Passport Act of 1920
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Long titleAn 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.
NicknamesPassport Control Act, 1920
Enactedbythe 66th United States Congress
EffectiveJuly 1, 1920
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| Major amendments | |
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 visas. The public law repealed section one of the Expatriation Act of 1907 discontinuing the issuance of passports to persons not declaring an American citizenship or a renunciation of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 World War I whereas the United States 66th Congress drafted bill H.R. 9782, 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.[10][11]
The Passport Act of 1920 contains five sections establishing regulations for the issuance and passport validity of American passports with an inclusion for United States travel visas and work visas.
- 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
See also
- 1920 in the United States
- National Origins Formula
- Bolshevism
- Passport fraud
- Bureau of Consular Affairs
- Passport stamp
- Consular identification card
- Rogers Act
- Dillingham Commission
- Russian Revolution
- Emergency Quota Act
- Socialist movements in the United States
- Interwar period
- Statue of Liberty National Monument
- Multiple citizenship
- United States Passport Card
References
Associated U.S. Statutes as Related to Immigration
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Statements of Woodrow Wilson
- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Woodrow Wilson: "Executive Order 2022 — Temporarily Abolishing Fees for Passports and Providing for Certification of Same.," August 14, 1914". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Woodrow Wilson: "Executive Order 2285 — Requiring American Citizens Traveling Abroad to Procure Passports.," December 15, 1915". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Woodrow Wilson: "Executive Order 2341 — Relating to Cancellation and Reissue of Passports.," March 13, 1916". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Woodrow Wilson: "Proclamation 1473 — Issuance of Passports and Granting of Permits to Depart from and Enter the United States.," August 8, 1918". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Woodrow Wilson: "Remarks to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate.," August 19, 1919". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
