HR7782-119

In Committee

American Passport Card Accessibility Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 4, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, American Passport Card Accessibility Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Civil Rights, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

transportation operators and travelers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H79396C98362A44B89658EAFDF6194666: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Passport Card Accessibility Act.
  • Section H412388C80F5541C69D519A93B618C001: 2. Prohibition on fees for passport cards Notwithstanding section 1 of the Act of June 1, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214; commonly referred to as the Passport Act of...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, American Passport Card Accessibility Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Civil Rights, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, American Passport Card Accessibility Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Policy Domains

Transportation Civil Rights Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • transportation operators and travelers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • transportation operators and travelers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 4, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Mar 4, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 4, 2026

Ms. Underwood introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Civil Rights Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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