<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id59dfe150-f67c-11e5-b96b-f3e1d2b9a904" identifier="/us/usc/t6/s554"><num value="554">§ 554.</num><heading> National identification system not authorized</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the development of a national identification system or card.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id59dfe151-f67c-11e5-b96b-f3e1d2b9a904">(<ref href="/us/pl/107/296/tXV">Pub. L. 107–296, title XV</ref>, § 1514, <date date="2002-11-25">Nov. 25, 2002</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/116/2311">116 Stat. 2311</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
<notes type="uscNote" id="id59dfe152-f67c-11e5-b96b-f3e1d2b9a904">
<note style="-uslm-lc:I75" topic="referencesInText" id="id59dfe153-f67c-11e5-b96b-f3e1d2b9a904">
<heading class="centered smallCaps">References in Text</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning <ref href="/us/pl/107/296">Pub. L. 107–296</ref>, <date date="2002-11-25">Nov. 25, 2002</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/116/2135">116 Stat. 2135</ref>, known as the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under <ref href="/us/usc/t6/s101">section 101 of this title</ref> and Tables.</p>
</note>
</notes>
</section>