Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Federal Assistance for Streamlining Travel Passports Act” or the “FAST Passports Act”.
Federal Assistance for Streamlining Travel Passports Act
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of State to develop and submit to Congress a strategy to improve the processing of passport applications.
Sec. 2 Strategy to improve communication relating to the processing of passport applications
In general— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall develop and submit to the relevant congressional committees a strategy to improve the processing of passport applications.
Matters To be included— The strategy required by subsection (a) shall, within 360 days after the date of submission of the strategy, seek to achieve the following:
Improve communication within the Department of State, including among all passport agencies and centers, relating to the processing of passport applications.
Ensure that United states citizens and congressional offices inquiring on behalf of such citizens are able to contact the Department of State, including a passport agency or center, regarding the status of requests for passport applications and receive updates within a reasonably short period of time.
Relevant congressional committees defined— In this section, the term “relevant congressional committees” means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.