REAL ID Act Modification for Freely Associated States Act Public Law 115–323 REAL ID Act Modification for Freely Associated States Act 323 115–323 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 REAL ID Act Modification for Freely Associated States Act 15100 115 2018-12-17 REAL ID Act Modification for Freely Associated States Act [(Public Law 115–323)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 115-323. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo 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. [49 U.S.C. 30101 note] 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.” .