1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Passport Backlog Elimination Act . 2. Plan to eliminate passport application backlog (a) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, after consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, the Secretary of State shall submit to such committees a plan, including the actionable strategies described in subsection (b), to ensure the current backlog of passport applications due to the COVID-19 pandemic is eliminated in a timely manner in order to promote the national security and economic interests of the United States. (b) Actionable strategies The actionable strategies described in this subsection are to— (1) eliminate the backlog of at least 1.4 million passport applications; (2) establish a timeline for the elimination of such backlog; and (3) ensure— (A) that the expected processing time for— (i) routine passport applications is between six and eight weeks; (ii) expedited passport applications is between two to three weeks; and (iii) expedited passport applications for Federal Government personnel is not more than eight business days; (B) the safety of Department of State personnel and customers and compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local health and social distancing guidelines