Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 06:43:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: jd@scn.org (SCN User)
To: local-computer-activists@scn.org
Subject: National ID--The Law
Reply-To: jd@scn.org
Sender: owner-local-computer-activists@scn.org


Here is the part of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 that affected the driver license.  This is the
final language, which was attached to another bill.  

Compare the proposed regulations at 
http://www.epic.org/privacy/id-cards/


PUBLIC LAW 104-208, Section 656(b) 

Here is the part immediately related to driver's licenses, typed in by me:

(b) STATE-ISSUED DRIVERS LICENSES AND COMPARABLE IDENTIFICATION 
DOCUMENTS.--
   (1) STANDARDS FOR ACCEPTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.--
   (A) IN GENERAL.--A Federal agency may not accept for any 
identification-related purpose a driver's license, or other comparable 
identification document, issued by a State, unless the license or 
document satisfies the following requirements:
   (i) APPLICATION PROCESS.--The application process for the license or 
document shall include the presentation of such evidence of identity as 
is required by regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation 
after consultation with the American Association of Motor Vehicle 
Administrators.
   (ii) SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
the license or document shall contain a social security account number
that can be read visually or by electronic means. 
   (iii) FORM.--The license or document otherwise shall be in a form 
consistent with requirements set forth in regulations promulgated by the 
Secretary of Transportation after consultation with the American 
Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators.  The form shall contain 
security features designed to limit tampering, counterfeiting, 
photocopying, or otherwise duplicating, the license or document for 
fraudulent purposes and to limit use of the license or document by impostors.
   (B) EXCEPTION.--The requirement in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not 
apply with respect to a driver's license or other comparable 
identification document issued by a State, if the State--
   (i) does not require the license or document to contain a social 
security account number; and
   (ii) requires--
   (I) every applicant for a driver's license, or other comparable 
identification document, to submit the applicant's social security 
account number; and
   (II) an agency of the State to verify with the Social Security 
Administration that such account number is valid.
   (C) DEADLINE.--The Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate the 
regulations referred to in clauses (i) and (iii) of subparagraph (A) not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
   (2) GRANTS TO STATES.--Beginning on the date final regulations are 
promulgated under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Transportation shall 
make grants to Staates to assist them in issuing driver's licenses and 
other comparable identification documents that satisfy the requirements 
under such paragraph.
   (3) EFFECTIVE DATES.--
   (A) IN GENERAL.--Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, this 
subsection shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
   (B) PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL AGENCIES.--Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
paragraph (1) shall take effect beginning on October 1, 2000, but shall 
apply only to licenses or documents issued to an individual for the first 
time and to replacement or renewal documents issued according to State law.


* * * * * * * * * * * * * *  From the Listowner  * * * * * * * * * * * *
.	To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to:
majordomo@scn.org		In the body of the message, type:
unsubscribe local-computer-activists
END