[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3398 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3398


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 27, 2018

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
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.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 26, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.