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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 214. Fees for execution and issuance of passports; persons excused from payment
There shall be collected and paid into the Treasury of the United
States a fee, prescribed by the Secretary of State by regulation,
for the filing of each application for a passport (including the
cost of passport issuance and use) and a fee, prescribed by the
Secretary of State by regulation, for executing each such
application except that the Secretary of State may by regulation
authorize State officials or the United States Postal Service to
collect and retain the execution fee for each application for a
passport accepted by such officials or by that Service. Such fees
shall not be refundable, except as the Secretary may by regulation
prescribe. No passport fee shall be collected from an officer or
employee of the United States proceeding abroad in the discharge of
official duties, or from members of his immediate family; from an
American seaman who requires a passport in connection with his
duties aboard an American flag-vessel; or from a widow, child,
parent, brother, or sister of a deceased member of the Armed Forces
proceeding abroad to visit the grave of such member. No execution
fee shall be collected for an application made before a Federal
official by a person excused from payment of the passport fee under
this section.
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