[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3767 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3767

  To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the assembly or 
   manufacture of secure credentials or their component parts by the 
                     Government Publishing Office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 20, 2015

 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Mr. Walker) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the assembly or 
   manufacture of secure credentials or their component parts by the 
                     Government Publishing Office.

    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 ``Preventing Government Publishing 
Overreach Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ASSEMBLY OR MANUFACTURE OF SECURE CREDENTIALS OR 
              COMPONENT PARTS BY GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE.

    (a) Prohibition.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 5 of title 44, United States Code, 
        is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 518. Prohibiting assembly or manufacture of secure credentials 
              or component parts
    ``(a) Prohibition.--Except to the extent permitted under subsection 
(b), the Director of the Government Publishing Office may not assemble 
or manufacture any secure credentials or the component parts of any 
such credential.
    ``(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) does not apply to the following 
activities:
            ``(1) Stitching security paper into an already assembled 
        eCover for the Department of State, except that nothing in this 
        paragraph may be construed to permit the Director to 
        manufacture a new polycarbonate data page or other secure 
        credential within the ePassport.
            ``(2) Manufacturing NEXUS and SENTRI cards pursuant to any 
        contract or purchase order which is in effect as of the date of 
        the enactment of this section, but only until the earlier of--
                    ``(A) the date on which the contract expires or the 
                purchase order is filled; or
                    ``(B) December 31, 2016.
            ``(3) Assembling or manufacturing any secure credentials 
        specifically at the request of the Central Intelligence Agency 
        or the National Security Agency for use in classified programs 
        or activities.
            ``(4) Manufacturing identification badges for the 
        Presidential Inauguration.
    ``(c) Secure Credential Defined.--The term `secure credential' 
means an identification document which includes component security 
parts (such as electronic storage capability, semiconductors, antennae, 
anti-counterfeiting technology, digital watermarks and other digital 
identifications, and specialized polycarbonate manufacturing) designed 
to authenticate the document or reduce the risk of the unauthorized 
replication or alteration of the document.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        5 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
        new item:

``518. Prohibiting assembly or manufacture of secure credentials or 
                            component parts.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 501 of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) as provided in section 518.''.
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