[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5765 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5765

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2023

     Mr. Levin (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Peters, and Mrs. 
  Radewagen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Passports for Purple Hearts Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN PASSPORT FEES OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS 
              AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.

    Section 1(a) of the Act of June 1, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214; commonly 
referred to as the ``Passport Act of 1920'') is amended in the third 
sentence, by inserting ``from an individual who was awarded the Purple 
Heart;'' before ``or from an individual or individuals abroad''.
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