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[S. 966 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.966

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven


                                 An Act


 
 To enable the Department of State to respond to a critical shortage of 
         passport processing personnel, and for other purposes.

    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 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.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.