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RIN: 1400-AE01

Publication ID: Fall 2017

Title: Passports: Service Passports
Abstract: This rule amends 22 CFR part 51, which establishes the different types of passports issued by the Department of State. Section 51.1 is amended to add a definition for special issuance passports. Amendments to section 51.3 establish a new service passport, which may be approved for certain non-personnel services contractors who travel abroad in support of and pursuant to a contract with the U.S. government, and make corresponding changes regarding official and diplomatic passports. Section 51.4 is amended to establish the validity of the new service passport and clarify the grounds for invalidity of a special issuance passport.
Agency: Department of State(STATE)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant
CFR Citation: 22 CFR 51
Legal Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a 22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	09/30/2016	81 FR 67156
Interim Final Rule Effective	09/30/2016
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End	11/29/2016
Final Rule	11/00/2017

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Alice Kottmyer Attorney-Adviser, Office of Management Department of State Room 4325, 2201 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20520 Phone:202 647-2199 Fax:202 736-7116 Email: kottmyeram@state.gov