[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4051 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4051

   To prohibit transportation of any alien using certain methods of 
                identification, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 22, 2024

  Mr. Lee (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Braun, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
 Scott of Florida, and Mr. Thune) introduced the following bill; which 
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit transportation of any alien using certain methods 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 ``Verifying that all Aliens have 
Legitimate Identification Documents Act'' or the ``VALID Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT PROHIBITION ON OPERATIONS FOR AIR CARRIERS THAT 
              PROVIDE, OR FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF, TRANSPORTATION 
              OF ANY ALIEN USING CERTAIN METHODS OF IDENTIFICATION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 401 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 40130 the following new section:
``Sec. 40131. Permanent prohibition on operations for air carriers that 
              transport any alien using certain methods of 
              identification
    ``An air carrier or foreign air carrier may not operate an aircraft 
in foreign air transportation or land such aircraft at any airport in 
the United States if the air carrier or foreign air carrier actively 
provides, or actively facilitates the provision of, transportation of 
any alien using any of the following for purposes of identification:
            ``(1) The CBP One Mobile Application.
            ``(2) Department of Homeland Security Form I-385, Notice to 
        Report.
            ``(3) Department of Homeland Security Form I-862, Notice to 
        Appear.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 401 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 40130 the following:

``40131. Permanent prohibition on operations for air carriers that 
                            transport any alien using certain methods 
                            of identification.''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION FOR AIRLINE 
              PASSENGERS.

    Section 7220 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458; 49 U.S.C. 44901 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by inserting ``except as 
        provided in subsection (d),'' before ``any document'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection (d):
    ``(d) Prohibition of Certain Forms of Identification.--In carrying 
out this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security may not designate 
or permit any of the following as a valid identification document for a 
domestic commercial airline passenger seeking to board an aircraft:
            ``(1) The CBP One Mobile Application.
            ``(2) Department of Homeland Security Form I-385, Notice to 
        Report.
            ``(3) Department of Homeland Security Form I-862, Notice to 
        Appear.''.
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