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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

31 CFR Part 601

[T.D. BEP-2]

 

Distinctive Paper for United States Currency and Other Securities

AGENCY: Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Treasury.

ACTION: Treasury decision, final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is amending the 
provisions of Distinctive Paper for United States Currency and Other 
Securities regulations, to reflect the adoption of a new distinctive 
paper adopted for use by the Secretary of the Treasury to deter 
counterfeiting.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 3, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rodolfo Roberts, Office of Management Services, Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing, room 321-9A, 14th and C Streets, SW., Washington, DC 20228, 
(202) 874-3551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 80 Stat. 379, 39 Stat. 277, as amended; and 
5 U.S.C. 301, U.S.C. 5114 give the Secretary of the Treasury the 
authority of law to adopt a new distinctive paper for use in printing 
United States currency and other interest-bearing securities of the 
United States.
    The changes:
    (1) Amend section 601.1 to reflect the existence of two kinds 
(threaded and non-threaded) of distinctive papers for printing United 
States currency and the use of the non-threaded one for printing 
interest-bearing securities of the United States.
    (2) Amend section 601.2 to reflect a description of the new 
threaded distinctive paper.
    (3) Amend section 601.3 to indicate that the distinctive paper 
currently in use will continue to be used.
    (4) Amend section 601.4 to provide that the existing distinctive 
paper will continue to be used for printing interest-bearing securities 
of the United States.
    (5) Section 601.5 remains the same.
    (6) Delete section 601.6 in its entirety.

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

    On November 12, 1993, BEP published Notice No. 1 (58 FR 59973), 
proposing to amend the provisions of Distinctive Paper for United 
States Currency and Other Securities regulations to reflect the 
adoption of a new distinctive paper adopted for use by the Secretary of 
the Treasury to deter counterfeiting. No comments were received on or 
before the closing date of December 13, 1993. Therefore, BEP is 
adopting the language in the proposed rule, with no modification.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    It is hereby certified that this document will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
Accordingly, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not required because 
the final rule is not expected:
    (1) To have secondary, or incidental effects on a substantial 
number of small entities; or
    (2) To impose, or otherwise cause a significant increase in the 
reporting, recordkeeping or other compliance burdens of a substantial 
number of small entities.

Executive Order 12866

    It has been determined that this document is not a major regulation 
as defined in Executive Order 12866 and a regulatory impact analysis is 
not required because it will not have any annual effect on the economy 
of $100 million or more; it will not result in a major increase in 
costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, Federal, State, 
or local government agencies or geographical regions; and it will not 
have significant adverse effects on competition, employment, 
investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of United 
States-based enterprises to compete with foreign based enterprises in 
domestic or export markets.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    The provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Public Law 
96-511, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, and its implementing regulations, 5 CFR 
Part 1320, do not apply to this rule because no requirement to collect 
information is contemplated.

Drafting Information

    The principal author of this document is Rodolfo Roberts, Office of 
Management Services, Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 601

    Currency, Securities, Printing.

Authority and Issuance

    31 CFR part 601 is revised to read as follows:

PART 601--DISTINCTIVE PAPER FOR UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND OTHER 
SECURITIES

Sec.
601.1  Notice to the public.
601.2  Description of paper.
601.3  Use of paper.
601.4  Use of paper; interest-bearing securities of the United 
States.
601.5  Penalty for unauthorized control or possession.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 474; 31 U.S.C. 321.


Sec. 601.1  Notice to the public.

    The Secretary of the Treasury, by authority of law, has adopted a 
new distinctive paper for use in printing United States currency in 
addition to the existing distinctive paper for use in printing United 
States currency and other securities.


Sec. 601.2  Description of paper.

    The paper utilized in the printing of United States currency and 
public debt issues is cream-white bank note paper which must contain 
security features prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. All 
currency paper shall contain distinctive fibers, colored red and blue, 
incorporated in the body of the paper while in the process of 
manufacture and evenly distributed throughout. In addition to 
distinctive red and blue fibers, currency paper shall contain, for 
denominations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, security 
threads embedded beneath the surface of the paper during the 
manufacturing process. Security threads shall contain graphics 
consisting of the designation ``USA'' and the denomination of the 
currency, expressed in alphabetic or numeric characters.


Sec. 601.3  Use of paper.

    The new distinctive paper shall be used for printing Federal 
Reserve Notes of the denominations prescribed by the Secretary of the 
Treasury. The use of the existing distinctive paper, the distinctive 
feature of which consists of distinctive fibers, colored red and blue, 
incorporated in the body of the paper while in the process of 
manufacture and evenly distributed throughout, will be continued for 
printing of any currency denomination prescribed by the Secretary of 
the Treasury.


Sec. 601.4  Use of paper; interest-bearing securities of the United 
States.

    The existing distinctive paper shall be used for the printing of 
interest-bearing securities of the United States, and for any other 
printing where the use of distinctive paper is indicated.


Sec. 601.5  Penalty for unauthorized control or possession.

    The Secretary of the Treasury hereby gives notice that the new 
distinctive paper, together with any other distinctive paper heretofore 
adopted for the printing of paper currency or other obligations or 
securities of the United States, is and will be subject to the 
provisions of 18 U.S.C. 474 which provides, in part, that it is against 
the law to possess any paper, or facsimile thereof, designated by the 
Secretary of the Treasury for the printing of U.S. currency or any 
other security of the United States, except with the permission of the 
Secretary or other authorized official. This crime is punishable by a 
fine not to exceed five thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more 
than fifteen years, or both.
Peter H. Daly,
Director.
George Munoz,
Assistance Secretary Management.
Lawrence F. Zenker,
Certifying Officer, Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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