[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7553 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7553

 To provide that in order to be eligible for a grant under the Edward 
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, a State shall provide 
 the Secretary of Homeland Security access to the State department of 
  motor vehicles records for the purpose of enforcing the immigration 
                                 laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2024

    Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Garbarino, and Mr. 
Williams of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that in order to be eligible for a grant under the Edward 
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, a State shall provide 
 the Secretary of Homeland Security access to the State department of 
  motor vehicles records for the purpose of enforcing the immigration 
                                 laws.

    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 ``Ensuring States Support Law 
Enforcement Act''.

SEC. 2. BYRNE GRANTS CONDITIONED ON PROVIDING DMV RECORD ACCESS TO DHS.

    Beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after the date of 
enactment of this Act, in order to be eligible to receive a grant under 
the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program under 
subpart I of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), a State shall have in 
place a policy to provide the Secretary of Homeland Security access to 
the State department of motor vehicles records for the purpose of 
enforcing the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)).
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