3.0.0 2635 2023-01-01T20:17:33Z 2023-01-01T20:17:33Z Senate S 2021-08-05 117 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-08-05T19:21:12Z Passport Backlog Elimination Act 117 4632 HR 2021-08-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation. Related bill CRS 2021-08-05 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2021-08-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA N International Affairs Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Department of State Emergency medical services and trauma care Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Infectious and parasitic diseases Visas and passports Worker safety and health International Affairs 00 2021-08-05 Introduced in Senate 2021-09-03T19:24:36Z Passport Backlog Elimination Act

This bill requires the Department of State to submit and implement a plan containing specified actionable strategies to eliminate the backlog of passport applications that is due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

]]> Passport Backlog Elimination Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of State to submit a plan to eliminate the backlog of passport applications due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Passport Backlog Elimination Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Passport Backlog Elimination Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2635is/xml/BILLS-117s2635is.xml 2021-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.