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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 4573 (Introduced in House) — To protect children from exploitation, especially sex trafficking in tourism, by providing advance notice of intended... · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Authority to restrict passports

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The Secretary of State is authorized to— limit to 1 year or such period of time as the Secretary of State shall determine appropriate the period of validity of a passport issued to a child-sex offender; and revoke the passport or passport card of an individual who has been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction in a foreign country of a child-sex offense. Notwithstanding subsection (a), in no case shall a United States citizen convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction in a foreign country of a child-sex offense be precluded from entering the United States due to a passport revocation under such subsection.
An individual whose passport or passport card was revoked pursuant to subsection (a)(2) may reapply for a passport or a passport card at any time after such individual has returned to the United States. The time limitation on validity or revocation of a passport or passport card under subsection
(a)may not exceed the applicable registration period for the child-sex offender to register pursuant to section 115 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ( 42 U.S.C. 16915 ).
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