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OKLAHOMA CITY - Travelers holding an Oklahoma driver’s license may need a second form of identification, like a passport, to clear security and board a commercial airliner as early as Jan. 1, 2016.

Also, a little over three months from now — in 2015 — the Oklahoma driver’s license may no longer suffice at most federal buildings where ID is required.

This is all because the state is refusing to comply with an act of Congress to make these licenses more secure.

The REAL ID Act of 2005 was intended to improve driver’s licenses in ways that would make it harder for terrorists to obtain fraudulent IDs. The overwhelming majority of states have complied with the act or have received extensions to come into compliance. However, a bill passed by the Oklahoma Legislature in 2007 without opposition and signed into law by then-Gov. Brad Henry specifically forbids the state from complying.

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