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H.R.4240

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

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About This Bill

Introduced Dec. 11, 2015
Latest Major Action April 28, 2016

Bill Sponsor

Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

Bill Cosponsors

23 (14 Democrats, 9 Republicans)

Bill Summary

(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...

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Bill Actions

Date	Description
April 28, 2016	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
April 27, 2016	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
April 27, 2016	Voice Vote in the House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2020)
April 27, 2016	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4240.
April 27, 2016	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2019-2022)
April 27, 2016	Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
April 15, 2016	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 377.
April 15, 2016	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-495.
Jan. 12, 2016	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jan. 12, 2016	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jan. 8, 2016	Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
Dec. 12, 2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Dec. 11, 2015	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec. 11, 2015	Introduced in the House by Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

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