A bill to amend the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, to authorize certain public libraries to collect and retain a fee for the execution of a passport application.
U.S. Congress · S3733 ·
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Primary sponsor's contributions received (same period)
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What the bill says
Introduced 2026-01-29. Latest action: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Sponsors
- John Fetterman (primary)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks
- Richard Blumenthal
- Christopher A. Coons
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Christopher Murphy
- David McCormick
- Charles E. Schumer
- Chris Van Hollen
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate — 2026-01-29 — XML
What analysts say
CBO cost estimates
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S. 3733, a bill to amend the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, to authorize certain public libraries to collect and retain a fee for the execution of a passport application
— 2026-07-24
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 17, 2026
Full estimate published at cbo.gov; it will appear here once an archived or committee-report copy is available.
What politicians say
No linked claims or utterances yet — no one on record has cited this measure to justify a public argument.
Action History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-17 | Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. |
| 2026-01-29 | Introduced in Senate |
| 2026-01-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
Lobbying on this bill
Showing 3 of 3 bill mentions.
Honesty note: each filer below disclosed lobbying on this bill — that much the filing tells us. But the dollar figure is their total lobbying spend for the whole quarter across all their issues, not the amount spent on this bill, and the filing never says whether they supported or opposed it.
| Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Period | Reported quarterly amount | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENN HILL GROUP | AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | Q2 2026 | $30,000 | |
| AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | Q1 2026 | $67,269 | |
| PENN HILL GROUP | AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | Q1 2026 | $20,000 |
Source: Senate LDA filings.