PASSPORTS

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: rescind certain balances made available to IRS and appropriate such amounts to Dept. of State Passport Office (see H.R. 4810), H3888 [20JY]

Dept. of State: authorize revocation or denial of passports and passport cards to individuals affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations (see H.R. 775), H676 [2FE]

——— develop and submit strategy to improve processing of passport applications (see H.R. 5700), H4497 [26SE]

——— expand program on passport expiration notification, provide passport information when booking international flights, improve tracking of proof of citizenship documents, and recruit and retain passport employees (see H.R. 5817), H4854 [28SE]

——— improve timeliness, resiliency, and transparency of passport processing operations (see S. 2249), S2311 [11JY]

——— modernize passport issuance process (see H.R. 6610), H6206 [6DE]

——— modernize passport processing, make permanent Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative fees, and authorize special hiring authority for Passport Services (see H.R. 5233), H4191 [18AU]

——— notify U.S. citizens regarding passport expiration and renewal (see H.R. 5129), H4157 [1AU]

——— prohibit issuance of passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad, that includes unspecified (X) gender designation (see S. 3011), S4947 [4OC] (see H.R. 3924), H2778 [7JN]

——— prohibit issuance of passport with any gender designation other than ‘‘male’’ and ‘‘female’’ (see H.R. 3101), H2135 [5MY]

——— revoke U.S. passport from certain individuals with child support arrearages (see H.R. 3034), H2118 [28AP]

——— waive passport fees for first responders proceeding abroad to aid foreign country suffering from natural disaster (see H.R. 5620), H4454 [21SE]

——— waive passport fees for individuals awarded Purple Heart (see H.R. 5765), H4713 [27SE]

Iran: invalidate use of U.S. passports to travel to Iran (see H.R. 6010), H5038 [20OC]

Virgin Islands: establish nonimmigrant visitor visa waiver program (see H.R. 1033), H839 [14FE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of State: increase funding for Passport Services staffing, H4039 [27JY]

Tucson, AZ: tribute to Tucson Passport Center and Western Passport Center, H3904 [25JY]