Schedule of Fees for Consular Services-Passport Security Surcharge, 16149-16153 [2021-06263]

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• DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 57 (Friday, March 26, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16149-16153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06263]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 CFR Part 22

[Public Notice: 11379]
RIN 1400-AE15


Schedule of Fees for Consular Services--Passport Security 
Surcharge

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State proposes an adjustment to the Schedule 
of Fees for Consular Services (Schedule of Fees) of the Bureau of 
Consular Affairs (CA) based on the findings of the most recently 
approved update to the Cost of Service Model (CoSM). The CoSM is 
updated annually using a combination of costs, predicted workload, and 
level of effort data. The proposed adjustment will result in a more 
accurate alignment of the fees for consular services to the costs of 
providing those services. The notice proposes an increased amount for 
the passport security surcharge, from $60 to $80, which the Department 
will retain.

DATES: The Department of State will accept comments until May 25, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments to the Department by 
any of the following methods:
     Visit the Regulations.gov website at: https://www.regulations.gov and search for the Regulatory Information Number 
(RIN) 1400-AE15 or docket number DOS-2021-0006.
     Email: [email protected]. You must include the RIN (1400-
AE15) in the subject line of your message.
     All comments should include the commenter's name, the 
organization the commenter represents (if applicable), and the 
commenter's address. If the Department is unable to read your comment 
for any reason, and cannot contact you for clarification, the 
Department may not be able to consider your comment. After the 
conclusion of the comment period, the Department will publish a final 
rule that will address relevant comments as expeditiously as possible.
    During the comment period, the public may request an appointment to 
review Cost of Service Model (CoSM) data on site if certain conditions 
are met. To request an appointment, please call 202-485-8915 and leave 
a message with your contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob Schlicht, Management Analyst, 
Office of the Comptroller, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of 
State; phone: 202-485-8915, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The proposed rule makes changes to the Schedule of Fees in 22 CFR 
22.1 by increasing the passport security surcharge fee from $60 to $80. 
The Department generally sets and collects fees for consular services 
based on the concept of full cost recovery to the U.S. government. The 
Department uses an Activity-Based Costing (ABC) methodology to 
calculate annually the cost of providing consular services. The fees 
are based on these cost estimates and the Department aims to update the 
Schedule of Fees biennially, unless a significant change in costs 
warrants an immediate recommendation to change the fees. The Department 
proposes this fee change based on the results of the most recently 
approved update to the CoSM, which reflect increases in security-
related costs for processing passports attributed to the Passport 
Security Surcharge. Increases in security-related costs are largely due 
to increased compensation costs for passport adjudicators and enhanced 
printing technology costs for the Next Generation (NextGen) passport 
book. The Department therefore proposes an increase to this surcharge 
to fully recover these costs.

What is the authority for this action?

    The Department of State derives the general authority to set and 
charge fees for consular services it provides from the general user 
charges statute, 31 U.S.C. 9701. See, e.g., 31 U.S.C. 9701(b)(2)(A) 
(``The head of each agency . . . may prescribe regulations establishing 
the charge for a service or thing of value provided by the agency . . . 
based on . . . the costs to the government.''). As implemented through 
Executive Order 10718 of June 27, 1957, 22 U.S.C. 4219 further 
authorizes the Department to establish fees to be charged for official 
services provided by U.S. embassies and consulates.
    Several statutes address specific fees relating to passports. For 
instance, 22 U.S.C. 214 authorizes the Secretary of State to set the 
passport application fee by regulation. In addition, another statute 
authorizes the Department to collect and retain a surcharge on 
passports to help pay for efforts to support enhanced border security. 
See 8 U.S.C. 1714. Although the passport security surcharge was 
originally frozen statutorily at $12, subsequent legislation authorized 
the Department to amend this surcharge administratively, provided, 
among other things, that the resulting surcharge is ``reasonably 
related to the costs of providing services in connection with the 
activity or item for which the surcharges are charged.'' Public Law 
109-472, section 6, 120 Stat. 3555, reproduced at 8 U.S.C. 1714 (note).
    Certain people are exempted by law or regulation from paying 
specific fees. These are noted in the Schedule of Fees. For example, 
officers or employees of the U.S. Government proceeding abroad in the 
discharge of official duties are exempt from passport fees, including 
the passport security surcharge. See 22 U.S.C. 214(a); 22 CFR 22.1; 22 
CFR 51.52(b).
    Although the funds collected for some consular fees must be 
deposited into the general fund of the Treasury pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
3302(b), various statutes permit the Department to retain most of the 
fee revenue it collects. The Department retains the passport security 
surcharge collections (see 8 U.S.C. 1714).
    The Department last changed fees for passport and citizenship 
services, including the passport security surcharge, in an interim 
final rule dated September 8, 2015. See Department of State Schedule of 
Fees for Consular Services, Department of State and Overseas Embassies 
and Consulates, 22 CFR part 22 (80 FR 53704). Those changes to the 
Schedule went into effect September 26, 2015 per a correction to the 
effective date published as 80 FR 55242. A final rule regarding those 
fees was published on January 31, 2018 (83 FR 4423).

