To prohibit international travel by the Secretary of State until all passport agencies are fully reopened, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-4517
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2021-07-19
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for international travel expenses of the Secretary of State until all passport agencies are fully reopened, routine passport service takes less than eight weeks and expedited service takes less than six weeks, and the Secretary submits recommendations to improve passport services and processing times.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4517 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 19, 2021 Mr. Gooden of Texas (for himself, Mr. Babin , Mr. Palazzo , Mr. Calvert , and Mr. Weber of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit international travel by the Secretary of State until all passport agencies are fully reopened, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition on certain travel and report relating to Department of State passport processing Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be obligated or expended for the travel expenses of the Secretary of State to travel outside of the United States until each of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) All passport agencies are fully reopened. (2) Routine passport service takes less than eight weeks, and expedited passport service takes less than six weeks. (3) Submits to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report that includes recommendations to improve passport services and processing times, including information relating to Department of Treasury-operated Citibank lockboxes, modernizing passport processing, and Department of State guidelines and protocols related to the Department's Diplomacy Strong framework operations.