H.R. 4403: Enhancing Overseas Traveler Vetting Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-02-01 · International Affairs · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-02-01 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Enhancing Overseas Traveler Vetting Act

Plain summary

Enhancing Overseas Traveler Vetting Act (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of State to: develop open-source software based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection's global travel targeting and analysis systems and the State Department's watch listing, identification, and screening systems to facilitate the vetting of travelers against terrorist watch lists and law enforcement databases, enhance border management, and improve targeting and analysis; and make such software and any related technical assistance or training available to foreign governments or multilateral organizations for such purposes. DHS and the State Department shall submit an implementing plan to Congress. Before making open-source software available to foreign governments or multilateral organizations, DHS and the State Department shall: (1) certify to Congress that such availability is in U.S. national security interests, and (2) inform Congress on how such software or any related technical assistance or training will be made available. No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act.

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Official text

Enhancing Overseas Traveler Vetting Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23] · 12 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4403, Enhancing Overseas Traveler Vetting Act (2016-04-08); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4403, Enhancing Overseas Traveler Vetting Act (2016-04-08)

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Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr4403.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4403 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114