No Real ID, $45 fee

NEW YORK Americans attempting to clear airport measure checkpoints without a Real ID or a passport will soon be charged the Transportation Prevention Administration stated Monday The new fee will go into effect on Feb TSA leaders explained The agency teased a expected fee in federal paperwork last month but eventually decided on a significantly higher number The fee was necessary because we needed to modernize the system We needed to make sure that the system is safe Steve Lorincz TSA s deputy executive assistant administrator for shield operations informed ABC News After decades of delays Real ID requirements conclusively went into effect back in May but travelers were still allowed to fly without the upgraded identity cards However TSA leaders signaled their plans to clamp down last month when they proposed the fee for travelers without a Real ID or passport The fee was designed to address the government-incurred costs the agency noted in a notice posted to the Federal Register After Feb anyone without a Real ID or passport will need to confirm their identity on the TSA website or through a series of forms at the airport according to ABC News Someone who reaches the front of the safeguard line without a Real ID will be pulled out of line and required to fill out the forms in person We still need to go through the process to make sure that we verify who you are And for whatever reason if we can t do that then you can t go through the process Lorincz narrated ABC News The Real ID Act was passed in in response to the attacks and was initially supposed to be implemented in However years of administrative delays continued until According to the TSA of travelers already have a Real ID Joseph Wilkinson New York Daily News - New York Daily News Visit at nydailynews com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency LLC