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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 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,
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.”.