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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5179 

To limit the authority of personnel of the Department of Homeland Security 

to prohibit a citizen or permanent resident of the United States from 

boarding as a passenger on an aircraft or cruise ship based on inclusion 

of the individual in a watchlist, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2016 

Mr. AMASH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To limit the authority of personnel of the Department of 

Homeland Security to prohibit a citizen or permanent 

resident of the United States from boarding as a passenger on an aircraft or cruise ship based on inclusion 

of the individual in a watchlist, 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 ‘‘No Fly for Terrorists 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PREVENTING A CITIZEN OR PER2 MANENT RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

3 FROM BOARDING AS A PASSENGER ON AN 

4 AIRCRAFT OR CRUISE SHIP BASED ON INCLU5 SION IN A WATCHLIST. 

6 (a) AIRCRAFT.—Section 44903(j)(2) of title 49, 

7 United States Code, is amended by redesignating subpara8 graph (H) as subparagraph (I), and by inserting after 

9 subparagraph (G) the following: 

10 ‘‘(H) PROHIBITION ON PREVENTING A

11 PASSENGER FROM BOARDING ABSENT CONVIC12 TION FOR CRIME OF TERRORISM.—No per13 sonnel of the Department of Homeland Security 

14 may prohibit an individual who is a citizen or 

15 permanent resident of the United States from 

16 boarding as a passenger on a flight based on 

17 the inclusion of the individual on any automatic 

18 selectee list, no fly list, consolidated and inte19 grated terrorist watchlist, or other similar list 

20 maintained by the Federal Government unless 

21 the individual has been convicted of a Federal 

22 crime of terrorism as such term is defined in 

23 section 2332b(g)(5) of title 18.’’. 

24 (b) CRUISE SHIPS.—Section of title 40701 of the In25 telligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 

26 (46 U.S.C. 70101 note) is amended by redesignating subVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:23 May 12, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5179.IH H5179

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1 section (d) as subsection (e), and by inserting after sub2 section (c) the following: 

3 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON PREVENTING A PASSENGER

4 FROM BOARDING ABSENT CONVICTION FOR CRIME OF

5 TERRORISM.—No personnel of the Department of Home6 land Security may prohibit an individual who is a citizen 

7 or permanent resident of the United States from boarding 

8 as a passenger on a cruise ship based on the inclusion 

9 of the individual on the no transport list, automatic se10 lectee list, consolidated and integrated terrorist watchlist, 

11 or other similar list maintained by the Federal Govern12 ment unless the individual has been convicted of a Federal 

13 crime of terrorism as such term is defined in section 

14 2332b(g)(5) of title 18.’’. 

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