1. Definitions In this Act, the following definitions apply: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (2) Department The term Department means the Department of State. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of State. 2. Passport fee expenditure authority extension (a) Western hemisphere travel initiative fee To make permanent the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative fee, section 1(b) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, ( 22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking (1) ; and (2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3). (b) Passport fees Section 1(b) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, as amended by subsection (a), shall be applied through fiscal year 2028 by striking such costs and inserting the costs of providing consular services . (c) Modernization of passport processing A portion of the expanded expenditure authorities provided in subsections (a) and (b) shall be used— (1) to modernize consular systems, with an emphasis on passport and citizenship services