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DHS/TSA RIN: 1652-AA76 Publication ID: Spring 2024 
Title: Minimum Standards for Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies for Official Purposes; Waiver for Mobile Driver's Licenses 
Abstract:

This rulemaking is the first in a multi-phased project by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to enable federal agencies, at their discretion, to continue accepting mobile driver’s licenses and mobile identification cards (collectively referred to as mDLs) pending development of comprehensive regulatory requirements for REAL ID-compliant mDLs.  This final rule adds new mDL definitions to 6 CFR part 37 (REAL ID regulations), and establishes a process that states must follow if they choose to apply for a mDL waiver from the REAL ID regulations. This initial rulemaking will enable federal agencies to accept mDLs for official purposes issued by states to whom TSA has issued such a waiver.

After multiple industry technical standards are finalized and published, TSA intends to issue another rulemaking to replace the waiver provisions with the minimum technical requirements and security standards for mDLs that may be accepted by federal agencies for official purposes.

Effective May 22, 2023, authority to administer the REAL ID program was delegated from the Secretary of Homeland Security to the Administrator of TSA pursuant to DHS Delegation No. 7060.02.1.

 
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 6 CFR 37   
Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30301 note    6 U.S.C. 111    6 U.S.C. 112   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/30/2023  88 FR 60056   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/16/2023 
Final Rule  07/00/2024 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, State 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
RIN Information URL: https://www.regulations.gov   Public Comment URL: https://www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Related RINs: Previously reported as 1601-AB06, Related to 1601-AA37, Related to 1601-AB01, Related to 1601-AB03 
Agency Contact:
George Petersen
Senior Program Manager, REAL ID Program
Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
Enrollment Services & Vetting Programs, 6595 Springfield Center Drive,
Springfield, VA 20598-6010
Phone:571 227-2215
Email: george.petersen@tsa.dhs.gov