[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3368-S3369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6179. Mr. FETTERMAN (for himself and Mr. McCormick) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10___. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO 
                   COLLECT AND RETAIN FEES FOR ACCEPTANCE AND 
                   EXECUTION OF PASSPORT APPLICATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of the Passport Act of June 
     4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(a)), is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(4) The Secretary of State may authorize a public library 
     that is organized as a nongovernmental organization, a 
     nonprofit,

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     charitable organization, or a trust to serve as a passport 
     acceptance facility and to collect and retain the execution 
     fee for a passport accepted by such public library if such 
     library is in compliance with regulations prescribed by the 
     Secretary of State for the acceptance and execution of 
     passport applications.''.
       (b) Authorization of Public Libraries Which Previously 
     Served as Passport Acceptance Facilities.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     authorize any public library to serve as a passport 
     acceptance facility and to collect and retain an execution 
     fee for a passport accepted by such library, if, before the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, such public library--
       (A) served as a passport acceptance facility; and
       (B) was in compliance with the regulations prescribed by 
     the Secretary of State for the acceptance and execution of 
     passport applications.
       (2) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
     the relevant congressional committees a report that 
     includes--
       (A) documentation of the Secretary's compliance with the 
     requirements described in paragraph (1); or
       (B) if the Secretary is not in compliance with such 
     requirements, an explanation for such noncompliance.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (a)(1) of the 
     Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(a)(1)), is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``State officials or the United States 
     Postal Service'' and inserting ``a State, a local government, 
     the United States Postal Service, or a public library that 
     meets the requirements described in paragraph (4)''; and
       (2) by striking ``by such officials or by that Service.'' 
     and inserting ``by such State, local government, Postal 
     Service, or public library.''.
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