Driver's License Security and Modernization Act

Bill: 109-hr-368
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aliens
Citizenship
Counterfeiting
Data banks
Driver licenses
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Employee training
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
Immigration
Interstate compacts
Labor and Employment
Passports
Photography
Refugees
Science, Technology, Communications
Security clearances
Security measures
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
State employees
State laws
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation and Public Works
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
Driver's License Security and Modernization Act - Prohibits a Federal agency from accepting a State-issued driver's license or identification card unless it includes certain information, including a digital photograph, a common machine-readable technology, and certain anti-fraud physical security features. Prescribes minimum license or identification card issuance standards and other special requirements (including requirements with respect to the issuance of temporary drivers' licenses and identification cards) States must meet.
 
Requires a State, among other things, to require, before issuing a driver's license or other identification card, valid documentary evidence that a person has: (1) U.S. citizenship; (2) lawful permanent residence in the United States; or (3) another specified lawful immigrant or nonimmigrant status.
 
Requires a State, to be eligible for a grant to assist it in conforming to such minimum standards, to participate in the interstate compact, &quot;Driver License Agreement,&quot; in order to provide electronic access by a State to information contained in the motor vehicle databases of all other States.
 
Repeals similar requirements contained in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-01-26
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: 2005-01-26
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: 2005-01-26
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: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in House