A bill to amend the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, to authorize certain public libraries to collect and retain a fee for the execution of a passport application.

Subsection (a) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(a)), is amended by adding at the end the following:
The Secretary of State may authorize a public library that is organized as a nongovernmental organization, a nonprofit, charitable organization, or a trust to serve as a passport acceptance facility and to collect and retain the execution fee for a passport accepted by such public library if such library is in compliance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State for the acceptance and execution of passport applications.
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall authorize any public library to serve as a passport acceptance facility and to collect and retain an execution fee for a passport accepted by such library, if, before the date of the enactment of this Act, such public library—
served as a passport acceptance facility; and
was in compliance with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State for the acceptance and execution of passport applications.
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a report that includes—
documentation of the Secretary's compliance with the requirements described in paragraph (1); or
if the Secretary is not in compliance with such requirements, an explanation for such noncompliance.
Subsection (a)(1) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(a)(1)), is amended—
by striking State officials or the United States Postal Service and inserting a State, a local government, the United States Postal Service, or a public library that meets the requirements described in paragraph (4); and
by striking by such officials or by that Service. and inserting by such State, local government, Postal Service, or public library..