The Transportation Security Administration is proposing an $18 fee for travelers without a REAL ID to pass through airport checkpoints.
The fee would cover costs associated with new technology needed to verify the passenger’s identity, TSA said in a Thursday notice.
REAL ID – a driver’s license or identification card that meets federal security standards – became required for all air travel in the United States on May 7 after years of the deadline being pushed back.
The REAL ID Act, which was passed by Congress in 2005, enacted the 9/11 Commission’s recommendation that the federal government enhance security standards for identification.
Under the…