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Minimum Standards for Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies for Official Purposes; Waiver for Mobile Driver's Licenses

FR Abstract
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending the REAL ID regulations to waive, on a temporary and State-by-State basis, the regulatory requirement that mobile or digital driver's licenses or identification cards (collectively "mobile driver's licenses" or "mDLs") must be compliant with REAL ID requirements to be accepted by Federal agencies for official purposes, as defined by the REAL ID Act, when full enforcement of the REAL ID Act and regulations begins on May 7, 2025.
Incorporation
FR Document Number
2024-23881
Federal Register Volume
89
Federal Register Year
2024-10-25
Federal Register Start Page
85340
Federal Register End Page
85386
Federal Agency
Homeland Security Department
Federal Register Link
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-25/pdf/2024-23881.pdf
CFR Citation
6 CFR 37
FR Citation
89 FR 85340
CFR title
6
CFR Part
37
Document Number
ISO/IEC 15438:2006(E)
Document Edition
2006
Standard Title
Information Technology — Automatic Identification and Data Capture Techniques — PDF417 Bar Code Symbology Specification, June 2006
SDO
International Organization for Standardization / International Electrotechnical Commission
Standard Number Link
https://ibr.ansi.org/
Excerpts
Guidelines, Section 3.2 (incorporated by reference; see § 37.4); or (B) “N” if the underlying card is not REAL ID-compliant. (viii) Data record. Issue mDLs using data, including portrait image, of an individual that matches corresponding data in the database of the issuing State's driver's licensing agency for that individual. (ix) Records retention. Manage mDL records and related records, consistent with requirements set forth in AAMVA Mobile Driver's License (mDL) Implementation Guidelines (incorporated by reference; see § 37.4).
Record Source
www.federalregister.gov