[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8778 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8778

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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    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 ``No Passport Fees for Heroes' 
Families Act''.

SEC. 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.
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