HR 655
108th Congress
House
Immigration
Aliens
Crime and Law Enforcement
Driver licenses
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Identification devices
Illegal aliens
State laws
Transportation and Public Works
Visas
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: February 7, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 5, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Mar 11, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources.
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.
Feb 7, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prohibits Federal agencies (as defined by this Act) from accepting for any identification-related purpose any State-issued driver's license or other comparable identification document unless the State requires such licenses or documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens to expire on a date that is not later than: (1) the expiration of the alien's authorized U.S. stay; or (2) five years after such document's expiration in any case in which the alien's lawful stay is modified after U.S. admission, or does not expire on a fixed date.
Directs the Attorney General to make grants to assist States in issuing appropriate licenses and identification documents.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Cosponsors
1