Community Passport Services Access Act
Sponsored By: Representative Joyce (PA)
Introduced
Summary
This bill would allow public libraries to serve as passport acceptance facilities and collect the execution fee for passport applications when they follow rules set by the Secretary of State. Libraries would join state and postal offices as official places where people can submit passport forms if they meet the Secretary's requirements.
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- Families and travelers: More local places to submit passport applications, making it easier to start or renew a passport near home, school, or community centers.
- Public libraries: Defined as organizations not governmental in nature and organized as a non-governmental organization, non-profit, charitable organization, or trust, libraries would be eligible to accept passports and retain the execution fee if they comply with Secretary of State regulations.
- Federal administration: The Secretary of State would be required to authorize any previously compliant public library to serve and collect the execution fee within 30 days of enactment and to report to the relevant congressional committees within 30 days explaining compliance or reasons for noncompliance.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Public libraries could accept passports
If enacted, the Secretary of State would be able to let eligible public libraries serve as passport acceptance facilities. Those libraries would be able to collect and keep the passport execution fee for applications they accept. Libraries would have to be organized as non-governmental non-profits, charitable organizations, or trusts and follow the Secretary's rules for accepting and executing passport applications. Within 30 days of enactment, the Secretary would have to authorize any library that before enactment both served as a passport acceptance facility and followed the rules. The Secretary would also have to report to the relevant congressional committees within 30 days about compliance or explain why a library was not authorized. The bill would amend the statute to add qualifying public libraries to the list of entities that may serve as passport acceptance facilities.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Joyce (PA)
PA • R
Cosponsors
Dean (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 1/9/2026
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 1/9/2026
Houlahan
PA • D
Sponsored 1/9/2026
Smucker
PA • R
Sponsored 1/9/2026
Bresnahan
PA • R
Sponsored 1/9/2026
Scanlon
PA • D
Sponsored 1/9/2026
Elfreth
MD • D
Sponsored 1/16/2026
Kean
NJ • R
Sponsored 1/20/2026
Lawler
NY • R
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Malliotakis
NY • R
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Ryan
NY • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Thompson (PA)
PA • R
Sponsored 2/3/2026
Himes
CT • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Deluzio
PA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
DeLauro
CT • D
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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