[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5446 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5446

      To require the Attorney General to review foreign forms of 
  identification, including consular identification cards and foreign 
passports without a valid visa, to establish a valid and secure form of 
                identification, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2016

 Mr. Veasey (for himself, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Polis) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To require the Attorney General to review foreign forms of 
  identification, including consular identification cards and foreign 
passports without a valid visa, to establish a valid and secure form of 
                identification, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign ID Review Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW OF FOREIGN IDENTIFICATION.

    The Attorney General shall, not later than 270 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, review all 
forms of identification issued to foreign nationals within the United 
States by the Governments of Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, 
and Honduras, including identifications issued by consular officers and 
foreign passports issued at consular offices, to determine if such 
forms of identification are sufficiently secure to verify the identity 
of the bearer of the form of identification for purposes including 
opening an account with an accredited financial institution and 
obtaining any benefit that the child of such bearer is lawfully 
entitled to.

SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    Not later than 90 days after the completion of the review under 
section 2, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate a report that includes the results of such 
review.
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