====== REAL ID ======

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**REAL ID** refers to a set of "minimum security standards for state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards," established by the REAL ID Act.((//REAL ID Frequently Asked Questions.// (2023, January 4). Department of Homeland Security. https://web.archive.org/web/20230610164617/https://www.dhs.gov/real-id/real-id-faqs)) It is a cooperative program between the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] and state governments.((//REAL ID status of every US state and territory.// Keesing Technologies. Retrieved March 20, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230320131633/https://www.keesingtechnologies.com/documentchecker/north-american-ids/real-id/))

===== History =====

In response to the [[9/11 attacks]], in July 2004, the [[National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States]] published the [[9/11 Commission Report]]. One of its recommendations was to "set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver's licenses."((//The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States// (p. 390). (2004). U.S. Government Printing Office. https://web.archive.org/web/20230610171431/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-911REPORT/pdf/GPO-911REPORT.pdf)) 

On December 17, 2004, the [[Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act]] (IRTPA) was passed to implement the recommendations from the commission report. The act directed the [[United States Department of Transportation|Secretary of Transportation]] to form a committee, made up of representatives from the state governments and the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]], to issue regulations establishing standards for identification documents issued by the states. It also prohibited federal agencies from accepting identification documents that did not conform to these standards.((//Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.// (2004, December 17). United States Government Printing Office. http://archive.today/2022.12.07-170340/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-108publ458/html/PLAW-108publ458.htm))

In February 2005, the [[United States Congress]] passed the REAL ID Act, authored by [[James Sensenbrenner]].((//REAL ID Frequently Asked Questions.// (2023, January 4). Department of Homeland Security. https://web.archive.org/web/20230610164617/https://www.dhs.gov/real-id/real-id-faqs)) ((Sensenbrenner, J. (2005, February 17). //H.R.418 - 109th Congress (2005-2006): REAL ID Act of 2005.// United States Congress. https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/418))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.dhs.gov/real-id|Website]]
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_ID_Act|Wikipedia]]