To authorize the Secretary of State to designate additional persons eligible to serve as passport acceptance agents, and for other purposes.
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, To authorize the Secretary of State to designate additional persons eligible to serve as passport acceptance agents, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Defense, Environment.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators 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 may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H062679EC769A49D787BA071AC2A44FCC: 1. Authority of Secretary of State to designate additional persons eligible to serve as passport acceptance agents Section 6109(b) of the National Defense...
- Section H3F813D924DF64315A5DF4170E6734697: 2. Improvements relating to hand-carry courier services for passport applications and passports The Secretary of State shall take such actions as may be...
- Section H24F8C523109C4133A86ACF82193F7D0D: 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...
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, To authorize the Secretary of State to designate additional persons eligible to serve as passport acceptance agents, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Defense, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill, To authorize the Secretary of State to designate additional persons eligible to serve as passport acceptance agents, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReceived; read twice and referred to the
Mr. Mast (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, and …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
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