<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> <Ul> <Li> Phase 1: restricted areas at the DHS headquarters on Nebraska Avenue <Ul> <Li> January 20, 2014--notification period </Li> <Li> April 21, 2014--full enforcement </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Phase 2: restricted areas for all federal facilities and nuclear power plants <Ul> <Li> April 21, 2014--notification period </Li> <Li> July 21, 2014--full enforcement </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Phase 3: semi-restricted areas for remaining federal facilities <Ul> <Li> October 20, 2014--notification period </Li> <Li> January 19, 2015--full enforcement </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Phase 3a: Facility Security Levels 1 and 2 <Ul> <Li> October 20, 2014--notification period </Li> <Li> January 19, 2015--full enforcement </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Phase 3b: Facility Security Levels 3, 4, and 5 <Ul> <Li> July 13, 2015--notification period </Li> <Li> October 10, 2015--full enforcement </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Phase 4: Air Travel <Ul> <Li> January 8, 2016--notification period </Li> <Li> January 22, 2018--driver's licenses used as ID at airports must be from a state that is compliant or has an exception </Li> <Li> October 1, 2020--full enforcement </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> Phase 1: restricted areas at the DHS headquarters on Nebraska Avenue <Ul> <Li> January 20, 2014--notification period </Li> <Li> April 21, 2014--full enforcement </Li> </Ul> </Li>

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