(3) NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING STATES.—The 
Secretary may select not more than 6 States for par-
ticipation in the pilot program. 
(c) STATE DRIVER’S LICENSE AND IDENTIFICATION 
CARD PROGRAMS.—In order to be eligible to participate 
in the pilot program, a State shall provide assurances sat-
isfactory to the Secretary that the State will develop and 
implement a driver’s license and identification card pro-
gram under which the State meets the following require-
ments: 
(1) COMPUTER CHIPS IN DRIVERS’ LICENSES 
AND ID CARDS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—A participating State 
shall embed a computer chip in each new or re-
newed driver’s license or identification card 
issued by the State. 
(B) 
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
COMPUTER 
CHIPS.—A computer chip embedded in a driv-
er’s license or identification card under this 
paragraph shall—
(i) contain, in electronic form, all text 
data written on the license or card; 
(ii) contain encoded biometric data 
matching the holder of the license or card;
(iii) contain encryption and security 
software or hardware (or both) that pre-
vents access to data stored on the chip 
without the express consent of the indi-
vidual to whom the data applies, other 
than access by a Federal, State, or local 
agency (including a court or law enforce-
ment agency) in carrying out its functions, 
or by a private entity acting on behalf of 
a Federal, State, or local agency in car-
rying out its functions; 
(iv) accept data or software written to 
the license or card by non-governmental 
devices if the data transfer is authorized 
by the holder of the license or card; and 
(v) conform to any other standards 
issued by Secretary. 
(2) BIOMETRIC DATA.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—A participating State 
shall obtain biometric data for the identification 
of each individual to whom the State issues a 
new or renewed driver’s license or identification 
card and shall maintain such data. 
(B) 
REQUIREMENT
FOR
BIOMETRIC 
DATA.—Biometric data obtained by a State
under this paragraph shall be of a type that can 
be matched to the license or card holder only 
with the express cooperation of the license or 
card holder. 
(3) PARTICIPATION
IN
LINKING
OF
DATA-
BASES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—A participating State 
shall participate in a program to link State 
motor vehicle databases in order to provide elec-
tronic access by a State to information con-
tained in the motor vehicle databases of other 
States. Such program shall be established by 
the Secretary, subject to the consultation re-
quirements contained in subsection (d)(3). 
(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION.—
A motor vehicle database of a participating 
State shall contain, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing information: 
(i) All data fields printed on drivers’ 
licenses and identification cards issued by 
the State, other than the encoded biomet-
ric data stored on such licenses and cards 
under paragraph (1). 
(ii) Biometric data obtained under 
paragraph (2) from each individual to
whom the State issues a new or renewed 
driver’s license or identification card. 
(iii) Motor vehicle drivers’ histories, 
including motor vehicle violations, suspen-
sions, and points on licenses. 
(4) 
TAMPER-RESISTANT
SECURITY
FEA-
TURES.—A participating State shall include on each 
new or renewed driver’s license or identification card 
issued by the State, multiple tamper-resistant secu-
rity features or optical image layers, such as biomet-
ric scans, barcodes, 3D, flip, or motion imaging, to 
assist in visual verification that the license or card 
is valid. 
(5) DOCUMENTATION.—A participating State 
shall adopt and implement procedures for accurately 
documenting the identity and residence of an indi-
vidual before issuing a driver’s license or identifica-
tion card to the individual. 
(d) GUIDELINES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary 
shall issue guidelines to assist participating States in 
complying with the requirements of subsection (c).
(2) CONTENTS.—The guidelines issued under 
this subsection shall contain, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Standards for the computer chip tech-
nology required for compliance with subsection 
(c)(1), including—
(i) standards to ensure interoper-
ability and the ability to store multiple ap-
plications created by government agencies 
and private entities and transmitted to the 
license or card with the express consent of 
the license or card holder; and 
(ii) standards for the encoded biomet-
ric data that must be contained on each 
computer chip and requirements to ensure 
that such biometric data will be used only 
for matching the license or card to the pre-
senter. 
(B) Standards for biometric data to be ob-
tained from applicants for new or renewed 
State drivers’ licenses and identification cards 
under subsection (c)(2) and standards for main-
taining such data. 
(C) Standards for linking State motor ve-
hicle databases under subsection (c)(3) and
standards for the information to be contained 
in the databases. 
(D) Standards for security features or op-
tical image layers to be placed on State drivers’ 
licenses and identification cards under sub-
section (c)(4). 
(E) Standards for documentation of the 
identity and residence of an individual under 
subsection (c)(5), including a list of acceptable 
documents for establishing the identity and res-
idence of an individual and procedures for 
verifying the authenticity of the documents. 
(F) Standards for a numbering system for 
State drivers’ licenses and identification cards 
that prevents duplication between States and 
does not make use of the license or card hold-
er’s social security number. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—Guidelines issued by the 
Secretary under this subsection shall be developed in 
consultation with the American Association of Motor 
Vehicle Administrators, the General Services Admin-
istration, and the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology. 
(4) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.—The Sec-
retary may issue guidelines under this subsection
without regard to subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 
5, United States Code. 
(e) GRANTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
grants to each participating State to assist the State 
in developing and implementing a driver’s license 
and identification card program that meets the re-
quirements of subsections (b) and (c). 
(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the cost of activities funded using amounts from a 
grant received by a State under this subsection shall 
be 100 percent or a lesser percentage determined by 
the Secretary. 
(3) REPORTS.——
(A) STATE REPORTS.—The Secretary shall 
require a State that receives a grant under this 
subsection to submit to the Secretary a report 
on the activities carried out by the State using 
amounts from the grant. 
(B) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than one year after the date on which the Sec-
retary first makes grants under the pilot pro-
gram, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress 
a report on the results of the program, includ-
ing an assessment of the technology, reliability,
effectiveness, and cost of the driver’s license 
and identification card programs of partici-
pating States. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 to carry out 
this section. Such sums shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECH-
NOLOGY. 
(a) STUDY.—The Director of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, in consultation with the 
States and the American Association of Motor Vehicle Ad-
ministrators, shall conduct a study of on-card biometric 
technologies to determine which technology is most effec-
tive and usable for purposes of the pilot program estab-
lished under section 3. 
(b) DETERMINATIONS.—In conducting the study, the 
Director shall shall determine—
(1) what type of biometric identifier, or com-
bination of biometric identifiers, when captured and 
stored on the card in the form of a numeric algo-
rithm is least prone to error; and 
(2) what combination of technologies and infor-
mation sharing arrangements will prevent individ-
uals from possessing multiple concurrent State driv-
ers’ licenses or identification cards. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the 
Secretary of Transportation a report on the results of the 
study. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section.
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