[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2509 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 2509


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 20, 2002

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to produce currency, postage 
    stamps, and other security documents at the request of foreign 
                  governments 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 2002''.

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 paragraphs:
            ``(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, 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.
            ``(3) Procurement guidelines.--Articles, material, and 
        supplies procured for use in the production of currency, 
        postage stamps, and other security documents for foreign 
        governments pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be treated in the 
        same manner as articles, material, and supplies procured for 
        public use within the United States for purposes of title III 
        of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.; commonly 
        referred to as the Buy American Act).''.

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 ``or foreign 
        government'' after ``agency'';
            (2) in the second sentence, by inserting ``and other'' 
        after ``administrative''; and
            (3) in the last sentence, by inserting ``or foreign 
        government'' after ``agency''.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 19, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.