22 USC § 214a - Fees erroneously charged and paid; refund

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s214a"
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title: "22 USC § 214a - Fees erroneously charged and paid; refund"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "214a"
section_name: "Fees erroneously charged and paid; refund"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "PASSPORTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 3, 1926, ch. 772, § 3, 44 Stat. 887.)"
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# § 214a. Fees erroneously charged and paid; refund

section 214 of this title

Whenever a fee is erroneously charged and paid for the issue of a passport to a person who is exempted from the payment of such a fee by , the Department of State is authorized to refund to the person who paid such fee the amount thereof, and the money for that purpose is authorized to be appropriated.

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**Source Credit**: (July 3, 1926, ch. 772, § 3, 44 Stat. 887.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Certain Appropriation Accounts Abolished

Effective , enumerated appropriation accounts appearing on the books of the Government were abolished and in lieu thereof there was established an account to be designated “Refund of Moneys Erroneously Received and Covered.” See , Money and Finance.