[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4475. Mr. ROMNEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1054. ENSURING GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF 
                   PASSPORT AGENCIES.

       (a) Review.--The Secretary of State shall conduct a review 
     of the geographic diversity of existing passport agencies to 
     identify--
       (1) the geographic areas in the United States that are 
     farther than 6 hours driving distance from the nearest 
     passport agency;
       (2) the per capita demand for passport services in the 
     areas described in paragraph (1); and
       (3) a strategy to ensure that passport agencies are 
     accessible to all eligible Americans, including Americans 
     living outside of large population centers and in States with 
     a high per capita demand for passport services.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
     report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     containing the findings of the review conducted pursuant to 
     subsection (a).
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