[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2846 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2846

 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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 17 (legislative day, September 16), 2014

  Ms. Ayotte introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State--
            (1) 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
            (2) should use the authority described in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) 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
                    (B) to prevent such individuals from returning to 
                the United States to plan, coordinate, or carry out a 
                terrorist attack.

SEC. 2. QUARTERLY REPORTS.

    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--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
            (3) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs of the Senate;
            (4) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;
            (5) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (6) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (7) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (8) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
        House of Representatives.
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