[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3860 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3860
To authorize the revocation or denial of passports to individuals
affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 10, 2025
Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina (for herself, Mr. Norman, Mr. Stutzman,
Mr. Steube, Mr. McGuire, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Moore of Alabama,
and Mr. Carter of Georgia) 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 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 ``No Passports for Terrorists and
Traffickers Act''.
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 new section:
``SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORT TO INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING
MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM.
``(a) Ineligibility.--
``(1) Issuance.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary
of State shall refuse to issue a passport to any individual--
``(A) has been charged with or convicted of a
violation of section 2339A or 2339B of title 18, United
States Code; or
``(B) whom the Secretary determines has knowingly
aided, assisted, abetted, or otherwise provided
material support to 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, except as
provided in paragraph (3)(A), revoke a passport previously
issued to any individual described in paragraph (1).
``(3) Exceptions.--
``(A) Return to the united states.--In order to
facilitate the return of an individual described in
paragraph (1) to the United States, the Secretary of
State may limit a previously issued passport or
passport card only for return travel to the United
States, or may issue a limited passport or passport
card that only permits return travel to the United
States, prior to revocation under paragraph (2).
``(B) Humanitarian and emergency waiver.--The
Secretary of State may issue a passport to an
individual otherwise ineligible for such passport or
subject to revocation of such passport under this
subsection if the Secretary determines that emergency
circumstances or humanitarian needs apply.
``(b) Right of Review.--Any individual who, in accordance with this
section, is denied issuance of a passport by the Secretary of State, or
whose passport is revoked by the Secretary, may request a hearing to
appeal such denial or revocation not later than 60 days after receiving
notice of such denial or revocation.
``(c) Right to Restoration.--In the event that an individual
described in paragraph (1) demonstrates during a hearing described in
subsection (b) that the individual has been acquitted of an act
described in that paragraph, or the Secretary otherwise changes a
determination described in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph, the
Secretary may re-issue a passport to such individual.
``(d) Report.--
``(1) In general.--If the Secretary of State refuses to
issue or revokes a passport pursuant to subsection (a), or if,
subsequent to a hearing pursuant to subsection (b), the
Secretary issues or cancels a revocation of a passport that was
the subject of such a hearing, the Secretary shall, not later
than 30 days after such refusal or revocation, or such issuance
or cancellation, 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, revocation,
issuance, or cancellation, as the case may be.
``(2) Form.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) may
be submitted in classified or unclassified form.
``(e) Definition.--In this section--
``(1) the term `passport' includes a passport card; and
``(2) the term `material support' means the provision of
any property, tangible or intangible, or service--
``(A) including currency or monetary instruments or
financial securities, financial services, lodging,
training, expert advice or assistance, safehouses,
false documentation or identification, communications
equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances,
explosives, personnel (1 or more individuals who may be
or include oneself), and transportation; and
``(B) excluding medicine or religious materials.
``(f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed--
``(1) or applied so as to abridge the exercise of rights
guaranteed under the first amendment to the Constitution of the
United States; or
``(2) to limit the Secretary's ability to revoke a
passport.
``(g) Severability.--If any provision of this section or the
application of such provision is held by a Federal court to be
unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and the application of such
provisions to any other person or circumstance shall not be
affected.''.
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