Why is the Department adjusting fees at this time?

    The Department generally sets consular fees at an amount calculated 
to achieve full recovery of the costs to the U.S. Government of 
providing the consular service in a manner consistent with general user 
charges principles, regardless of the specific statutory authority 
under which the fees are authorized. As set forth in Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-25, as a general policy, each 
recipient should pay a reasonable user charge for government services, 
resources, or goods from which he or she derives a special benefit, at 
an amount sufficient for the U.S. Government to recover the full costs 
of providing the service, resource, or good. See OMB Circular No. A-25, 
sec. 6(a)(2)(a). The OMB guidance covers all Federal Executive Branch 
activities that convey special benefits to recipients beyond those that 
accrue to the general public. See OMB Circular No. A-25, sections 4(a), 
6(a)(1).
    The Department reviews consular fees periodically, including 
through the

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annual update to its Cost of Service Model, to determine each fee's 
appropriateness in light of the OMB guidance. The Department proposes 
to make the changes set forth below in the Schedule of Fees 
accordingly. The CoSM is an activity-based costing model that 
determines the current direct and indirect cost to the U.S. Government 
associated with each consular good and service the Department provides. 
The current model update relied on FY 2019 actual costs, as well as 
predicted workload and level of effort data for FYs 2020-2022, to 
provide unit cost estimates. The update's results formed the basis of 
the changes proposed to the Schedule. Fees have been rounded up to the 
nearest $5 to make them easier to collect.

Activity-Based Costing

    To set fees in accordance with the general user charges principles 
set forth in 31 U.S.C. 9701, the Department must determine the true 
cost to the U.S. Government of providing each consular service. 
Following guidance provided in ``Managerial Cost Accounting Concepts 
and Standards for the Federal Government,'' OMB's Statement #4 of 
Federal Accounting Standards (SFFAS #4), available at https://www.fasab.gov/pdffiles/sffas-4.pdf, the Department chose to develop and 
use an Activity-Based Costing (``ABC'') model to determine the true 
cost of each consular service.
    The Government Accountability Office (GAO) defines ABC as a ``set 
of accounting methods used to identify and describe costs and required 
resources for activities within processes.'' Organizations can use the 
same staff and resources (computer equipment, production facilities, 
etc.) to produce multiple products or services; therefore, ABC models 
seek to identify and assign costs to processes and activities and then 
to individual products and services through the identification of key 
cost drivers referred to as ``resource drivers'' and ``activity 
drivers.'' The goal is to proportionally and accurately distribute 
costs. ABC models require financial and accounting analysis and 
modeling skills combined with a detailed understanding of an 
organization's business processes. SFFAS Statement #4 provides a 
detailed discussion of the use of cost accounting by the U.S. 
Government.
    The ABC approach focuses on the activities required to produce a 
particular service or product and uses resource drivers to assign costs 
through activities to services. Resource drivers assign the 
organization's costs (resources including materials, supplies and labor 
utilized in the production or delivery of services and products) to 
activities using business rules that reflect the operational reality of 
CA and the data available from consular systems, surveys, and internal 
records. Most resource drivers are based on time spent on each 
activity. Activity drivers differentiate levels of effort associated 
with activities (the work performed by the organization such as 
adjudication, printing of books and performing data intake, etc.) that 
are applied to each cost object and are often volume-driven.
    Example: Imagine a Government agency that has a single facility it 
uses to prepare and issue a single product--a driver's license. In this 
simple scenario, every cost associated with that facility (the salaries 
of employees, the electricity to power the computer terminals, the cost 
of a blank driver's license, etc.) can be attributed directly to the 
cost of producing that single item. If that agency wants to ensure that 
it is charging a ``self-sustaining'' price for driver's licenses, it 
only has to divide its total costs for a given time period by an 
estimate of the number of driver's licenses to be produced during that 
same time period. However, if that agency issues multiple products 
(driver's licenses, non-driver ID cards, etc.), has employees that work 
on other activities besides licenses (for example, accepting payment 
for traffic tickets), and operates out of multiple facilities it shares 
with other agencies, it becomes much more complex for the agency to 
determine exactly how much it costs to produce any single product. In 
those instances, the agency would need to know what percent of time its 
employees spend on each service and how much of its overhead (rent, 
utilities, facilities maintenance, etc.) can be allocated to the 
delivery of each service to determine the cost of producing each of its 
various products--the driver's license, the non-driver ID card, etc. 
Using an ABC model allows the agency to develop those cost estimates.

