FEDERAL · 22 U.S.C. · Chapter 38
Impermissible basis for denial of passports
22 U.S.C. § 2721
Title22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter38 — DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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22 U.S.C. § 2721.
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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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History
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, §49, as added Pub. L. 102–138, title I, §113, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 655.)
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