3.0.0 3666 2023-01-11T13:21:42Z 2023-01-11T13:21:42Z Senate S S 2010-07-29 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-07-29T16:00:24Z 2010-07-29 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6522-6524) IntroReferral 2010-07-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6522) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2010-07-29 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2010-07-29 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2010-09-28 False Immigration Congressional oversight Criminal justice information and records Fraud offenses and financial crimes Health information and medical records Visas and passports Immigration 00 2010-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2010-09-07T15:01:14Z Passport Identity Verification Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider as criminal law enforcement activities the powers, duties, and functions conferred upon Department of State personnel relating to the granting, refusal, revocation, or adjudication of passports when such personnel seek to: (1) verify the identity of a passport applicant; (2) detect passport fraud; or (3) verify such identity or fraud by accessing any governmental or private databases containing criminal history, driver's license information, naturalization and immigration records, marriage, birth, or death information, or other appropriate information.

Directs: (1) the Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to implement a system to enable Department of State personnel responsible for such passport activities to have real-time access to the criminal history information contained in the National Crime Information Center's Interstate Identification Index (NCIC-III) in order to verify passport applicant identity or to detect passport fraud; and (2) the Secretary of State to designate such Department personnel.

Directs the Secretary to conduct an analysis and report to Congress to determine: (1) if U.S. passport applicants or renewals should provide biometric identification information; and (2) if technology should be employed to verify identity documents.

]]> Passport Identity Verification Act Display Title Passport Identity Verification Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize certain Department of State personnel, who are responsible for examining and processing United States passport applications, to be able to access certain Federal, State, and other databases, for the purpose of verifying the identity of a passport applicant, to reduce the incidence of fraud, to require the authentication of identification documents submitted by passport applicants, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Passport Identity Verification Act Introduced in Senate 2010-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3666is/xml/BILLS-111s3666is.xml 2010-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6522-6524) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.