Title: FTO Passport Revocation Act of 2017
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
FTO Passport Revocation Act of 2017
This bill amends the Passport Act of 1926 to direct the Department of State to refuse to issue a passport to an individual who is a member of or affiliated with, or who has aided or provided material support to, a foreign terrorist organization.
The State Department: (1) shall revoke a passport previously issued to any such individual; and (2) may, prior to revocation, issue a limited passport or limit a previously issued passport, but only for return travel to the United States.
The State Department may issue or decline to revoke a passport for emergency, humanitarian, or law enforcement purposes.
A person whose passport is denied, revoked, or limited may seek State Department review within 60 days of receiving notice of such action.
The State Department shall report to Congress within 30 days regarding any such refusal or revocation.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 425 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 425

   To authorize the revocation or denial of passports to individuals 
    affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 10, 2017

Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself and Mr. Keating) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the revocation or denial of passports to individuals 
    affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FTO Passport Revocation Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORTS TO INDIVIDUALS AFFILIATED 
              WITH FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

    The Act entitled ``An Act to regulate the issue and validity of 
passports, and for other purposes'', approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 
211a et seq.), commonly known as the ``Passport Act of 1926'', is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORT.

    ``(a) Ineligibility.--
            ``(1) Issuance.--Except as provided under subsection (b), 
        the Secretary of State shall refuse to issue a passport to any 
        individual whom the Secretary has determined--
                    ``(A) is a member of or is otherwise affiliated 
                with an organization the Secretary has designated as a 
                foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 
                of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 
                or
                    ``(B) has aided, abetted, or provided material 
                support to such an organization.
            ``(2) Revocation.--The Secretary of State shall revoke a 
        passport previously issued to any individual described in 
        paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Exceptions.--
            ``(1) Emergency circumstances, humanitarian reasons, and 
        law enforcement purposes.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the 
        Secretary of State may issue to or decline to revoke a passport 
        of an individual described in such subsection in emergency 
        circumstances, for humanitarian reasons, or for law enforcement 
        purposes.
            ``(2) Limitation for return to united states.--
        Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of State, 
        before revocation, may--
                    ``(A) limit a previously issued passport only for 
                return travel to the United States; or
                    ``(B) issue a limited passport that only permits 
                return travel to the United States.
    ``(c) Right of Review.--Any individual who, in accordance with this 
section, is denied issuance of a passport by the Secretary of State, or 
whose passport is revoked or otherwise limited by the Secretary, may 
request a hearing before the Secretary not later than 60 days after 
receiving notice of such denial, revocation, or limitation.
    ``(d) Report.--If the Secretary of State denies, issues, limits, or 
declines to revoke a passport under subsection (b), the Secretary 
shall, not later than 30 days after such denial, issuance, limitation, 
or revocation, submit to Congress a report on such denial, issuance, 
limitation, or revocation, as the case may be.
    ``(e) Rule of Construction.--In this section, the term `passport' 
includes a passport card.''.
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