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<dc:title>119 HR 7958 IH: Expatriate Terrorists Act of 2026</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-03-17</dc:date>
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<congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session>
<legis-num display="yes">H. R. 7958</legis-num>
<current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber>
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<action-date date="20260317">March 17, 2026</action-date>
<action-desc><sponsor name-id="H001101">Mr. Harrigan</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc>
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<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
<official-title display="yes">To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem specified activities in support of terrorism as renunciation of United States nationality.</official-title>
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<section id="H51E8B530B09E465094A283203F8D04F6" section-type="section-one"> <enum>1.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Expatriate Terrorists Act of 2026</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H2D26159052FD422C8131A9153F560862"> <enum>2.</enum> <header>Deportation</header> <subsection id="H452F9F198579442DAACDAC691CB193F3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Mandatory detention</header> <text>Section 236A(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1226a">8 U.S.C. 1226a(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B711CEAADF14F4F9F4A72721704BDD8"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>Deputy Attorney General</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41234D2D553545D99C872F7FF6C6FA0F"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>;</text> </paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD317D57AE68D40B0BD563FEF1E99CBA7"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, unless, with respect to aliens described in section 237(a)(7), the Secretary of Homeland Security determines such detention is not necessary to protect national security or public safety</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F73C9A65923442B865D7EEF75C2A7DB"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(A), by striking <quote>or 237(a)(4)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>237(a)(4)(B), or 237(a)(7)</quote>.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F8AAD603B9F4D589BB18A03B41B34D2"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aliens whose naturalization has been revoked</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1227">8 U.S.C. 1227(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD07E921A323440993226E8025909CD6"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and</text> </paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85B709B5DE0B4A87908435F62A09410F"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD79A2D6E1AE241C18B14D0D6CD961F30"> <paragraph id="HC553BAEFA49F4CAA884BCB55A1DE32D2"> <enum>(7)</enum> <header>Denaturalized citizens</header> <text>Any alien who has been denaturalized pursuant to section 340(d) or has relinquished his or her nationality pursuant to section 349(a) is deportable.</text> </paragraph> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> 
<section id="H8BD0EBE67CE8465D91288255073792A2"> <enum>3.</enum> <header>Expedited proceeding and prioritization of removal proceedings involving terrorism</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 238 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1228">8 U.S.C. 1228</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7354C39865924BB29AB53F578AD4B1B7"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>by redesignating the second subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33CF6594B1A24FCC85221D95BE81F65B"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8AB51955E4A04451B489E81C898CEA53"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11367659279C43A3B86C16A4EF62E734"> <enum>(e)</enum> <header>Expedited proceedings for convicted terrorists and supporters of terrorists</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB6FC963E64E4883BFDA96362F38EAFD"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Authorization</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if an individual has been convicted of an offense under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/113B">chapter 113B</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, and is subject to denaturalization proceedings under section 340(d), the Secretary of Homeland Security may file for mandatory docketing priority in an appropriate United States district court for the removal of such individual.</text> </paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HD4495FAF3E924495B00BB2039B724B0D"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Conduct</header> <text>In any removal proceeding authorized under paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BB80DA7F7634C75AA22B785AC4E507B"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the court shall prioritize such proceeding on its docket;</text> </subparagraph> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6A20A41B12746248292BCFD6034038B"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a conviction described in paragraph (1) shall create a rebuttable presumption of deportability under section 237(a)(7); and </text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67A9687E8D1B4DC5ABCFDC8998D36FC7"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">removal proceedings may be initiated concurrently with denaturalization proceedings, provided that no removal order may be executed until the denaturalization order is final.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </paragraph> </section> 
<section id="H251B625BAF20427EB05FDA5E3272CECA"> <enum>4.</enum> <header>Jurisdiction of certain denaturalization and deportation proceedings</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 240(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229a">8 U.S.C. 1229a(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, including aliens described in section 237(a)(7), subject to review by the Board of Immigration Appeals in accordance with subpart A of part 1003 of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations</quote> after <quote>from the United States</quote>.</text> </section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="HF951E983565D478BAF07740402EBE595"> <enum>5.</enum> <header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional grounds for denaturalization</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF54C73A8E3394F66ACCA31D7DF336025"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foreign terrorist organization</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1424">8 U.S.C. 1424(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B90AADECA864513B7BE4A81FAA51191"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in each of paragraphs (1) through (5), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H073DAAA1150D4745BFD9FDAF8BB38150"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF07DBD8B61E14CF186922C5DCBC03270"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6300FD2C65C24B94A3650C8A96FE914F"> <paragraph id="H0625A6AF9EFF442DA596D06CD26507D8"> <enum>(7)</enum> <text>who is or has been a member of, joined, or swore allegiance to an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219.</text> </paragraph> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </paragraph> </subsection> 
