I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 248 
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 
JANUARY 4, 2017 
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 pas-
senger on an aircraft or cruise ship based on inclusion 
of the individual in a watchlist, 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 ‘‘No Fly for Terrorists 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PREVENTING A CITIZEN OR PER-
MANENT RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
FROM BOARDING AS A PASSENGER ON AN 
AIRCRAFT OR CRUISE SHIP BASED ON INCLU-
SION IN A WATCHLIST. 
(a) AIRCRAFT.—Section 44903(j)(2) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by redesignating subpara-
graph (H) as subparagraph (I), and by inserting after 
subparagraph (G) the following: 
‘‘(H) PROHIBITION
ON
PREVENTING
A 
PASSENGER FROM BOARDING ABSENT CONVIC-
TION
FOR
CRIME
OF
TERRORISM.—No per-
sonnel of the Department of Homeland Security 
may prohibit an individual who is a citizen or 
permanent resident of the United States from 
boarding as a passenger on a flight based on 
the inclusion of the individual on any automatic 
selectee list, no fly list, consolidated and inte-
grated terrorist watchlist, or other similar list 
maintained by the Federal Government unless 
the individual has been convicted of a Federal 
crime of terrorism as such term is defined in 
section 2332b(g)(5) of title 18.’’. 
(b) CRUISE SHIPS.—Section of title 40701 of the In-
telligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(46 U.S.C. 70101 note) is amended by redesignating sub-
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section (d) as subsection (e), and by inserting after sub-
section (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON PREVENTING A PASSENGER 
FROM BOARDING ABSENT CONVICTION FOR CRIME OF 
TERRORISM.—No personnel of the Department of Home-
land Security may prohibit an individual who is a citizen 
or permanent resident of the United States from boarding 
as a passenger on a cruise ship based on the inclusion 
of the individual on the no transport list, automatic se-
lectee list, consolidated and integrated terrorist watchlist, 
or other similar list maintained by the Federal Govern-
ment unless the individual has been convicted of a Federal 
crime of terrorism as such term is defined in section 
2332b(g)(5) of title 18.’’. 
Æ 
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