Bill would notify passport holder ahead of pending expiration
Spectrum News 13 – Florida Republican Congressman Greg Steube is introducing a bill he says could help prevent passport processing backlogs.
It’s called the Passport Notification Act and would require the State Department to inform people their passport is expiring six-months ahead of time.
Congressional offices continue to be inundated with calls and messages from constituents trying to get their passports ahead of big trips abroad.
“We had a year ago thirteen cases that we closed out. Right now we have like 380 cases. So we’ve gone from thirteen to 380. That’s just the cases that we’ve closed down, not including the open cases that we currently have. So it’s a huge problem,” Steube said.