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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 203 

To withhold Federal highway funds from States that provide driver’s licenses 

or identification cards to aliens who are unlawfully present in the United 

States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2025 

Ms. TENNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To withhold Federal highway funds from States that provide 

driver’s licenses or identification cards to aliens who are 

unlawfully present in the United States, and for other 

purposes. 

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 ‘‘Red Light Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR PROVIDING IDENTI2 FICATION CARDS TO CERTAIN ALIENS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 180. Withholding of funds for providing identifica7 tion cards to certain aliens 

8 ‘‘(a) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR NONCOMPLI9 ANCE.—For fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year there10 after, the Secretary shall withhold 100 percent of the 

11 amount required to be apportioned under each of sections 

12 104(b)(1), 104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4) of this title to any 

13 State that is described in subsection (b). 

14 ‘‘(b) STATE DESCRIBED.—A State described in this 

15 subsection is a State that has enacted a law that allows 

16 the State to provide a driver’s license or other identifica17 tion card to an alien who is unlawfully present in the 

18 United States. 

19 ‘‘(c) EFFECT OF WITHHOLDING FUNDS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any funds withheld under 

21 subsection (a) from apportionment to any State shall 

22 remain available until the end of the fiscal year for 

23 which the funds are apportioned. 

24 ‘‘(2) REAPPORTIONMENT.—If, before the last 

25 day of the fiscal year for which funds withheld under 

26 subsection (a) are apportioned to a State, the State 


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1 repeals all laws of such State described in subsection 

2 (b), the Secretary shall, on the first day on which 

3 the State repeals all such laws, apportion to the 

4 State the funds withheld under subsection (a) that 

5 remain available for apportionment to the State. 

6 ‘‘(3) APPORTIONMENT AMONG STATES.—If, at 

7 the end of the fiscal year in which funds are with8 held from a State under paragraph (1), the State 

9 has not repealed the law described in subsection (b), 

10 the Secretary shall apportion the corresponding 

11 withheld funds described in subsection (a) on a pro12 portional basis to all remaining States that have not 

13 enacted laws described in subsection (b). 

14 ‘‘(4) WITHHOLDING IN FUTURE YEAR.—In the 

15 case in which a State has funds withheld under 

16 paragraph (1) and is reapportioned funds under 

17 paragraph (2) and subsequently enacts a law de18 scribed in subsection (b) after the date on which the 

19 funds are reapportioned under paragraph (2), the 

20 Secretary shall withhold the amount of funds with21 held under subsection (a) in the fiscal year following 

22 the fiscal year in which such actions occur and each 

23 fiscal year thereafter. 

24 ‘‘(d) IDENTIFICATION CARD DEFINED.—The term 

25 ‘identification card’ means a personal identification card, 


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1 as defined in section 1028(d) of title 18, United States 

2 Code, issued by a State.’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Chapter 1 of title 23, 

4 United States Code, in the table of contents is amended 

5 by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘180. Withholding of funds for providing identification cards to certain aliens.’’. 

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