DHS seeks public input on technology to streamline applications for REAL ID-compliant licenses

Original Date Announced
November 7, 2019
DHS issues request for information (RFI) seeking public comment on how new technologies could streamline the process for individuals to submit, receive, and authenticate required documentation and information when applying for a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or identification card. The comment period ends on December 9, 2019.
[ID #823]
DHS requests input on technologies to assist applications for REAL ID
Effective Date
November 7, 2019
Subsequent Trump-Era and Court Action(s)
- February 19, 2020
  DHS Announces Streamlining Measures To Help States In Issuing REAL IDs
  Acting DHS Secretary sends letter to states, informing them of increased flexibility relating to electronic submission of documents for REAL ID applications. View Document

Fully in Effect

Status: Final/Actual

Trump Administration Action: Forms and Information Collection

Subject Matter: Enforcement

Agencies Affected: TSA DHS State & Local Entities

Pre Trump-Era Policies

April 3, 2019 The REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005, enacted the 9/11 Commission’s recommendation that the Federal Government “set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver's licenses.” The Act established minimum security standards for license issuance and production and prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for certain purposes driver’s licenses and identification cards from states not meeting the Act’s minimum standards. The purposes covered by the Act are: accessing Federal facilities, entering nuclear power plants, and, no sooner than 2016, boarding federally regulated commercial aircraft. REAL ID Act of 2005