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<dc:title>113 S2846 IS: To express the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State should use his existing authority to revoke the passports of United States citizens who have provided material support to ISIS and to require the Secretary to submit a quarterly report to Congress on the use of such authority.</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. Senate</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2014-09-17</dc:date>
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		<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code>
		<congress>113th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session>
		<legis-num>S. 2846</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
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			<action-date date="20140917" legis-day="20140916">September 17 (legislative day, September 16), 2014</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S340">Ms. Ayotte</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations</committee-name></action-desc>
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		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
		<official-title>To express the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State should use his existing authority to
			 revoke the passports of United States citizens who have
			 provided material support to ISIS and to require the Secretary to submit a
			 quarterly report to Congress on the use of such authority.</official-title>
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	<legis-body><section id="id9D6922D408EF4C5B96D8055E946C68CC" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Sense of the Senate</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State—</text><paragraph id="idAE163623C01F4070B4085087D27395BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is authorized to revoke the passport of any United States citizen whose activities abroad are
			 likely to cause serious damage to United States national security or
			 foreign policy; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id193D2B89FC4A4EC2AEF1A4ADB8B8F696"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">should use the authority described in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="idEABB5F4FB09849B0BA1E3B66E1A730C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to revoke the passports of United States citizens who are fighting with, or otherwise providing
			 material support to, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id502D30902550492F958575393E2C80D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to prevent such individuals from returning to the United States to plan, coordinate, or carry out a
			 terrorist attack.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id49c24cfb724548a5aa9ec4d13d244097"><enum>2.</enum><header>Quarterly reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall submit a quarterly report, in classified and unclassified form, on the
			 use of the authority described in section 1 to—</text><paragraph id="idCEC699B9DFC24E438CE0F30604BFAD75"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSAS00">Committee on Armed Services of the Senate</committee-name>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFDF2BD95EFE64E698133002C74EB9135"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEB65432F29564F4C8CA0C2820898E880"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSGA00">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBF372CB6B72345EBABEA6AA6BC380188"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idCC02FB82C94E483BAFB58D7B8295E261"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id35F367341C5B4AB4824D9B7C53F3F660"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3070BF5A8DC44E83A228166AAD0B46F9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEE654216048A4963863CB20D719FA81E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text></paragraph></section></legis-body>
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