REAL ID Privacy Protection Act

REAL ID Privacy Protection Act

This bill amends the REAL ID Act of 2005 to repeal the requirements that each state, in the issuance of drivers' licenses and identification cards: (1) retain paper copies of source documents for 7 years or images of source documents for 10 years, and (2) provide to all other states electronic access to information contained in the state's motor vehicle database.

The Department of Homeland Security shall extend through October 10, 2017, the deadline for compliance with the minimum document requirements and issuance standards for federal recognition of state drivers' licenses or identification cards for a state not in compliance that has received a limited extension of the deadline for compliance or that is under review for compliance as of the enactment of this bill.

The Department of of Homeland Security shall report on each state's compliance with the requirements of the material compliance checklist for such Act.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 755 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 755

To amend the REAL ID Act of 2005 to remove the provision requiring each 
State to provide all other States with electronic access to information 
  contained in the motor vehicle database of the State, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2017

Mr. Sanford (for himself, Mr. Meadows, and Ms. Pingree) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the REAL ID Act of 2005 to remove the provision requiring each 
State to provide all other States with electronic access to information 
  contained in the motor vehicle database of the State, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``REAL ID Privacy Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO REAL ID ACT OF 2005.

    (a) Removal of Requirement Relating to Retention of Source 
Documents and Electronic Access to the Motor Vehicle Database of Each 
State.--Section 202(d) of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-13; 
49 U.S.C. 30301 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (12);
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (11) as 
        paragraphs (2) through (10), respectively; and
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (11).
    (b) Extension of Deadline for Compliance.--If any State is not in 
compliance with the requirements under section 202 of the REAL ID Act 
of 2005, has received a limited extension of the deadline for 
compliance, or is under review for compliance as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall grant 
such State an extension of the deadline for compliance through October 
10, 2017.
    (c) Report Relating to Material Compliance Checklist for REAL ID 
Act of 2005.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to 
Congress that--
            (1) describes the requirements of the material compliance 
        checklist for the REAL ID Act of 2005, which is established and 
        maintained by the Secretary;
            (2) describes whether and how each State complies with each 
        requirement of the material compliance checklist; and
            (3) based on the information provided under paragraph (2), 
        includes a justification for the status of each State with 
        respect to compliance with the requirements of the REAL ID Act 
        of 2005.
    (d) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 201 of the REAL ID Act of 2005.
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