Minimum Standards for Driver’s Licenses and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies for Official Purposes

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary

6 CFR Part 37

RIN 1601–AA74

[Docket No. DHS–2006–0030]

Minimum Standards for Driver’s Licenses and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies for Official Purposes

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to REAL ID regulations, beginning December 1, 2014, federal agencies may not accept State-issued driver’s licenses or identification cards for official purposes from individuals born after December 1, 1964, unless the license or card is REAL ID-compliant and was issued by a compliant State as determined by DHS.

Also, beginning December 1, 2017, federal agencies may not accept driver’s licenses or identification cards for official purposes from any individual unless the card is REAL ID-compliant and was issued by a compliant State as determined by DHS. This final rule changes both document enrollment dates to October 1, 2020.

Nothing in this rule affects the prohibition against federal agencies accepting for official purposes licenses and identification cards issued by noncompliant States, pursuant to the REAL ID Act and in accordance to the phased enforcement schedule.

DATES: Effective on December 29, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted Sobel, Director, Office of State-Issued Identification Support, Screening Coordination Office, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528, (202) 282–9570.

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON RECOMMENDATIONS TO STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE THE NATION'S LEGAL IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

Department of State, Department of Homeland Security
[DHS Docket No. USCIS-2014-0014]

Immigration Policy, Department of State; Department of Homeland Security
ACTION: NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

SUMMARY: On November 21, 2014, the President issued a memorandum of the heads of executive departments and agencies on the subject of modernizing and streamlining the U.S. immigrant and nonimmigrant visa system of the 21st century. The Memorandum directs the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security, in consultation with various other Cabinet secretaries and the While House, to make recommendations to streamline and improve the Nation's legal immigration system. Such effort should focus on reducing Government costs, improving services for applicants, reducing burdens on employers, and combating waste, fraud, and abuse in the system, while safeguarding the interests of American workers. This notice solicits public input to inform the development of those recommendation.

DATES: Responses must be received by January 29, 2015 to be considered.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:

• Email:USCISFRComment@uscis.dhs.gov. Indude Visa Modernization in the subject line of the message. 
• Online: You may access the Federal Register Notice and submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal Website by visiting www.regulations.gov. In the search box either copy and paste, or type in, the e-Docket ID number USCIS-2014-0014. 
• Mail: Attn: Laura Dawkins, Chief of the Regulatory Coordination Division, Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529-2140.