that all appro- priate information is shared with foreign governments in order to facilitate investigation, arrest, and prosecution of such individuals. (C) IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES NEEDING ASSISTANCE.—Identify foreign countries that need technical assistance, such as law reform, administrative reform, pros- ecutorial training, or assistance to police and other inves- tigative services, to ensure passport, visa, and related docu- ment security and to investigate, arrest, and prosecute individuals who facilitate travel by the creation of false passports and visas, documents used to obtain such pass- ports and visas, and other types of travel documents. (D) INSPECTION OF APPLICATIONS.—Randomly inspect visa and passport applications for accuracy, efficiency, and fraud, especially at high terrorist threat posts, in order to prevent a recurrence of the issuance of visas to those who submit incomplete, fraudulent, or otherwise irregular or incomplete applications. (d) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date on which the strategy required under section 7201 is submitted to Congress, the Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security shall submit to Congress a report containing— (1) a description of the strategic plan prepared under sub- section (b); and (2) an evaluation of the feasibility of establishing civil service positions in field offices of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security to investigate visa and passport fraud, including an evaluation of whether to allow diplomatic security agents to convert to civil service officers to fill such positions. SEC. 7219. EFFECTIVE DATE. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, this subtitle shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 7220. IDENTIFICATION STANDARDS. (a) PROPOSED STANDARDS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Security— (A) shall propose minimum standards for identification documents required of domestic commercial airline pas- sengers for boarding an aircraft; and (B) may, from time to time, propose minimum stand- ards amending or replacing standards previously proposed and transmitted to Congress and approved under this sec- tion. (2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit the standards under paragraph (1)(A) to the Senate and the House of Representatives on the same day while each House is in session. (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Any proposed standards submitted to Congress under this subsection shall take effect when an approval resolution is passed by the House and the Senate under the procedures described in subsection (b) and becomes law. (b) CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL PROCEDURES.— 49 USC 44901 note. 8 USC 1202 note. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00369 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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