I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 620
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study 
on the development and implementation by States of security measures 
for driver’s licenses and identification cards and a study on the con-
sequences of denying driver’s licenses to aliens unlawfully present in 
the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2005
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and 
Mr. MEEHAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States 
to conduct a study on the development and implementa-
tion by States of security measures for driver’s licenses 
and identification cards and a study on the consequences 
of denying driver’s licenses to aliens 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 ‘‘Security Measures 
Feasibility Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STUDIES RELATED TO STATE-ISSUED DRIVER’S LI-
CENSES AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS. 
(a) STUDY ON SECURITY MEASURES FOR STATE-
ISSUED
DRIVER’S
LICENSES
AND
IDENTIFICATION 
CARDS.—
(1) FEASIBILITY
STUDY.—Commencing not 
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study to evaluate—
(A) the ability of the States to develop and 
implement the security measures for the 
issuance and use of driver’s licenses and identi-
fication cards described in subsection (b); 
(B) the cost of developing and imple-
menting each such measure, for each State; and 
(C) the amount of time that such develop-
ment and implementation would require, for 
each State. 
(2) SECURITY
MEASURES.—The study under 
subsection (a) shall address the following: 
(A) Incorporation of physical security fea-
tures designed to prevent tampering, counter-
feiting, or duplication of driver’s licenses and 
identification cards for fraudulent purposes. 
(B) Use of a uniform machine-readable 
technology for driver’s licenses and identifica-
tion cards by all States. 
(C) Use of available technology to capture 
digital images of identity source documents so 
that the images can be retained in electronic 
storage in a transferable format. 
(D) Implementation of a standard for the 
retention of paper copies of source documents 
for a minimum of 7 years and digital images of 
source documents for a minimum of 10 years. 
(E) Subjecting each person applying for a 
driver’s license or identification card to a man-
datory facial image capture. 
(F) Implementation of an effective proce-
dure to confirm or verify a renewing applicant’s 
information. 
(G) Implementation of an effective proce-
dure to confirm with the Social Security Admin-
istration that a social security account number 
presented by the applicant is legitimate and to 
resolve any discrepancies about such a number 
that might occur.
(H) Implementation of procedures to en-
sure the physical security of locations where 
driver’s licenses and identification cards are 
produced and to ensure the security of docu-
ment materials and papers from which driver’s 
licenses and identification cards are produced. 
(I) Subjecting all persons authorized to 
manufacture or produce driver’s licenses and 
identification cards to appropriate security 
clearance requirements. 
(J) Provision of training in fraudulent doc-
ument recognition for appropriate employees 
engaged in the issuance of driver’s licenses and 
identification cards. 
(K) Full participation in the interstate 
compact regarding the sharing of driver’s li-
cense data, known as the ‘‘Driver’s License 
Agreement’’, in order to provide electronic ac-
cess by a State to information contained in the 
motor vehicle databases of all other States. 
(L) Establishment of State motor vehicle 
databases that contain, at a minimum, all data 
fields printed on driver’s licenses and identifica-
tion cards issued by the State, and motor vehi-
cle driver’s histories, including motor vehicle 
violations, suspensions, and points on licenses. 
(M) Establishment of two category systems 
for driver’s licenses, one for citizens and lawful 
permanent residents of the United States which 
would have to be renewed after a fixed period 
of time and another for nonimmigrant aliens 
which would expire at the expiration of the non-
immigrant’s authorized period of stay in the 
United States. 
(N) Implementation of an effective proce-
dure to verify the issuance, validity, and com-
pleteness of every document required to be pre-
sented by an applicant for a driver’s license or 
identification card. 
(O) Routine utilization of the automated 
system known as ‘‘Systematic Alien Verification 
for Entitlements’’. 
(P) Establishing a system for ensuring 
that, in every case in which the State issues a 
driver’s license or identification card that does 
not satisfy the these security measures, the li-
cense or identification card clearly states on its 
face that it may not be accepted by any Federal 
agency for any official purpose and uses a de-
sign or color indicator to alert Federal agencies 
that it may not be accepted for any such pur-
pose. 
(b) STUDY ON CONSEQUENCES OF MAKING DRIVER’S 
LICENSES UNAVAILABLE TO UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS.—
Commencing not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study on the adverse con-
sequences that could result from preventing aliens who are 
unlawfully present in the United States from obtaining 
driver’s licenses, taking into account the probability that 
such an alien will drive without a license if rendered ineli-
gible to receive one based on such unlawful status. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall sub-
mit to the appropriate committees of the Congress 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security a report on 
the findings and recommendations resulting from 
the studies described in subsections (a) and (b). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: