Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005
Latest action · Jan 10, 2006 Became Public Law No: 109-167.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 13, 2005
- Passed HouseDec 18, 2005
- Passed SenateDec 22, 2005
- To the PresidentJan 3, 2006
- Became lawJan 10, 2006Public Law 109-167
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 18, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 to authorize the Secretary of State to establish and collect an additional passport application surcharge in order to cover the costs of meeting the increased passport demand resulting from specified compliance actions under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
States that: (1) such surcharge shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to the appropriate Department of State appropriation for the purpose of meeting such costs; and (2) such authority may not be exercised after September 30, 2010.
Directs the Secretary to ensure that the total cost of a passport application during FY2006-FY2007, including such surcharge, shall not exceed the cost of a passport application as of December 1, 2005.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 13, 2005 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 10, 2006Signed by President.
- Jan 10, 2006Became Public Law No: 109-167.
- Jan 3, 2006Presented to President.
- Dec 22, 2005Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14417)
- Dec 22, 2005Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 22, 2005Cleared for White House.
- Dec 18, 2005Ms. Ros-Lehtinen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 18, 2005Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H12182)
- Dec 18, 2005DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4501.
- Dec 18, 2005Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H12182)
- Dec 18, 2005Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 18, 2005Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Dec 13, 2005Introduced in House
- Dec 13, 2005Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5284 | William H. Frist R-TN | May 25, 2006 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2617 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Dec 19, 2005 |
| House | Debate and remarks H12182Text printed H12182 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL, Tom Lantos D-CA | Dec 18, 2005 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 4
- Dec 28, 2005H.R. 4501, Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 22, 2005</p>
- Dec 28, 2005H.R. 4501, Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 22, 2005
- Dec 15, 2005H.R. 4501, Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on December 13, 2005</p>
- Dec 15, 2005H.R. 4501, Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on December 13, 2005
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, to authorize the Secretary of State to establish and collect a surcharge to cover the costs of meeting the increased demand for passports as a result of actions taken to comply with section 7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Dec 18, 2005Engrossed in House
- Dec 18, 2005Received in Senate
- Dec 13, 2005Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.