improve the compacts and make them enforceable, possibly with federal grant funding. Around the same time, Congress passed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Joint Executive Board decided jurisdictions in Mexico and Canada could join. The federal government through appropriations in Congress funded the Joint Executive Board in writing the new Driver License Agreement. In 2000, the agreement was ratified by the U.S. states with two votes against. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Joint Executive Board strengthened driver license security provisions in the DLA, and the revised DLA was again ratified by the U.S. states with some votes against. The information on who voted against the DLA is considered confidential and proprietary information by the AAMVA. Connecticut was the first state to join in January 2002. States that are members Connecticut Arkansas – can join under administrative rulemakeing under Act 446 as passed by the 2005 Legislative Session Massachusetts Notes The Driver License Agreement document (PDF) Real ID Act of 2005 Legislation and other Legislation in the past has been sponsored in Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, and North Carolina to join There has been legislation in the past, introduced in the US Congress, to mandate that states must participate. Such legislation included HR10 - 9/11 Implementation Act of 2004 and HR418 - The Real ID Act of 2005 but the mandate has not made it into the final bills. Driver's Privacy Protection Act References American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) United States interstate compacts Traffic law