Transportation Revenue Ultimatum Enforcement ID Act of 2005

Transportation Revenue Ultimatum Enforcement ID Act of 2005 - Prohibits a state from accepting as proof of personal identification or legal residence an individual's taxpayer identification number for purposes of issuing such individual a state-issued driver's license or personal identification card.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) withhold 100% of a state's apportionment for the National Highway System (NHS), the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, and the surface transportation program (STP) if the state fails to comply with such prohibition; and (2) transfer the equivalent amounts to the state's apportionment for incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program under the Immigration and National Act.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4280 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4280

      To ensure that States do not accept an individual taxpayer 
  identification number as proof of identification or legal residence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 2005

 Mrs. Myrick (for herself, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. 
  McHenry, and Mr. Taylor of North Carolina) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
      To ensure that States do not accept an individual taxpayer 
  identification number as proof of identification or legal residence.

    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 ``Transportation Revenue Ultimatum 
Enforcement ID Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 
              AS PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION OR LEGAL RESIDENCE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, a State shall not accept as proof of personal 
identification or legal residence an individual taxpayer identification 
number for the purposes of issuing a State-issued driver's license or 
personal identification card.
    (b) Withholding and Transfer of Funds for Noncompliance.--If a 
State fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) by the 
date specified--
            (1) the Secretary shall withhold 100 percent of the amount 
        required to be apportioned to any State under paragraphs (1), 
        (2) and (3) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code; 
        and
            (2) transfer an amount equal to 100 percent of the funds 
        apportioned to the State on that date under each of paragraphs 
        (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States 
        Code, to the apportionment of the State under the State 
        Criminal Alien Assistance Program under section 241(i) of the 
        Immigration and National Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)).
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act, the following 
definitions apply:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the United States Department of Transportation.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, 
        the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 
        Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust 
        Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or 
        possession of the United States.
            (3) State authorities.--The term ``State authorities'' 
        means heads of State transportation agencies.
            (4) Drivers license.--The term ``driver's license'' means a 
        motor vehicle operator's license, as defined in section 30301 
        of title 49, United States Code.
            (5) Individual taxpayer identification number.--The term 
        ``individual taxpayer identification number'' means an 
        identification number as described in section 1609 of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.).
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