S 3666 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Passport Identity Verification Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 29, 2010 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6522-6524)

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 29, 2010
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Passport Identity Verification Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider as criminal law enforcement activities the powers, duties, and functions conferred upon Department of State personnel relating to the granting, refusal, revocation, or adjudication of passports when such personnel seek to: (1) verify the identity of a passport applicant; (2) detect passport fraud; or (3) verify such identity or fraud by accessing any governmental or private databases containing criminal history, driver's license information, naturalization and immigration records, marriage, birth, or death information, or other appropriate information.

Directs: (1) the Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to implement a system to enable Department of State personnel responsible for such passport activities to have real-time access to the criminal history information contained in the National Crime Information Center's Interstate Identification Index (NCIC-III) in order to verify passport applicant identity or to detect passport fraud; and (2) the Secretary of State to designate such Department personnel.

Directs the Secretary to conduct an analysis and report to Congress to determine: (1) if U.S. passport applicants or renewals should provide biometric identification information; and (2) if technology should be employed to verify identity documents.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2010 to Sep 28, 2010, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJul 29, 2010
D-CTJoseph I. LiebermanOriginalJul 29, 2010
D-MAJohn F. KerrySep 28, 2010

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 29, 2010Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 29, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6522-6524)
  3. Jul 29, 2010Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6522)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 29, 2010Introduced in Senate

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