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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 25 

To restrict certain Federal grants for States that grant driver licenses to 

illegal immigrants and fail to share information about criminal aliens 

with the Federal Government. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 22, 2021 

Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. CRUZ, Ms. ERNST, Mr. DAINES, Mr. 

CRAMER, Mr. COTTON, and Mr. INHOFE) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To restrict certain Federal grants for States that grant driver licenses to illegal immigrants and fail to share information about criminal aliens with the Federal Government. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Greenlighting 

5 Driver Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE AS2 SISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS.—The term ‘‘Ed3 ward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Pro4 gram funds’’— 

5 (A) means a grant under subpart 1 of part 

6 E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

7 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et 

8 seq.); and 

9 (B) includes a grant made directly to a 

10 unit of local government within a State under 

11 section 505(d) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

12 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

13 U.S.C. 10156(d)). 

14 (2) IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT INFORMA15 TION.—The term ‘‘immigration enforcement infor16 mation’’ means— 

17 (A) information relating to the citizenship 

18 or immigration status of any individual; and 

19 (B) the date, time, and location of the re20 lease of any individual from detention, jail, or 

21 a prison facility. 

22 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean23 ing given the term in section 901 of title I of the 

24 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

25 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251). 


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1 SEC. 3. EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE 

2 GRANT RESTRICTION FOR STATES THAT FAIL 

3 TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION 

4 LAW. 

5 (a) PROHIBITION.—The following States shall be 

6 subject to subsection (b): 

7 (1) Any State that issues a driver license to an 

8 individual who does not have proof of United States 

9 citizenship or lawful presence in the United States. 

10 (2) Any State that prohibits or restricts a local 

11 or State government entity or official from collecting 

12 or sending to or receiving from the Department of 

13 Homeland Security immigration enforcement infor14 mation. 

15 (b) PENALTY.—A State described in subsection (a) 

16 shall— 

17 (1) in the case of a State described in sub18 section (a)(1), not later than 30 days after the date 

19 on which a driver license is issued to an individual 

20 who does not have proof of United States citizenship 

21 or lawful presence in the United States, return to 

22 the Treasury of the United States any unobligated 

23 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 

24 Program funds; 

25 (2) in the case of a State described in sub26 section (a)(2), not later than 30 days after the date 


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1 of enactment of this Act, return to the Treasury of 

2 the United States any unobligated Edward Byrne 

3 Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds; 

4 and 

5 (3) be ineligible to receive Edward Byrne Me6 morial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds 

7 until the date on which the State institutes a law or 

8 policy that— 

9 (A) prohibits the issuance of a driver li10 cense to an individual who does not have proof 

11 of United States citizenship or lawful presence 

12 in the United States; and 

13 (B) permits a local or State government 

14 entity or official to collect and send to and re15 ceive from the Department of Homeland Secu16 rity immigration enforcement information. 

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