8 U.S.C. § 1737 — Tracking system for stolen passports

(a) Entering stolen passport identification numbers in the interoperable data system.—(1) In general.—Beginning when the system described in section 1722 of this title is implemented, the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, must enter the identification number for a lost or stolen United States or foreign passport into that system no later than 72 hours after receiving notice of the loss or theft.
(2) Previously lost or stolen passports.—As far as practicable, the Attorney General, after consulting the Secretary of State, must enter the identification numbers of United States and foreign passports lost or stolen before the system was implemented.
(b) Transition period.—Until the law-enforcement and intelligence data system described in section 1722 of this title is fully implemented, the Attorney General must enter the subsection (a) data into an existing system used to decide whether aliens may be admitted or may be deported.