We all saw the DOJ's original proposal on the new 2257 last year, and were crazy over the issue of which foreign ID's were acceptable. In the rebuttal comments to the public comment period, the DOJ responded that any Government issue ID would suffice.

HOWEVER, in the AVN article Here, published just after the Deal hearing between the FSC and DOJ, i was startled to see this paragraph....

Quote Originally Posted by AVN Article
As an example, he cited the regulations’ requirement that foreign actors must provide a U.S.-issued document proving their age for all content manufactured between 1995 and now. The government already has agreed, in documents submitted thus far, that the requirement is a bit much. Instead, it will require U.S.-issued documentation for foreign actors only from June 23, 2005, forward.
Speaking of Paul Cambria's comments when asked about what he felt had been accomplished.

I was alarmed! I thought this issue was already cleared up by the DOJ responses to the public commentary.

I sent an email to the author of the article by email and asked his take on this and his reply is..

Quote Originally Posted by M J McMahon
Apparently the gov't has decided to accept Visas, passports, etc., issued by foreign governments as proof of age for images created by U.S. companies prior to June 23, 2005. After that date, all images created by U.S. companies must be accompanied by a U.S.-issued
age-verification document (such as a "green card).
According to this comment, the DOJ and FSC agreed to use this as the basis going forward for the standard of acceptance for foreign ID's.

If this is true, it really puts a bind on foreign producers.....