,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjbe,ms4 ,tenney introduced the        
following bill2 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       
,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,red ,light ,act4  #b4 ,withholding 
of funds for providing identification   
cards to certain aliens  7a7 ,in general
 ,chapter #a of title #bc1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new section3      
#ahj4 ,withholding of funds for         
providing identification cards to       
certain aliens  7a7 ,withholding of     
funds for noncompliance ,for fiscal year
 #bjbc and each fiscal year thereafter1 
the ,secretary shall withhold #ajj      

percent of the amount required to be    
apportioned under each of sections      
#ajd7;b77#a71 #ajd7;b77#c71 and         
#ajd7;b77#d7 of this title to any ,state
 that is described in subsection 7b74   
7b7 ,state described ,a ,state described
 in this subsection is a ,state that has
 enacted a law that allows the ,state to
 provide a driver's license or other    
identification card to an alien who is  
unlawfully present in the ,united       
,states4  7c7 ,effect of withholding    
funds  7#a7 ,in general ,any funds      
withheld under subsection 7a7 from      
apportionment to any ,state shall remain
 available until the end of the fiscal  
year for which the funds are            
apportioned4  7#b7 ,reapportionment ,if1
 before the last day of the fiscal year 
for which funds withheld under          
subsection 7a7 are apportioned to a     
,state1 the ,state repeals all laws of  
such ,state described in subsection 7b71
 the ,secretary shall1 on the first day 
on which the ,state repeals all such    

laws1 apportion to the ,state the funds 
withheld under subsection 7a7 that      
remain available for apportionment to   
the ,state4  7#c7 ,apportionment among  
,states ,if1 at the end of the fiscal   
year in which funds are withheld from a 
,state under paragraph 7#a71 the ,state 
has not repealed the law described in   
subsection 7b71 the ,secretary shall    
apportion the corresponding withheld    
funds described in subsection 7a7 on a  
proportional basis to all remaining     
,states that have not enacted laws      
described in subsection 7b74  7#d7      
,withholding in future year ,in the case
 in which a ,state has funds withheld   
under paragraph 7#a7 and is             
reapportioned funds under paragraph 7#b7
 and subsequently enacts a law described
 in subsection 7b7 after the date on    
which the funds are reapportioned under 
paragraph 7#b71 the ,secretary shall    
withhold the amount of funds withheld   
under subsection 7a7 in the fiscal year 
following the fiscal year in which such 

actions occur and each fiscal year      
thereafter4  7d7 ,identification card   
defined ,the term identification card   
means a personal identification card1 as
 defined in section #ajbh7;d7 of title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 issued by a 
,state4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment     
,chapter #a of title #bc1 ,united       
,states ,code1 in the table of contents 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  #ahj4 ,withholding of funds 
for providing identification cards to   
certain aliens4  4