includes legislative language championed by Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13) to restore non-profit public library passport services through the 2027 Fiscal Year
Restore non-profit public library passport services through FY27 appropriations legislation.
Occurrences
Evidence
AP reported that the State Department had started telling not-for-profit public libraries to stop processing passport applications, and that Joyce and Dean were only introducing bipartisan legislation to amend the Passport Act rather than having restored the service.
CT Insider reported that nonprofit Connecticut libraries were losing passport acceptance status because of a federal policy change, and that House efforts were underway to reinstate those libraries as passport acceptance facilities.
Assessments
As of June 19, 2026, the available evidence shows the opposite of delivery: nonprofit public libraries were being ordered to stop passport processing in February 2026, and Joyce's role was in bipartisan pushback and proposed legislative repair rather than a completed restoration. There is no clear evidence here that FY27 appropriations legislation had passed and restored the service by that date. Because Joyce appears to have made a serious congressional effort, but the promised outcome had not yet been achieved and the FY27 process was still not clearly finished, this is best scored as unresolved rather than delivered or never.