IP: New law contains ID-card proposal

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Does the congress actually ever read what they pass djf

> Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 17:13:44 -0500
> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
>
> New law contains ID-card proposal
>
> Dave Boyer
> THE WASHINGTON TIMES
>
> Published 11/1/2001
>
> Tucked quietly into the counterterrorism package that President
> Bush signed into law last week is a measure that could require
> foreigners to use identification cards to enter the United States.
>
> A spokesman for Sen. Christopher S. Bond, Missouri Republican,
> confirmed yesterday that his ID-card proposal was included in the
> legislation at the last minute before the House and Senate gave final
> approval to the overall bill.
>
> The addition of the measure escaped the attention of the media
> and apparently many lawmakers as well. As proposed by Mr. Bond, the
> provision called for a foreigner's digitized fingerprint to be
> included on the identification card. But Bond spokesman Ernest Blazar
> said the law allows Attorney General John Ashcroft to decide on the
> best technology for fashioning the identification cards.
>
> ...
>
> http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20011031-576161.htm


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