[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: 22CFR53.1] [Page 269] TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE PART 53--PASSPORT REQUIREMENT AND EXCEPTIONS--Table of Contents Sec. 53.1 Passport requirement. Under section 215(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1185(b), it is unlawful except as otherwise provided for any citizen of the United States to depart from or enter, or attempt to depart from or enter, the United States without a valid passport. [[Page 270]]