I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 966 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 2007 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs AN ACT 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 Passport Backlog Reduction Act of 2007.

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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)— (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). ; (2)by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (3)by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: (3)The authority of the Secretary to waive the application of subsections (a) through (d) for an annuitant pursuant to paragraph (1)(C) shall terminate on September 30, 2010. .

Passed the Senate June 29, 2007. Nancy Erickson, Secretary.