[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5569 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5569

 To amend the REAL ID Act of 2005 to allow States to determine whether 
 to require licenses and other identification to list a gender or sex, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 12, 2021

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the REAL ID Act of 2005 to allow States to determine whether 
 to require licenses and other identification to list a gender or sex, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``REAL ID Gender Requirement Reform 
Act''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 202(b) of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (49 
U.S.C. 30301 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (3);
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (9) as 
        paragraphs (3) through (8), respectively; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) State Determination of Listing Gender.--A State may determine 
whether to include a gender or sex field required for a driver's 
license and identification card issued to a person by the State. If a 
State includes any such gender or sex identification, a person shall 
indicate the appropriate designation without any additional 
documentation requirement (such as a doctor's note) and the State shall 
include a neutral or other designation in the gender or sex field in 
addition to male or female.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 508(a)(1) of the 
Court Security Improvement Act of 2007 (49 U.S.C. 30301 note) is 
amended by striking ``section 202(b)(6)'' and inserting ``section 
202(b)(5)''.
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