H.R. 4240: No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-12-11 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-12-11 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act

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(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.

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No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · 23 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4240, No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act (2016-01-29)

Cosponsors on this site

Steve Cohen (D-TN), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), William R. Keating (D-MA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr4240.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4240 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114