Bill Details
HR.203 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Introduced Date
2025-01-03
Policy Area
Transportation and Public Works
Committees
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
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This bill would cut off certain federal highway money to any state that lets people who are in the United States illegally receive a driver’s license or state identification card. It says the federal government would withhold all of specific highway funds from states with these laws, starting with fiscal year 2023 and after. If a state later changes its law and stops offering these IDs, the money could be given back. If not, the withheld money would be shared among the other states that do not have such laws.
- It applies to states that have laws allowing driver’s licenses or other state ID cards for people who are unlawfully present in the country.
- The bill would withhold 100% of certain federal highway funds from those states.
- If a state repeals the law before the end of the fiscal year, it can get the withheld money back if it is still available.
- If the state does not change the law by the end of the year, the money would be divided among the other states.
Official Summaries
Red Light Act
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to withhold all of a state's share of certain federal highway funds (specifically, funds for the National Highway Performance Program, the Highway Safety Improvement Program, and the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program) in FY2023 and thereafter if such state has enacted a law to provide driver's licenses or other identification cards to aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 203 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 203
To withhold Federal highway funds from States that provide driver's
licenses or identification cards to aliens who are unlawfully present
in the United States, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To withhold Federal highway funds from States that provide driver's
licenses or identification cards to aliens who are unlawfully present
in the United States, 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 ``Red Light Act''.
SEC. 2. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR PROVIDING IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO
CERTAIN ALIENS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 180. Withholding of funds for providing identification cards to
certain aliens
``(a) Withholding of Funds for Noncompliance.--For fiscal year 2023
and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall withhold 100
percent of the amount required to be apportioned under each of sections
104(b)(1), 104(b)(3), and 104(b)(4) of this title to any State that is
described in subsection (b).
``(b) State Described.--A State described in this subsection is a
State that has enacted a law that allows the State to provide a
driver's license or other identification card to an alien who is
unlawfully present in the United States.
``(c) Effect of Withholding Funds.--
``(1) In general.--Any funds withheld under subsection (a)
from apportionment to any State shall remain available until
the end of the fiscal year for which the funds are apportioned.
``(2) Reapportionment.--If, before the last day of the
fiscal year for which funds withheld under subsection (a) are
apportioned to a State, the State repeals all laws of such
State described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall, on the
first day on which the State repeals all such laws, apportion
to the State the funds withheld under subsection (a) that
remain available for apportionment to the State.
``(3) Apportionment among states.--If, at the end of the
fiscal year in which funds are withheld from a State under
paragraph (1), the State has not repealed the law described in
subsection (b), the Secretary shall apportion the corresponding
withheld funds described in subsection (a) on a proportional
basis to all remaining States that have not enacted laws
described in subsection (b).
``(4) Withholding in future year.--In the case in which a
State has funds withheld under paragraph (1) and is
reapportioned funds under paragraph (2) and subsequently enacts
a law described in subsection (b) after the date on which the
funds are reapportioned under paragraph (2), the Secretary
shall withhold the amount of funds withheld under subsection
(a) in the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which such
actions occur and each fiscal year thereafter.
``(d) Identification Card Defined.--The term `identification card'
means a personal identification card, as defined in section 1028(d) of
title 18, United States Code, issued by a State.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code,
in the table of contents is amended by adding at the end the following:
``180. Withholding of funds for providing identification cards to
certain aliens.''.
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