A bill to amend the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, to authorize certain public libraries to collect and retain a fee for the execution of a passport application.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3733 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3733

To amend the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, to authorize certain public 
 libraries to collect and retain a fee for the execution of a passport 
                              application.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 29, 2026

Mr. Fetterman (for himself and Mr. McCormick) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, to authorize certain public 
 libraries to collect and retain a fee for the execution of a passport 
                              application.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. 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, 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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