Real ID

President Trump has agreed to move back the Real ID deadline an additional year. Senator John Kennedy requested the extension. Only about 100 million Americans have a Real ID. Another 125 million were supposed to get one by October 1. Without the one year extension, Kennedy says there would be more air travel disruptions and […]

The REAL ID Act establishes minimum security standards for license issuance and production and prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for certain purposes driver’s licenses and identification cards from states not meeting the Act’s minimum standards. The purposes covered by the Act are: accessing Federal facilities, entering nuclear power plants, and, boarding federally regulated commercial aircraft.

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Passed by Congress in 2005, the REAL ID ACT establishes minimum security standards for state-issued Driver’s Licenses (DL) and Identification (ID) cards that can be used for official federal purposes. For more information go to: Department of Homeland Security