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| From: AFTF Pennsylvania
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 9:00 AM Subject: Real ID and Privacy Update – Senate Hearing Good morning, All, Here’s the info on the hearing this coming Wednesday: ************************************************************************************************************ The Senate Communications & Technology Committee will hold a public hearing: 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 11 Room 8 E-A, East Wing The purpose of this hearing will be to receive testimony on: · Senate Bill 354 (Folmer): exempt Pennsylvania from the federal RealID law; · Senate Bill 355 (Wozniak): restrict information obtained from drivers’ licenses, and; · Senate Bill 356 (Kitchen): limit the use of biometrics. ************************************************************************************************************ Please contact committee members and encourage them to support these Senate bills. If you can attend the hearing, that would be great too. Here’s the link to the committee members: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/cteeInfo/cteeInfo.cfm?cde=5&body=S This Tuesday, we will hand deliver the attached file to our Reps and Senators. The handout contains Homeland Security’s Real ID benchmarks and their implementation status of states and territories. Evidently PennDOT has committed to implement 15 of the 18 benchmarks. Will Pennsylvania be the first state to say, “We will not allow Homeland Security to violate our citizens’ religious and privacy rights and will not implement the Real ID Act or the regulations there under”? Article I, Section 2 of the Pennsylvania Constitution states that, “All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness….” Does the Government work for us or do we work for the Government? Senators Folmer, Wozniak, and Kitchen are working for us on these bills. Let’s give them the grass roots support they need to protect our rights. |
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Fifteen states have passed laws to prohibit implementing Real ID. Real ID is nothing more than a way for the Federal Government to capture biometric data and have control over our lives.
Real ID regulations require states to meet benchmarks to be in full compliance with the act. The sad situation is that DOTs and DMVs of states who prohibit implementing Real ID are nevertheless implementing benchmarks.
Notice where Homeland Security says Pennsylvania stands.
| REAL ID Implementation Status | State / Territory |
| Submitted full compliance certification packages to DHS1 | Conn., Del., Md., S.D., Tenn. (5) |
| Self-certified: Issuing materially compliant licenses (meeting the first 18 benchmarks) + compliance mark (gold star) | Ala., Fla., Ind., Utah (4) |
| Self-certified: Issuing materially compliant licenses (meeting the first 18 benchmarks) | Ark., D.C., Iowa, Kan., Ky., Miss., N.J. (7) |
| Committed to meeting material compliance but need time | Colo., Hawaii, Ill., Neb., Ohio, Puerto Rico, R.I., Texas, Va., W.Va., Wis., Wyo. (12) |
| Certifiable Enhanced Driver’s License programs | N.Y., Mich, Vt., Wash. (4) |
| Committed to meeting 15 of 18 benchmarks | Ariz., Calif., Ga., Minn, Mo., Nev., N.H., N.C., N.D., Pa., S.C., U.S. Virgin Islands (12) |
| Will not meet four or more benchmarks in the next 12 months | Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Idaho, La., Maine, Mass., Mont., N.M., Okla., Ore., N. Marianas2 (12) |
Is it constitutional for a government agency to take one’s biometric characteristic without the person’s knowledge, probable cause or a warrant?
Is it constitutional for PennDOT to deny an individual a driver’s license if the individual doesn’t have a social security number due to religious beliefs?
Is it OK for a government agency to subject individuals to identity theft by storing one’s name, address, date of birth and social security number in one database which is accessible by thousands of people, both state employees and contractor personnel?
Does the US Constitution grant the Federal Government powers not listed in Article I, Section 8, of the said document or does the 10th Amendment address non-granted powers?
Below are the 18 benchmarks addressed in the Real ID Regulations. Notice that the Federal Government wants the facial image captured even if the driver’s license is not issued. Do you know why? Does it agree with our American principles?
It’s time to stop PennDOT ‘s collaboration with Homeland Security. It’s time to govern by the rule of law, i.e., the US and Pennsylvania Constitutions. Let’s pass a bill to nullify the Real ID Act and the regulations thereunder and prohibit its implementation in Pennsylvania.
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[...] – Senator FOLMER – Referred to COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, Feb. 1, 2011. (As noted earlier, this legislation received a May 11 hearing. Audio and video of that hearing can be found [...]
[...] – Senator FOLMER – Referred to COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, Feb. 1, 2011. (As noted earlier, this legislation received a May 11 hearing. Audio and video of that hearing can be found [...]