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To bar Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose a State-issued driver's license, or other comparable identification document, unless the State requires a license or comparable document issued to a nonimmigrant alien to expire upon the expiration of the alien's authorized period of stay in the United States, and for other purposes.

To bar Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose a State-issued driver's license, or other comparable identification document, unless the State requires a license or comparable document issued to a nonimmigrant alien to expire upon the expiration of the alien's authorized period of stay in the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 7, 2003

Latest action (May 5, 2003) Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee Oversight and Government Reform Committee Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources Subcommittee
Policy area
Immigration
Issues
Immigration

Summary

The bill establishes a requirement that federal agencies may only accept state-issued driver's licenses or comparable identification documents for identification purposes if the state requires that licenses issued to nonimmigrant aliens expire no later than the alien's authorized period of stay in the United States, or within 5 years if the authorized stay dates are uncertain or subject to modification. The Department of Homeland Security would provide grants to states to assist them in issuing identification documents that meet these requirements. The requirement takes effect one year after enactment and applies to new licenses and replacements or renewals issued after that date.

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Sponsor (1)
25 cosponsors

Actions (4)
  1. May 5, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. · house
  2. Mar 11, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources. · house
  3. Feb 7, 2003 Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
  4. Feb 7, 2003 Introduced in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 7, 2003

Mr. Flake (for himself, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Castle, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Ms. Hart, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Terry, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. Burton of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To bar Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose a State-issued driver’s license, or other comparable identification document, unless the State requires a license or comparable document issued to a nonimmigrant alien to expire upon the expiration of the alien’s authorized period of stay 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. EXPIRATION OF IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS ISSUED TO NONIMMIGRANTS.

(a) Standards for Acceptance by Federal Agencies.—A Federal agency may not accept for any identification-related purpose a driver’s license, or other comparable identification document, issued by a State to any person, unless the State has in effect a policy requiring any such license or document, when issued by the State to an nonimmigrant alien, to bear an expiration date that is not later than—

(1) the last day of the nonimmigrant alien’s lawfully authorized period of stay in the United States; or

(2) 5 years after the date on which the license or document is issued, in any case in which the nonimmigrant alien’s lawfully authorized period of stay—

(A) is modified at any time after the alien’s admission into the United States; or

(B) does not expire on a date certain.

(b) Grants to States.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall make grants to States to assist them in issuing driver’s licenses and other comparable identification documents that satisfy the requirements of subsection (a).

(c) Effective Date.—Subsection (a) shall take effect one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, but shall apply only to licenses or documents issued to a nonimmigrant alien for the first time after such effective date and to replacement or renewal licenses or documents issued according to State law after such effective date.

(d) Definitions.—For purposes of this section:

(1) Federal agency.—The term “Federal agency” means any of the following:

(A) An Executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code).

(B) An agency in the judicial branch of the Government of the United States.

(2) Nonimmigrant alien.—The term “nonimmigrant alien” means an alien who is lawfully admitted to the United States by reason of having presented at the port of entry a valid unexpired nonimmigrant visa issued under section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201). <all>

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