HR1139Referred to Committee

Passport Sanity Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-07
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
HR
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Sponsor

Chip Roy
Chip Roy
Republican · TX · Representative
Votes with party: 82.2% (572 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (1)

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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

2025-02-07

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Plain-English Summary

The bill would make changes to how the U.S. government issues and manages passports, likely aiming to streamline the application process or address delays that American travelers have experienced. The specific reforms would affect anyone who needs to apply for, renew, or use a U.S. passport for international travel. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs will review the proposal to determine whether to move it forward.

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Subjects

Immigration

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1139 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1139 To prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that includes the unspecified (X) gender designation, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2025 Mr. Roy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that includes the unspecified (X) gender designation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Passport Sanity Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING CERTAIN GENDER DESIGNATION ON PASSPORTS, PASSPORT CARDS, AND CONSULAR REPORTS OF BIRTH ABROAD ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall-- (1) ensure each application for a covered document includes only the gender designations male and female; and (2) prohibit the issuing of a covered document that includes the unspecified (X) gender designation. (b) Covered Document Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered document'' means a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State. <all>
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