[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4517 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4517

 To prohibit international travel by the Secretary of State until all 
     passport agencies are fully reopened, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2021

Mr. Gooden of Texas (for himself, Mr. Babin, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Calvert, 
   and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit international travel by the Secretary of State until all 
     passport agencies are fully reopened, 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. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN TRAVEL AND REPORT RELATING TO 
              DEPARTMENT OF STATE PASSPORT PROCESSING.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be 
obligated or expended for the travel expenses of the Secretary of State 
to travel outside of the United States until each of the following 
conditions are satisfied:
            (1) All passport agencies are fully reopened.
            (2) Routine passport service takes less than eight weeks, 
        and expedited passport service takes less than six weeks.
            (3) Submits to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
        of the Senate a report that includes recommendations to improve 
        passport services and processing times, including information 
        relating to Department of Treasury-operated Citibank lockboxes, 
        modernizing passport processing, and Department of State 
        guidelines and protocols related to the Department's Diplomacy 
        Strong framework operations.
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