[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR51.73]

[Page 266-267]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 51--PASSPORTS--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart E--Limitation on Issuance or Extension of Passports
 
Sec. 51.73  Passports invalid for travel into or through restricted areas.

    (a) Unless specifically validated therefore, U.S. passports shall 
cease to be valid for travel into or through a country or area which the 
Secretary has determined is:
    (1) A country with which the United States is at war, or
    (2) A country or area where armed hostilities are in progress; or
    (3) A country or area in which there is imminent danger to the 
public health or physical safety of United States travelers.
    (b) Any determination made under paragraph (a) of this section shall 
be published in the Federal Register along with a statement of the 
circumstances requiring this restriction.
    (c) Unless limited to a shorter period, any such restriction shall 
expire at the end of one year from the date of publication of such 
notice in the Federal

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Register, unless extended or sooner revoked by the Secretary by public 
notice.

[45 FR 11128, Feb. 20, 1980. Redesignated at 54 FR 8532, Mar. 1, 1989]