Sec. 109. Study and report on passport modernization opportunities
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The Secretary shall conduct a study on additional opportunities to leverage world-class information technologies to modernize and streamline the Department’s passport issuance process. The study required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: An assessment how each progress point in the passport issuance process contributes to passport processing times. An assessment of whether the passport issuance process contains procedural, staffing, or paperwork redundancies. An evaluation of the importance of in-person aspects of the passport issuance process in order to determine whether such aspects can be replaced by secure digital processes, including the potential for automation of such processes. Concrete proposals for how to leverage the private sector to further digitize the passport issuance process. An evaluation of the online passport renewal pilot program, including discussion of any glitches or problems encountered, as well as plans regarding the full-scale implementation of the pilot program. The Secretary shall consult with relevant actors in the private sector with respect to the matters described in subparagraphs
(C)and
(D)of subsection
(b)and take into consideration any recommendations of such relevant actors in conducting the study required by paragraph (1). Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the results of the study required by subsection (a).