119TH CONGRESS
1 ST SESSION
H. R. 3860
To authorize the revocation or denial of passports to individuals affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 10, 2025
Mrs. B IGGS of South Carolina (for herself, Mr. N ORMAN , Mr. S TUTZMAN , Mr. S TEUBE , Mr. MCGUIRE , Mr. MC DOWELL , Mr. Z INKE , Mr. MOORE of Alabama, and Mr. C ARTER 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 individ-
uals affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations, and
for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Passports for Ter-
rorists and Traffickers Act’’.
SECTION 2. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORTS TO INDIVI-
DUALS AFFILIATED WITH FOREIGN TER-
rorist 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 TO
INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING MATERIAL SUP-
PORT FOR TERRORISM.”‘’
(a) I
NELIGIBILITY .—
‘‘(1) I
SUSSANCE .—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 ter-
rorist 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 de-
scribed in paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) E
XCEPTIONS .—
‘‘(A) R
ETURN TO THE UNITED STATES .—In order to facilitate the return of an individual de-
scribed in paragraph (1) to the United States, the Secretary of State may limit a pre-
viously 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) H
UMANITARIAN AND EMERGENCY15
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) R
IGHT 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) R
IGHT TO RESTORATION .—In the event that an individual de-
scribed 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 Sec-retary may re-issue a passport to such individual.
‘‘(d) R
PORT .—
‘‘(1) I
N 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) F
ORM .—The report submitted under paragraph (1) may be submitted in classified or unclassi-
fied form.
‘‘(e) DEFINITION .—In this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘passport’ includes a passport card;
‘‘(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;
‘‘(B) excluding medicine or religious materials.
‘‘(f) R
ULE 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) S
EVERABILITY .—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.
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