[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 966 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                         July 16, 2007.
      Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 966) entitled ``An 
Act to enable the Department of State to respond to a critical shortage 
of passport processing personnel, and for other purposes'', do pass 
with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Passport Backlog Reduction Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. REEMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN SERVICE ANNUITANTS.

    Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4064(g)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph--
                    ``(C)(i) to provide assistance to consular posts 
                with a substantial backlog of visa applications; or
                    ``(ii) to provide assistance to meet the demand 
                resulting from the passport and travel document 
                requirements set forth in section 7209(b) of the 
                Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
                2004 (Public Law 108-458; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note), 
                including assistance related to the investigation of 
                fraud in connection with an application for a 
                passport.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``The authority'' and inserting 
                ``(a) The authority''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraphs:
                    ``(B) The authority of the Secretary to waive the 
                application of subsections (a) through (d) for an 
                annuitant pursuant to subparagraph (C)(i) of paragraph 
                (1) shall terminate on September 30, 2008.
                    ``(C) The authority of the Secretary to waive the 
                application of subsections (a) through (d) for an 
                annuitant pursuant to subparagraph (C)(ii) of paragraph 
                (1) shall terminate on September 30, 2009.''.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 966

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                               AMENDMENT