Passports for Purple Hearts Act

Bill: 117-hr-1772
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2021-03-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars

Military personnel and dependents

User charges and fees

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Passports for Purple Hearts Act</b></p> <p>This bill exempts Purple Heart recipients from fees associated with obtaining a passport.<br /></p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1772 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Passports for Purple Hearts Act . 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. .