22 U.S.C. § 2714a
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- (a)
- (e)
- (1)
- (A)Except as provided under subparagraph (B), upon receiving a certification described in section 7345 of title 26 from the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State shall not issue a passport to any individual who has a seriously delinquent tax debt described in such section.
- (B)Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State may issue a passport, in emergency circumstances or for humanitarian reasons, to an individual described in such subparagraph.
- (2)
- (3)The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and any of their designees shall not be liable to an individual for any action with respect to a certification by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue under section 7345 of title 26.
- (1)
- (f)
- (1)
- (A)Except as provided under subparagraph (B), upon receiving an application for a passport from an individual that either—the Secretary of State is authorized to deny such application and is authorized to not issue a passport to the individual.
- (B)Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State may issue a passport, in emergency circumstances or for humanitarian reasons, to an individual described in subparagraph (A).
- (2)
- (1)
- (g)If pursuant to subsection (c) or (e) of section 7345 of title 26 the Secretary of State receives from the Secretary of the Treasury a notice that an individual ceases to have a seriously delinquent tax debt, the Secretary of State shall remove from the individual’s record the certification with respect to such debt.
- (h)
- (i)The provisions of, and amendments made by, this section shall take effect on December 4, 2015.