[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5324]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5843. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 1064. PASSPORT AGENCY LOCATION STUDY AND REPORT.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with 
     key government officials, to the extent necessary, shall 
     conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing 
     a new physical passport agency to facilitate and process in-
     person passport appointments in South Carolina.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
     report to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives that contains--
       (1) the comprehensive results and conclusions of the study 
     conducted pursuant to subsection (a);
       (2) a recommendation regarding whether a physical passport 
     agency should be established in South Carolina;
       (3) if the Secretary recommends establishing a physical 
     passport agency in South Carolina--
       (A) a detailed plan for such agency;
       (B) the costs associated with establishing such agency; and
       (C) a timeline outlining the process for establishing such 
     agency, including the estimated date when such agency could 
     become fully operational; and
       (4) if the Secretary recommends not establishing a physical 
     passport agency in South Carolina--
       (A) a detailed explanation of the factors behind such 
     determination;
       (B) a detailed plan addressing how in-person passport 
     appointment backlogs will be prevented; and
       (C) an estimate of the number of United States citizens who 
     will be unable to have their passport processed before their 
     scheduled overseas trip due to the failure to establish a 
     physical passport agency in South Carolina.
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