I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7951 
To prohibit transportation of any alien using certain methods of identification, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 11, 2024 
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. GUEST, Mr. HIG-
GINS of Louisiana, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Mr. CRANE, Mr. 
ELLZEY, Mr. STRONG, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Mr. LUTTRELL, Mr. OGLES, Mr. 
OWENS, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. POSEY, 
Mr. 
CRENSHAW, 
Mr. 
WEBER
of 
Texas, 
Mr. 
DUNCAN, 
Mr. 
RESCHENTHALER, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. PERRY, Mr. ROSE, and Mr. 
CRAWFORD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security, 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 
A BILL 
To prohibit transportation of any alien using certain methods 
of identification, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Verifying that all 
Aliens have Legitimate Identification Documents Act’’ or 
the ‘‘VALID Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PERMANENT PROHIBITION ON OPERATIONS FOR 
AIR CARRIERS THAT PROVIDE, OR FACILI-
TATE THE PROVISION OF, TRANSPORTATION 
OF ANY ALIEN USING CERTAIN METHODS OF 
IDENTIFICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 401 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 40130 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 40131. Permanent prohibition on operations for air 
carriers that transport any alien using 
certain methods of identification 
‘‘An air carrier or foreign air carrier may not operate 
an aircraft in foreign air transportation or land such air-
craft at any airport in the United States if the air carrier 
or foreign air carrier actively provides, or actively facili-
tates the provision of, transportation of any alien using 
any of the following for purposes of identification: 
‘‘(1) The CBP One Mobile Application. 
‘‘(2) Department of Homeland Security Form 
I–385, Notice to Report. 
‘‘(3) Department of Homeland Security Form 
I–862, Notice to Appear.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 401 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 40130 the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘40131. Permanent prohibition on operations for air carriers that transport any 
alien using certain methods of identification.’’. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN FORMS OF IDENTIFICA-
TION FOR AIRLINE PASSENGERS. 
Section 7220 of the Intelligence Reform and Ter-
rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 49 
U.S.C. 44901 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by inserting ‘‘except 
as provided in subsection (d),’’ before ‘‘any docu-
ment’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN FORMS OF IDENTI-
FICATION.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may not designate or permit any of 
the following as a valid identification document for a do-
mestic commercial airline passenger seeking to board an 
aircraft: 
‘‘(1) The CBP One Mobile Application. 
‘‘(2) Department of Homeland Security Form 
I–385, Notice to Report. 
‘‘(3) Department of Homeland Security Form 
I–862, Notice to Appear.’’. 
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