PLATE Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill conditions federal funds made available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection for purchasing, leasing, renting, or otherwise using privately owned or government-owned vehicles for civil immigration enforcement. Any such use must require ICE or CBP to display each vehicle's license plate on the outside of the vehicle at all times in a manner visible to the public.
Who Benefits and How
Immigrant communities, civil liberties organizations, local observers, and the general public benefit from easier public identification of vehicles used in civil immigration enforcement. Oversight bodies may benefit from clearer vehicle-identification requirements.
Who Bears the Burden and How
ICE, CBP, and vehicle fleet managers must ensure covered vehicles have exterior license plates visible to the public whenever used for civil immigration enforcement, including vehicles purchased, leased, rented, or otherwise used with federal funds.
Key Provisions
- Requires exterior public-visible license plates on ICE and CBP vehicles used for civil immigration enforcement.
- Applies to privately owned and government-owned vehicles purchased, leased, rented, or otherwise used with federal funds.
- Conditions federal vehicle funds on compliance with the public-display requirement.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires ICE and CBP vehicles used for civil immigration enforcement with federal funds to display exterior license plates visible to the public at all times.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Law Enforcement, Transparency
Primary Purpose
Requires ICE and CBP vehicles used for civil immigration enforcement with federal funds to display exterior license plates visible to the public at all times.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Immigrant communities
- Civil liberties organizations
- General public
Identified Costs
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Customs and Border Protection
- Federal vehicle fleet managers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Ms. Pou introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "cbp"
- → Customs and Border Protection
- "ice"
- → U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Immigration-law enforcement activities under Immigration and Nationality Act section 101(a).
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