3.0.0 744 2019-02-20T23:03:35Z 2019-02-23T20:36:22Z Senate S S 2011-04-06 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-04-06T20:02:38Z 2011-04-06 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-04-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2201-2202) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-04-06 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 2011-04-06 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2011-04-06 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2011-04-06 True Immigration Administrative law and regulatory procedures Citizenship and naturalization Congressional oversight Criminal justice information and records Department of State Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Licensing and registrations Visas and passports Immigration 00 2011-04-06 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-04T12:46:31Z Passport Identity Verification Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider, for data sharing purposes only, that when Department of State personnel authorized by the Secretary of State to grant, refuse, revoke, deny, or adjudicate U.S. passports are lawfully engaged in authorized data sharing activities regarding such passport activities, those activities shall be considered law enforcement activities involving the administration of criminal justice.

Considers such Department personnel to be engaged in authorized data sharing activities when lawfully seeking to: (1) verify the identity of a passport applicant, (2) detect passport fraud, or (3) deny or revoke a passport.

Directs the Secretary to promulgate implementing regulations regarding data sharing regulations, procedures, and policies.

Directs the Secretary to conduct a study, 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 Short Titles as Introduced 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 access relevant information in Federal, State, and other records and databases, for the purpose of verifying the identity of a passport applicant and detecting passport fraud, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-04-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s744is/xml/BILLS-112s744is.xml 2011-04-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.