House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Passport System Reform and Backlog Prevention Act
Sponsor: Rep. Darrell Issa R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 6, 2023
- Committee actionDec 13, 2023
- Passed HouseMar 19, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 20, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6610.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6610, Passport System Reform and Backlog Prevention Act” on February 22, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 13, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 22, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59991
- CBO publication date
- February 22, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6610, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6610
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 201, December 6, 2023, Page H6208):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: The legislation modernizes the system by which the State Department processes passport applications.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 164 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6610, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6610
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
861764f1a54c48d389c0d390baf7a9569adec15121d45a2a7dd0ac1ae105cef9
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
34 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 18 Democrats
18 of 34 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Colin Allred (D-TX), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Mike Collins (R-GA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Jesús García (D-IL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Katie Porter (D-CA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Michael Turner (R-OH) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 423 (118th) Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2023
- H.R. 6443 (118th) Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act
- H.R. 1753 (118th) To ensure that certain members of the Armed Forces who served in female cultural support teams receive proper credit for such service.
- H.R. 1631 (118th) Pro Codes Act
- H.R. 9564 (118th) Houthi Human Rights Accountability Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.