Herbert Hoover: “I would put it parallel with the merchant marine reorganization.”

The Secretary of State may grant and issue passports, and cause passports to be granted, issued, and verified in foreign countries by diplomatic representatives of the United States

No such suggestion has ever been made by any American official.

That the validity of a passport . . . shall be limited to a period of two years.

Passports may be amended in the United States by the Department of State or any of the passport agents of the Department of State