Expatriate Terrorists Act

Expatriate Terrorists Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include among the grounds for loss of U.S. nationality by a native-born or naturalized citizen:

• taking an oath or making a declaration of allegiance to a foreign terrorist organization after attaining the age of 18; or
• becoming a member of or providing training or material assistance to any foreign terrorist organization that such person knows or has reason to know will engage in hostilities against the United States, or will commit acts of terror against the United States or U.S. nationals.

Adds to the conditions referring to service in the armed forces of a foreign state or a foreign terrorist organization that such armed forces are engaged in hostilities against the United States (as under current law) or intentionally targeting U.S. nationals for acts of terror.

Declares that there shall be a loss of nationality by accepting, serving in, or performing the duties of an office, post, or employment under the government of a foreign state or a political subdivision after attaining the age of 18 if the person (under current law, a man) knowingly has or acquires the nationality of such foreign state (while current law does not require a knowing state of mind).

Declares also that there shall be a loss of nationality by accepting, serving in, or performing the duties of an office, post, or employment under the government of a foreign state or a political subdivision after attaining the age of 18 which requires an oath, affirmation, or declaration of allegiance to the foreign state or political subdivision.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5450 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5450

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2014

  Mr. Royce introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expatriate Terrorists Act''.

SEC. 2. LOSS OF NATIONALITY DUE TO SUPPORT OF TERRORISM.

    (a) In General.--Section 349(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1481(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``or a political subdivision 
                thereof'' and inserting ``, a political subdivision 
                thereof, or a designated foreign terrorist 
                organization''; and
                    (B) by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``if'' and inserting ``or a designated foreign 
                terrorist organization if--'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``, or'' and 
                inserting ``or intentionally targeting nationals of the 
                United States for acts of terror; or''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
            (4) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) as 
        paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8), respectively;
            (5) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) becoming a member of, or providing training or 
        material assistance to, any designated foreign terrorist 
        organization that such person knows, or has reason to know--
                    ``(A) will engage in hostilities against the United 
                States; or
                    ``(B) will commit acts of terror against the United 
                States or nationals of the United States;'';
            (6) in paragraph (5), as redesignated--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``he'' and 
                inserting ``the person knowingly''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``allegiance 
                is required; or'' and inserting ``allegiance to the 
                foreign state or political subdivision is required;''; 
                and
            (7) in paragraph (6), as redesignated, by striking ``or'' 
        at the end.
    (b) Technical Amendments.--Section 351 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1483) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(6) and (7)'' and 
        inserting ``(7) and (8)''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``(5)'' and inserting 
        ``(6)''.
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