§ 214. — Fees for execution and issuance of passports; persons excused from payment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC214]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 4--PASSPORTS
Sec. 214. Fees for execution and issuance of passports; persons
excused from payment
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; or from a widow, child, parent,
brother, or sister of a deceased member of the Armed Forces proceeding
abroad to visit the grave of such member. 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.
(June 4, 1920, ch. 223, Sec. 1, 41 Stat. 750; Feb. 10, 1956, ch. 31, 70
Stat. 11; Pub. L. 90-428, Sec. 2, July 26, 1968, 82 Stat. 446; Pub. L.
92-14, Sec. 1, May 14, 1971, 85 Stat. 38; Pub. L. 93-417, Sept. 17,
1974, 88 Stat. 1151; Pub. L. 97-241, title I, Sec. 116(a), Aug. 24,
1982, 96 Stat. 279; Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(a) [title
IV, Sec. 407], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009-55; Pub. L. 106-113,
div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title II, Sec. 233(a)], Nov. 29, 1999,
113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-426.)
Amendments
1999--Pub. L. 106-113, in first sentence, substituted ``the filing
of each application for a passport (including the cost of passport
issuance and use)'' for ``each passport issued'' and ``each such
application except'' for ``each application for a passport; except'' and
inserted after first sentence ``Such fees shall not be refundable,
except as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe.''
1996--Pub. L. 104-208 inserted ``; 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'' before period at end of first sentence and struck out after
first sentence ``Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to
limit the right of the Secretary of State by regulation (1) to authorize
State officials to collect and retain the execution fee, or (2) to
transfer to the United States Postal Service the execution fee for each
application accepted by that Service.''
1982--Pub. L. 97-241 substituted provision that the Secretary of
State prescribe by regulation the fee for passports for provision that a
fee of $10 be charged for each passport and that the fees be collected
and paid into the Treasury quarterly.
1974--Pub. L. 93-417 substituted provisions authorizing the
Secretary of State to prescribe fees for execution of applications for
passports by regulation for provisions prescribing a fixed fee of $2,
substituted ``United States Postal Service'' for ``Postal Service'', and
struck out references to the fee of $2 in the proviso relating to the
rights of the Secretary of State.
1971--Pub. L. 92-14 authorized the United States Postal Service to
receive the fee of $2 for execution of an application for a passport.
1968--Pub. L. 90-428 increased from $1.00 to $2.00 and from $9.00 to
$10.00, respectively, the fees for the execution and the issuance of
passports, struck out ``to a citizen or person owing allegiance to or
entitled to the protection of the United States'' after ``for each
passport issued'', restricted the exemption for seamen to American
seamen requiring a passport in connection with duties aboard an American
flag-vessel, and inserted provision excusing a person exempted from a
passport fee from paying an execution fee.
1956--Act Feb. 10, 1956, increased from $1 to $2 the fee for
executing passport applications, and reworded authorization of State
officials to collect and retain $2 fee.
Effective Date of 1999 Amendment
Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title II,
Sec. 233(c)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-426, provided that:
``The amendments made by this section [amending this section and
repealing section 216 of this title] shall take effect on the date of
issuance of final regulations under section 1 of the Passport Act of
June 4, 1920 [22 U.S.C. 214], as amended by subsection (a).'' [Final
regulations issued Feb. 23, 2000, effective May 15, 2000, see 65 F.R.
14211.]
Effective and Termination Date of 1971 Amendment
Section 2 of Pub. L. 92-14, as amended by Pub. L. 93-126, Sec. 8,
Oct. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 453, provided that: ``The amendment made by this
Act [amending this section] shall become effective on the date of
enactment [May 14, 1971] and shall continue in effect until June 30,
1974.''
Effective Date of 1968 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 90-428 effective on thirtieth day following
July 26, 1968, see section 4 of Pub. L. 90-428, set out as a note under
section 217a of this title.
Deposit of Receipts From Expedited Passport Processing
Pub. L. 103-317, title V, Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1760, provided in
part ``That hereafter all receipts received from a new charge from
expedited passport processing shall be deposited in this account as an
offsetting collection and shall be available until expended''.
Information From United States Passports
Pub. L. 101-604, title II, Sec. 203(d), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat.
3083, provided that: ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to
the extent provided in appropriation Acts, for each fiscal year not more
than $5,000,000 in passport fees collected by the Department of State
may be credited to a Department of State account. Amounts credited to
such account shall be available only for the costs associated with the
acquisition and production of machine-readable United States passports
and visas and compatible reading equipment. Amounts credited to such
account are authorized to remain available until expended.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 214a, 2504 of this title.
