I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3739 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 JULY 12, 2019 Mr. COLLINS of New York 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:26 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3739.IH H3739 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3739 IH SEC. 2. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR PROVIDING IDENTI- 1 FICATION CARDS TO CERTAIN ALIENS. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 4 lowing new section: 5 ‘‘§ 171. Withholding of funds for providing identifica- 6 tion cards to certain aliens 7 ‘‘(a) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR NONCOMPLI- 8 ANCE.—For fiscal year 2020 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) STATE DESCRIBED.—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) EFFECT OF WITHHOLDING FUNDS.— 19 ‘‘(1) Any funds withheld under subsection (a) 20 from apportionment to any State shall remain avail- 21 able until the end of the fiscal year for which the 22 funds are authorized to be appropriated. 23 ‘‘(2) If, before the last day of the period for 24 which funds withheld under subsection (a) from ap- 25 portionment are to remain available for apportion- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:04 Jul 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3739.IH H3739 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3739 IH ment to a State under paragraph (1), the State 1 meets the requirement of subsection (b), the Sec- 2 retary shall, on the first day on which the State 3 meets the requirement, apportion to the State the 4 funds withheld under subsection (a) that remain 5 available for apportionment to the State. 6 ‘‘(d) IDENTIFICATION CARD DEFINED.—The term 7 ‘identification card’ means a personal identification card, 8 as defined in section 1028(d) of title 18, United States 9 Code, issued by a State.’’. 10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Chapter 1 of title 23, 11 United States Code, in the table of contents is amended 12 by adding at the end the following: 13 ‘‘171. Withholding of funds for providing identification cards to certain aliens.’’. Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:04 Jul 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3739.IH H3739 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS