119-hr5152

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5152 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5152

 To require the Bureau of Prisons to issue identification documents to 
 prisoners being released from Federal custody, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 4, 2025

 Mr. Moore of Alabama (for himself, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Rose, 
Mr. Harris of North Carolina, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Guest, Mr. Rutherford, 
 Mr. Fields, Ms. Norton, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Jackson of 
 Illinois, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Simon, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Dean of 
Pennsylvania, and Mrs. McBath) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To require the Bureau of Prisons to issue identification documents to 
 prisoners being released from Federal custody, and for other purposes.

 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 ``BOP Release Card ID Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS FOR PRISONERS BEING RELEASED.

    (a) Prisoners Being Released From Federal Custody.--

Section 4042 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) by redesignating subsection
            (d) as subsection

    (e) ; and

    (2) by inserting after subsection
            (c) the following:
 ``
            (d) Identification Documents.--
 ``

    (1) Identification documents.--Not later than 180 days 
 after the date of the enactment of the BOP Release Card ID Act 
 of 2025, the Director shall issue a photo identification 
 release card that meets the minimum standards under 

section 202

    (b) of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 30301

    (b) note) to 
 each prisoner who is a citizen of the United States and is 
 being released from custody from a facility of the Bureau of 
 Prisons.
 ``

    (2) Period of validity.--A photo identification release 
 card shall be valid for not less than 18 months after the date 
 on which the prisoner to whom the card is issued is released 
 from custody.
 ``

    (3) Acceptance of photo identification release card for 
 state ids.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The Director shall negotiate 
 with each State to establish a system under which a 
 prisoner may use a photo identification release card to 
 obtain identification from the State.
 ``
        (B) Reporting.--Not later than 1 year after the 
 date of enactment of the BOP Release Card ID Act of 
 2025, and every year thereafter, the Director shall 
 submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
 and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
 Representatives a report on the progress of the 
 Director in negotiating agreements under subparagraph
        (A) .
 ``

    (4) Acceptance of photo identification release card for 
 federal programs and by federal agencies.--A photo 
 identification release card shall be accepted as proof of the 
 identity of the former prisoner to whom the card relates for 
 purposes of--
 ``
        (A) the old-age, survivors, and disability 
 insurance benefits program established under title II 
 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.);
 ``
        (B) the Medicaid program established under title 
 XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et 
 seq.);
 ``
            (C) the Medicare program established under title 
 XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et 
 seq.);
 ``
            (D) any other program, project, or activity of 
 the Department of Health and Human Services;
 ``
        (E) the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
 established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
 ``
        (F) any program, project, or activity funded by 
 the temporary assistance for needy families program 
 under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
 ``
        (G) any program, project, or activity of the 
 Office of Probation and Pretrial Services of the 
 Administrative Office of the United States Courts;
 ``
        (H) any program, project, or activity of the 
 Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the 
 District of Columbia;
 ``
            (I) any program, project, or activity of the 
 Department of Education;
 ``
        (J) any program, project, or activity of the 
 Department of Housing and Urban Development;
 ``
        (K) any program, project, or activity of the 
 Department of Veterans Affairs; and
 ``
            (L) any requirement for an individual to present 
 an identification document to obtain entry into a 
 Federal building.
 ``

    (5) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection may 
 be construed to satisfy the requirement for the Bureau of 
 Prisons to establish prerelease planning procedures under 
 subsection

    (a)

    (6) .
 ``

    (6) === Definitions. ===
-In this subsection--
 ``
        (A) the term `Director' means the Director of the 
 Bureau of Prisons; and
 ``
        (B) the term `State' means each of the several 
 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
 and any commonwealth or territory of the United 
 States.''.

    (b) Guidance for States.--

    (1) Guidance.--Not later than one year after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue 
 guidance for States regarding the issuance of photo 
 identification release cards for prisoners being released from 
 custody of a correctional facility of the State.

    (2) State defined.--In this subsection, the term ``State'' 
 means each of the several States of the United States, the 
 District of Columbia, and any commonwealth or territory of the 
 United States.
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