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No: 109-3 President Signs Public Law 109-13, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005On May 11, 2005, President Bush signed into law H.R. 1268, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for FY 2005, Public Law 109-13. This law provides emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005 for defense, the global war on terror, and tsunami relief. The law establishes and implements regulations for State driver's license and identification security standards. The law prohibits funds from being used by a Federal agency to produce any prepackaged news story, unless the story includes a clear notification that it was prepared or funded by that Federal agency. P.L. 109-13 prohibits Federal agencies from accepting State-issued driver's licenses or identification cards unless such documents are determined to meet minimum security requirements. It sets forth issuance standards for such documents that require, among other things: (1) evidence that the applicant is lawfully present in the United States; and (2) issuance of temporary driver's licenses or identification cards to persons temporarily present that are valid only for their period of authorized stay (or for one year where the period of stay is indefinite). Division A-Title VI of the new law contains the following provision of interest to SSA: Section 6076. Prepackaged NewsUnless otherwise authorized by existing law, no funds provided in this Act or any other Act, may be used by an executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States unless the story includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. Division B—Title II of the new law includes the following provisions of interest to SSA: Section 202. Minimum Document Requirements and Issuance Standards for Federal RecognitionBeginning 3 years after enactment, prohibits a Federal agency from accepting, for any official purpose, a State-issued driver's license or identification card unless the State is issuing driver's licenses and identification cards that conform to the standards specified in the new law.
Section 206. Repeal
NOTE: P.L. 109-13 does not change any other provisions of P.L. 108-458. |
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