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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 457 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs to notify |
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| 6 | 6 | | United States citizens regarding passport expiration and renewal, and |
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| 7 | 7 | | for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY15, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | TEUBEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Foreign Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To direct the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Af- |
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| 15 | 15 | | fairs to notify United States citizens regarding passport |
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| 16 | 16 | | expiration and renewal, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Passport Notification 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. REQUIRED NOTIFICATION REGARDING PASSPORT 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) R |
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| 25 | 25 | | EQUIREMENT.—For each United States citizen 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | in possession of a valid unexpired passport, not later than 9 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 180 days prior to the date on which such passport is 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | scheduled to expire, the Assistant Secretary of State for 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Consular Affairs shall provide to the United States cit-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | izen— 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) a notification regarding such pending expi-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ration date; and 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) information on the process for the renewal 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of such passport, including an identification of any 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | relevant locations at which materials required for 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | such renewal may be submitted. 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) F |
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| 41 | 41 | | ORM.—Each notification required under sub-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | section (a) may be submitted in electronic or paper form. 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (c) A |
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| 44 | 44 | | PPLICABILITY.—The requirement under sub-13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | section (a) shall apply with respect to passports the expi-14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ration of which is scheduled to occur on or after the date 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act. 17 |
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