[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4336 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4336

To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from using Federal funds 
to establish the ICE Secure Docket Card program and to prohibit the use 
 of documentation issued in connection with immigration proceedings to 
           establish eligibility for Federal public benefits.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2024

  Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from using Federal funds 
to establish the ICE Secure Docket Card program and to prohibit the use 
 of documentation issued in connection with immigration proceedings to 
           establish eligibility for Federal public benefits.

    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 ``No Taxpayer Funds for Illegal 
Immigrant Identity Cards Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from 
        using Federal funds to establish the ICE Secure Docket Card 
        program or any other Federal program that issues free identity 
        cards to aliens who are unlawfully present in the United 
        States.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS.

    (a) ICE Secure Docket Card.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no Federal funds may be used to establish, implement, or otherwise 
support the activities of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
Secure Docket Card program or of any other similar program of the 
Department of Homeland Security.
    (b) Proof of Identification.--No documentation, in any form, which 
was issued for the primary purpose of providing access to information 
regarding the status of an individual's immigration proceedings, may be 
used as proof of identification for the purpose of establishing 
eligibility for any Federal public benefit (as defined in section 
401(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611(c))).

SEC. 4. REPORT.

     Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall 
submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives that describes the establishment, operation, 
and any costs associated with the ICE Secure Docket Card program or any 
other Federal program that issues free identity cards to aliens who are 
unlawfully present in the United States.
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