The Cost of Service Model

    The Department has been conducting periodic cost of service studies 
using ABC methods to determine the costs of its consular services since 
2009. In 2010, the Department moved to adopt an annually updated CoSM 
that measures all of its consular operations and costs, including all 
of the activities needed to provide consular services. The CoSM now 
includes approximately 112 distinct activities and enables the 
Department to model its consular-related costs with a higher degree of 
precision.
    The Department uses three methods outlined in SFFAS Statement #4 
(paragraph 149(2)) to assign resource costs to activities: (a) Direct 
tracing; (b) estimation based on surveys, interviews, or statistical 
sampling; and (c) allocations. The Department uses direct tracing to 
assign the cost of, for example, a physical passport book. Assigning 
costs to activities such as adjudicating a passport application 
requires estimation based on surveys, interviews, or statistical 
sampling to determine who performs an activity and how long it takes. 
Indirect costs (overhead) are allocated according to the level of 
effort needed for a particular activity. Level of effort captures the 
time spent on an activity in minutes, hours, or number of full-time 
equivalent (FTE) employees, as measured in our overseas time surveys 
and domestic task reports. Where possible, the model uses overhead cost 
pools to assign indirect costs only to related activities. For 
instance, the cost of rent for domestic passport agencies is assigned 
only to passport costs, not to visas or other services the Department 
provides overseas.
    To assign labor costs, the Department relies on a variety of 
industry-standard estimation methodologies. To document how consular 
staff divide their time overseas, the Department conducts surveys at a 
representative sample of consular sections overseas each year. The 
Department uses survey data in conjunction with volume data from over 
200 individual consular sections in consulates and embassies worldwide 
to develop resource drivers to assign labor costs to activities. For 
consular activities that take place in the United States, the 
Department collects volume and level of effort data from various 
periodic workload reports such as the Passport Management Information 
System (MIS) and the Agency Task Report (ATR). Cost information is 
gathered from reports in the Department's Global Financial Management 
System managed by the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial 
Services (CGFS). The Department converts the cost and workload data 
into resource drivers and activity drivers for each resource and 
activity.
    The Cost of Service Model uses actual costs, coupled with projected 
workloads, which are based on demand projections produced by the Bureau 
of Consular Affairs (CA). Actual cost and volume data is used in the 
model to inform projected costs and volumes. The model also uses three 
years of projected volume data to calculate unit costs.

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    The Department includes every line item of costs in the CoSM, 
including items such as physical material for making passports, 
salaries, rent, supplies, and IT hardware and software. The Department 
then determines a resource driver for each of these costs and enters 
the resource drivers and assignments into the model. The Department 
then selects an activity driver, such as the volume data discussed 
above, for each activity, in order to assign these costs to each 
service type. This process allows the model to calculate a total cost 
for each of the line items in the Schedule of Fees. The model then 
divides this total cost by the predicted volume of the service or 
product in question in order to determine a final unit cost for the 
service or product. The Department continues to refine and improve the 
CoSM annually in order to achieve full cost recovery for the U.S. 
Government.
    Because the CoSM is a complex series of iterative processes 
incorporating more than a million calculations, it is not reducible to 
a tangible form such as a document. Inputs are formatted in 
spreadsheets for entry into the ABC software package, which is an 
industry standard commercial off-the-shelf product licensed through SAP 
Business Objects. The software's output includes spreadsheets with raw 
unit costs, validation reports, and management reports.

