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House Bill 8234
118th Congress(2023-2024)
To authorize the Secretary of State to designate additional persons eligible to serve as passport acceptance agents, and for other purposes.
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Passed House on Nov 20, 2024
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8234

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of State to designate additional persons eligible to serve as passport acceptance agents, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Authority of Secretary of State to designate additional persons eligible to serve as passport acceptance agents.

Section 6109(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (22 U.S.C. 213a(b)) is amended—

(1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and

(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:

“(6) A United States citizen who, as determined by the Secretary, is employed by and provides services through a reputable, established company or institution and is commissioned or appointed as a notary or notary public or otherwise authorized to perform a notarization under the laws of a State, district, or territorial government.”.

SEC. 2. Improvements relating to hand-carry courier services for passport applications and passports.

(a) In general.—The Secretary of State shall take such actions as may be necessary to—

(1) facilitate an increase in the number of companies certified to provide hand-carry courier services; and

(2) increase the daily maximum number of applications for United States regular passports, by service type, that such companies may submit to a passport agency of the Department of State (commonly referred to as “meeting slots”) as part of the hand-carry courier services of such company.

(b) Hand-carry courier service defined.—In this section, the term “hand-carry courier service” means—

(1) the transport of applications for United States passports to a passport agency of the Department of State for processing; and

(2) the retrieval of newly issued United States passports for delivery, directly or indirectly, to the passport holder.

SEC. 3. Date of expiration of United States passports.

The Secretary of State shall take such actions as may be necessary to provide that each United States regular passport issued or renewed on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act expires on the same month and day of the month as the date of birth of the individual associated with such passport.

Passed the House of Representatives November 20, 2024.

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Clerk.  

118th CONGRESS
     2d Session
H. R. 8234
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of State to designate additional persons eligible to serve as passport acceptance agents, and for other purposes.