,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebfh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #cj1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,gingrey of ,georgia 7for himself and  
,mrs4 ,blackburn7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #dd1       
,united ,states ,code1 to prohibit the  
assembly or manufacture of secure       
credentials or their component parts by 
the ,government ,printing ,office4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,preventing ,government ,printing   
,overreach ,act of #bjad4  #b4          
,prohibiting assembly or manufacture of 
secure credentials or component parts by
 ,government ,printing ,office  7a7     
,prohibition  7#a7 ,in general ,chapter 
#e of title #dd1 ,united ,states ,code1 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following new section3  #eah4           
,prohibiting assembly or manufacture of 
secure credentials or component parts   
7a7 ,prohibition ,except to the extent  

permitted under subsection 7b71 the     
,public ,printer may not assemble or    
manufacture any secure credentials or   
the component parts of any such         
credential4  7b7 ,exceptions ,subsection
 7a7 does not apply to the following    
activities3  7#a7 ,stitching security   
paper into an already assembled e,cover 
for the ,department of ,state1 except   
that nothing in this paragraph may be   
construed to permit the ,public ,printer
 to manufacture a new polycarbonate data
 page or other secure credential within 
the e,passport4  7#b7 ,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 section1 but only     
until the earlier of--  7,a7 the date on
 which the contract expires or the      
purchase order is filled2 or  7,b7      
,december #ca1 #bjae4  7#c7 ,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 activities4  7#d7
 ,manufacturing identification badges   
for the ,presidential ,inauguration4    
7c7 ,secure ,credential ,defined ,the   
term secure credential means an         
identification document which includes  
component security parts 7such as       
electronic storage capability1          
semiconductors1 antennae1               
anti-counterfeiting technology1 digital 
watermarks and other digital            
identifications1 and specialized        
polycarbonate manufacturing7 designed to
 authenticate the document or reduce the
 risk of the unauthorized replication or
 alteration of the document4  4  7#b7   
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections for chapter #e of such title is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following new item3  #eah4 ,prohibiting 
assembly or manufacture of secure       
credentials or component parts4  4  7b7 
,conforming ,amendment ,section #eja of 
such title is amended--  7#a7 by        

striking and at the end of paragraph    
7#a72  7#b7 by striking the period at   
the end of paragraph 7#b7 and inserting 
2 and2 and  7#c7 by inserting after     
paragraph 7#b7 the following new        
paragraph3  7#c7 as provided in section 
#eah4  4