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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3398
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 25, 2017Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself and Ms. Gabbard) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To amend the Real ID Act of 2005 to permit Freely Associated States to meet identification
requirements under such Act, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the REAL ID Act Modification for Freely Associated States Act.
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Amendment
(a)
Definition of State
Section 201(5) of the Real ID Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 30301 note; Public Law 109–13) is amended by striking the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,.
(b)
Evidence of lawful status
Section 202(c)(2)(B) of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 30301 note; Public Law 109–13) is amended—
(1) in clause (viii), by striking or at the end;
(2) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
(x) is a citizen of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau who has been admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant pursuant to a Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic or Federated States.
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