No Passport Fees for Heroes’ Families Act

Bill: 118-hr-8778
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2024-06-18
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2024-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8778 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 18, 2024 Mr. Carey (for himself and Ms. Spanberger ) 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 Paragraph (2) of section 1(a) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 ( 22 U.S.C. 214 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: (D) 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; ; and (3) in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, by inserting or after the semicolon.