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HR 4186 114th Congress House

Enemy Expatriation Act

Official title: To add support of a foreign terrorist organization to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 15, 2015 See on congress.gov
Immigration Citizenship and naturalizationTerrorism
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 15, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Dec 8, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 8, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 15, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Enemy Expatriation Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include traveling abroad to join, participate in, train with, fight for, conspire with, or otherwise support a foreign terrorist organization to the list of acts for which U.S. nationals shall lose their nationality.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 545 Related bill Enemy Expatriation Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 4
R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jul 7, 2016
 R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Jan 6, 2016
CULBERSON, JOHN
· Dec 17, 2015
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Dec 16, 2015
 R
Zinke, Ryan K.
Montana · Dec 15, 2015
Costello, Ryan
· Dec 11, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4186: Enemy Expatriation Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4186/
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"H.R. 4186: Enemy Expatriation Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4186/.
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H.R. 4186, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4186/.
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