REAL ID Gender Requirement Reform Act

Bill: 117-hr-5569
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-10-12
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2021-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-10-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>REAL ID Gender Requirement Reform Act</strong></p> <p>This bill removes the requirement that a state driver's license or identification card must include the individual's gender to be recognized for federal purposes (i.e., to be a REAL ID). </p> <p>If a state includes any such gender or sex identification, there must not be any additional documentation requirement and the state must include a neutral or other designation in the gender or sex field.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5569 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 12, 2021 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend the REAL ID Act of 2005 to allow States to determine whether to require licenses and other identification to list a gender or sex, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the REAL ID Gender Requirement Reform Act . 2. Identification requirements (a) Amendment Section 202(b) of the REAL ID Act of 2005 ( 49 U.S.C. 30301 note) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (3); (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (9) as paragraphs (3) through (8), respectively; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) State determination of listing gender A State may determine whether to include a gender or sex field required for a driver’s license and identification card issued to a person by the State. If a State includes any such gender or sex identification, a person shall indicate the appropriate designation without any additional documentation requirement (such as a doctor’s note) and the State shall include a neutral or other designation in the gender or sex field in addition to male or female. . (b) Technical and conforming amendment Section 508(a)(1) of the Court Security Improvement Act of 2007 ( 49 U.S.C. 30301 note) is amended by striking section 202(b)(6) and inserting section 202(b)(5) .