H.R. 5611 - Homeland Safety and Security Act

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Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 7:47am Postponed subject to the call of the chair View Announcement »

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Homeland Safety and Security Act
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#	Version #	Sponsor(s)	Party	Summary	Status
1	Version 1	Donovan (NY)(link is external)	Republican	Prevents U.S. nationals who travel overseas to join a foreign terrorist organization from accessing the U.S. financial system.	Submitted
2	Version 1	Duncan (SC)(link is external), Barletta (PA), Flores (TX)	Republican	Deports all non-citizens on the No-Fly and Selectee Lists.	Submitted
3	Version 1	Clyburn (SC)(link is external)	Democrat	Eliminates the ability of a firearm dealer to transfer a firearm if the National Instant Criminal Background Check System has been unable to complete a background check of the prospective transferee within 3 business days.	Submitted
4	Version 1	McClintock (CA)(link is external)	Republican	Requires due process protections for gun purchasers at judicial hearings to prohibit such transfers on the government’s motion.	Submitted
5	Version 1	Thompson, Mike (CA)(link is external), Adams (NC), Aguilar (CA), Bass (CA), Beatty, (OH), Beyer (VA), Blumenauer (OR), Boyle (PA), Butterfield (NC), Capps (CA), Capuano (MA), C?rdenas , Tony (CA), Carson (IN), Castor (FL), Chu (CA), Cicilline (RI), Clark, Katherine (MA), Cohen (TN), Connolly (VA), Conyers (MI), Cooper (TN), Courtney (CT), Crowley (NY), Cummings (MD), DeLauro (CT), DeSaulnier (CA), Deutch (FL), Doyle (PA), Edwards (MD), Engel (NY), Eshoo (CA), Esty (CT), Farr (CA), Foster (IL), Frankel (FL), Fudge (OH), Gallego (AZ), Garamendi (CA), Grayson (FL), Gutierrez (IL), Hahn (CA), Hastings, Alcee (FL), Higgins (NY), Himes (CT), Honda (CA), Huffman (CA), Israel (NY), Jackson Lee (TX), Jeffries (NY), Johnson, Hank (GA), Kaptur (OH), Keating (MA), Kennedy (MA), Kildee (MI), Langevin (RI), Larson, John (CT), Lawrence (MI), Levin, Sander (MI), Lieu (CA), Loebsack (IA), Lofgren (CA), Lowey (NY), Lujan Grisham (NM), Lynch (MA), Matsui (CA), McCollum (MN), McDermott (WA), McGovern (MA), Meeks (NY), Moore, Gwen (WI), Moulton (MA), Nadler (NY), Napolitano (CA), Neal (MA), Nolan (MN), Norcross (NJ), Norton (DC), Pascrell (NJ), Perlmutter (CO), Pingree (ME), Pocan (WI), Polis (CO), Price, David (NC), Quigley (IL), Rice, Kathleen (NY), Roybal-Allard (CA), Ruppersberger (MD), Ryan, Tim (OH), Sanchez, Loretta (CA), Sarbanes (MD), Schakowsky (IL), Serrano (NY), Slaughter (NY), Speier (CA), Swalwell (CA), Takai (HI), Takano (CA), Titus (NV), Tonko (NY), Torres (CA), Tsongas (MA), Van Hollen (MD), Vargas (CA), Wasserman Schultz (FL), Waters (CA), Welch (VT), Yarmuth (KY), Sinema (AZ), Vela (TX), Clarke (NY), Kelly, Robin (IL), Lee, Barbara (CA), Murphy, Patrick (FL), Maloney, Carolyn (NY), S?nchez, Linda (CA), Scott, Bobby (VA), Scott, David (GA), Smith, Adam (WA), Thompson, Bennie (MS), Wilson (FL)	Democrat	Grants the Attorney General the authority to deny the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm or the issuance of a firearm or explosives license or permit to dangerous terrorists.	Submitted
