Enforcement of the Real ID Act will be phased in starting in April under a schedule the Homeland Security Department released Dec. 20.
The law, passed in 2005, established standards for state-issued identification cards such as driver's licenses. Eventually, people with IDs from noncompliant states won't be able to board commercial planes, but DHS says that won't happen until 2016 or later.
On Jan. 20, DHS will begin to notify anyone with a noncompliant ID trying to access the department's headquarters in Washington, D.C., that their ID won't be valid for access beginning April 21.
Real ID enforcement to begin in April - FierceHomelandSecurity
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