The new national ID/Mark of the Beast was originally scheduled to commence May 12, 2008, three years after the Real ID Act was signed into law. That day has been postponed to January 1, 2010.
The legal compliance requirements for this Act are outlined in Title 42 of the United States Code, Chapter 7, subchapter IV, Part D, paragraph
666.
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Bush made a speech to this effect discussing the requirement for each American to possess such a National ID on June 6, 2006. Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82L3qU33CwY