Passport Act of 1920

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 allocating a fiscal budget for the United States Diplomatic and Consular Service.

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 [1] Passport Act of 1968 [2] Passport Act of 1971 [3] Passport Act of 1974 [4][5] Passport Act of 1982 [6][7] Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005 [8][9]

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 The public law repealed section one of the Expatriation Act of 1907 discontinuing the issuance of passports to persons not declaring an American citizenship or a renunciation of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.[10][11]

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

• 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.

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

1. "Passport Act of 1956 - P.L. 84-403" (PDF). 70 Stat. 11 ~ H.R. 5844. U.S. Government Publishing Office. February 10, 1956.
2. "Passport Act of 1968 - P.L. 90-428" (PDF). 82 Stat. 446 ~ S. 1418. U.S. Government Publishing Office. July 26, 1968.
3. "Passport Act of 1971 - P.L. 92-14" (PDF). 85 Stat. 38 ~ S. 531. U.S. Government Publishing Office. May 14, 1971.
4. "H.R. 15172 ~ Passport Act of 1974". P.L. 93-417 ~ 88 Stat. 1151. Congress.gov. June 4, 1974.
5. "Passport Act of 1974 - P.L. 93-417" (PDF). 88 Stat. 1151 ~ H.R. 15172. U.S. Government Publishing Office. September 17, 1974.
6. "S. 784 ~ Passport Act of 1982". P.L. 97-241 ~ 96 Stat. 279. Congress.gov. March 24, 1981.
7. "Passport Act of 1982 - P.L. 97-241" (PDF). 96 Stat. 279 ~ S. 1193. U.S. Government Publishing Office. August 24, 1982.
8. "H.R. 4501 ~ Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005". P.L. 109-167 ~ 119 Stat. 3578. Congress.gov. December 13, 2005.
9. "Passport Services Enhancement Act of 2005 - P.L. 109-167" (PDF). 119 Stat. 3578 ~ H.R. 4501. U.S. Government Publishing Office. January 10, 2006.
10. "66th Congress House Vote #103 - H.R. 9782". GovTrack.us. GovTrack. October 16, 1919.
11. "Aliens Restriction Act of 1919 - P.L. 66-79" (PDF). 41 Stat. 353 - H.R. 9782. United States Library of Congress. November 10, 1919.

External links

• "Immigration in the USA". Spartacus-Educational.com. Spartacus Educational Publishers.
• "1920 Map: Immigration to the United States 1880-1920". Centuries of Citizenship: A Constitutional Timeline. National Constitution Center.
• Jones, Chester Lloyd (1906). "The Consular Service of the United States: Its History and Activities". Internet Archive. The John C. Winston Co. OCLC 11939029.
• U.S. Department of State (1924). "Diplomatic and Consular Service of the United States". Internet Archive. United States Government Publishing Office. OCLC 6712149.
• Knickerbocker, Hubert Renfro (1931). "Fighting the Red Trade Menace". New York City, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. OCLC 1800737.
• Lane, Arthur Henry (1934). "The Alien Menace: A Statement Of The Case". London, United Kingdom: Boswell Publishing Co. OCLC 5866332.