[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 237 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 237


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 22, 2015

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                                 AN ACT


 
 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 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.

    ``(a) Ineligibility.--
            ``(1) Issuance.--Except as provided under subsection (b), 
        the Secretary of State may refuse to issue a passport to any 
        individual whom the Secretary has determined has aided, 
        assisted, abetted, or otherwise helped 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 may revoke a 
        passport previously issued to any individual described in 
        paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--If the Secretary of State refuses to 
        issue or revokes a passport pursuant to subsection (a), the 
        Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after such refusal or 
        revocation, submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
        of the Senate a report on such refusal or revocation, as the 
        case may be.
            ``(2) Form.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) may 
        be submitted in classified or unclassified form.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.