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Passport Act of 1920

Long title	An Act for expenses of regulating entry into the United States, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved May 22, 1918, and Public Act Numbered 79 of the Sixty-sixth Congress, when the latter Act shall have become effective, $250,000, in addition to the remaining $150,000 of the sum appropriated by section 4 of said Public Act Numbered 79.
Nicknames	Passport Control Act, 1920
Enacted by	the 66th United States Congress
Effective	July 1, 1920
Citations
Public law	Pub.L. 66-238
Statutes at Large	41 Stat. 739 aka 41 Stat. 750
Codification
Titles amended	22 U.S.C.: Foreign Relations and Intercourse
U.S.C. sections created	22 U.S.C. ch. 4 §§ 214, 215, 216, 217
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 11960 Passed the House on January 26, 1920 (311-9) Reported by the joint conference committee on May 14, 1920; agreed to by the House on May 17, 1920 (97-194) and by the on   Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on June 4, 1920
Major amendments
Passport Act of 1926 Passport Act of 1956 Passport Act of 1968 Passport Act of 1971 Passport Act of 1974 Passport Act of 1982 Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005

Passport Act of 1920 or Passport Control Act, 1920 was a federal statute authored by the United States 66th Congress. The legislation was an appropriations bill authorizing a fiscal policy for the United States Diplomatic and Consular Service.

The Act of Congress established a fees schedule for identity documents and travel documents as related to United States passports and visés. The public law repealed section one of the Expatriation Act of 1907 discontinuing the issuance of passports to persons not declaring an American citizenship or a renunciation of citizenship in the continental United States.

The United States administrative law petitioned the requisite articles of the Wartime Measure Act of 1918 providing regulatory travel authority for United States foreign departures, domestic entries, and mandatory U.S. passport purposes. The Wartime Measure Act remained in effect through the perils of World War I whereas the United States 66th Congress drafted bill H.R. 9782 efficaciously superseding public law 65-154 by passing the Aliens Restriction Act or public law 66-79 as signed by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson on November 10, 1919.

Clauses of the Act

The Passport Act of 1920 was penned as five sections establishing regulations for the issuance and passport validity of American passports with an inclusion for United States travel visés and work visés.

Passport Control Act - 41 Stat. 750

Expenses of regulating entry into the United States

Fees for Passports and Visés - 41 Stat. 750 § I

Act effective from and after the 1st day of July, 1920

Fees established for application and issue

Retention of fee by State officials

Persons exempted

Alien Passports - 41 Stat. 750-751 § II

Fees for visé and application

Persons exempt

Validity of Passport or Visé - 41 Stat. 751 § III

Validity limited to two years

U.S. Secretary of State by regulation shall limit the passport or visé validity to a shorter period

Foreign Country Refusal to Visé a Passport - 41 Stat. 751 § IV

Return of passport fee if visé refused by foreign officer

Expatriation of Citizens and Their Protection Abroad - 41 Stat. 751 § V

Expatriation Act of 1907 § I

Authority to issue passports to persons not American citizens repealed

Foreign Affairs and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson