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Minimum Standards for Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies for Official Purposes; Phased Approach for Card-Based Enforcement
The Transportation Security Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 14, 2025. It took effect on January 14, 2025.
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What the agency says
This rule ensures that Federal agencies have appropriate flexibility to implement the card-based enforcement provisions of the REAL ID regulations after the May 7, 2025, enforcement deadline by explicitly permitting agencies to implement these provisions in phases. Under this rule, agencies may implement the card-based enforcement provisions through a phased enforcement plan if they determine it is appropriate upon consideration of relevant factors including security, operational feasibility, and public impact. The rule also requires agencies to coordinate their plans with DHS, make the plans publicly available, and achieve full enforcement by May 5, 2027.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-00484
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Homeland Security Department; Transportation Security Administration
- Published
- January 14, 2025
- Takes effect
- January 14, 2025
- Dates
- Effective January 14, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. TSA-2023-0003
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1652-AA77
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 6 CFR 37
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 32
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