FTO Reform Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5348
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2014-07-31
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight

Department of Homeland Security

Department of State

Homeland security

Immigration status and procedures

Terrorism

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>FTO Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) revise the list of relevant committees to which the Secretary of State must provide prior notice with respect to the designation of a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) to include the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the House Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs Committees, and (2) include the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) among the officials the Secretary of State must consult in making such designation.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit recommendations to the Secretary of State regarding an FTO designation, including an assessment of the threat to national security due to terrorist activity or terrorism carried out by the organization.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report on: </p> <ul> <li>DHS activities relating to FTO designations and an accounting of the effects each such designation has on DHS operations; </li> <li>the number of individuals denied entry into the United States due to their support for an FTO and an identification of such FTOs; </li> <li>the number of individuals removed from the United States due to their support for an FTO and an identification of such FTOs; </li> <li>a list of all revocations of otherwise ineligible nonimmigrant visas considered by DHS; and </li> <li>a list of all individuals with respect to whom a revocation was granted, their associations with an FTO, and an identification of such FTOs. </li></ul>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5348 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 31, 2014 Mr. King of New York (for himself and Mr. McCaul ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to collaborate on foreign terrorist organization designations.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FTO Reform Act of 2014 . 2. Department of State and Department of Homeland Security collaboration (a) Designation Section 219(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189(d) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3)— (A) by inserting Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, before and Foreign Relations of the Senate ; and (B) by striking and International Relations of the House of Representatives and inserting Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; and (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting after Secretary of the Treasury the following: , the Secretary of Homeland Security, . (b) Consultation Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting , in accordance with subsection (d), after The Secretary ; (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: (d) Consultation The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, as soon as practicable, transmit to the Secretary the recommendations of the Secretary of Homeland Security to the Secretary of State regarding the designation under this section of an organization as a foreign terrorist organization, including an assessment of the threat to national security due to terrorist activity or terrorism carried out by the organization under review. . (c) Report Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs a report on the the following: (1) The activities of the Department of Homeland Security relating to Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designations, and an accounting of the effects each such designation has on the Department’s operations. (2) The number of individuals denied entry into the United States due to their support for an FTO and an identification of such FTOs. (3) The number of individuals removed from the United States due to their support for an FTO and an identification of such FTOs. (4) A list of all revocations of otherwise ineligible nonimigrant visas considered by the Department of Homeland Security. (5) A list of all individuals with respect to whom a revocation was granted, their associations with an FTO, and an identification of such FTOs.