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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 Cali-
fornia, Mr. KATKO, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. LOUDERMILK, and Mr. 
RATCLIFFE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) 
A BILL 
To require intelligence community reporting on foreign fight-
er flows to and from terrorist safe havens abroad, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tracking Foreign 
Fighters in Terrorist Safe Havens Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REPORTING TO CON-
GRESS ON FOREIGN FIGHTER FLOWS. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 
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days thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence, con-
sistent with the protection of intelligence sources and 
methods, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on foreign fighter flows to and from 
terrorist safe havens abroad. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall include, with respect to each terrorist safe 
haven, the following: 
(1) The total number of foreign fighters who 
have traveled or are suspected of having traveled to 
the terrorist safe haven since 2011, including the 
countries of origin of such foreign fighters. 
(2) The total number of United States citizens 
present in the terrorist safe haven. 
(3) The total number of foreign fighters who 
have left the terrorist safe haven or whose where-
abouts are unknown. 
(c) FORM.—The reports submitted under subsection 
(a) may be submitted in classified form. 
(d) SUNSET.—The requirement to submit reports 
under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is 
two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
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(1) in the Senate— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services; 
(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence; 
(C) the Committee on the Judiciary; 
(D) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs; 
(E) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs; 
(F) the Committee on Foreign Relations; 
and 
(G) the Committee on Appropriations; and 
(2) in the House of Representatives— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services; 
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence; 
(C) the Committee on the Judiciary; 
(D) the Committee on Homeland Security; 
(E) the Committee on Financial Services; 
(F) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; and 
(G) the Committee on Appropriations. 
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