3.0.0 6610 2025-05-27T14:11:57Z 2025-05-27T14:11:57Z House H HR 2023-12-06 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 201 (Wednesday, December 6, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. ISSA:H.R. 6610.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:The legislation modernizes the system by which the StateDepartment processes passport applications.[Page H6208]</pre> ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2024-03-20T16:16:51Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Markup By 2023-12-13T15:56:00Z Referred To 2023-12-06T15:00:10Z 2024-03-20 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2024-03-19 16:00:08 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2024-03-19 16:00:06 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1198-1200) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2024-03-19 16:00:06 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1198-1200) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2024-03-19 15:51:28 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6610. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2024-03-19 15:51:27 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1198-1201) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2024-03-19 15:51:14 Mrs. Wagner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2023-12-13 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 0. Committee 2023-12-13 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Committee 2023-12-06 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2023-12-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-12-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-48] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 48 N S000168 Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] Maria Salazar R FL Elvira 27 2023-12-06 True C001059 Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] Jim Costa D CA 21 2024-01-12 False W000788 Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] Nikema Williams D GA 5 2024-01-12 False L000599 Rep. 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LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1] Nick LaLota R NY 1 2024-03-19 False 2024-02-22T21:08:00Z https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59991 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 13, 2023 International Affairs Computers and information technology 2024-04-01T19:38:07Z Congressional oversight 2024-04-01T19:37:33Z Department of State 2024-04-01T19:37:47Z Employee hiring 2024-04-01T19:37:53Z Government studies and investigations 2024-04-01T19:37:40Z Performance measurement 2024-04-01T19:38:19Z Public contracts and procurement 2024-04-01T19:38:01Z Visas and passports 2024-04-01T19:38:13Z International Affairs 2024-01-22T19:15:17Z

00 2023-12-06 Introduced in House 2024-03-20T16:48:36Z <p><b>Passport System Reform and Backlog Prevention Act</b></p> <p>This bill addresses issues related to the passport issuance process, including by providing the Department of State with emergency hiring authorities. </p> <p>Under this bill, the State Department may hire additional personal services contractors to meet the exigent needs of the Bureau of Consular Affairs from FY2024 through FY2026. The State Department may have up to 100 such positions at any given time, and such positions may not be for longer than two years.</p> <p>Furthermore, the bureau must award or expand contracts to implement certain information technology (IT) programs. Specifically, these contracts shall be to (1) provide a digital dashboard to congressional offices to track individual passport applications; (2) establish a program to provide automated messages and notifications to passport applicants, such as notifications of application errors; (3) establish a mobile application to allow passport applicants to communicate with the State Department and submit documents; (4) expand the online passport renewal system to also accommodate routine first-time adult passport applications; and (5) provide rules-based tools to screen online passport renewal applications with no changed biographical information against commercial databases. </p> <p>The bureau must also solicit the private sector for proposals about commercially available technologies that may improve the passport issuance process. </p> <p>The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must report to Congress a comprehensive review of the passport issuance process, including opportunities to enhance the process. The bureau must periodically report to Congress on its progress in implementing the GAO's recommendations. </p>

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