ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 14, Number 5 January 26, 2005 In This Issue: Action Needed: Ask for Hearing on Driver's License Requirements ACTION: Call your Representative and ask her or him to urge House and Judiciary Committee leadership to hold open public hearings on any legislation that would affect the ability of a member of the public to obtain a driver's license or personal identity card. The hearings should be held prior to any vote on such legislation and any such legislation should move through regular channels for careful and deliberate consideration by all members. Use our Legislative Action Center to send a letter, or use the toll-free free number to call members of Congress: 1-800-839-5276. BACKGROUND AND TALKING POINTS: Congressional Quarterly reported today that a bill that would tighten driver's license and identity card requirements for immigrants is headed for the House floor on a fast track. The measure is likely to reach the House floor the week of Feb. 7. As soon as we have a bill number, we will post it on our Legislative Action Center. The bill, sponsored by House Judiciary Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-WI), would require people applying for or renewing driver's licenses and identity cards to prove their "lawful presence" in the United States. These provisions were stripped out of the Intelligence Reform bill that passed late last year. This is a concern for libraries because driver's licenses are commonly used by the public as a means of identification for obtaining a library card. Additionally, in some states public bodies have already been prohibited from accepting non-U.S. identification cards for receipt of public services - including library services. No one should be denied access to a library because of restrictions on availability of driver's licenses or personal identification cards. In order to muster the necessary votes to adopt the conference report on that measure, GOP leaders promised Sensenbrenner they would move his immigration measures on the first "must-pass" legislation to advance in the 109th Congress. Mr. Sensenbrenner is likely to push the bill directly to the House floor for a vote without first going through a Judiciary Committee for a hearing and markup. ****** Remember: You Can Call Any MEMBER OF CONGRESS Toll-Free: 1-800-839-5276 ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: alawash@alawash.org; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Carol Ashworth, Don Essex, Joshua Farrelman, Erin Haggerty, Patrice McDermott and Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Carrie Lowe, Kathy Mitchell, Carrie Russell. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy.
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