I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5330 
To withhold certain transportation program funds from States that grant 
drivers licenses to illegal immigrants or fail to share information about 
criminal aliens with the Federal Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 
Mrs. MILLER of Illinois (for herself, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. 
MACE, Mr. GILL of Texas, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. PERRY, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Mr. HARIDOPOLOS, Mr. MCGUIRE, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. 
LOUDERMILK, Mr. CRANE, Mr. WIED, and Mr. BURCHETT) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To withhold certain transportation program funds from 
States that grant drivers licenses to illegal immigrants 
or fail to share information about criminal aliens with 
the Federal Government. 
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 ‘‘Stop Aliens From 
Evading Driving Laws Act’’ or the ‘‘SAFE Driving Laws 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WITHHOLDING OF CERTAIN HIGHWAY FUNDING 
FOR STATES THAT ISSUANCE OF DRIVERS LI-
CENSES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT CITI-
ZENS OR LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 180. Issuance of drivers licenses to individuals who 
do not have proof of citizenship or lawful 
permanent residence 
‘‘(a) WITHHOLDING
OF FUNDS
FOR NONCOMPLI-
ANCE.—The Secretary shall withhold 50 percent of the 
amount required to be apportioned to any State under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) on the first day 
of each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2027 if the 
State is not in compliance with subsection (b) as of such 
day. 
‘‘(b) STATE ACTIONS.—To be in compliance with this 
subsection, a State— 
‘‘(1) shall have in effect a law prohibiting the 
issuance of a drivers license or a commercial drivers 
license to an individual who does not have proof of 
United States citizenship or lawful permanent resi-
dence in the United States; and 
‘‘(2) may not prohibit or restrict a local or 
State government entity or official from collecting or 
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sending to or receiving from the Department of 
Homeland Security immigration enforcement infor-
mation. 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC DATABASE.—The Secretary Transpor-
tation and the Secretary of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall— 
‘‘(1) determine whether each State is in compli-
ance with this subsection (b); and 
‘‘(2) maintain a database that is publicly avail-
able on a website of each such Secretary of the sta-
tus of compliance of each State with the require-
ments of such subsection. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT 
INFORMATION.—In this section, the term ‘immigration en-
forcement information’ means— 
‘‘(1) information relating to the citizenship or 
immigration status of any individual; and 
‘‘(2) the date, time, and location of the release 
of any individual from detention, jail, or a prison fa-
cility.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘180. Issuance of drivers licenses to individuals who do not have proof of citi-
zenship or lawful permanent residence.’’. 
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