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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3052
To amend title 23, United States Code, to discourage States from issuing 
an identification card or driver’s license to an alien not legally authorized 
to be in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2003
Mr. TANCREDO (for himself, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. BARTLETT 
of Maryland, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, and Mr. 
GOODE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to discourage States 
from issuing an identification card or driver’s license 
to an alien not legally authorized to be in the United 
States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State Accountability 
and Identity Fraud Elimination Act of 2004’’.
apportioned to any State under each of paragraphs 
(1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) on October 1, 
2007, if the State has enacted a law described in 
paragraph (7) on or before that date. 
‘‘(4) FISCAL YEAR 2009.—The Secretary shall 
withhold 20 percent of the amount required to be 
apportioned to any State under each of paragraphs 
(1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) on October 1, 
2008, if the State has enacted a law described in 
paragraph (7) on or before that date. 
‘‘(5) FISCAL YEAR 2010.—The Secretary shall 
withhold 25 percent of the amount required to be 
apportioned to any State under each of paragraphs 
(1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) on October 1, 
2009, if the State has enacted a law described in 
paragraph (7) on or before that date. 
‘‘(6) THERAFTER.—The Secretary shall with-
hold 25 percent of the amount required to be appor-
tioned to any State under each of paragraphs (1), 
(3), and (4) of section 104(b) on October 1 of each 
fiscal year thereafter if the State has enacted a law 
described in paragraph (7) on or before that date. 
‘‘(7) REQUIREMENT.—A State shall have funds 
withheld under this subsection if the State has en-
acted a law that allows the issuance of an identifica-
tion card or a driver’s license to an alien who is not 
legally authorized to be in the United States. 
‘‘(b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY; EFFECT OF COMPLI-
ANCE AND NONCOMPLIANCE.—
‘‘(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF WITHHELD 
FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) FUNDS WITHHELD ON OR BEFORE 
SEPTEMBER
30, 
2007.—Any funds withheld 
under subsection (a) from apportionment to any 
State on or before September 30, 2005, shall 
remain available until the end of the third fiscal 
year following the fiscal year for which the 
funds are authorized to be appropriated. 
‘‘(B) FUNDS
WITHHELD
AFTER
SEP-
TEMBER
30, 2007.—No funds withheld under 
this section from apportionment to any State 
after September 30, 2007, shall be available for 
apportionment to the State. 
‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT
OF
WITHHELD
FUNDS 
AFTER COMPLIANCE.—If, before the last day of the 
period for which funds withheld under subsection (a) 
from apportionment are to remain available for ap-
portionment to a State under paragraph (1), the 
State has repealed a law described in subsection 
(a)(7), the Secretary shall, on the first day on which
the State repeals such law, apportion to the State 
the funds withheld under subsection (a) that remain 
available for apportionment to the State. 
‘‘(3) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY
OF
SUBSE-
QUENTLY APPORTIONED FUNDS.—Any funds appor-
tioned pursuant to paragraph (2) shall remain avail-
able for expenditure until the end of the third fiscal 
year following the fiscal year in which the funds are 
so apportioned. Sums not obligated at the end of 
that period shall lapse. 
‘‘(4) EFFECT OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—If, at the 
end of the period for which funds withheld under 
subsection (a) from apportionment are available for 
apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the 
State does not repeal a law described subsection 
(a)(7), the funds shall lapse.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 164 the following:
‘‘165. Withholding of funds for enactment of a law allowing issuance of identi-
fication cards or drivers’ licenses for certain individuals’’.
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