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HR 774 116th Congress House

Expatriate Terrorist Act

Official title: To amend section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem specified activities in support of terrorism as renunciation of United States nationality, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 24, 2019 See on congress.gov
Immigration Administrative remediesCitizenship and naturalizationDue process and equal protectionTerrorismVisas and passports
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 5, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Jan 24, 2019
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 5, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expatriate Terrorist Act

This bill establishes that certain acts deemed to support terrorism shall be grounds to lose U.S. nationality. Such acts include voluntarily (1) making a formal declaration of allegiance to a foreign terrorist organization, (2) serving in such an organization's armed forces, or (3) providing training or material assistance to such an organization.

The Department of State shall not issue a passport to any individual who is a member or attempting to become a member of a foreign terrorist organization, and shall revoke any passport belonging to such an individual.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 145 Related bill FTO Passport Revocation Act of 2019
  • HR 1021 Reintroduction of Expatriate Terrorist Act
 Bill text 1 version

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 774: Expatriate Terrorist Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-774/
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"H.R. 774: Expatriate Terrorist Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-774/.
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H.R. 774, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-774/.
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