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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 102 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 102

To provide that only certain forms of identification of individuals may 
  be accepted by the Federal Government and by financial institutions.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 2011

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

 
To provide that only certain forms of identification of individuals may 
  be accepted by the Federal Government and by financial institutions.

    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 ``Photo Identification Security Act''.

SEC. 2. FORMS OF ACCEPTABLE IDENTIFICATION FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
              PURPOSES.

    (a) Forms of Acceptable Identification.--A Federal agency may not 
accept, for any official purpose, including for Federal benefits and 
for individual taxpayer identification numbers, any form of 
identification of an individual other than the following:
            (1) Social security card with photo identification card or 
        real id act identification.--
                    (A) A social security card accompanied by a photo 
                identification card issued by the Federal Government or 
                a State Government; or
                    (B) a driver's license or identification card 
                issued by a State in the case of a State that is in 
                compliance with title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005 
                (title II of division B of Public Law 109-13; 49 U.S.C. 
                30301 note).
            (2) Passport.--A passport issued by the United States or a 
        foreign government.
            (3) USCIS photo identification card.--A photo 
        identification card issued by the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security (acting through the Director of the United States 
        Citizenship and Immigration Services).
    (b) Effective Date.--The requirements of subsection (a) shall take 
effect six months after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. FORMS OF ACCEPTABLE IDENTIFICATION FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 5318(l) of title 31, United States Code 
(relating to identification and verification of accountholders) is 
amended by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(6) Forms of acceptable identification.--A financial 
        institution may not accept, for the purpose of verifying the 
        identity of an individual seeking to open an account in 
        accordance with this subsection, any form of identification of 
        the individual other than the following:
                    ``(A) Social security card with photo 
                identification card or real id act identification.--
                            ``(i) A social security card accompanied by 
                        a photo identification card issued by the 
                        Federal Government or a State Government; or
                            ``(ii) a driver's license or identification 
                        card issued by a State in the case of a State 
                        that is in compliance with title II of the REAL 
                        ID Act of 2005 (title II of division B of 
                        Public Law 109-13; 49 U.S.C. 30301 note).
                    ``(B) Passport.--A passport issued by the United 
                States or a foreign government.
                    ``(C) USCIS photo identification card.--A photo 
                identification card issued by the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security (acting through the Director of the U.S. 
                Citizenship and Immigration Services).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect six months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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