To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (13960 ) 6/29/1998 5:16:00 PM From: Bucky Katt Respond to of 116796
June 17, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 116)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 33219-33225] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr17jn98-28] [[Page 33219]] _______________________________________________________________________ Part V Department of Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration _______________________________________________________________________ 23 CFR Part 1331 State-Issued Driver's Licenses and Comparable Identification Documents; Proposed Rule [[Page 33220]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 23 CFR Part 1331 [Docket No. NHTSA-98-3945] RIN 2127-AG-91 State-Issued Driver's Licenses and Comparable Identification Documents AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This document proposes regulations to implement the requirements contained in section 656(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Section 656(b) of the Act, entitled State-Issued Driver's Licenses and Comparable Identification Documents, provides that a Federal agency may only accept as proof of identity a driver's license or identification document that conforms to specific requirements, in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of Transportation. This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes those regulations. The agency requests comments on its proposal. DATES: Comments must be received by August 3, 1998. ADDRESSES: Written comments should refer to the docket number and the number of this notice, and be submitted (preferably two copies) to: Docket Management, Room PL-401, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. (Docket hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding Federal holidays.) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William Holden, Chief, Driver Register and Traffic Records Division, NTS-32, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590; telephone (202) 366-4800, or Ms. Heidi L. Coleman, Assistant Chief Counsel for General Law, NCC-30, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590; telephone (202) 366-1834.