House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Community Passport Services Access Act
Official title: 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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jan 9, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6997.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 7, January 9, 2026, Page H616):Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, Commerce ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6997, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6997
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
24 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 24 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), J. Hill (R-AR), James Himes (D-CT), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Robert Latta (R-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Carol Miller (R-WV), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Joyce.
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- H.R. 6046 (119th) Broadband and Telecommunications RAIL Act
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- H.R. 7905 (119th) Diabetes Foot Health Access and Modernization Act of 2026
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.