[pct-l] Airport ID

[waynekraft at verizon.net (Wayne Kraft)]

The US House of Representatives has recently passed legislation directing 
the Traffic Safety Administration (TSA) NOT to accept as identification for 
boarding purposes driver's licenses issued by states that do not require 
proof of legal resident status to obtain a driver's license.  The vote on 
this bill was not at all close and the bill is expected to pass the Senate 
and, if it is passed, President Bush has promised to sign it.  When this 
legislation takes effect my Oregon driver's license won't get me on a plane 
at the Portland Airport.  I assume TSA will come up with some regulations 
regarding what is acceptable and I would guess its will be something like a 
photo drivers license and a birth certificate (assuming your birth 
certificate certifiies that someone with the same name, race, gender and age 
reflected on the drivers license was born somewhere in the US of A). 
Personally, I already have a passport and plan to carry it whenever there is 
the remote possibility I'll wind up negotiating TSA security.  For good 
measure, I also have my official Clackamas County Deputy District Attorney 
photo identification and Official Shiny Badge which I also refer to as my 
First Hostage Executed Pass.

Wayne Kraft