Delay REAL ID Act

Bill: 116-s-3504
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2020-03-17
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Government information and archives

Intergovernmental relations

Licensing and registrations

Motor vehicles

Photography and imaging

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Delay REAL ID Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department&nbsp;of Homeland Security to extend the deadline by which states are required to meet the driver's license and identification card issuance requirements under the Real ID Act of 2005 until not earlier than September 30, 2021.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3504 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 17, 2020 Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. Peters , Mr. Johnson , and Mr. Wyden ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend, until not earlier than September 30, 2021, the requirement that State-issued identification must be compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005 to be accepted by Federal agencies for certain purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Delay REAL ID Act . 2. Extension of State REAL ID compliance deadline The Secretary of Homeland Security, under the authority granted under section 205(b) of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (division B of Public Law 109–13 ; 49 U.S.C. 30301 note) shall extend the deadline by which States are required to meet the driver’s license and identification card issuance requirements under section 202(a)(1) of such Act until not earlier than September 30, 2021.