I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3174 
To provide that only certain forms of identification of individuals may be 
accepted by the Federal Government and by financial institutions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2009 
Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. HERGER, Mr. GARY G. MIL-
LER of California, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. ROE of Ten-
nessee, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. BILBRAY, 
Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. GARRETT of New 
Jersey, Mr. HOEKSTRA, and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment 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 
A BILL 
To provide that only certain forms of identification of individ-
uals may be accepted by the Federal Government and 
by financial institutions. 
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 ‘‘Photo Identification 
Security Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FORMS OF ACCEPTABLE IDENTIFICATION FOR FED-
ERAL 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 in-
dividual other than the following: 
(1) SOCIAL SECURITY CARD WITH PHOTO IDEN-
TIFICATION
CARD
OR
REAL
ID
ACT
IDENTIFICA-
TION.— 
(A) A social security card accompanied by 
a photo identification card issued by the Fed-
eral 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 Serv-
ices). 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements of sub-
section (a) shall take effect six months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. FORMS OF ACCEPTABLE IDENTIFICATION FOR FI-
NANCIAL 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
IDENTIFICA-
TION.—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 indi-
vidual other than the following: 
‘‘(A) SOCIAL SECURITY CARD WITH PHOTO 
IDENTIFICATION CARD OR REAL ID ACT IDENTI-
FICATION.— 
‘‘(i) A social security card accom-
panied 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 
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the REAL ID Act of 2005 (title II of divi-
sion 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. 
Æ 
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