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S 2718 110th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Driver licenses Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to transportation Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Highway finance Highway maintenance Identification devices Illegal aliens Immigration Infrastructure Road construction State laws

A bill to withhold 10 percent of the Federal funding apportioned for highway construction and maintenance from States that issue driver's licenses to individuals without verifying the legal status of such individuals.

Introduced: March 5, 2008 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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Mar 6, 2008
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 603.
Mar 5, 2008
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Mar 5, 2008
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold 10% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highways funds in any fiscal year after FY2009 if such state does not require verifiable evidence of lawful presence in the United States or its territories from each applicant for a driver's license or personal identification card issued by the state. Grandfathers states that have such a requirement in effect before the later of: (1) October 1, 2009; or (2) 10 days after the end of the first session the state's legislature convenes after enactment of this Act.

Redistributes withheld funds to states that satisfy the requirements of this Act.

What's happening now March 6, 2008

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 603.