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To refund passport processing fees and international travel costs as a result of unreasonable delays in passport application processing times, and for other purposes. 6/15/2007--Introduced. Passport and Travel Cost Reimbursement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of State to refund to a U.S. citizen, upon refund application: (1) passport processing fees for a passport applied for in 2007 if processing took 12 or more weeks for a regular application or three or more weeks for an expedited application; and (2) international air travel costs (economy or comparable, minus any airline refund) for U.S.-departing flights missed as a result of such processing delays. Authorizes the Secretary to provide additional assistance for an extraordinary hardship. Prohibits the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security from implementing a specified plan for a single implementation date for sea and land borders until they have certified to Congress that Department of State [...]

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  • 06/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
  • 06/15/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 06/15/2007 - Referred to House Foreign Affairs
  • 06/15/2007 - Referred to House Homeland Security
Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.R.2745 Introduced in House08/31/2007