[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4410 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4410

 To amend the Department of State Authorization Act of 2023 to extend 
          the special hiring authority for passport services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2025

  Mr. Lawler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Department of State Authorization Act of 2023 to extend 
          the special hiring authority for passport services.

    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 ``Cutting Passport Backlog Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY FOR PASSPORT SERVICES.

    Section 6101 of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2023 
(22 U.S.C. 211a note) is amended by striking ``3-year period'' and 
inserting ``5-year period''.
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