REAL ID Gender Requirement Reform Act

Bill: 118-hr-8867
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2024-06-27
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2024-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8867 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 27, 2024 Ms. Norton (for herself and Mr. Frost ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 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 an unspecified 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) .