Sec. 101. 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 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 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 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An individual whose passport or passport card was revoked pursuant to subsection (a)(2) may reapply for a passport or passport card at any time after such individual has returned to the United States. For purposes of this section: The term sex offender means an individual who is listed on the National Sex Offender Registry established pursuant to section 119 of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 16915). The term sex offense means a sex offense as defined in section 111(5) of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ( 42 U.S.C. 16915 ).
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