Public Law 115-323 | Public Law 115–323: To amend the Real ID Act of 2005 to permit Freely Associated States to meet identification requirements under such Act, and for other purposes.

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PUBLIC LAW 115–323—DEC. 17, 2018

132 STAT. 4443

Public Law

115–323

115th Congress

An Act

To amend the Real ID Act of 2005 to permit Freely Associated States to meet identification requirements under such Act, and for other purposes.

Dec. 17, 2018

[H.R. 3398]

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

REAL ID Act Modification for Freely Associated States Act.

SECTION 1.

49 USC 30101 note.

SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “

REAL ID Act Modification for Freely Associated States Act

”.

SEC. 2.

AMENDMENT.

(a)

Definition of State.—

Section 201(5) of the Real ID Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 30301 note; Public Law 109–13)

is amended

striking

“the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,”.

(b)

Evidence of Lawful Status.—

Section 202(c)(2)(B) of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 30301 note; Public Law 109–13)

is amended

—

(1)

in clause (viii), by

striking

“or” at the end;

(2)

in clause (ix), by

striking

the period at the end and

inserting

“; or”; and

(3)

adding

at the end the following:

“(x)

is a citizen of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau who has been admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant pursuant to a Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic or Federated States.”

Approved December 17, 2018.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3398:

HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 115–945 (Comm. on Oversight and Government Reform).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):

Sept. 26, considered and passed House.

Dec. 6, considered and passed Senate.

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Public Law 115–323: To amend the Real ID Act of 2005 to permit Freely Associated States to meet identification requirements under such Act, and for other purposes.

SHORT TITLE.

AMENDMENT.

Definition of State.—

Evidence of Lawful Status.—

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3398:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):

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