Work on the Driver License Agreement started in 1994/1995 by the Driver License Compact and the Non-Resident Violator Compact Joint Executive Board with the idea to combine and 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
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Driver License Agreement