[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4043 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4043

 To bar Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related 
    purpose and State-issued driver's license, or other comparable 
    identification document, unless the State requires licenses or 
 comparable documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens to expire upon the 
 expiration of the aliens' nonimmigrant visas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2002

    Mr. Flake (for himself, Mr. Green of Wisconsin and Mr. Castle) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
     Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House 
 Administration, the Judiciary, and Armed Services, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To bar Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related 
    purpose and State-issued driver's license, or other comparable 
    identification document, unless the State requires licenses or 
 comparable documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens to expire upon the 
 expiration of the aliens' nonimmigrant visas, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. EXPIRATION OF IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS ISSUED TO 
              NONIMMIGRANTS.

    (a) Standards for Acceptance by Federal Agencies.--A Federal agency 
may not accept for any identification-related purpose a driver's 
license, or other comparable identification document, issued by a State 
to any person, unless the State has in effect a policy requiring any 
such a license or document, when issued by the State to an nonimmigrant 
alien, to bear an expiration date--
            (1) that is not later than the last day of the period 
        during which the nonimmigrant visa issued to the alien is 
        valid, as specified on such visa; or
            (2) that is not later than 5 years after the date on which 
        the license or document is issued, in any case in which the 
        period of validity specified on the nonimmigrant visa has been 
        modified or superseded by another document issued by the 
        Department of Justice or the Department of State.
    (b) Grants to States.--The Attorney General shall make grants to 
States to assist them in issuing driver's licenses and other comparable 
identification documents that satisfy the requirements of subsection 
(a).
    (c) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, but shall apply only to 
licenses or documents issued to a nonimmigrant alien for the first time 
after such effective date and to replacement or renewal licenses or 
documents issued according to State law after such effective date.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' means any 
        of the following:
                    (A) An Executive agency (as defined in section 105 
                of title 5, United States Code).
                    (B) A military department (as defined in section 
                102 of such title).
                    (C) An agency in the legislative branch of the 
                Government of the United States.
                    (D) An agency in the judicial branch of the 
                Government of the United States.
            (2) Nonimmigrant alien.--The term ``nonimmigrant alien'' 
        means an alien who is lawfully admitted to the United States by 
        reason of having presented at the port of entry a valid 
        unexpired nonimmigrant visa issued under section 221 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201).
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