Chertoff to punish states that don't accept Real ID.More than half the nation's states have passed or proposed legislation opposing the federally mandated Real ID plan in some way or another. This 2005 legislation requires the states to issue new driver's licenses Noun 1. driver's license - a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle driver's licence, driving licence, driving license license, permit, licence - a legal document giving official permission to do something based on federal standards for all drivers by the year 2013, and will link state driver's license databases into one huge federal database. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In response to states' opposition, Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States Secretary Michael Chertoff has issued a threat to the rebellious re·bel·lious adj. 1. Prone to or participating in a rebellion: rebellious students. 2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a rebel or rebellion: rebellious behavior. states, saying that the Real ID cards would still be made mandatory for all "federal purposes" when it comes to traveling, including boarding an airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. , walking into a federal building or nuclear facility, or picnicking at one's favorite national park. In an August speech to the National Conference of State Legislatures The abbreviation NCSL redirects here. For the British educational institution see National College for School Leadership. The National Conference of State Legislatures in Boston, Chertoff said citizens in states that don't comply with the new rules will have to then use passports for his "federal purposes." He added: "This is not a mandate. A state doesn't have to do this, but if the state doesn't have--at the end of the day, at the end of the deadline--Real ID-compliant licenses, then the state cannot expect that those licenses will be accepted for federal purposes." |
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