S 2635
117th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Visas and passports
Worker safety and health
Passport Backlog Elimination Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 5, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Aug 5, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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 pandemic.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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