I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3860 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 10, 2025 Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina (for herself, Mr. Norman , Mr. Stutzman , Mr. Steube , Mr. McGuire , Mr. McDowell , Mr. Zinke , Mr. Moore of Alabama , and Mr. Carter of Georgia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To authorize the revocation or denial of passports to individuals affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Passports for Terrorists and Traffickers Act . 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: 4. Authority to deny or revoke passport to individuals providing material support for terrorism (a) Ineligibility (1) Issuance Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall refuse to issue a passport to any individual— (A) has been charged with or convicted of a violation of section 2339A or 2339B of title 18, United States Code; or (B) whom the Secretary determines has knowingly aided, assisted, abetted, or otherwise provided material support to 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 ). (2) Revocation The Secretary of State shall, except as provided in paragraph (3)(A), revoke a passport previously issued to any individual described in paragraph (1). (3) Exceptions (A) Return to the United States In order to facilitate the return of an individual described in paragraph (1) to the United States, the Secretary of State may limit a previously issued passport or passport card only for return travel to the United States, or may issue a limited passport or passport card that only permits return travel to the United States, prior to revocation under paragraph (2). (B) Humanitarian and emergency waiver The Secretary of State may issue a passport to an individual otherwise ineligible for such passport or subject to revocation of such passport under this subsection if the Secretary determines that emergency circumstances or humanitarian needs apply. (b) 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 by the Secretary, may request a hearing to appeal such denial or revocation not later than 60 days after receiving notice of such denial or revocation. (c) Right to restoration In the event that an individual described in paragraph (1) demonstrates during a hearing described in subsection (b) that the individual has been acquitted of an act described in that paragraph, or the Secretary otherwise changes a determination described in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph, the Secretary may re-issue a passport to such individual. (d) Report (1) In general If the Secretary of State refuses to issue or revokes a passport pursuant to subsection (a), or if, subsequent to a hearing pursuant to subsection (b), the Secretary issues or cancels a revocation of a passport that was the subject of such a hearing, the Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after such refusal or revocation, or such issuance or cancellation, submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on such refusal, revocation, issuance, or cancellation, as the case may be. (2) Form The report submitted under paragraph (1) may be submitted in classified or unclassified form. (e) Definition In this section— (1) the term passport includes a passport card; and (2) the term material support means the provision of any property, tangible or intangible, or service— (A) including currency or monetary instruments or financial securities, financial services, lodging, training, expert advice or assistance, safehouses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel (1 or more individuals who may be or include oneself), and transportation; and (B) excluding medicine or religious materials. (f) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed— (1) or applied so as to abridge the exercise of rights guaranteed under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States; or (2) to limit the Secretary’s ability to revoke a passport. (g) Severability If any provision of this section or the application of such provision is held by a Federal court to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and the application of such provisions to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected. .