What will be the impact on individual citizens of non-compliant States?
Per the REAL ID Act, beginning on May 11, 2008, citizens of States that are not REAL ID compliant may not use their drivers licenses or identification cards for official federal purposes such as boarding federally regulated commercial aircraft or accessing federal or nuclear facilities. If these citizens do not have other acceptable forms of identification (e.g., a U.S. passport), they may suffer delays due to the requirement for enhanced security screening. REAL ID-compliant States are those that have both requested and obtained an extension of the compliance date from DHS, or have been determined by DHS to be in compliance with the Act and the final rule.
