Sec. 9105. ENSURING GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF PASSPORT AGENCIES

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## SEC. 9105 ENSURING GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF PASSPORT AGENCIES ###

(a)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that Department initiatives to expand passport services and accessibility, including through online modernization projects, should include the construction of new physical passport agencies. ###

(b)Review The Secretary shall conduct a review of the geographic diversity and accessibility of existing passport agencies to identify— ####

(1)the geographic areas in the continental United States that are farther than 6 hours’ driving distance from the nearest passport agency; ####

(2)the per capita demand for passport services in the areas described in paragraph (1); and ####

(3)a plan to ensure that in-person services at physical passport agencies are accessible to all eligible Americans, including Americans living in large population centers, in rural areas, and in States with a high per capita demand for passport services. ###

(c)Considerations The Secretary shall consider the metrics identified in paragraphs

(1)and

(2)of subsection

(b)when determining locations for the establishment of new physical passport agencies. ###

(d)Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives that contains the findings of the review conducted pursuant to subsection (b).