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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. 
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 ‘‘Red Light Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR PROVIDING IDENTI-
FICATION CARDS TO CERTAIN ALIENS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 180. Withholding of funds for providing identifica-
tion cards to certain aliens 
‘‘(a) WITHHOLDING
OF FUNDS
FOR NONCOMPLI-
ANCE.—For fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year there-
after, the Secretary shall withhold 100 percent of the 
amount required to be apportioned under each of sections 
104(b)(1), 104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4) of this title to any 
State that is described in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) STATE DESCRIBED.—A State described in this 
subsection is a State that has enacted a law that allows 
the State to provide a driver’s license or other identifica-
tion card to an alien who is unlawfully present in the 
United States. 
‘‘(c) EFFECT OF WITHHOLDING FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any funds withheld under 
subsection (a) from apportionment to any State shall 
remain available until the end of the fiscal year for 
which the funds are apportioned. 
‘‘(2) REAPPORTIONMENT.—If, before the last 
day of the fiscal year for which funds withheld under 
subsection (a) are apportioned to a State, the State 
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repeals all laws of such State described in subsection 
(b), the Secretary shall, on the first day on which 
the State repeals all such laws, apportion to the 
State the funds withheld under subsection (a) that 
remain available for apportionment to the State. 
‘‘(3) APPORTIONMENT AMONG STATES.—If, at 
the end of the fiscal year in which funds are with-
held from a State under paragraph (1), the State 
has not repealed the law described in subsection (b), 
the Secretary shall apportion the corresponding 
withheld funds described in subsection (a) on a pro-
portional basis to all remaining States that have not 
enacted laws described in subsection (b). 
‘‘(4) WITHHOLDING IN FUTURE YEAR.—In the 
case in which a State has funds withheld under 
paragraph (1) and is reapportioned funds under 
paragraph (2) and subsequently enacts a law de-
scribed in subsection (b) after the date on which the 
funds are reapportioned under paragraph (2), the 
Secretary shall withhold the amount of funds with-
held under subsection (a) in the fiscal year following 
the fiscal year in which such actions occur and each 
fiscal year thereafter. 
‘‘(d) IDENTIFICATION CARD DEFINED.—The term 
‘identification card’ means a personal identification card, 
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as defined in section 1028(d) of title 18, United States 
Code, issued by a State.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Chapter 1 of title 23, 
United States Code, in the table of contents is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘180. Withholding of funds for providing identification cards to certain aliens.’’. 
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