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22 U.S.C. § 211a — Authority to grant, issue, and verify passports
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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, and through the use of Department of State electronic systems, under such rules as the President shall designate and prescribe for and on behalf of the United States, and no other entity 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.
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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, and through the use of Department of State electronic systems, under such rules as the President shall designate and prescribe for and on behalf of the United States, and no other entity 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.
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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. Each passport application made available to potential applicants (DS–11) and each passport renewal application made available to current passport holders (DS–82) shall include a form that, if completed, indicates the applicant’s consent to the disclosure of information otherwise protected under [section 552a of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552a&num=0&edition=prelim) (commonly known as the “Privacy Act of 1974”) in the event such applicant is determined to be wrongfully detained by a foreign government. Declining to complete such form shall not affect the issuance of a passport to a qualified applicant or diplomatic efforts to secure the release of a United States national from the custody of a foreign government or entity.
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**(a)**
(1) 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.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no passport fee shall be collected from—
(A) an officer or employee of the United States proceeding abroad in the discharge of official duties, or from immediate family of such officer or employee;
(B) an American sailor who requires a passport in connection with assigned duties aboard an American flag-vessel;
(C) 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;
(D) 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;
(E) at the discretion of the Secretary, an individual who—
(i) is operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the United States Government to participate in search, rescue, and other related disaster relief operations within a foreign country following a natural disaster; or
(ii) is required pursu
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The President of the United States is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department or agency in the executive branch, or any official thereof who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the President (1) any function which is vested in the President by law, or (2) any function which such officer is required or authorized by law to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall relieve the President of his responsibility in office for the acts of any such head or other official designated by him to perform such functions. Such designation and authorization shall be in writing, shall be published in the Federal Register, shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and limitations as the President may deem advisable, and shall be revocable at any time by the President in whole or in part.
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### Statutory Notes
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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section211a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§§ 176 to 181
was repeated in subsequent appropriation acts down to
and including act Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 161, 39 Stat. 1058, but
was not repeated thereafter.
§§ 176 to 181. Repealed. Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 807, 70
Stat. 774
Act Aug. 1, 1956, repealed sections 176 to 181 effective
upon the date which the President determined to be ap-
propriate for the relinquishment of jurisdiction of the
United States in Morocco. Jurisdiction of the United
States in Morocco was relinquished by memorandum of
President Eisenhower dated Sept. 15, 1956. Notice was
given to Morocco on Oct. 6, 1956, and all pending cases
were disposed of by 1960. See Bulletin of the State De-
partment Vol. 35:909, page 844.
Section 176, R.S. § 4128, related to the exercise of judi-
cial duties by the Secretary of State in the absence of
a minister.
Section 177, R.S. §§ 4127, 4129; act June 14, 1878, ch. 193,
20 Stat. 131, related to the general extension to
unnamed countries with which the United States may
after July 1, 1870 enter into treaty relations, of the pro-
visions relating to the jurisdiction of consular and dip-
lomatic officers.
Section 178, R.S. § 4130; acts Feb. 1, 1876, ch. 6, 19 Stat.
2; Feb. 5, 1915, ch. 23, § 6, 38 Stat. 806, related to the defi-
nition of the words ‘‘minister’’ and ‘‘consul’’.
Section 179, R.S. § 4110, related to the responsibility
of diplomatic and consular officers as judicial officers.
Section 180, R.S. § 4088; act Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, § 3, 34
Stat. 100, related to the power of consuls in uncivilized
countries or countries not recognized by treaties.
Section 181, R.S. § 4125, related to the applicability of
other laws to Turkey.
§ 182. Omitted
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