H.R. 774 · 116th Congress
Expatriate Terrorist Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Steve King
- Introduced
- 2019-01-24
- Latest action
- 2019-03-05 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Summary
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.