Stop Greenlighting Driver Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act
Bill: H.R.643 | Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken (R-CO)
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Stop Greenlighting Driver Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act
This bill prohibits a state from receiving certain federal law enforcement grants if it takes certain immigration-related actions. Specifically, a state may not receive such grants if it (1) issues a driver license to an individual who does not have proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful presence in the United States, or (2) prohibits a local or state government entity or official from sharing immigration enforcement information with the Department of Homeland Security.

To restrict certain Federal grants for States that grant driver 
  licenses to illegal immigrants and fail to share information about 
              criminal aliens with the Federal Government.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Greenlighting Driver Licenses 
for Illegal Immigrants Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Edward byrne memorial justice assistance grant program 
        funds.--The term ``Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance 
        Grant Program funds''--
                    (A) means a grant under subpart 1 of part E of 
                title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
                Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.); and
                    (B) includes a grant made directly to a unit of 
                local government within a State under section 505(d) of 
                title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
                Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10156(d)).
            (2) Immigration enforcement information.--The term 
        ``immigration enforcement information'' means--
                    (A) information relating to the citizenship or 
                immigration status of any individual; and
                    (B) the date, time, and location of the release of 
                any individual from detention, jail, or a prison 
                facility.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
        Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251).

SEC. 3. EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT RESTRICTION FOR 
              STATES THAT FAIL TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW.

    (a) Prohibition.--The following States shall be subject to 
subsection (b):
            (1) Any State that issues a driver license to an individual 
        who does not have proof of United States citizenship or lawful 
        presence in the United States.
            (2) Any State that prohibits or restricts a local or State 
        government entity or official from collecting or sending to or 
        receiving from the Department of Homeland Security immigration 
        enforcement information.
    (b) Penalty.--A State described in subsection (a) shall--
            (1) in the case of a State described in subsection (a)(1), 
        not later than 30 days after the date on which a driver license 
        is issued to an individual who does not have proof of United 
        States citizenship or lawful presence in the United States, 
        return to the Treasury of the United States any unobligated 
        Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds;
            (2) in the case of a State described in subsection (a)(2), 
        not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
        return to the Treasury of the United States any unobligated 
        Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds; 
        and
            (3) be ineligible to receive Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
        Assistance Grant Program funds until the date on which the 
        State institutes a law or policy that--
                    (A) prohibits the issuance of a driver license to 
                an individual who does not have proof of United States 
                citizenship or lawful presence in the United States; 
                and
                    (B) permits a local or State government entity or 
                official to collect and send to and receive from the 
                Department of Homeland Security immigration enforcement 
                information.
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