Passport Act of 2023

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2249 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2249 To improve the timeliness, resiliency, and transparency of passport processing operations, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 11, 2023 Mr. Lankford (for himself and Mr. Ricketts) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve the timeliness, resiliency, and transparency of passport processing operations, 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. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Passport Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) the Department of State's handling of passport processing during and since the COVID-19 pandemic-- (A) fell short of performance benchmarks; (B) did not meet the needs of their constituents; and (C) le…