§ 2721. Impermissible basis for denial of passports

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1991

   Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993

   Pub. L. 102–138 title I § 113 · 105 Stat. 647

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2721

   (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 49, as added Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 113, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 655.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 49, as added Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 113, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 655.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 113. DENIAL OF PASSPORTS. The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by adding after section 48 the following new section: “Sec. 49. “impermissible basis for denial of passports A passport may not be denied issuance, revoked, 22 USC 2721. restricted, or otherwise limited because of any speech, activity, belief, affiliation, or membership, within or outside the United States, which, if held or conducted within the United States, would be protected by the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.”.

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