US Congress House Bill 2020 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on April 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Treason and Passport Revocation Act of 2015 Amends the federal criminal code to include an organization that the Department 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 Department 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 Department to revoke a passport or passport card previously issued to any such individual. Authorizes the Department, 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 2015

Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]

Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]

Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
2015-05-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2015-05-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-04-23	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2015-04-23	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-04-23	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.
2015-04-23	House	Introduced in House

HB178 (Related) 2015-02-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
HB237 (Related) 2015-07-22 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
HB614 (Related) 2015-02-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2020/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2020/BILLS-114hr2020ih.pdf