Supply-Chain Security

A bill (H.R. 2490) requiring that the government study the use of biometric technology in border security applications has been approved by the House Homeland Security Committee. The House of Representatives has agreed to consider the measure.

A bill (H.R. 3916) introduced by Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) that would encourage the development of new border security technology especially with regard to unmanned aerial vehicles, technology to detect tunnels, and an anticounterfeiting program has been approved by the House Homeland Security Committee. The House of Representatives must take up the measure for it to proceed.