I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3767 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the assembly or manufac-
ture of secure credentials or their component parts by the Government 
Publishing Office. 
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 
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 Publishing 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 Publishing Overreach Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ASSEMBLY OR MANUFACTURE OF SE-
CURE CREDENTIALS OR COMPONENT PARTS 
BY GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING 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 Director of the Government Pub-
lishing Office may not assemble or manufacture any se-
cure credentials or the component parts of any such cre-
dential. 
‘‘(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 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 ex-
pires or the purchase order is filled; or 
‘‘(B) December 31, 2016. 
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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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(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) as provided in section 518.’’. 
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