DHS Extends REAL ID Requirements Date for States
September 29, 2009 – 8:07 am
Exercising its powers under Section 205(b) of the REAL ID Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) has accepted the States’ request to extend minimum standards for driver’s licenses and identification cards acceptable by federal agencies for official purposes until December 1, 2009. The DHS has stated that all States have timely filed the required requests for extensions and were granted an extension of the compliance date. The final rule further provided that any State requiring an extension of the compliance date must submit a request for such an extension to DHS no later than October 11, 2009, and include with that submission a material compliance checklist demonstrating that the State has met certain compliance milestones.
For complete information, please click Minimum Standards for Driver’s Licenses and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies for Official Purposes
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