Executive Order 10473—Amendment of the Foreign Service Regulations Relating to United States Foreign Service Fees

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1745 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1201), it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. Section V-14 of the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States, prescribed by Executive Order No. 7968 of September 3, 1938 (3 CFR 1938 Supp., page 107), is hereby revoked.

2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of section V-15 of the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States (22 CFR 103.1), prescribed by the said Executive Order No. 7968, are amended to read as follows:

"(a) All officers of the Foreign Service shall charge and collect for official services performed abroad such and only such fees as are prescribed by the President in the following Tariff of United States Foreign Service Fees, or as are prescribed by or pursuant to an act of Congress. All fees shall be collected in the coin of the United States or at its representative value in exchange. (R. S. 1745, sec. 3, 34 Stat. 100, 22 U. S. C. 1201; R. S. 1746, 22 U. S. C. 1202.)

"(b) No fees prescribed in the Tariff of United States Foreign Service Fees shall be charged or collected for official services performed by officers of the Foreign Service for American vessels and seamen. (Sec. 12, 23 Stat. 56, 22 U. S. C. 1186). The term "American vessels" as used herein shall not include American undocumented vessels; and fees prescribed in the said Tariff shall be charged and collected for official services performed for such vessels."

3. Paragraph (d) of section V-15 of the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States (22 CFR 103.1), prescribed by the said Executive Order No. 7968, is amended by substituting the citation "(R. S. 1731; 22 U. S. C. 1197.)" for the citation "(22 U. S. C. 101.)" appearing at the end of the paragraph.

4. The Tariff of United States Foreign Service Fees, prescribed by section V-15 of the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States (Executive Order No. 7968, as amended; 22 CFR 103.1), is amended as follows:

(a) The exception to Item No. 3 is amended to read:

Exception-- Certificates for insecticides (Forms DSP-31 and DSP-32)-------- No fee

(b) Item No. 6 is amended as follows:

(1) The following item is included immediately below the item "Issue of card or certificate of identity and registration":

Issue of card of identification for use on the Mexican border (Form No. 225-B) -------- 1.00

(2) The following item is included immediately below the item "Execution of affidavit in regard to American birth in connection with application for registration or for passport":

For a certified copy of executed form for repatriation of native-born American women under the act of June 25, 1936, c. 801, 49 Stat. 1917, as amended-------- 1.00

(3) The last item is amended, effective as of December 24, 1952, to read as follows:

For a certified copy of executed form for repatriation of native- born American women under section 324 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 247)-------- 5.00

(c) Item No. 7 is amended, effective as of December 24, 1952, to read as follows:

7. Visa services for aliens.

Fees prescribed by or pursuant to section 281 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 230-231)

(d) Item No. 24 is amended as follows:

(1) The first item under the word "Exceptions--" is revoked, effective as of December 24, 1952.

(2) The following item is included immediately after the word "Exceptions":

For administering the oath of allegiance under the act of June 25, 1936, c. 801, 49 Stat. 1917, as amended, to a native-born American woman who lost her citizenship solely by marriage to an alien-------- No fee

(3) The last item appearing under the word "Exceptions" is amended, effective as of December 24, 1952, to read:

For administering the oath of allegiance under the Immigration and Nationality Act to a native-born American woman who lost her citizenship solely by marriage to an alien and whose marriage is terminated (66 Stat. 247)-------- No fee

(e) Item No. 45 is amended by substituting the words "in quadruplicate" for the words "in duplicate" appearing therein.

5. All prior Executive orders inconsistent herewith are amended accordingly.

6. Except as otherwise provided herein, this order shall become effective as of the date of its publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

July 22, 1953.