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H650E44E59EA441B08A9953B923A82F5E"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Acts of terrorism</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 340 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1451">8 U.S.C. 1451</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA488A155790642C9BC102EC8512C6931"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively; and</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EE4BBAB4E714DA0996AF56199690F7E"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H379188FE8A7048278FAC5539F111750F"> <subsection id="H545F1066E2D1457DBC0F77F08B2432EB" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <enum>(d)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H05CE880E240A4F3F84853D191D53F266"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person naturalized after September 30, 1996, who subsequently commits, conspires to commit, attempts to commit, or materially supports the commission of, an act of terrorism (as defined in section 2331 of title 18, United States Code, or section 212(a)(3)(B) of this Act), provides material support or resources (as defined in section 2339A(b) of title 18, United States Code) to a designated foreign terrorist organization or to any individual the person knew or reasonably should have known was engaged in terrorism-related activity, or engages in conduct that would constitute a violation of section 2339A, 2339B, 2339C, or 2339D of title 18, United States Code, shall be considered, at the time he or she was naturalized—</text> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BAD0C61D15C46508F8E5D52AAC565CD" indent="up1"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to have not been attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" indent="up1" id="H7DD61FB2029949278749B77B87677ACC"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to have not been well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States at the time of naturalization.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" indent="up1" id="HB8846FE8D0834F3F97043CE265805D82"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the absence of countervailing evidence, it shall be sufficient in a proper proceeding—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B42194749414583B7ACDC574FE489DD"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to authorize the revocation and setting aside of the order admitting any person described in paragraph (1) to citizenship; and</text> </subparagraph> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD064BFFA579144D7A5492203E9108C5C"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to cancel the certificate of naturalization as having been obtained by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" indent="up1" id="H448AD8C75F8748D8957311A5AB97F55D"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>The revocation and setting aside of the order admitting a person described in paragraph (1) to citizenship and the canceling of certificate of naturalization authorized under paragraph (2) shall be effective as of the original date of the order and certificate, respectively.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> 
<section id="HF541370452C44C7C816C08218E9D85C7"> <enum>6.</enum> <header>Loss of nationality due to support of terrorism</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 349(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1481">8 U.S.C. 1481(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H9B7DD61D2FFA4C57B8BE32E2936398C0"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>in each of paragraphs (1) through (5), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H746F43B70AF34C789DFC5D5C13A4E085"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>relinquishing</quote> and inserting <quote>renouncing</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DF32F2C081849A284D2249E95AFD2F4"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>or a political subdivision thereof</quote> and inserting <quote>, a political subdivision thereof, or a designated foreign terrorist organization</quote>;</text> </paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HADAA92F82E834DB981470768434D10DF"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H757FA2C4CFD642BF849B0D7735868E65"> <paragraph id="H80668CA21D6C4C15A5E452EB2E92BB11" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">entering, or serving in, the military or an armed group of a foreign state or of a designated foreign terrorist organization if—</text> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00FA4775007C4CE681044A879A1EC740"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such armed forces are—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72D5CF15A6864D2D95CA153865EEF05D"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">engaged in hostilities against the United States; or</text> </clause> 
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA366A951909D46FE92660E93CD3F2DBC"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">intentionally targeting nationals of the United States for acts of terror; or</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BBFFE4054B14E6DAC5DCCC8FE2E9462"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such person serves as a commissioned or noncommissioned officer;</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H0AEB64173446437788420282B09F16EB"> <enum>(5)</enum> <text>by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8), respectively;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC48EC35F8FC4AD199FD0A1D15464AEC"> <enum>(6)</enum> <text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text> 
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<paragraph id="HABCF6ADC98D04BD3993449AB0F2090E6"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>becoming a member of, swearing an oath of allegiance to, providing training or material assistance to, or serving in a leadership, operational, logistical, financial, or recruiting capacity for, any organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 that such person knows, or has reason to know—</text> <subparagraph id="HEAF0401B19CD40C1966473DCBAF5B6F8"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>will engage in hostilities against the United States; or</text> </subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HABA864A5E598451487A1D5F8845D0D4B"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>will commit acts of terror against the United States or nationals of the United States;</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4E37A17574A54A1AB84BCC323125E6D5"> <enum>(7)</enum> <text>in paragraph (5), as redesignated—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H77BB6A51420F427DB31886D5DFFDB4D2"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>he</quote> and inserting <quote>the person knowingly</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEFAC9DE0AF874950B6682B8F8D41C5D8"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>allegiance is required; or</quote> and inserting <quote>allegiance to the foreign state or political subdivision is required;</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> 
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B0885172DA8423BA8C9B25C2DD63AE6"> <enum>(8)</enum> <text>in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by inserting <quote>or conspiring to provide or attempting to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization,</quote> after <quote>levy war against them,</quote>.</text> </paragraph> </section> </legis-body> </bill>

