Preventing Access to Driver's Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act

Preventing Access to Driver's Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act - Requires a state to return any unobligated Community Oriented Policing Services Program (COPS) funds within 30 days after issuing a driver's license to any alien granted deferred action pursuant to the Memorandum dated June 15, 2012, from the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding "Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children."

Declares that state ineligible to receive any COPS funding until it has in effect laws and policies that prohibit the issuance of a license to such an alien.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6465 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6465

  To restrict COPS funding for States that grant driver's licenses to 
                      certain illegal immigrants.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2012

Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Westmoreland, and 
 Mrs. Myrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To restrict COPS funding for States that grant driver's licenses to 
                      certain illegal immigrants.

    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 ``Preventing Access to Driver's 
Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON COPS FUNDING.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State that issues a 
driver's licence to an alien granted deferred action pursuant to the 
Memorandum dated June 15, 2012, from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of 
Homeland Security regarding ``Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 
Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children'', 
after the date of enactment of this Act shall--
            (1) within 30 days after the issuance of a driver's license 
        to such an alien, return any unobligated funds available to the 
        State on the date of issuance that were appropriated in any Act 
        for the Community Oriented Policing Services Program; and
            (2) be ineligible to receive any funds appropriated in any 
        Act for the Community Oriented Policing Services Program until 
        such time as the State has in effect throughout the State laws 
        and policies that prohibit the issuance of a driver's license 
        to such an alien.
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