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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 211a. Authority to grant, issue, and verify passports
The Secretary of State may grant and issue passports, and cause
passports to be granted, issued, and verified in foreign countries
by diplomatic and consular officers of the United States, and by
such other employees of the Department of State who are citizens of
the United States as the Secretary of State may designate, and by
the chief or other executive officer of the insular possessions of
the United States, under such rules as the President shall
designate and prescribe for and on behalf of the United States, and
no other person shall grant, issue, or verify such passports.
Unless authorized by law, a passport may not be designated as
restricted for travel to or for use in any country other than a
country with which the United States is at war, where armed
hostilities are in progress, or where there is imminent danger to
the public health or the physical safety of United States
travellers.
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