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No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act

Introduced: December 17, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 2016
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 27, 2016
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4240.
Apr 27, 2016
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Apr 27, 2016
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2020)
Apr 27, 2016
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2020)
Apr 27, 2016
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2019-2022)
Apr 27, 2016
Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Apr 15, 2016
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 377.
Apr 15, 2016
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-495.
Jan 12, 2016
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jan 12, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jan 8, 2016
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
Dec 12, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Dec 11, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 11, 2015
Introduced in House
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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 15, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study and report to Congress within one year on: (1) whether past weaknesses in the operation and administration of the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) and its subsets (e.g., the No Fly list) have been addressed, and (2) the extent to which additional changes may address or mitigate existing vulnerabilities.

The study and report must include, with respect to the TSDB, information on: (1) timely integration of information, (2) increased demands for information, (3) accessibility to relevant agencies, and (4) identification of known or suspected terrorists by users.

What's happening now April 28, 2016

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 6 Republican 1
D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Jan 28, 2016
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Jan 11, 2016
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Dec 18, 2015
Bishop, Mike
· Dec 17, 2015
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Dec 17, 2015
 R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Dec 16, 2015
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Dec 16, 2015
Labrador, Raul
· Dec 16, 2015
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Dec 15, 2015
GOODLATTE, ROBERT
· Dec 15, 2015
Ratcliffe, John
· Dec 11, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4240: No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4240/
MLA
"H.R. 4240: No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4240/.
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H.R. 4240, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4240/.
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