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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4239 

To require intelligence community reporting on foreign fighter flows to and 

from terrorist safe havens abroad, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 11, 2015 

Mr. LOBIONDO (for himself, Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. KATKO, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. LOUDERMILK, and Mr. 

RATCLIFFE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) 

A BILL 

To require intelligence community reporting on foreign fighter flows to and from terrorist safe havens abroad, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tracking Foreign 

5 Fighters in Terrorist Safe Havens Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REPORTING TO CON7 GRESS ON FOREIGN FIGHTER FLOWS. 

8 (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 


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1 days thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence, con2 sistent with the protection of intelligence sources and 

3 methods, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

4 committees a report on foreign fighter flows to and from 

5 terrorist safe havens abroad. 

6 (b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under sub7 section (a) shall include, with respect to each terrorist safe 

8 haven, the following: 

9 (1) The total number of foreign fighters who 

10 have traveled or are suspected of having traveled to 

11 the terrorist safe haven since 2011, including the 

12 countries of origin of such foreign fighters. 

13 (2) The total number of United States citizens 

14 present in the terrorist safe haven. 

15 (3) The total number of foreign fighters who 

16 have left the terrorist safe haven or whose where17 abouts are unknown. 

18 (c) FORM.—The reports submitted under subsection 

19 (a) may be submitted in classified form. 

20 (d) SUNSET.—The requirement to submit reports 

21 under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is 

22 two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

23 (e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE24 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres25 sional committees’’ means— 


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1 (1) in the Senate— 

2 (A) the Committee on Armed Services; 

3 (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence; 

4 (C) the Committee on the Judiciary; 

5 (D) the Committee on Homeland Security 

6 and Governmental Affairs; 

7 (E) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

8 and Urban Affairs; 

9 (F) the Committee on Foreign Relations; 

10 and 

11 (G) the Committee on Appropriations; and 

12 (2) in the House of Representatives— 

13 (A) the Committee on Armed Services; 

14 (B) the Permanent Select Committee on 

15 Intelligence; 

16 (C) the Committee on the Judiciary; 

17 (D) the Committee on Homeland Security; 

18 (E) the Committee on Financial Services; 

19 (F) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; and 

20 (G) the Committee on Appropriations. 

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