II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 966 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 22, 2007 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To enable the Department of State to respond to a critical shortage of passport processing personnel, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Department of State Crisis Response Act of 2007.

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Reemployment of civil service annuitants

Section 61(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) is amended— (1)in paragraph (1), by striking To facilitate and all that follows through , the Secretary and inserting The Secretary; and (2)in paragraph (2), by striking 2008 and inserting 2010.

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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)(B), by striking to facilitate and all that follows through Afghanistan,; and (2)in paragraph (2), by striking 2008 and inserting 2010.