Proposed Passport Fee Changes

Passport Security Surcharge

    The Department proposes an increase to the passport security 
surcharge, which is applicable to all applicants except those persons 
who are statutorily exempted from paying passport fees, from $60 to 
$80. The passport security surcharge (PSS) includes costs associated 
with passport application processing that support enhanced border 
security (see 8 U.S.C. 1714 and Pub. L. 109-472, section 6, 120 Stat. 
3555, reproduced at 8 U.S.C. 1714 note) such as the secure book and 
card materials, passport printers, and compensation associated with 
passport adjudication, including fraud prevention. The current $60 fee 
is based on the results of the 2013 CoSM and was implemented in 2015. 
The results of the most recently approved update to the Cost of Service 
Model indicated that these costs have increased and now amount to 
approximately $80 per passport. This proposed fee is consistent with 
model results that reflect a steady increase in security-related costs 
since the fee was last updated in 2015. This proposed fee increase is a 
result of two main factors: (1) Model methodology updates; and (2) 
increases in security-related costs.
    The updates to the model's methodology improved accuracy in 
assigning costs to activities by more precisely tracing costs to 
specific consular activities, including isolating and assigning costs 
of enhanced border security to the passport security surcharge. One 
update to the model's methodology since the last time the PSS was 
adjusted is an overhaul of the activity dictionary, which is the 
collection of defined processes and tasks that must be completed to 
produce a particular product, including a passport. All resources are 
assigned to activities based on the level of effort required for that 
activity. The activity dictionary changes focused on standardizing and 
clarifying tasks, ultimately improving accuracy in cost assignments. 
These changes resulted in more security-related costs being attributed 
to the PSS since this methodology update determined more precisely 
which passport activities are security-related and assigned them 
accordingly. Since this update, the model has produced consistent 
results for the PSS, leading to only modest increases in security-
related costs in each annual update.
    A second update to the model has been the implementation of the 
Consular Overseas Data Collection (CODaC) survey. CoSM uses CODaC data 
to produce accurate model inputs by collecting and developing cycle 
times (the exact amount of time it takes to perform an activity) for 
key activities performed overseas. CODaC also collects percentages of 
time spent on activities, which, when combined with cycle times and 
additional data, informs the total time (or level of effort) required 
to complete a particular activity. The survey is carried out three 
times per year, surveying an average of 70 posts per year. Every survey 
cycle solicits data from a blend of small, medium, large and extra-
large posts, and every post is surveyed at least once every four years. 
This approach produces reliable model outputs for cost management and 
fee-setting. Since CODaC is focused on overseas data collection, it 
includes activities relevant to overseas passport processing, which 
informs and improves the overall quality of passport cost data. The 
current $60 PSS fee, which is based on the 2013 model, did not include 
CODaC data. The overseas passport level of effort results have been 
consistent since implementing the more accurate CODaC survey. These 
methodology updates, included since the 2014 model, allow for the model 
to more precisely capture and assign the security-related costs of 
passport application processing, which have indicated increased PSS 
costs.
    The Department has also experienced a steady increase each year in 
costs incurred in support of enhanced border security since the last 
adjustment to PSS. Increases in security-related costs are largely due 
to increased compensation costs for passport adjudicators and enhanced 
printing technology costs for the Next Generation (NextGen) passport 
book. Compensation costs, which include all salary and overhead costs 
for direct-hire full-time employees (FTEs), represent the largest 
change, a 37 percent increase, in the Passport Directorate since the 
2013 model update. More FTEs have been assigned to adjudication 
domestically in line with more rigorous security vetting standards, and 
the CODaC survey indicates that more time is required to adjudicate 
overseas passports than the data included in the 2013 model indicated. 
Additionally, a new passport agency in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was 
opened in 2014 to serve the needs of more than 3 million U.S. citizens, 
and the Department hired eight full-time passport adjudicators and one 
supervisory adjudicator for this purpose. This new passport agency 
offers local expedited and emergency passport services. Prior to the 
establishment of the San Juan agency, U.S. citizens who needed a 
passport within 14 days were obligated to travel to the Miami passport 
