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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.

S. 2846 · 113th Congress · Sep 17, 2014 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 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.

Sec. 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.