Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007

A bill to repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005, to restore section 7212 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which provides States additional regulatory flexibility and funding authorization to more rapidly produce tamper- and counterfeit-resistant driver's licenses, and to protect privacy and civil liberties by providing interested stakeholders on a negotiated rulemaking with guidance to achieve improved 21st century licenses to improve national security.

2/28/2007--Introduced.
Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007 - Repeals title II of the Real ID Act of 2005. Prohibits federal agencies from accepting state-issued driver's licenses and personal identification cards after specified deadlines unless such identification conforms to the minimum standards promulgated under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to:
(1) establish by regulation minimum standards for acceptance of state-issued driver's licenses and personal identification cards by federal agencies;
(2) establish a negotiated rulemaking process before publishing such standards; and
(3) award grants to states to assist them in conforming to such standards.

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Sponsor

• Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
• and 7 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN]
  • Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]
  • Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
  • Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
  • Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO]
  • John Sununu
  • Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
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Committees

• Senate Judiciary
• 1 more
  • Senate Judiciary
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

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February 28, 2007

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• Apr 29, 2008: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Hearings held.
• Feb 28, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2368-2369)
• Introduced on Feb 28, 2007.
• Feb 28, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2368-2369)
• Feb 28, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.1117

Related Issue Areas:

• Criminal justice
• Administrative procedure
• Budgets
• Civil liberties
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• Counterfeiting
• Department of Homeland Security
• Driver licenses
• Executive departments
• Federal-state relations
• Fraud
• Grants-in-aid
• Identification devices
• Law
• Photography
• Right of privacy
• Security measures
• Standards
• State and local government
• Transportation

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In the News

May 05, 2008 ACTE Urges Repeal of REAL ID

... Susan Gurley, ACTE then endorsed the proposed Identification Security Enhancement Act (S. 717) as a "realistic and reasonable alternative" to REAL ID. ...

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July 20, 2007 ACLU Warns Of Sucker Plot To Save Real ID Plan

Congress should do something real to help security and pass the Akaka-Sununu bill, S. 717.” The ACLU’s Sucker Money Calculator spreadsheet offers an ...

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July 20, 2007 ACLU Warns Against “Sucker Money” Plot to Save Real ID

Congress should do something real to help security and pass the Akaka-Sununu bill, S. 717.” The ACLU’s Sucker Money Calculator spreadsheet offers an ...

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December 31, 2008 Beat The Chip: Flowers for Janet

S.717 is Real ID up for re-election. It's Real ID remixed for a new administration. It's the same garbage in a new white suit. It's time the people communicate with our leaders: don't get attached to Real ID, it's on its way out. ...

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November 29, 2008 Niedersächsisches Oberverwaltungsgericht - Rechtsprechungsdatenbank

S. 717) werden als wertbestimmende Vogelarten nach Art. 4 Abs. 1 (Anhang I) der Vogelschutz-Richtlinie genannt: Weißstorch, Schwarzmilan, Wachtelkönig, Zwergschwan und Singschwan. Als wertbestimmende Zugvogelarten nach Art. 4 Abs. 2 ...

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November 09, 2008 beck-blog DIE EXPERTEN » Blog Archive » BGH: Internationale ...

Alt ist im übrigen zwar auch die Kritik an diesem Abgrenzungskriterium (z.B. Spindler MMR 2000, 18, 23; s. ausführlich etwa Borges, Verträge im elektronischen Geschäftsverkehr [auch schon aus dem Jahr 2003 !], S. 717 ff. ...

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