United States HR 4427: Red Light Act

Bill Text

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118THCONGRESS 
1
STSESSION 
H. R. 4427 
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. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
JUNE30, 2023 
Mrs. L
ESKO(for herself and Mr. DUNCAN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
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  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Red Light Act’’. 4
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SEC.  2.  WITHHOLDING  OF  FUNDS  FOR  PROVIDING  IDENTI-1
FICATION CARDS TO CERTAIN ALIENS. 2
(a)  I
NGENERAL.—Chapter  1  of  title  23,  United  3
States  Code,  is  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  the  fol-4
lowing new section: 5
‘‘§ 180.  Withholding  of  funds  for  providing  identifica-6
tion cards to certain aliens 7
‘‘(a)  W
ITHHOLDING   OFFUNDS   FORNONCOMPLI-8
ANCE.—For  fiscal  year  2023  and  each  fiscal  year  there-9
after,  the  Secretary  shall  withhold  100  percent  of  the  10
amount  required  to  be  apportioned  under  each  of  sections  11
104(b)(1),  104(b)(3),  and  104(b)(4)  of  this  title  to  any  12
State that is described in subsection (b). 13
‘‘(b)  S
TATEDESCRIBED.—A  State  described  in  this  14
subsection  is  a  State  that  has  enacted  a  law  that  allows  15
the  State  to  provide  a  driver’s  license  or  other  identifica-16
tion  card  to  an  alien  who  is  unlawfully  present  in  the  17
United States. 18
‘‘(c) E
FFECT OFWITHHOLDINGFUNDS.— 19
‘‘(1)  I
N  GENERAL.—Any  funds  withheld  under  20
subsection (a) from apportionment to any State shall 21
remain  available  until  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year  for  22
which the funds are apportioned. 23
‘‘(2)  R
EAPPORTIONMENT.—If,  before  the  last  24
day of the fiscal year for which funds withheld under 25
subsection  (a)  are  apportioned  to  a  State,  the  State  26
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repeals  all  laws  of  such  State  described  in  subsection  1
(b),  the  Secretary  shall,  on  the  first  day  on  which  2
the  State  repeals  all  such  laws,  apportion  to  the  3
State  the  funds  withheld  under  subsection  (a)  that  4
remain available for apportionment to the State. 5
‘‘(3)  A
PPORTIONMENT   AMONG   STATES.—If,  at  6
the  end  of  the  fiscal  year  in  which  funds  are  with-7
held  from  a  State  under  paragraph  (1),  the  State  8
has  not  repealed  the  law  described  in  subsection  (b),  9
the   Secretary   shall   apportion   the   corresponding   10
withheld  funds  described  in  subsection  (a)  on  a  pro-11
portional  basis  to  all  remaining  States  that  have  not  12
enacted laws described in subsection (b). 13
‘‘(4)  W
ITHHOLDING  IN  FUTURE  YEAR.—In  the  14
case  in  which  a  State  has  funds  withheld  under  15
paragraph   (1)   and   is   reapportioned   funds   under   16
paragraph  (2)  and  subsequently  enacts  a  law  de-17
scribed  in  subsection  (b)  after  the  date  on  which  the  18
funds  are  reapportioned  under  paragraph  (2),  the  19
Secretary  shall  withhold  the  amount  of  funds  with-20
held  under  subsection  (a)  in  the  fiscal  year  following  21
the  fiscal  year  in  which  such  actions  occur  and  each  22
fiscal year thereafter. 23
‘‘(d)  I
DENTIFICATIONCARDDEFINED.—The  term  24
‘identification  card’  means  a  personal  identification  card,  25
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as  defined  in  section  1028(d)  of  title  18,  United  States  1
Code, issued by a State.’’. 2
(b)  C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—Chapter  1  of  title  23,  3
United  States  Code,  in  the  table  of  contents  is  amended  4
by adding at the end the following: 5
‘‘180.  Withholding  of  funds  for  providing  identification  cards  to  certain  aliens.’’.  
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