US Congress House Bill 5695 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on November 12 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-12-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Treason and Passport Revocation Act of 2014 - Amends the federal criminal code to include an organization that the Secretary of State has designated as a foreign terrorist organization as an enemy of the United States for purposes of the crime of treason. Amends the Passport Act of 1926 to: (1) prohibit, with a discretionary exception for emergency or humanitarian reasons, the Secretary of State from issuing a passport or passport card to an individual who is a member of, or affiliated with, a foreign terrorist organization; and (2) require the Secretary to revoke a passport or passport card previously issued to any such individual. Authorizes the Secretary, before revocation, to: (1) limit a previously issued passport or passport card to only return travel to the United States, or (2) issue a limited passport or passport card that permits only return travel to the United States.

Treason and Passport Revocation Act of 2014

Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]

Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2014-12-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2014-11-12	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2014-11-12	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2014-11-12	House	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.

HB5406 (Related) 2014-09-08 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
HB5408 (Related) 2014-09-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5695/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5695/BILLS-113hr5695ih.pdf