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H.R. 4240 — Reported in House

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IB Union Calendar No. 377 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4240 [Report No. 114–495] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2015 Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself, Mr. Ratcliffe, and Mr. Conyers) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary April 15, 2016 Additional sponsors: Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Vela, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Keating, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Farenthold, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Kildee, and Mrs. Dingell April 15, 2016 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 11, 2015 A BILL 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act. 2. GAO study on the Terrorist Screening Database (a) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study and submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, a report on— (1) whether past weaknesses in the operation and administration of the Terrorist Screening Database (hereinafter referred to as the TSDB) and subsets of the TSDB have been addressed; and (2) the extent to which existing vulnerabilities to the United States may be addressed or mitigated through additional changes to the TSDB and subsets of the TSDB, thereby enhancing America’s security and defenses. (b) Required information The study and report under subsection (a) shall include information on the extent to which— (1) information is being integrated into the TSDB from all relevant sources across the government in a timely manner; (2) agencies are able to comply with increased demands for information to improve the TSDB; (3) the TSDB, and relevant subsets of the TSDB, are accessible to agencies, authorities, and other entities, as appropriate; and (4) the TSDB is capable of enabling users to identify known or suspected terrorists in the most timely and comprehensive manner possible. April 15, 2016 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed