[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8441 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8441

To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from using Federal funds 
to establish the ICE Secure Docket Card program and to prohibit the use 
 of documentation issued in connection with immigration proceedings to 
           establish eligibility for Federal public benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2024

Mr. Nehls (for himself and Mr. Donalds) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
 to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from using Federal funds 
to establish the ICE Secure Docket Card program and to prohibit the use 
 of documentation issued in connection with immigration proceedings to 
           establish eligibility for Federal public benefits.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Taxpayer Funds for Illegal 
Immigrant Identity Cards Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from using Federal funds to establish the ICE Secure Docket 
Card program or any other Federal program that issues free identity 
cards to aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS.

    (a) ICE Secure Docket Card.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no Federal funds may be used to establish, implement, or otherwise 
support the activities of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
Secure Docket Card program or of any other similar program of the 
Department of Homeland Security.
    (b) Proof of Identification.--No documentation, in any form, which 
was issued for the primary purpose of providing access to information 
regarding the status of an individual's immigration proceedings, may be 
used as proof of identification for the purpose of establishing 
eligibility for any Federal public benefit (as defined in section 
401(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611(c))).

SEC. 4. REPORT.

     Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall 
submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives that describes the establishment, operation, 
and any costs associated with the ICE Secure Docket Card program or any 
other Federal program that issues free identity cards to aliens who are 
unlawfully present in the United States.
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