---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 51.63"
title: "22"
number: "51.63"
heading: "Passports invalid for travel into or through restricted areas; prohibition on passports valid only for travel to Israel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/51.63"
---

# §51.63. Passports invalid for travel into or through restricted areas; prohibition on passports valid only for travel to Israel.

- (a) The Secretary may restrict the use of a passport for travel to or use in a country or area which the Secretary has determined is:
  - (1) A country with which the United States is at war; or
  - (2) A country or area where armed hostilities are in progress; or
  - (3) A country or area in which there is imminent danger to the public health or physical safety of United States travelers.
- (b) Any determination made and restriction imposed under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, or any extension or revocation of the restriction, shall be published in the Federal Register.
- (c) A passport may not be designated as valid only for travel to Israel.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1104; 8 U.S.C. 1185; 8 U.S.C. 1185n (text of Pub. L. 108-458, 118 Stat. 3638, 3823 (Dec. 17, 2004)); 8 U.S.C. 1504; 8 U.S.C. 1714; 22 U.S.C. 211a, 212, 212a, 212b, 213, 213n (Pub. L. 106-113 Div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [Div. A, Title II, Sec. 236], 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-430); 214, 214a, 217a, 218, 2651a, 2671(d)(3), 2705, 2714, 2714a, 2721, and 3926; 26 U.S.C. 6039E; 26 CFR 301.6039E-1; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 34 U.S.C. 21501-21510; 42 U.S.C. 652(k) ; E.O. 11295, Aug. 5, 1966, 31 FR 10603, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 570; Pub. L. 114-119, 130 Stat. 15.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 64931, Nov. 19, 2007, unless otherwise noted.