,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eaeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #d1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,moore of ,alabama 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,conaway1 ,mr4 ,bacon1    
,mr4 ,rose1 ,mr4 ,harris of ,north      
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,van ,drew1 ,mr4 ,guest1
 ,mr4 ,rutherford1 ,mr4 ,fields1 ,ms4   
,norton1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4
 ,jackson of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,thanedar1 
,ms4 ,simon1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1    
,ms4 ,dean of ,pennsylvania1 and ,mrs4  
,mc,bath7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
the ,bureau of ,prisons to issue        
identification documents to prisoners   
being released from ,federal custody1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,bop ,release ,card ,,id ,act of #bjbe4
  #b4 ,identification documents for     
prisoners being released  7a7 ,prisoners
 being released from ,federal custody   
,section #djdb of title #ah1 ,united    

,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by    
redesignating subsection 7d7 as         
subsection 7e72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7c7 the following3  7d7
 ,identification documents  7#a7        
,identification documents ,not later    
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of the ,,bop ,release ,card   
,,id ,act of #bjbe1 the ,director shall 
issue a photo identification release    
card that meets the minimum standards   
under section #bjb7;b7 of the ,,real    
,,id ,act of #bjje 7#di ,u4,s4,c4       
#cjcja7;b7 note7 to each prisoner who is
 a citizen of the ,united ,states and is
 being released from custody from a     
facility of the ,bureau of ,prisons4    
7#b7 ,period of validity ,a photo       
identification release card shall be    
valid for not less than #ah months after
 the date on which the prisoner to whom 
the card is issued is released from     
custody4  7#c7 ,acceptance of photo     
identification release card for ,state  
,i,ds  7,a7 ,in general ,the ,director  

shall negotiate with each ,state to     
establish a system under which a        
prisoner may use a photo identification 
release card to obtain identification   
from the ,state4  7,b7 ,reporting ,not  
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of the ,,bop ,release ,card   
,,id ,act of #bjbe1 and every year      
thereafter1 the ,director shall submit  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary of  
the ,senate and the ,committee on the   
,judiciary of the ,house of             
,representatives a report on the        
progress of the ,director in negotiating
 agreements under subparagraph 7,a74    
7#d7 ,acceptance of photo identification
 release card for ,federal programs and 
by ,federal agencies ,a photo           
identification release card shall be    
accepted as proof of the identity of the
 former prisoner to whom the card       
relates for purposes of-- 7,a7 the      
old-age1 survivors1 and disability      
insurance benefits program established  
under title ,,ii of the ,social         

,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dja et   
seq472  7,b7 the ,medicaid program      
established under title ,,xix of the    
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acif et seq472  7,c7 the ,medicare     
program established under title ,,xviii 
of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #acie et seq472  7,d7 any     
other program1 project1 or activity of  
the ,department of ,health and ,human   
,services2  7,e7 the supplemental       
nutrition assistance program established
 under the ,food and ,nutrition ,act of 
#bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjaa et seq472     
7,f7 any program1 project1 or activity  
funded by the temporary assistance for  
needy families program under part ,a of 
title ,,iv of the ,social ,security ,act
 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fja et seq472  7,g7 any
 program1 project1 or activity of the   
,office of ,probation and ,pretrial     
,services of the ,administrative ,office
 of the ,united ,states ,courts2  7,h7  
any program1 project1 or activity of the
 ,court ,services and ,offender         

,supervision ,agency for the ,district  
of ,columbia2  7,i7 any program1        
project1 or activity of the ,department 
of ,education2  7,j7 any program1       
project1 or activity of the ,department 
of ,housing and ,urban ,development2    
7,k7 any program1 project1 or activity  
of the ,department of ,veterans         
,affairs2 and  7,l7 any requirement for 
an individual to present an             
identification document to obtain entry 
into a ,federal building4  7#e7 ,rule of
 construction ,nothing in this          
subsection may be construed to satisfy  
the requirement for the ,bureau of      
,prisons to establish prerelease        
planning procedures under subsection    
7a77#f74  7#f7 ,definitions ,in this    
subsection-- 7,a7 the term ,director    
means the ,director of the ,bureau of   
,prisons2 and  7,b7 the term ,state     
means each of the several ,states of the
 ,united ,states1 the ,district of      
,columbia1 and any commonwealth or      
territory of the ,united ,states4  4    

7b7 ,guidance for ,states  7#a7         
,guidance ,not later than one year after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,attorney ,general shall issue     
guidance for ,states regarding the      
issuance of photo identification release
 cards for prisoners being released from
 custody of a correctional facility of  
the ,state4  7#b7 ,state defined ,in    
this subsection1 the term ,state means  
each of the several ,states of the      
,united ,states1 the ,district of       
,columbia1 and any commonwealth or      
territory of the ,united ,states4