,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fiig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjbf,mr4 ,joyce of ,pennsylvania 7for  
himself1 ,ms4 ,dean of ,pennsylvania1   
,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,ms4 ,houlahan1 ,mr4 
,smucker1 ,mr4 ,bresnahan1 and ,ms4     
,scanlon7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend
 the ,passport ,act of ,june #d1 #aibj1 
to authorize certain public libraries to
 collect and retain a fee for the       
execution of a passport application4    
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,community ,passport       
,services ,access ,act4  #b4            
,authorization of certain public        
libraries to collect and retain         
execution fee for passport application  
7a7  ,in general  ,subsection 7a7 of the
 ,passport ,act of ,june #d1 #aibj 7#bb 
,u4,s4,c4 #bad7;a771 is amended by      
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#d7 ,the ,secretary of     

,state may authorize a public library1  
organized as a non-governmental         
organization1 non-profit1 charitable    
organization1 or trust1 to serve as a   
passport acceptance facility and to     
collect and retain the execution fee for
 a passport accepted by such public     
library1 if such public library is in   
compliance with the regulations         
prescribed by the ,secretary of ,state  
for the acceptance and execution of a   
passport application4  4  7b7           
,authorization of prior public libraries
 which served as passport acceptance    
facilities  7#a7 ,in general ,not later 
than #cj days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,state shall authorize each public   
library to serve as a passport          
acceptance facility and to collect and  
retain an execution fee for a passport  
accepted by such library1 if1 before the
 date of the enactment of this ,act1    
such public library-- 7,a7 served as a  
passport acceptance facility2 and  7,b7 

was in compliance with the regulations  
prescribed by the ,secretary of ,state  
for the acceptance and execution of a   
passport application4  7#b7 ,report ,not
 later than #cj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,state shall submit a     
report to the relevant congressional    
committees which includes--  7,a7       
documentation of compliance with the    
requirements of paragraph 7#a72 or  7,b7
 if such ,secretary does not comply with
 paragraph 7#a71 an explanation for such
 noncompliance4  7c7 ,conforming        
amendment ,subsection 7a77#a7 of such   
,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bad7;a77#a77 is    
amended-- 7#a7 by striking ,state       
officials or the ,united ,states ,postal
 ,service and inserting a ,state or     
local government1 the ,united ,states   
,postal ,service1 or a public library   
which meet the requirements described in
 paragraph 7#d72 and  7#b7 by striking  
by such officials or by that ,service4  
and inserting by such ,state or local   

government1 ,service1 or public library4