To require an independent review of the operation and administration of the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and subsets of the TSDB, and for other purposes.
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 15, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study and report to Congress within one year on: (1) whether past weaknesses in the operation and administration of the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) and its subsets (e.g., the No Fly list) have been addressed, and (2) the extent to which additional changes may address or mitigate existing vulnerabilities.
The study and report must include, with respect to the TSDB, information on: (1) timely integration of information, (2) increased demands for information, (3) accessibility to relevant agencies, and (4) identification of known or suspected terrorists by users.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-495.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-495.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 377.
Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2019-2022)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4240.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2020)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2020)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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