Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The PLATE Act would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to display visible license plates on all vehicles they use for immigration enforcement activities. Currently, these agencies can use federal funds to operate vehicles with hidden, obscured, or unmarked license plates, which prevents the public from identifying the vehicles. This bill would mandate that any vehicle funded with federal dollars and used for civil immigration enforcement must have its license plate clearly visible on the outside at all times. The legislation affects ICE and CBP operations nationwide and does not specify new funding amounts or implementation timelines, instead applying this transparency requirement as a condition on existing federal appropriations used for vehicle operations.
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