[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4217 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4217

 To repeal section 656 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
   Responsibility Act of 1996, and to prohibit Federal agencies from 
 accepting the same identification document for identification-related 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 1998

Mr. Paul (for himself and Mr. Barr of Georgia) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform and 
                               Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
 To repeal section 656 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
   Responsibility Act of 1996, and to prohibit Federal agencies from 
 accepting the same identification document for identification-related 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Freedom and Privacy Restoration Act 
of 1998''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SECTION 656 OF IIRIRA.

    Section 656 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 301 note) is repealed.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON DUPLICATION IN ACCEPTANCE OF IDENTIFICATION 
              DOCUMENTS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--A Federal agency may not accept for any 
identification-related purpose an identification document, if any other 
Federal agency accepts such document for any such purpose.
    (b) Federal Agency Defined.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``Federal agency'' means any of the following:
            (1) An Executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 
        5, United States Code).
            (2) A military department (as defined in section 102 of 
        such title).
            (3) An agency in the legislative branch of the Government 
        of the United States.
            (4) An agency in the judicial branch of the Government of 
        the United States.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on January 1, 
2000.
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