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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 145 

To authorize the revocation or denial of passports to individuals affiliated 

with foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2019 

Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Mr. KEATING, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 

MEADOWS, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize the revocation or denial of passports to individuals affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations, 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 ‘‘FTO Passport Revoca5 tion Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORTS TO INDI2 VIDUALS AFFILIATED WITH FOREIGN TER3 RORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 

4 The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to regulate the issue and 

5 validity of passports, and for other purposes’’, approved 

6 July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), commonly known 

7 as the ‘‘Passport Act of 1926’’, is amended by adding at 

8 the end the following new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORT. 

10 ‘‘(a) INELIGIBILITY.— 

11 ‘‘(1) ISSUANCE.—Except as provided under 

12 subsection (b), the Secretary of State may refuse to 

13 issue a passport to any individual whom the Sec14 retary has determined has aided, assisted, abetted, 

15 or otherwise helped an organization the Secretary 

16 has designated as a foreign terrorist organization 

17 pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Na18 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

19 ‘‘(2) REVOCATION.—The Secretary of State 

20 may revoke a passport previously issued to any indi21 vidual described in paragraph (1). 

22 ‘‘(b) RIGHT OF REVIEW.—Any individual who, in ac23 cordance with this section, is denied issuance of a passport 

24 by the Secretary of State, or whose passport is revoked 

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1 retary not later than 60 days after receiving notice of such 

2 denial or revocation. 

3 ‘‘(c) REPORT.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of State 

5 refuses to issue or revokes a passport pursuant to 

6 subsection (a), or if, subsequent to a hearing pursu7 ant to subsection (b), the Secretary issues or cancels 

8 a revocation of a passport that was the subject of 

9 such a hearing, the Secretary shall, not later than 

10 30 days after such refusal or revocation, or such 

11 issuance or cancellation, submit to the Committee on 

12 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 

13 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

14 a report on such refusal, revocation, issuance, or 

15 cancellation, as the case may be. 

16 ‘‘(2) FORM.—The report submitted under para17 graph (1) may be submitted in classified or unclassi18 fied form. 

19 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘pass20 port’ includes a passport card.’’. 

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