Originally Posted by
chollie
Congress is not. See my earlier post - the decision of when/where to require it is left up to...DHS.
The REAL ID Act says: "The term `official purpose' includes but is not limited to accessing Federal facilities, boarding federally regulated commercial aircraft, entering nuclear power plants, and any other purposes that the Secretary shall determine."
In other words, the secretary of the DHS can add other official purposes, but cannot change the ones already specified.