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Union Calendar No. 377 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4240 
[Report No. 114–495] 
To require an independent review of the operation and administration of 
the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) maintained by the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation and subsets of the TSDB, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2015 
Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. RATCLIFFE, and Mr. CONYERS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
APRIL 15, 2016 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. RICHMOND, 
Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. COHEN, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. VELA, Mr. 
LABRADOR, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. 
KEATING, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. KILDEE, 
and Mrs. DINGELL 
APRIL 15, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 11, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To require an independent review of the operation and ad-
ministration of the Terrorist Screening Database 
(TSDB) maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion and subsets of the TSDB, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘No Fly for Foreign 
Fighters Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GAO STUDY ON THE TERRORIST SCREENING DATA-
BASE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study and submit, to the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, a report 
on— 
(1) whether past weaknesses in the operation and 
administration of the Terrorist Screening Database 
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘TSDB’’) and subsets 
of the TSDB have been addressed; and 
(2) the extent to which existing vulnerabilities to 
the United States may be addressed or mitigated 
through additional changes to the TSDB and subsets 
of the TSDB, thereby enhancing America’s security 
and defenses. 
(b) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—The study and report 
under subsection (a) shall include information on the extent 
to which— 
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(1) information is being integrated into the 
TSDB from all relevant sources across the government 
in a timely manner; 
(2) agencies are able to comply with increased 
demands for information to improve the TSDB; 
(3) the TSDB, and relevant subsets of the TSDB, 
are accessible to agencies, authorities, and other enti-
ties, as appropriate; and 
(4) the TSDB is capable of enabling users to 
identify known or suspected terrorists in the most 
timely and comprehensive manner possible. 
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Union Calendar No. 377 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4240 
[Report No. 114–495] 
A BILL 
To require an independent review of the operation 
and administration of the Terrorist Screening 
Database (TSDB) maintained by the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation and subsets of the 
TSDB, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 15, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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