3.0.0 9683 2023-09-13T13:15:16Z 2023-09-13T13:15:16Z House HR 2022-12-22 117 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2022-12-22T14:02:25Z 2022-12-22 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2022-12-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2022-12-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001077 Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] Clay Higgins R LA 3 N Immigration Immigration 00 2022-12-22 Introduced in House 2023-09-13T13:11:46Z Protect Against Terrorist Threats (PATT) Act of 2022

This bill expands, for immigration purposes, the definition of engaging in terrorist activity to include threatening, attempting, or conspiring to take certain acts considered to be terrorist activity under current law, such as gathering information on potential targets for terrorist activity.

Currently, non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who engage in terrorist activity are barred from admission into the United States.

]]> Protect Against Terrorist Threats (PATT) Act of 2022 Display Title Protect Against Terrorist Threats (PATT) Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Protect Against Terrorist Threats (PATT) Act of 2022 Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand the definition of "engage in terrorist activity", and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr9683ih/xml/BILLS-117hr9683ih.xml 2022-12-22 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.