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New Passport Fees To Go In Effect 7/13/2010
Adult passport: New fee: $135. Old fee: $100
Adult passport renewal: New fee: $110. Old fee: $75
Minor passport (under age 16): New fee: $105. Old fee; $85
Adult passport card (allows border crossings by land): New fee: $55. Old fee: $45
Minor passport card: New fee: $40. Old fee: $35
Extra visa pages: New fee: $82. Old fee: It was free of charge

The plan to raise the fees, first proposed in February, has been protested by some congressmen, AAA and other organizations. In fact, more than 70% of the 1,797 public comments filed with the State Department “expressed concern about the increase,” the department said.
But Brenda Sprague, deputy assistant secretary of State for passport affairs, has said the fee increases are needed to cover rising costs, including high-tech security features added to passports and new passport facilities being built to keep up with demand.
To learn how to apply for a passport or renew one, go to the State Department’s website for travelers. For details on the fee increases and the debate surrounding them, check out the “interim final rule” section of the Federal Register — at more than dozen pages, not exactly light reading.
–Jane Engle, assistant Los Angeles Times Travel editor

Good time for me to go and renew mine. I wonder if the SENTRI will be affected too?