Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007
Latest action · 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2007 to May 8, 2008; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NH | John E. Sununu | Original | Feb 28, 2007 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Feb 28, 2007 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Feb 28, 2007 |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | May 1, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | May 8, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2007 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | |
| Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee | Hearings Apr 29, 2008 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2008Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Hearings held.
- Feb 28, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Feb 28, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2368-2369)
- Feb 28, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2369)
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S13982 | Patrick J. Leahy D-VT | Nov 6, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4589 | Jon Tester D-MT | Apr 17, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2463 | Daniel K. Akaka D-HI | Mar 1, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2368Text printed S2369 | Daniel K. Akaka D-HI (text) | Feb 28, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 4
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-1025 | PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION: IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOING ENOUGH?174 pages | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Jun 18, 2008 |
| S. Hrg. 110-555 | THE IMPACT OF IMPLEMENTATION: A REVIEW OF THE REAL ID ACT AND THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL INITIATIVE396 pages | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Apr 29, 2008 |
| S. Hrg. 110-113 | WILL REAL ID ACTUALLY MAKE US SAFER? AN EXAMINATION OF PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES CONCERNS251 pages | Judiciary Committee | May 8, 2007 |
| S. Hrg. 110-291 | UNDERSTANDING THE REALITIES OF REAL ID: A REVIEW OF EFFORTS TO SECURE DRIVERS' LICENSES AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS271 pages | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Mar 26, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1117 | REAL ID Repeal and Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007 | Related bill | Mar 23, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative procedure
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Counterfeiting
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Department of Homeland Security
- Driver licenses
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal-state relations
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Identification devices
- Law
- Photography
- Right of privacy
- Security measures
- Standards
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