office to receive these services.
    Passport adjudication may only be carried out by certified 
employees. Per the Code of Federal Regulations, passport adjudication 
is a specialized, security-centric function that may only be carried 
out by certified, full-time employee passport adjudicators. Becoming 
certified in passport adjudication takes more than a year of 
specialized training. Passport adjudication is also the central 
function to the processing of passports, and passport adjudication 
processes and systems are highly specialized and secure. Passport 
adjudicator staffing capacity is aligned to projected demand and human 
resources pipelines are planned far in advance in concert with demand 
forecasts. Historically, the number of U.S. citizens with a valid 
passport continues to grow from 39 percent in 2015 to 44.5 percent in 
2019. The Passport Directorate has a service level commitment to 
deliver completed passports within a specified timeframe, and must plan 
staffing accordingly. Pre-COVID-19, passport demand was expected to 
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2020-2030. As discussed below, in 2020, COVID-19 impacted passport 
demand, but that demand is expected to start recovering from the 
impacts of COVID-19 in FY 2022.
    In this model update, non-compensation costs, which includes 
operating costs like domestic awards, contractor support costs, 
personnel travel and transportation, utilities, supplies, equipment, 
and CA technology costs that increase as FTE numbers increase were 17 
percent higher than the 2013 model. The bulk of this increase was in 
Passport material book costs, which increased $7 per unit. Improved 
printing technology (known as ``NextGen''), which provides state-of-
the-art anti-counterfeiting improvements, added an additional $3.45 per 
unit. The NextGen printer system replaces end-of-life equipment that 
uses outdated technology, and improves passport security features in 
line with current international standards for identity documents while 
enhancing border security. NextGen printing includes material features 
such as an advanced embedded chip that is protected by a new 
polycarbonate coating, as well as other confidential physical 
attributes that enhance border security by preventing both 
falsification and duplication.
    Lastly, the projected volumes used in this model update for 
passport products have fallen compared to prior year volumes as a 
result of COVID-19's impact on passport demand, which does have a 
minimal impact on the unit cost. Unit costs are calculated as cost 
divided by volume, so if volume drops dramatically, the unit cost will 
increase. For example, in April of 2020, passport demand dropped 86 
percent compared to April 2019. By August 2020, demand was 50 percent 
lower than August 2019, and by November 2020, demand was 33 percent 
lower than November 2019. The Department anticipates that demand during 
the first half of 2021 will remain similar to the demand of late 2020, 
and will begin to recover by FY 2022. The volume projections used in 
the most recent model include volumes during the expected post-COVID-19 
recovery period of FY 2022, and this additional year helps stabilize 
volume volatility experienced in FY 2020 and anticipated to continue in 
FY 2021. However, projected volumes for this three-year period are 
still lower than the peak volumes the Department experienced prior to 
2020. The Department recognizes that there may be some minimal 
elasticity in demand for passports, but expects that any impact on 
demand from this proposed increase would be de minimis. The regulatory 
findings under the Executive Order 12866 section further discuss 
anticipated passport demand and associated increases in revenue.
    For the reasons stated above, the Department recommends increasing 
the passport security surcharge from $60 to $80, which will in turn 
impact the overall amount of the passport book application fee paid by 
all applicants. As a result of this recommendation, the overall 
passport book application fee for a first-time, adult applicant (using 
a DS-11), as well for adults seeking renewals (DS-82), will increase 
from $110 to $130. The passport security surcharge increase will also 
result in an increase to the overall passport book application fee for 
minors (DS-11) from $80 to $100.

Regulatory Findings

Administrative Procedure Act

    The Department is publishing this rule as a proposed rule, with a 
60-day provision for public comments.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Department has reviewed this rule and, by approving it, 
certifies that it will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities as defined in 5 U.S.C. 601(6).

Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995

    This rule will not result in the expenditure by state, local, and 
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 
million or more in any year, and it will not significantly or uniquely 
affect small governments. Therefore, no actions were deemed necessary 
under the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 
U.S.C. 1501-1504.

