The document summarizes smart card activities in the United States, including payments, transit, identification, and healthcare. For payments, EMV chip technology is not widely used yet but discussions are ongoing about moving to NFC mobile payments instead of chip cards. Identification smart cards are used for federal employee credentials following the HSPD-12 standard. Standards efforts also aim to develop interoperable state and local identification cards. Healthcare legislation promotes electronic health records where identification is important but unaddressed currently.