[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2509 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2509

To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to produce currency, postage 
    stamps, and other security documents at the request of foreign 
 governments, and security documents at the request of the individual 
States of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, on a 
                          reimbursable basis.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2001

Mr. King (for himself and Mrs. Maloney of New York) (both by request): 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to produce currency, postage 
    stamps, and other security documents at the request of foreign 
 governments, and security documents at the request of the individual 
States of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, on a 
                          reimbursable basis.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bureau of Engraving and Printing 
Security Printing Amendments Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS.

    Section 5114(a) of title 31, United States Code (relating to 
engraving and printing currency and security documents), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a) The Secretary of the Treasury'' and 
        inserting:
    ``(a) Authority To Engrave and Print.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Engraving and printing for other governments.--The 
        Secretary of the Treasury may, if the Secretary determines that 
        it will not interfere with engraving and printing needs of the 
        United States--
                    ``(A) produce currency, postage stamps, and other 
                security documents for foreign governments, subject to 
                a determination by the Secretary of State that such 
                production would be consistent with the foreign policy 
                of the United States; and
                    ``(B) produce security documents for States of the 
                United States, the District of Columbia, territories of 
                the United States, and political subdivisions of such 
                States.''.

SEC. 3. REIMBURSEMENT.

    Section 5143 of title 31, United States Code (relating to payment 
for services of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing), is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``, any foreign 
        government, any State of the United States, the District of 
        Columbia, any territory of the United States, or any political 
        subdivision of any such State'' after ``agency'';
            (2) in the second sentence, by inserting ``and other'' 
        after ``administrative''; and
            (3) in the last sentence, by inserting ``, foreign 
        government, State of the United States, District of Columbia, 
        territory of the United States, or political subdivision of 
        such a State'' after ``agency''.
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