DHS Says Current IDs Can Be Used Until 2018

States without compliant identification cardswill have until January 22, 2018, to either have the required ID card or an extension from the federal government showing the state has made adequate progress toward coming into compliance with the law.

Technically, the government can’t force states to comply with Real ID – issuing driver’s licenses is purely a state matter.

Tourism groups urged the TSA to work out a solution with the non-complaint states to ensure that airline passengers who have identifications from those places are not prohibited from flying, even as the praised the agency for delaying the mandate for two years, however.

But Minnesota lawmakers were so concerned about privacy questions that in 2009, they passed a law prohibiting the state from upgrading its driver’s licenses to comply with Real ID.

Edmonson said one major concern voiced by opponents was that the federal government could not fully explain how the information being gathered in each of the 50 states would be used. The REAL ID Act requires states to certify the license applicant’s identity, conduct background checks on workers involved in the license’s issuance, and incorporate anti-counterfeiting technology into the ID card. Licensing is the purview of the states, and I will fight any attempt to force Real ID upon Missouri. He said he was encouraged Republican leadership has signaled that the issue will be brought up during the current legislative session.

The Real ID Act was approved by Congress in 2005. If the state doesn’t get another extension by 2018, travelers would then need Real ID-compliant identification to board a plane.

In an effort to calm rumors over new federal ID regulations, the Department of Homeland Security says there aren’t any immediate changes at Lambert-St.

It will be up to the General Assembly to decide whether to approve a federally compliant ID card and, if so, how the compliance costs will be met.

Each state must agree to share its database of licensed drivers with other states.

The Real ID Act changed security standards for drivers’ licenses nationwide, but only a few states were ready to go. Missouri residents visiting a federal facility can provide another form of identification or follow procedures that the facility allows for persons without acceptable identification. However, until that time, I believe Missourians deserve and should require that their legislature reconsider the Real ID Act and pass the needed legislation. “Hopefully, Homeland Security will let us know in the near future what that will be”.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh C. Johnson issued a statement outlining the schedule. “We shouldn’t leave Minnesotans with the uncertainty that they’ll be denied access to a commercial airplane or to a federal building”, Dayton said at a press conference Wednesday.

The Star said this: “The establishment of national ID standards, critics say, will increase pressure on Americans to carry an ID when entering office buildings, buying prescriptions, using credit cards and myriad other activities”.