The Department is conducting a
Passport Demand Study to address recent significant changes in U.S.
Passport demand resulting from §7209 of the IRTPA, enacted on
12/17/04, which requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, to develop and implement
a plan to require U.S. citizens to present a passport or other
sufficient documentation of identity and citizenship when entering
the U.S.
US Code:
8 USC
1185 Name of Law: Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention
Act of 2004, Section 7209
US Code: 22
USC 1474(17) Name of Law: Additional authority of Secretary of
State or other Government agency authorized to administer provi
US Code: 5 USC
3109 Name of Law: Employment of experts and consultants;
temporary or intermittent
US Code: 8 USC 1185 Name of Law: Intelligence
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act
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