I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5268 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the assembly or manufac-
ture of secure credentials or their component parts by the Government 
Printing Office. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2014 
Mr. GINGREY of Georgia (for himself and Mrs. BLACKBURN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the as-
sembly or manufacture of secure credentials or their 
component parts by the Government Printing Office. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Govern-
ment Printing Overreach Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ASSEMBLY OR MANUFACTURE OF SE-
CURE CREDENTIALS OR COMPONENT PARTS 
BY GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
(a) PROHIBITION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 518. Prohibiting assembly or manufacture of se-
cure credentials or component parts 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Except to the extent permitted 
under subsection (b), the Public Printer 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, ex-
cept that nothing in this paragraph may be con-
strued to permit the Public Printer to manufacture 
a new polycarbonate data page or other secure cre-
dential 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 ex-
pires or the purchase order is filled; or 
‘‘(B) December 31, 2015. 
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‘‘(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 ‘se-
cure credential’ means an identification document which 
includes component security parts (such as electronic stor-
age capability, semiconductors, antennae, anti-counter-
feiting technology, digital watermarks and other digital 
identifications, and specialized polycarbonate manufac-
turing) designed to authenticate the document or reduce 
the risk of the unauthorized replication or alteration of 
the document.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 5 of such title is amended by add-
ing 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 para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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