Congress Quietly Pushing Bill to Require National Biometric ID for ‘ALL Americans’

The Liberty Beacon ^ | Jan 23, 2018 | TLB Staff

[greeneyes]

Congress Quietly Pushing Bill to Require National Biometric ID for ‘ALL Americans’

Earlier this month, Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA-6] introduced H.R.4760 – Securing America’s Future Act of 2018, a sweeping bill that entails everything from Education and the Workforce to Homeland Security to the military.

Also, tucked away in this 400-page behemoth of a bill are the details of a new biometric National ID card that could soon be required for everyone.

Not surprisingly, there is almost no media coverage on this legislation.

[Lazamataz]

What’s religion got to do with a discussion on ID cards?

Simple. Mark of the Beast stuff.

Biometric has two meanings in common parlance, if used incorrectly for one of the meanings.

The correct meaning is the use of physical characteristics for identification: Fingerprinting, retinal patterns, et. al. I have little objection to that.

The incorrect use -- but a use I have heard employed from time to time -- is the injection of an RFID (or other) chip. That is the employed use that I find Satanic and non-Biblical, and I will not comply, unto death.

[Lazamataz]

We’ll see, though this like other Apocalypse detail seems to beg to be taken as symbol. The hand symbolizes actions, the head symbolizes thoughts. ID cards are not even the point. It’s allegiance.

Interesting, and likely accurate. There are enough of us (with rifles) that a literal chip would be nearly impossible to impose.

[Lazamataz]

In other words, the only thing about biometric testing in the entire bill is that if someone wants to gain entry to the United States by claiming that they are a child of a legal immigrant, they have to provide the DNA proof. Nothing in any way requires the collection of any biometric data from any U.S. citizen.

Thanks. This is good, both in your analysis, and in action.

[jacknhoo]

Hear, hear!

[EBH]

So many worry about it being implanted in them, but Revelation clearly states ‘in’ their right hand. Wave that phone around to ‘tap’ to pay etc.

I am left handed and often find I need to switch it to my right hand to get the receiving device to work because the angle is wrong.

[bubalooie]

Your ignorance is embarrassing.

[dangus]

That’s because you’re a blithering idiot, mindlessly parroting those hell-bent on destroying America.

THE BILL NUMBER IS IN THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE OF YOUR ARTICLE after the subhead. And, in the original article, the link to the bill text is in the next sentence.

[TheNext]

ERROR ID ERROR ID

Your ID is in error!

Now what do you do?? Happened to me my entire life.
They will not correct the ID error.

What now?

[TheNext]

ID Reno89519 is INCORRECT.

Administration requests you submit a different id.

Id Reno89518, Reno89519 & Reno89520 have already been used.

Please enter a different User Id.

If you find this in error, please go f yourself.

- Administration

[Buckeye McFrog]

What's the big deal?

The Federal Government is absolutely not to be trusted with this sort of power. The ongoing FBI memo-and-text scandal should convince you of that.

Follow the money. Some tech contractor stands to reap a MAJOR windfall if this goes through.

[dangus]

There’s the biometric entry-exit system, but that was already passed as law in 2004.

Biometrics in the case of the 2004 law doesn’t mean anyone gets a chip implant, or a DNA screen; facial recognition requirements of Real ID already contains the biometrics required by the 2004 law. The government already monitors your coming and going, but it doesn’t do what it was supposed to with that information: make sure aliens leave.

Like just about everything else in the Bush-era security regime, everything was enforced against patriotic Americans, and nothing was enforced against aliens.

The 2004 law directed the federal government to devise an entry-exit visa system, so we could track people who entered America on a supposedly temporary basis, but who never left. But whereas the feds LOVE infringing on the rights of its citizens, it loves even more bringing as many illegal aliens as it can to the U.S., so it ignored that part of the law.

This bill does nothing more than direct the federal government to devise that plan, provide cost estimates for implementing it, and run a trial program in three ports of entry. This should have been done in 2004, but Congress failed to include any mechanism to compel compliance.

So, keep in mind about the entry-exit system:

1) If you’re not traveling internationally, this law has nothing at all to do with you.

2) If you’re traveling internationally and you’re a U.S. citizen, this law doesn’t change anything having anything to do with you. You’re already in the biometric system, and this law does NOT add anything creepy or Revelation-y, like implanted chips or DNA scans.

3) If you’re an alien, this law only requires the government to study the costs and functioning of implementing a system it was already directed to implement in 2004, but failed to do so.

If anything, we should be angry that this law continues to give the feds license to ignore security laws already passed.

[philman_36]

A link helps...H. R. 4760 (Introduced 01/10/2018)

Sect. 3109 is DNA testing. 2106, however...
SEC. 2106. Biometric exit data system.
SEC. 416. Biometric entry-exit.
(e) Data-Matching.—The biometric exit data system established under this section shall—

(1) match biometric information for an individual, regardless of nationality, citizenship, or immigration status, who is departing the United States against biometric data previously provided to the United States Government by such individual for the purposes of international travel; (my comment...think passport, see below)
(2) leverage the infrastructure and databases of the current biometric entry and exit system established pursuant to section 7208 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b) for the purpose described in paragraph (1); and
(3) be interoperable with, and allow matching against, other Federal databases that— (A) store biometrics of known or suspected terrorists; and
(B) identify visa holders who violate the terms of their visas.

Fingerprint Requirements for USA Passports
Your Thumbprint Might Be Linked
Interestingly, your second form of identification is what potentially links your fingerprint to your passport. Some version of a photo ID must be presented via photocopy or in person, depending on how you are applying. Some of the forms accepted include a valid driver’s license, current government ID, or current military ID. All of these forms identification are linked to your thumbprint.

[philman_36]

read #152

[Disambiguator]

You need to look into the 5G wireless network that is being implemented now. Can you say open-air microwave oven?

[dangus]

I'm kinda overkilling dealing with Division C Title I and II, because I overlooked them previously. Here's the actual text:

‘(1) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives an implementation plan to establish a biometric exit data system to complete the integrated biometric entry and exit data system required under section 7208 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b),...

...DATA-MATCHING.—The biometric exit data system established under this section shall

1) match biometric information for an individual, regardless of nationality, citizenship, or immigration status, who is departing the United States against biometric data PREVIOUSLY provided to the United States Government by such individual for the purposes of international travel;

(2) leverage the infrastructure and databases of the CURRENT biometric entry and exit system established pursuant to section 7208 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (823 U.S.C. 1365b) for the purpose described in paragraph (1); and

(3) be interoperable with, and allow matching against, other Federal databases that—

(A) store biometrics of known or suspected terrorists; and

(B) identify visa holders who violate the terms of their visas.

(all forms of emphasis added.)

So again:

(1) No new data is collected;

(2) the data that already has been collected (that is, to emphasize (1), the ONLY data collected) comes only from international travel.

(3)This only creates a plan to implement what was already ordered to be implemented.

And that's why I overlooked it at first; I was focused on the part that actually creates new law, which applies only to aliens. Professionally, I have little interest in Congress forcing the administration to do what the Trump administration is already inclined to do, and which law says they must do.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

A real thought provoker !
The article and comments are informative and show great diversity even here on this forum.

At what point does statism security clash with personal freedom, and is this conflict avoidable ?

[Sasparilla]

Zip, zero, nada, no.

[Sasparilla]

Zip, zero, nada, no.

[Luke21]

Thought that myself.

[DBrow]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-18156858

India has been implementing a nationwide 100% biometric ID system for some time now, based on near-infrared iris scans.