S.Amdt. 4475

SA 4475. Mr. ROMNEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1054. ENSURING GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF
PASSPORT AGENCIES.

(a) Review.--The Secretary of State shall conduct a review
of the geographic diversity of existing passport agencies to
identify--
(1) the geographic areas in the United States that are
farther than 6 hours driving distance from the nearest
passport agency;
(2) the per capita demand for passport services in the
areas described in paragraph (1); and
(3) a strategy to ensure that passport agencies are
accessible to all eligible Americans, including Americans
living outside of large population centers and in States with
a high per capita demand for passport services.
(b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a
report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate,
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
containing the findings of the review conducted pursuant to
subsection (a).
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