TITLE 22 - US CODE - CHAPTER 4 - PASSPORTS

22 USC 211 - Repealed. July 3, 1926, ch. 772, 4, 44 Stat. 887

Section, R.S. 4075; act June 14, 1902, ch. 1088, 1, 32 Stat. 386, provided for issuance of passports. See section 211a of this title.

22 USC 211a - Authority to grant, issue, and verify passports

The Secretary of State may grant and issue passports, and cause passports to be granted, issued, and verified in foreign countries by diplomatic and consular officers of the United States, and by such other employees of the Department of State who are citizens of the United States as the Secretary of State may designate, and by the chief or other executive officer of the insular possessions of the United States, under such rules as the President shall designate and prescribe for and on behalf of the United States, and no other person shall grant, issue, or verify such passports. Unless authorized by law, a passport may not be designated as restricted for travel to or for use in any country other than a country with which the United States is at war, where armed hostilities are in progress, or where there is imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of United States travellers.

22 USC 212 - Persons entitled to passport

No passport shall be granted or issued to or verified for any other persons than those owing allegiance, whether citizens or not, to the United States.

22 USC 213 - Application for passport; verification by oath of initial passport

Before a passport is issued to any person by or under authority of the United States such person shall subscribe to and submit a written application which shall contain a true recital of each and every matter of fact which may be required by law or by any rules authorized by law to be stated as a prerequisite to the issuance of any such passport. If the applicant has not previously been issued a United States passport, the application shall be duly verified by his oath before a person authorized and empowered by the Secretary of State to administer oaths.

22 USC 214 - Fees for execution and issuance of passports; persons excused from payment

(a) There shall be collected and paid into the Treasury of the United States a fee, prescribed by the Secretary of State by regulation, for the filing of each application for a passport (including the cost of passport issuance and use) and a fee, prescribed by the Secretary of State by regulation, for executing each such application except that the Secretary of State may by regulation authorize State officials or the United States Postal Service to collect and retain the execution fee for each application for a passport accepted by such officials or by that Service. Such fees shall not be refundable, except as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe. No passport fee shall be collected from an officer or employee of the United States proceeding abroad in the discharge of official duties, or from members of his immediate family; from an American seaman who requires a passport in connection with his duties aboard an American flag-vessel; from a widow, widower, child, parent, grandparent, brother, or sister of a deceased member of the Armed Forces proceeding abroad to visit the grave of such member or to attend a funeral or memorial service for such member; or from an individual or individuals abroad, returning to the United States, when the Secretary determines that foregoing the collection of such fee is justified for humanitarian reasons or for law enforcement purposes. No execution fee shall be collected for an application made before a Federal official by a person excused from payment of the passport fee under this section.
(b) 
(1) The Secretary of State may by regulation establish and collect a surcharge on applicable fees for the filing of each application for a passport in order to cover the costs of meeting the increased demand for passports as a result of actions taken to comply with section 7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108458; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note ). Such surcharge shall be in addition to the fees provided for in subsection (a) of this section and in addition to the surcharges or fees otherwise authorized by law and shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to the appropriate Department of State appropriation, to remain available until expended for the purposes of meeting such costs.
(2) The authority to collect the surcharge provided under paragraph (1) may not be exercised after September 30, 2010.
(3) The Secretary of State shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, the total cost of a passport application during fiscal years 2006 and 2007, including the surcharge authorized under paragraph (1), shall not exceed the cost of the passport application as of December 1, 2005.

22 USC 214a - Fees erroneously charged and paid; refund

Whenever a fee is erroneously charged and paid for the issue of a passport to a person who is exempted from the payment of such a fee by section 214 of this title, the Department of State is authorized to refund to the person who paid such fee the amount thereof, and the money for that purpose is authorized to be appropriated.

22 USC 215 - Omitted

22 USC 216 - Repealed. Pub. L. 106113, div. B, 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title II, 233(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A426

Section, act June 4, 1920, ch. 223, 4, 41 Stat. 751, authorized return of fees on refusal to vise.

22 USC 217 - Repealed. July 3, 1926, ch. 772, 4, 44 Stat. 887

Section, act June 4, 1920, ch. 223, 3, 41 Stat. 751, limited time as to validity of passport or vise. See section 217a of this title.

22 USC 217a - Validity of passport; limitation of time

A passport shall be valid for a period of ten years from the date of issue, except that the Secretary of State may limit the validity of a passport to a period of less than ten years in an individual case or on a general basis pursuant to regulation.

22 USC 218 - Returns as to passports issued, etc.

All persons who shall be authorized to grant, issue, or verify passports, shall make return of the same to the Secretary of State, in such manner and as often as he shall require; and such returns shall specify the names and all other particulars of the persons to whom the same shall be granted, issued, or verified, as embraced in such passport.

219 to 222. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948

Section 219, R.S. 4078; act June 14, 1902, ch. 1088, 3, 32 Stat. 386, related to issuance of false passports. See section 1541 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Section 220, acts June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title IX, 2, 40 Stat. 227; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, 7, 54 Stat. 80, related to false statements in application for passports. See section 1542 of Title 18. Section 221, acts June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title IX, 3, 40 Stat. 227; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, 7, 54 Stat. 80, related to unlawful use of passports. See section 1544 of Title 18. Section 222, acts June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title IX, 4, 40 Stat. 227; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, 7, 54 Stat. 80, related to forging or altering of passports. See section 1543 of Title 18.

223 to 229. Repealed. June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title IV, 403(a)(15), (20), (43), 66 Stat. 279, 280

Section 223, acts May 22, 1918, ch. 81, 1, 40 Stat. 559; June 21, 1941, ch. 210, 1, 55 Stat. 252, related to wartime restrictions generally. See section 1185 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. Section 224, act May 22, 1918, ch. 81, 2, 40 Stat. 559, related to requirement of passport for citizens during wartime restrictions. See section 1185 of Title 8. Section 225, acts May 22, 1918, ch. 81, 3, 40 Stat. 559; June 21, 1941, ch. 210, 2, 55 Stat. 253, related to penalty for violation of wartime restrictions. See section 1185 of Title 8. Section 226, acts May 22, 1918, ch. 81, 4, 40 Stat. 559; June 21, 1941, ch. 210, 2a, 55 Stat. 253, related to definition of United States and person as used in wartime restriction. See section 1185 of Title 8. Section 226a, act May 22, 1918, ch. 81, 5, as added June 21, 1941, ch. 210, 3, 55 Stat 253, related to permit as guarantee of admission to the United States. See section 1185 of Title 8. Section 226b, act May 22, 1918, ch. 81, 6, as added June 21, 1941, ch. 210, 3, 55 Stat. 253, related to proclamation, rule, etc., as bar to prosecution. See section 1185 of Title 8. Section 227, act Mar. 2, 1921, ch. 113, 1, 41 Stat. 1217, related to continuation of regulations as to alien passport requirements. Sections 228 and 229, act June 20, 1941, ch. 209, 1, 2, 55 Stat. 252, related to refusal of vises to aliens whose admission might endanger the public safety, and to rules and regulations governing this refusal. See section 1102 of Title 8.