No Passport Fees for Heroes’ Families Act

Bill: 116-hr-2847
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mitchell, Paul [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2019-05-20
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents

User charges and fees

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Passport Fees for Heroes' Families Act</b></p> <p>This bill waives the passport fees for certain family members of a member of the Armed Forces if the family members are traveling abroad to visit the Armed Forces member in the hospital. This waiver applies to the husband, wife, domestic partner, children, parents, grandparents, and siblings of an Armed Forces member.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2847 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 20, 2019 Mr. Mitchell (for himself, Ms. Spanberger , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , and Mr. Connolly ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To waive the fee for the issuance of a passport for a family member of a member of the Armed Forces who is in a hospital or medical facility abroad, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Passport Fees for Heroes’ Families Act . 2. Waiver of passport fees for certain individuals Section 1 of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 ( 22 U.S.C. 214 ) is amended, in the third sentence, by inserting from a husband, wife, domestic partner, child, parent, grandparent, brother, or sister of a member of the Armed Forces proceeding abroad to visit such member in a hospital or other medical facility; after funeral or memorial service for such member; .