[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4501 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4501

 To amend the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, to authorize the Secretary 
  of State to establish and collect a surcharge to cover the costs of 
meeting the increased demand for passports as a result of actions taken 
to comply with section 7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
                        Prevention Act of 2004.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 13, 2005

   Mr. Hyde introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, to authorize the Secretary 
  of State to establish and collect a surcharge to cover the costs of 
meeting the increased demand for passports as a result of actions taken 
to comply with section 7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
                        Prevention Act of 2004.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Passport Services Enhancement Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE TO ESTABLISH AND COLLECT A 
              SURCHARGE TO COVER THE COSTS OF MEETING THE INCREASED 
              DEMAND FOR PASSPORTS.

    Section 1 of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214) is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``There shall be 
        collected and paid'' and inserting ``(a) There shall be 
        collected and paid''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b)(1) The Secretary of State may by regulation establish and 
collect a surcharge on applicable fees for the filing of each 
application for a passport in order to cover the costs of meeting the 
increased demand for passports as a result of actions taken to comply 
with section 7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458). Such surcharge shall be in 
addition to the fees provided for in subsection (a) and in addition to 
the surcharges or fees otherwise authorized by law and shall be 
deposited as an offsetting collection to the appropriate Department of 
State appropriation, to remain available until expended for the 
purposes of meeting such costs.
    ``(2) The authority to collect the surcharge provided under 
paragraph (1) may not be exercised after September 30, 2010.''.
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