I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 655
To bar Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose 
a State-issued driver’s license, or other comparable identification docu-
ment, unless the State requires a license or comparable document issued 
to a nonimmigrant alien to expire upon the expiration of the alien’s 
authorized period of stay in the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 7, 2003
Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. KEN-
NEDY of Minnesota, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. PITTS, Mr. JONES of 
North Carolina, Ms. HART, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BEREUTER, 
Mr. TERRY, Mr. BACHUS, and Mr. BURTON of Indiana) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Re-
form, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To bar Federal agencies from accepting for any identifica-
tion-related purpose a State-issued driver’s license, or 
other comparable identification document, unless the 
State requires a license or comparable document issued 
to a nonimmigrant alien to expire upon the expiration 
of the alien’s authorized period of stay 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. EXPIRATION OF IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS 
ISSUED TO NONIMMIGRANTS. 
(a) STANDARDS
FOR ACCEPTANCE
BY FEDERAL 
AGENCIES.—A Federal agency may not accept for any 
identification-related purpose a driver’s license, or other 
comparable identification document, issued by a State to 
any person, unless the State has in effect a policy requir-
ing any such license or document, when issued by the 
State to an nonimmigrant alien, to bear an expiration date 
that is not later than—
(1) the last day of the nonimmigrant alien’s 
lawfully authorized period of stay in the United 
States; or 
(2) 5 years after the date on which the license 
or document is issued, in any case in which the non-
immigrant alien’s lawfully authorized period of 
stay—
(A) is modified at any time after the 
alien’s admission into the United States; or 
(B) does not expire on a date certain. 
(b) GRANTS TO STATES.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall make grants to States to assist them 
in issuing driver’s licenses and other comparable identi-
fication documents that satisfy the requirements of sub-
section (a). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef-
fect one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
but shall apply only to licenses or documents issued to a 
nonimmigrant alien for the first time after such effective 
date and to replacement or renewal licenses or documents 
issued according to State law after such effective date. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
agency’’ means any of the following: 
(A) An Executive agency (as defined in 
section 105 of title 5, United States Code). 
(B) An agency in the judicial branch of the 
Government of the United States. 
(2) NONIMMIGRANT
ALIEN.—The term ‘‘non-
immigrant alien’’ means an alien who is lawfully ad-
mitted to the United States by reason of having pre-
sented at the port of entry a valid unexpired non-
immigrant visa issued under section 221 of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201).
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXPIRATION OF IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS 
ISSUED TO NONIMMIGRANTS. 
(a) STANDARDS
FOR ACCEPTANCE
BY FEDERAL 
AGENCIES.—A Federal agency may not accept for any 
identification-related purpose a driver’s license, or other 
comparable identification document, issued by a State to 
any person, unless the State has in effect a policy requir-
ing any such license or document, when issued by the 
State to an nonimmigrant alien, to bear an expiration date 
that is not later than—
(1) the last day of the nonimmigrant alien’s 
lawfully authorized period of stay in the United 
States; or 
(2) 5 years after the date on which the license 
or document is issued, in any case in which the non-
immigrant alien’s lawfully authorized period of 
stay—
(A) is modified at any time after the 
alien’s admission into the United States; or 
(B) does not expire on a date certain. 
(b) GRANTS TO STATES.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall make grants to States to assist them 
in issuing driver’s licenses and other comparable identi-
fication documents that satisfy the requirements of sub-
section (a). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef-
fect one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
but shall apply only to licenses or documents issued to a 
nonimmigrant alien for the first time after such effective 
date and to replacement or renewal licenses or documents 
issued according to State law after such effective date. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
agency’’ means any of the following: 
(A) An Executive agency (as defined in 
section 105 of title 5, United States Code). 
(B) An agency in the judicial branch of the 
Government of the United States. 
(2) NONIMMIGRANT
ALIEN.—The term ‘‘non-
immigrant alien’’ means an alien who is lawfully ad-
mitted to the United States by reason of having pre-
sented at the port of entry a valid unexpired non-
immigrant visa issued under section 221 of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201).
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