Congressional Review Act

    This rule is a major rule as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

Executive Order 12866

    The Department has reviewed this rule to ensure its consistency 
with the regulatory philosophy and principles set forth in the 
Executive orders. OMB has determined that this rule is economically 
significant under Executive Order 12866.
    This proposed rule is necessary in light of the Department of 
State's Cost of Service Model's findings that the cost of providing 
certain consular services has changed significantly and justifies the 
adjustment of the passport security surcharge through the rulemaking 
process. The Department is setting the fees in accordance with 31 
U.S.C. 9701 and other applicable authority, as described in more detail 
above. See, e.g., 31 U.S.C. 9701(b)(2)(A) (``The head of each agency . 
. . may prescribe regulations establishing the charge for a service or 
thing of value provided by the agency . . . based on . . . the costs to 
the Government.''). This regulation generally sets the fee for consular 
services at the amount required to recover the costs associated with 
providing these services.
    The following table summarizes the impact of this proposed rule:

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                         Item No.                             Proposed     Current     Change in    Percentage  number of services       annual fees
                                                                fee          fee          fee        increase      requested \1\        collected \2\
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                                                            PASSPORT AND CITIZENSHIP SERVICES
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2. Passport Book Application Services for:
    (g) Passport book security surcharge (enhanced border           $80          $60          $20        33.33    FY20: 12,300,000    FY20: $246,000,000
     security fee)........................................                                                        FY21: 12,300,000    FY21: $246,000,000
                                                                                                                  FY22: 15,900,000    FY22: $318,000,000
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        Total \3\.........................................           80           60           20        33.33          15,900,000          $318,000,000
 
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\1\ Projected passport workload included in this CoSM update, FY 2020, 2021 and 2022 receipts projected by the PPT directorate as of July 2020.
\2\ The Department of State retains this fee.
\3\ The Department anticipates implementing this fee change in FY 2022. FY 2022 volumes are used to project fee collection totals.

Executive Orders 12372 and 13132

    This regulation will not have substantial direct effects on the 
states, on the relationship between the National Government and the 
states, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the 
various levels of government. Therefore, in accordance with section 6 
of Executive Order 13132, it is determined that this rule does not have 
sufficient federalism implications to require consultations or warrant 
the preparation of a federalism summary impact statement. The 
regulations implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding 
intergovernmental consultation on Federal programs and activities do 
not apply to this regulation.

Executive Order 13771

    This rule is not subject to the requirements of Executive Order 
13771 (82 FR 9339, February 3, 2017) because it is a transfer rule.

Executive Order 13175

    The Department has determined that this rulemaking will not have 
tribal implications, will not impose substantial direct compliance 
costs on Indian tribal governments, and will not preempt tribal law. 
Accordingly, the requirements of Executive Order 13175 do not apply to 
this rulemaking.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This rule does not impose any new reporting or recordkeeping 
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 22

    Consular services, Fees.

    Accordingly, for the reasons stated in the preamble, 22 CFR part 22 
is proposed to be amended as follows:

PART 22--SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR CONSULAR SERVICES--DEPARTMENT OF 
STATE AND FOREIGN SERVICE

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1. The authority citation for part 22 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  8 U.S.C. 1101 note, 1153 note, 1157 note, 1183a 
note, 1184(c)(12), 1201(c), 1351, 1351 note, 1714, 1714 note; 10 
U.S.C. 2602(c); 22 U.S.C. 214, 214 note, 1475e, 2504(h), 2651a, 
4206, 4215, 4219, 6551; 31 U.S.C. 9701; E.O. 10718, 22 FR 4632 
(1957), 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 382; E.O. 11295, 31 FR 10603 
(1966), 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 570.

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2. In Sec.  22.1, amend the table by revising entry 2(g) under the 
heading ``Passport and Citizenship Services'' to read as follows:


Sec.  22.1  Schedule of fees.

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                 Schedule of Fees for Consular Services
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                        Item No.                               Fee
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                    Passport and Citizenship Services
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    (g) Passport book security surcharge (enhanced                  $80
     border security fee)..............................
 
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Ian Brownlee,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of 
State.
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