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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.
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
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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Passports for Purple
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Hearts Act’’.
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SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN PASSPORT FEES OF AN
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INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS AWARDED THE PUR-
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PLE HEART.
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Section 1 of the Act of June 1, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214;
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commonly referred to as the ‘‘Passport Act of 1920’’), is
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amended—
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(1) in subsection (a), in the third sentence, by
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inserting ‘‘from an individual who was awarded the
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Purple Heart;’’ before ‘‘or from an individual or in-
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dividuals abroad’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
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section:
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‘‘(c) In this section, the term ‘passport’ includes a
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passport card.’’.
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