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House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Community Passport Services Access Act

H.R. 6997Introduced Jan 9, 2026Policy area: International Affairs

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.

Sponsor: Rep. John Joyce R-PA
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Where it went

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.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6997, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-13 district

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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.