To bar Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose a State-issued driver's license, or other comparable identification document, unless the State has in effect a policy requiring presentation of acceptable forms of identification prior to issuance of the license or document, and the State requires the license or document, if 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.

Bill: 108-hr-3461
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2003-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Aliens
Credit cards
Crime and Law Enforcement
Driver licenses
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Identification devices
Immigration
Licenses
Passports
Photography
State laws
Tax returns
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 
Prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose a State-issued driver's license or other comparable identification document unless the application process for licenses or documents include presentation by applicants as evidence of identity: (1) two documents, with at least one containing a clear photograph of the applicant and at least one which is a primary document (as defined in this Act); or (2) three documents, if at least one is a primary document. Requires all documents to presented in English.
 
Prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose any State-issued driver's license or other comparable identification document unless the State requires such licenses or documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens to expire on a date that is not later than: (1) the expiration of the alien's authorized U.S. stay; or (2) five years after such document's issuance in any case in which the alien's lawful stay is modified after U.S. admission, or does not expire on a fixed date.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to assist States in complying with the requirements described in this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Introduced in House