[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8778 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8778 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 18, 2024 Mr. Carey (for himself and Ms. Spanberger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Passport Fees for Heroes' Families Act''. SEC. 2. WAIVER OF PASSPORT FEES FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. Paragraph (2) of section 1(a) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: ``(D) from a husband, wife, domestic partner, child, parent, grandparent, brother, or sister of a member of the Armed Forces proceeding abroad to visit such member in a hospital or other medical facility;''; and (3) in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon. <all>