To bar Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose a State-issued driver's license, or other comparable identification document, unless the State has in effect a policy requiring presentation of acceptable forms of identification prior to issuance of the license or document, and the State requires the license or document, if issued to a nonimmigrant alien, to expire upon the expiration of the alien's authorized period of stay in the United States, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · December 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose a State-issued driver's license or other comparable identification document unless the application process for licenses or documents include presentation by applicants as evidence of identity: (1) two documents, with at least one containing a clear photograph of the applicant and at least one which is a primary document (as defined in this Act); or (2) three documents, if at least one is a primary document. Requires all documents to presented in English.
Prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose any State-issued driver's license or other comparable identification document unless the State requires such licenses or documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens to expire on a date that is not later than: (1) the expiration of the alien's authorized U.S. stay; or (2) five years after such document's issuance in any case in which the alien's lawful stay is modified after U.S. admission, or does not expire on a fixed date.
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to assist States in complying with the requirements described in this Act.
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