Mr. President. I want to remind my colleagues that fraudresistant I.D. documents will not only make possible an effective system for verifying citizenship or workauthorized immigration status--and thus greatly reduced illegal immigration. The improved documents will also make possible an effective system for verifying immigration status for purposes of welfare and other government benefitsresulting in major saving to the taxpayers. Additional benefits to lawabiding Americans would come from reduced use of fraudulent I.D. in the commission of various kinds of financial crimes. voting fraud. even terrorism. My amendment is a response to the Congressional Budget Offices estimate of the cost of the bills current requirement that improvements in drivers licenses and I.D. documents be implemented October 1. 1997.
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