§ 1541.
Whoever, acting or claiming to act in any office or capacity under the United States, or a State, without lawful authority grants, issues, or verifies any passport or other instrument in the nature of a passport to or for any person whomsoever; or
Whoever, being a consular officer authorized to grant, issue, or verify passports, knowingly and willfully grants, issues, or verifies any such passport to or for any person not owing allegiance, to the United States, whether a citizen or not—
([June 25, 1948, ch. 645], [62 Stat. 771]; [Pub. L. 103–322, title XIII, § 130009(a)(1)], title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, [108 Stat. 2030], 2147; [Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title II, § 211(a)(2)], Sept. 30, 1996, [110 Stat. 3009–569]; [Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 607(n)], Oct. 11, 1996, [110 Stat. 3512]; [Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4002(a)(3)], Nov. 2, 2002, [116 Stat. 1806].)