Red Light Act

Introduced Jan 3, 2025Latest action Jan 4, 2025Transportation and Public Works

Plain-English summary

Red Light Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to withhold all of a state's share of certain federal highway funds (specifically, funds for the National Highway Performance Program, the Highway Safety Improvement Program, and the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program) in FY2023 and thereafter if such state has enacted a law to provide driver's licenses or other identification cards to aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States.

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Issue relevance

Why this appears in Paper Trail

Infrastructure

Matched from official metadata: policy_area: Transportation and Public Works

Immigration Enforcement

Matched from official metadata: subject: Immigration status and procedures

People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Tony Wied

Cosponsor · Republican · WI

Claudia Tenney

Sponsor · Republican · NY

Abraham J. Hamadeh

Cosponsor · Republican · AZ

Mary E. Miller

Cosponsor · Republican · IL

Nick Langworthy

Cosponsor · Republican · NY

No linked House roll-call vote is available yet. Senate votes are not currently synchronized.

Official Subjects

Transportation and Public WorksGovernment information and archivesImmigration status and proceduresLicensing and registrationsBorder security and unlawful immigrationRoads and highwaysTransportation programs fundingMotor vehicles

Sources & text

Official Congress.gov record ↗Introduced in House ↗Introduced in House ↗Introduced in House ↗

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