A bill to express the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State should use his existing authority to revoke the passports of United States citizens who have provided material support to ISIS and to require the Secretary to submit a quarterly report to Congress on the use of such authority.

Bill: 113-s-2846
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2014-09-17
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars

Congressional oversight

Iraq

Middle East

Terrorism

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State: (1) is authorized to revoke the passport of any U.S. citizen whose activities abroad are likely to seriously damage U.S. national security or foreign policy; and (2) should use such authority to revoke the passports of U.S. citizens who are fighting with or providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and to prevent such individuals from returning to the United States to plan or carry out a terrorist attack.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2846 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 17 (legislative day, September 16), 2014 Ms. Ayotte introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To express the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State should use his existing authority to revoke the passports of United States citizens who have provided material support to ISIS and to require the Secretary to submit a quarterly report to Congress on the use of such authority.

1. Sense of the Senate It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State— (1) is authorized to revoke the passport of any United States citizen whose activities abroad are likely to cause serious damage to United States national security or foreign policy; and (2) should use the authority described in paragraph (1)— (A) to revoke the passports of United States citizens who are fighting with, or otherwise providing material support to, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham; and (B) to prevent such individuals from returning to the United States to plan, coordinate, or carry out a terrorist attack. 2. Quarterly reports The Secretary of State shall submit a quarterly report, in classified and unclassified form, on the use of the authority described in section 1 to— (1) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate ; (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; (3) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate ; (4) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate ; (5) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives ; (6) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; (7) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives ; and (8) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives .