Passport Act of 1920

Passport Act of 1920
Long title	An Act for expenses of regulating entry into the United States, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved May 22, 1918, and Public Act Numbered 79 of the Sixty-sixth Congress, when the latter Act shall have become effective, $250,000, in addition to the remaining $150,000 of the sum appropriated by section 4 of said Public Act Numbered 79.
Nicknames	Passport Control Act, 1920
Enacted by	the 66th United States Congress
Effective	July 1, 1920
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 66–238
Statutes at Large	41 Stat. 739 aka 41 Stat. 750
Codification
Titles amended	22 U.S.C.: Foreign Relations and Intercourse
U.S.C. sections created	22 U.S.C. ch. 4 §§ 214, 215, 216, 217
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 11960; Passed the House on January 26, 1920 (311-9); Reported by the joint conference committee on May 14, 1920; agreed to by the House on May 17, 1920 (97-194) ; Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on June 4, 1920;
Major amendments
	Passport Act of 1926; Passport Act of 1956 ; Passport Act of 1968 ; Passport Act of 1971 ; Passport Act of 1974 ; Passport Act of 1982 ; Passport Services Act of 2005 ;

Passport Act of 1920 or Passport Control Act, 1920 was a federal statute authored by the United States 66th Congress. The legislation was an appropriations bill authorizing a fiscal policy for the United States Diplomatic and Consular Service.

The Act of Congress established a fees schedule for identity documents and travel documents as related to United States passports and visas. The public law repealed section one of the Expatriation Act of 1907 discontinuing the issuance of passports to persons not declaring an American citizenship or a renunciation of citizenship in the continental United States.

The United States administrative law petitioned the requisite articles of the Wartime Measure Act of 1918 providing regulatory travel authority for United States foreign departures, domestic entries, and mandatory U.S. passport purposes. The Wartime Measure Act remained in effect through World War I whereas the United States 66th Congress drafted bill H.R. 9782, superseding public law 65-154 by passing the Aliens Restriction Act or public law 66-79 as signed by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson on November 10, 1919.