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.

This bill would let the Secretary of State authorize public libraries run as nongovernmental, nonprofit, charitable, or trust organizations to serve as passport acceptance facilities and keep the execution fee for passports they accept, if they follow State Department rules. Within 30 days of the law taking effect, the Secretary would have to authorize any public library that served as a passport acceptance facility before the law and followed the rules to do so again and keep the fee. The Secretary would also have to report to Congress within 30 days on whether this was done, or explain why not. The bill also updates existing law to list local governments and qualifying public libraries, along with States and the Postal Service, among those that may collect and keep execution fees.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• John Fetterman Democrat sponsor
• 8 cosponsors