H.R.5862

            I 

116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 5862 

To restrict certain Federal grants for States that grant driver licenses to 
illegal immigrants and fail to share information about criminal aliens 
with the Federal Government. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 12, 2020 
Mr. BUCK (for himself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. 

BUDD, Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 
ARRINGTON, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. PERRY, Mr. GOH-
MERT, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. DUNN, Mr. 
GIBBS, Mr. YOHO, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. OLSON, Mr. ABRAHAM, 
Mr. BYRNE, and Mr. LAMALFA) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 
To restrict certain Federal grants for States that grant driv-

er licenses to illegal immigrants and fail to share infor-
mation about criminal aliens with the Federal Govern-
ment. 

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 ‘‘Stop Greenlighting 4

Driver Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act’’. 5

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•HR 5862 IH

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1

In this Act: 2

(1) EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE AS-3

SISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS.—The term ‘‘Ed-4

ward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Pro-5

gram funds’’— 6

(A) means a grant under subpart 1 of part 7

E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 8

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et 9

seq.); and 10

(B) includes a grant made directly to a 11

unit of local government within a State under 12

section 505(d) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 13

Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 14

U.S.C. 10156(d)). 15

(2) IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT INFORMA-16

TION.—The term ‘‘immigration enforcement infor-17

mation’’ means— 18

(A) information relating to the citizenship 19

or immigration status of any individual; and 20

(B) the date, time, and location of the re-21

lease of any individual from detention, jail, or 22

a prison facility. 23

(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-24

ing given the term in section 901 of title I of the 25

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•HR 5862 IH

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1

1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251). 2

SEC. 3. EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE 3

GRANT RESTRICTION FOR STATES THAT FAIL 4

TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION 5

LAW. 6

(a) PROHIBITION.—The following States shall be 7

subject to subsection (b): 8

(1) Any State that issues a driver license to an 9

individual who does not have proof of United States 10

citizenship or lawful presence in the United States. 11

(2) Any State that prohibits or restricts a local 12

or State government entity or official from collecting 13

or sending to or receiving from the Department of 14

Homeland Security immigration enforcement infor-15

mation. 16

(b) PENALTY.—A State described in subsection (a) 17

shall— 18

(1) in the case of a State described in sub-19

section (a)(1), not later than 30 days after the date 20

on which a driver license is issued to an individual 21

who does not have proof of United States citizenship 22

or lawful presence in the United States, return to 23

the Treasury of the United States any unobligated 24

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•HR 5862 IH

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 1

Program funds; 2

(2) in the case of a State described in sub-3

section (a)(2), not later than 30 days after the date 4

of enactment of this Act, return to the Treasury of 5

the United States any unobligated Edward Byrne 6

Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds; 7

and 8

(3) be ineligible to receive Edward Byrne Me-9

morial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds 10

until the date on which the State institutes a law or 11

policy that— 12

(A) prohibits the issuance of a driver li-13

cense to an individual who does not have proof 14

of United States citizenship or lawful presence 15

in the United States; and 16

(B) permits a local or State government 17

entity or official to collect and send to and re-18

ceive from the Department of Homeland Secu-19

rity immigration enforcement information. 20

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