By by Didi Rankovich | Reclaim The Net
The US Senate has passed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization act, which enjoyed bipartisan support, with an overwhelming majority (88-4).
The legislation includes a push to introduce digital ID and digital or mobile driver’s licenses, and will be considered by the House this week – the final hurdle before, if approved, it gets signed by President Biden.
The section dealing with acceptance of digital IDs and driver’s licenses is buried and we found it on page 1,015 of the document.
We obtained a copy of the bill for you here.
It reads that the FAA administrator “shall take such actions as may be necessary to accept, in any instance where an individual is required to submit government-issued identification to the Administrator, a digital or mobile driver’s license or identification card issued to such individual by a state.” Read Full Article >
