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HR 2847 116th Congress House

No Passport Fees for Heroes’ Families Act

Official title: To waive the fee for the issuance of a passport for a family member of a member of the Armed Forces who is in a hospital or medical facility abroad, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 3, 2019 See on congress.gov
Immigration Military personnel and dependentsUser charges and feesVisas and passports
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 4, 2020
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
May 20, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
May 20, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 4, 2020

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Passport Fees for Heroes' Families Act

This bill waives the passport fees for certain family members of a member of the Armed Forces if the family members are traveling abroad to visit the Armed Forces member in the hospital. This waiver applies to the husband, wife, domestic partner, children, parents, grandparents, and siblings of an Armed Forces member.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 8 Republican 6
R
Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Mar 4, 2020
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 4, 2020
Heck, Denny
· Feb 7, 2020
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Dec 17, 2019
Delgado, Antonio
· Sep 24, 2019
CHABOT, STEVE
· Sep 19, 2019
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Jul 24, 2019
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jul 22, 2019
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Jul 18, 2019
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Jul 2, 2019
 R
Joyce, John
Pennsylvania · Jun 18, 2019
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jun 6, 2019
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Jun 4, 2019
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Jun 3, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 3, 2019
 D
Stevens, Haley M.
Michigan · Jun 3, 2019
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 20, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2847: No Passport Fees for Heroes’ Families Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2847/
MLA
"H.R. 2847: No Passport Fees for Heroes’ Families Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2847/.
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H.R. 2847, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2847/.
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[H.R. 2847: No Passport Fees for Heroes’ Families Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2847/)
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