<P> A more limited bill, S. 563, that would extend the deadlines for the states' compliance with the Real ID Act, was introduced on February 13, 2007, in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Susan Collins (R - ME), together with Senators Lamar Alexander (R - TN), Thomas Carper (D - DE), Charles Hagel (R - NE), and Olympia Snowe (R - ME). </P> <P> On March 2, 2007, it was announced that enforcement of the Act would be postponed until December 2009 . On January 11, 2008, it was announced that the deadline has been extended again to 2011 . On the same date the Department of Homeland Security released the final rule regarding the implementation of the driver's licenses provisions of the Real ID Act . </P> <P> As of April 2, 2008, all 50 states either applied for extensions of the original May 11, 2008 compliance deadline or received unsolicited extensions . As of October 2009, 25 states approved either resolutions or binding legislation not to participate in the program . When President Obama selected Janet Napolitano (a prominent critic of the program) to head the Department of Homeland Security, the future of the law was considered uncertain, and bills were introduced into Congress to amend or repeal it . In 2009, the most recent of these, dubbed PASS ID, would have eliminated many of the more burdensome technological requirements but still require states to meet federal standards in order to have their ID cards accepted by federal agencies . </P> <P> There are four planned phases, and each of the first three phases will begin with a three - month "notification period" during which noncompliant IDs will continue to be accepted: </P>

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