,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bb1 #bjba,mr4 
,smith of ,new ,jersey 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,sires7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a     
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,state to establish an expedited        
procedure to renew or extend the period 
of validity of certain passports1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,passport
 ,emergency ,extension ,act of #bjba4   
#b4 ,expedited procedure to renew or    
extend period of validity of certain    
passports  7a7 ,in general              
,notwithstanding the limitation         
described in section #b of the ,act of  
,july #c1 #aibf 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bag;a71 
the ,secretary of ,state shall1 not     
later than #cj days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 establish an
 expedited procedure to permit          
individuals who wish to use their       

,united ,states passport that expired at
 any time during the ,,covid-#ai        
emergency or are scheduled to expire by 
,march #ca1 #bjbb1 to receive a notation
 or other marker to be affixed to such  
passport to indicate a renewal or       
extension1 as the case may be1 of such  
validity through ,july #ca1 #bjbb4  7b7 
,international cooperation ,the         
,secretary of ,state shall make every   
effort to inform appropriate foreign    
counterparts of the renewal or          
extension1 as the case may be1 of the   
period of validity of an otherwise      
expired or expiring passport under      
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,treatment ,the    
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 
treat a passport with a renewed or      
extended period of validity under       
subsection 7a7 as if such passport is   
valid through ,july #ca1 #bjbb1 for     
purposes of immigration and border      
controls4  7d7 ,termination ,the        
authority provided to the ,secretary of 
,state by subsection 7a7 shall expire on

 ,january #ca1 #bjbb4  7e7 ,rule of     
construction ,nothing in subsection 7a7 
may be construed as affecting in any    
manner the procedure through which an   
individual submits an application to    
renew a passport as in existence on the 
day before the date of the enactment of 
this ,act4