Passports for Purple Hearts Act
This bill exempts Purple Heart recipients from fees associated with obtaining a passport.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1772 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1772
To amend the Passport Act of 1920 to exempt from the collection of
certain passport fees an individual who was awarded the Purple Heart,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 10, 2021
Mr. Ryan (for himself, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr.
Fitzpatrick, Ms. Stefanik, and Mrs. Bustos) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To amend the Passport Act of 1920 to exempt from the collection of
certain passport fees an individual who was awarded the Purple Heart,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Passports for Purple Hearts Act''.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN PASSPORT FEES OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS
AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.
Section 1 of the Act of June 1, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214; commonly
referred to as the ``Passport Act of 1920''), is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), in the third sentence, by inserting
``from an individual who was awarded the Purple Heart;'' before
``or from an individual or individuals abroad''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) In this section, the term `passport' includes a passport
card.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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