[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3398 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3398

To amend the Real ID Act of 2005 to permit Freely Associated States to 
    meet identification requirements under such Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2017

   Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself and Ms. Gabbard) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Real ID Act of 2005 to permit Freely Associated States to 
    meet identification requirements under such Act, 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 ``REAL ID Act Modification for Freely 
Associated States Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    (a) Definition of State.--Section 201(5) of the Real ID Act of 2005 
(49 U.S.C. 30301 note; Public Law 109-13) is amended by striking ``the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,''.
    (b) Evidence of Lawful Status.--Section 202(c)(2)(B) of the REAL ID 
Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 30301 note; Public Law 109-13) is amended--
            (1) in clause (viii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(x) is a citizen of the Republic of the 
                        Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 
                        Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau who has 
                        been admitted to the United States as a 
                        nonimmigrant pursuant to a Compact of Free 
                        Association between the United States and the 
                        Republic or Federated States.''.
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