Section 17. Passport Revolving Fund. — The Department may charge a service fee of not more than Two Hundred Fifty Pesos (P250) for such service rendered to applicants relating to the processing and issuance of passports requiring special consideration, waiver or issuance beyond regular office hours. The service fees received by the Department under this section shall constitute a revolving fund to be called the "Passport Revolving Fund" which may be utilized by the Department for the improvement of its passporting and consular services and other Department services except travel and transportation allowances and expenses.
The setting up, use and disbursement of funds shall be subject to review, accounting and auditing rules and regulations of the Commission on Audit and will be subject to an annual review by Congress, but the Secretary will submit a report on the disbursement of the fund every six (6) months to both the Senate and the House Committees on Foreign Relations.