December 05 2022
REAL ID Enforcement Deadline Extended to May 7th, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced yet another extension
of the REAL ID enforcement date from May 3, 2023 to May 7, 2025. According to
DHS, the extension is necessary, in part, to address the lingering impacts of
the COVID-19 pandemic on the ability to obtain a REAL ID driver’s license or
identification card. REAL ID progress over the past two years has been
significantly hindered by state driver’s licensing agencies having to work
through the backlogs created by the pandemic.
Passed by Congress in 2005
following a 9/11 Commission recommendation, the REAL ID Act establishes minimum
security standards for state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards.
All 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and four of five U.S. territories
covered by the REAL ID Act and related regulations are issuing REAL
ID-compliant driver’s licenses and identification cards.
With today's announcement,
beginning May 7, 2025, every traveler 18 years of age or older will need a REAL
ID-compliant driver’s license or identification card, state-issued enhanced
driver’s license, or another TSA-acceptable form of identification at airport
security checkpoints for domestic air travel.
For
more information, please refer the DHS press release announcing the extension.
December 13 2022
In-line Baggage Handling System Update December 01 2022
Agenda for December 8, 2022 Board Meeting