[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 22, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 22CFR51.73]



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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS

 

                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 

PART 51_PASSPORTS--Table of Contents

 

          Subpart E_Limitations on Issuance or Use 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 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]