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HR 7623 116th Congress House International Affairs Accounting and auditing Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Emergency medical services and trauma care Government studies and investigations Infectious and parasitic diseases Visas and passports

Passport Backlog Elimination Act

Introduced: July 16, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 29, 2020
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 29, 2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 16, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jul 16, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Passport Backlog Elimination Act

This bill requires the Department of State to submit and implement a plan containing specified actionable strategies to eliminate the backlog of passport applications that is due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

What's happening now July 29, 2020

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 5 Republican 3
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Aug 11, 2020
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jul 29, 2020
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jul 29, 2020
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jul 24, 2020
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 24, 2020
 R
Burchett, Tim
Tennessee · Jul 16, 2020
Kinzinger, Adam
· Jul 16, 2020
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Jul 16, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7623: Passport Backlog Elimination Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7623/
MLA
"H.R. 7623: Passport Backlog Elimination Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7623/.
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H.R. 7623, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7623/.
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[H.R. 7623: Passport Backlog Elimination Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7623/)
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