Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§2721 Impermissible Basis for Denial of Passports

Title 22 › Chapter 38— DEPARTMENT OF STATE › § 2721

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

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Officials cannot refuse, cancel, or limit your passport for speech, activities, beliefs, or membership that the First Amendment would protect.

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Title 22, §2721

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

A passport may not be denied issuance, revoked, 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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22 U.S.C. § 2721

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60