[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 237 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 237

 To authorize the revocation or denial of passports and passport cards 
to individuals affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2015

 Mr. Poe of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the revocation or denial of passports and passport cards 
to individuals affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FTO Passport Revocation Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORTS AND PASSPORT CARDS TO 
              INDIVIDUALS AFFILIATED WITH FOREIGN TERRORIST 
              ORGANIZATIONS.

    The Act entitled ``An Act to regulate the issue and validity of 
passports, and for other purposes'', approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 
211a et seq.), commonly known as the ``Passport Act of 1926'', is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORT AND PASSPORT CARD.

    ``(a) Ineligibility.--
            ``(1) Issuance.--Except as provided under subsection (b), 
        the Secretary of State may not issue a passport or passport 
        card to any individual whom the Secretary has determined is a 
        member of or is otherwise affiliated with, or is aiding, 
        assisting, abetting, or is otherwise helping an organization 
        the Secretary has designated as a foreign terrorist 
        organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
            ``(2) Revocation.--The Secretary of State shall revoke a 
        passport or passport card previously issued to any individual 
        described in paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Exceptions.--
            ``(1) Emergency and humanitarian situations.--
        Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of State may 
        issue a passport or passport card, in emergency circumstances 
        or for humanitarian reasons, to an individual described in 
        paragraph (1) of such subsection.
            ``(2) Limitation for return to united states.--
        Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of State, 
        before revocation, may--
                    ``(A) limit a previously issued passport or 
                passport card only for return travel to the United 
                States; or
                    ``(B) issue a limited passport or passport card 
                that only permits return travel to the United States.
    ``(c) Report.--If the Secretary of State issues or limits a 
passport or passport card under subsection (b), the Secretary shall, 
not later than 30 days after such issuance or limitation, submit to 
Congress a report on such issuance or limitation, as the case may 
be.''.
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