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Identification Integrity Act of 2003

To prohibit the Federal Government from accepting a form of identification issued by a foreign government, except for a passport that is accepted for such a purpose on the date of enactment of this Act.

Introduced Feb 11, 2003

Latest action (Mar 6, 2003) Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee Oversight and Government Reform Committee Committee on House Administration Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources Subcommittee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues
Criminal Justice

Summary

This bill prohibits federal employees in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches from accepting forms of identification issued by foreign governments for the purpose of establishing an individual's identity. The bill includes an exception for foreign passports that are already authorized by federal law on the date the bill is enacted, preserving existing uses of foreign passports where federal law permits them.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
133 cosponsors

Actions (4)
  1. Mar 6, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. · house
  2. Feb 28, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources. · house
  3. Feb 11, 2003 Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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 11, 2003 Introduced in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 11, 2003

Mr. Gallegly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration and 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 prohibit the Federal Government from accepting a form of identification issued by a foreign government, except for a passport that is accepted for such a purpose on the date of enactment of this Act.

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 “Identification Integrity Act of 2003” .

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ACCEPTANCE OF IDENTIFICATION ISSUED BY FOREIGN GOVERMENTS.

(a) In General.—An employee of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Federal government may not accept from an individual, for purposes of establishing identity, a form of identification issued by a foreign government.

(b) Exception.—If passports issued by foreign governments are authorized by Federal law to be used for a specific purpose on the date of the enactment of this Act, subsection (a) shall not be construed to affect such authorization. <all>

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