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To withhold Federal highway funds from States that provide driver's licenses or identification cards to aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill withholds 100 percent of certain federal highway funding from States that have laws allowing driver's licenses or identification cards to be issued to aliens unlawfully present in the United States. States that repeal such laws before the end of a fiscal year are reapportioned the withheld funds. If a State does not repeal the law by the end of the fiscal year, the withheld funds are redistributed to States that comply with the restriction. The withholding applies starting in fiscal year 2023 and continues if a State later re-enacts such laws.
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Actions (3)
- Jan 4, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
- Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To withhold Federal highway funds from States that provide driver’s licenses or identification cards to aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Red Light Act”.
SEC. 2. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR PROVIDING IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO CERTAIN ALIENS.
(a) In General.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “Sec. 180. Withholding of funds for providing identification cards to certain aliens
“(a) Withholding of Funds for Noncompliance.—For fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall withhold 100 percent of the amount required to be apportioned under each of sections 104(b)(1), 104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4) of this title to any State that is described in subsection (b).
“(b) State Described.—A State described in this subsection is a State that has enacted a law that allows the State to provide a driver’s license or other identification card to an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States.
“(c) Effect of Withholding Funds.—
“(1) In general.—Any funds withheld under subsection (a) from apportionment to any State shall remain available until the end of the fiscal year for which the funds are apportioned.
“(2) Reapportionment.—If, before the last day of the fiscal year for which funds withheld under subsection (a) are apportioned to a State, the State repeals all laws of such State described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall, on the first day on which the State repeals all such laws, apportion to the State the funds withheld under subsection (a) that remain available for apportionment to the State.
“(3) Apportionment among states.—If, at the end of the fiscal year in which funds are withheld from a State under paragraph (1), the State has not repealed the law described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall apportion the corresponding withheld funds described in subsection (a) on a proportional basis to all remaining States that have not enacted laws described in subsection (b).
“(4) Withholding in future year.—In the case in which a State has funds withheld under paragraph (1) and is reapportioned funds under paragraph (2) and subsequently enacts a law described in subsection (b) after the date on which the funds are reapportioned under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall withhold the amount of funds withheld under subsection
(a) in the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which such actions occur and each fiscal year thereafter.
“(d) Identification Card Defined.—The term ‘identification card’ means a personal identification card, as defined in section 1028(d) of title 18, United States Code, issued by a State.”.
(b) Clerical Amendment.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, in the table of contents is amended by adding at the end the following:
“180. Withholding of funds for providing identification cards to certain aliens.”. <all>
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