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H.R. 4120: Passport for All Act of 2005

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H.R. 4120: Passport for All Act of 2005

109th Congress · introduced 2005-10-20 · Immigration · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5012-5013)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2005-10-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5012-5013) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Passport for All Act of 2005

Plain summary

Passport for All Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate passport waiver authority for immigrant and nonimmigrant aliens and U.S. citizens (thus requiring a passport for all travel into or from the United States). Authorizes passport waiver for a U.S. citizen in individual cases of unforeseen emergency or humanitarian or national interest. Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to require (by January 1, 2008) that all U.S. citizens and aliens carry and produce a passport when traveling into the United States (except as provided by this Act). Directs the Secretary of State to endeavor to persuade all countries to issue machine-readable passports which comply with document identifying standards established by the International Civil Aviation Organization.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Passport for All Act of 2005

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] · 4 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Michael T. McCaul (R-TX)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr4120 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109