6	Version 1	Thompson, Mike (CA)(link is external), Adams (NC), Aguilar (CA), Bass (CA), Beatty, (OH), Beyer (VA), Blumenauer (OR), Bonamici (OR), Boyle (PA), Butterfield (NC), Capps (CA), Capuano (MA), C?rdenas , Tony (CA), Carson (IN), Castor (FL), Chu (CA), Cicilline (RI), Clark, Katherine (MA), Cohen (TN), Connolly (VA), Conyers (MI), Cooper (TN), Courtney (CT), Crowley (NY), Cummings (MD), Davis, Danny K. (IL), DeLauro (CT), DeSaulnier (CA), Deutch (FL), Doyle (PA), Edwards (MD), Engel (NY), Eshoo (CA), Esty (CT), Farr (CA), Foster (IL), Frankel (FL), Fudge (OH), Gallego (AZ), Garamendi (CA), Grayson (FL), Gutierrez (IL), Hahn (CA), Hastings, Alcee (FL), Higgins (NY), Himes (CT), Honda (CA), Huffman (CA), Israel (NY), Jackson Lee (TX), Jeffries (NY), Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX), Johnson, Hank (GA), Kaptur (OH), Keating (MA), Kelly, Robin (IL), Kennedy (MA), Kildee (MI), Langevin (RI), Larson, John (CT), Lawrence (MI), Lee, Barbara (CA), Levin, Sander (MI), Lewis, John (GA), Lieu (CA), Lipinski (IL), Loebsack (IA), Lofgren (CA), Lowey (NY), Lujan Grisham (NM), Lynch (MA), Maloney, Carolyn (NY), Matsui (CA), McCollum (MN), McDermott (WA), McGovern (MA), Meeks (NY), Moore, Gwen (WI), Moulton (MA), Murphy, Patrick (FL), Nadler (NY), Napolitano (CA), Neal (MA), Nolan (MN), Norcross (NJ), Norton (DC), Pascrell (NJ), Perlmutter (CO), Peters, Scott (CA), Pingree (ME), Pocan (WI), Polis (CO), Price, David (NC), Quigley (IL), Rice, Kathleen (NY), Roybal-Allard (CA), Ruppersberger (MD), Ryan, Tim (OH), Sanchez, Loretta (CA), S?nchez, Linda (CA), Sarbanes (MD), Schakowsky (IL), Scott, David (GA), Scott, Bobby (VA), Serrano (NY), Slaughter (NY), Smith, Adam (WA), Speier (CA), Swalwell (CA), Takai (HI), Takano (CA), Thompson, Bennie (MS), Titus (NV), Tonko (NY), Torres (CA), Tsongas (MA), Van Hollen (MD), Vargas (CA), Wasserman Schultz (FL), Waters (CA), Welch (VT), Wilson (FL), Yarmuth (KY), Clarke (NY), Brown, Corrine (FL), Cleaver (MO), Delaney (MD), Grijalva (AZ), Lowenthal (CA), Pallone (NJ), Velázquez (NY)	Democrat	Requires background checks on commercial sales of firearms.	Submitted
7	Version 1	Babin (TX)(link is external)	Republican	Prohibits grants from being awarded to organizations and individuals identified as unindicted co-conspirators (or any group or organization in which an employee or officer is the same) in the case of U.S. v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.	Submitted
8	Version 1	Thompson, Bennie (MS)(link is external)	Democrat	Ensures that the legislation does not limit the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to address violent extremist activities, as defined in the Act.	Submitted
9	Version 1	Amash (MI)(link is external)	Republican	Strikes section 5 of the bill (Granting the Attorney General the Authority to Deny the Sale, Delivery, or Transfer of Firearms or Explosives to Known or Suspected Terrorists).	Submitted
10	Version 1	Hill (AR)(link is external)	Republican	Establishes a new vetting process for refugees that would include any refugees seeking asylum in America from a country that is designated as a high-risk threat to the United States by the U.S. Department of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Refugees applying for asylum from high-risk countries would require individual verification by DHS, FBI, and DNI before being granted admission to the United States.	Submitted
11	Version 1	Babin (TX)(link is external), Meadows (NC), Brat (VA)	Republican	Provides for a moratorium on refugee admissions from six countries with a sustained presence of radical Islamic terrorism. Requires a full assessment of the national security and social welfare implications of refugee admissions into the United States. Permits the refugee resettlement program to resume only after direct authorization by Congress.	Submitted
12	Version 1	Diaz-Balart (FL)(link is external), DeSantis (FL)	Republican	Requires the State Department to report to Congress within 60 days whether the Muslim Brotherhood meets the criteria for foreign terrorist designation and, if not, which criteria have not been met.	Submitted
13	Version 1	Zeldin (NY)(link is external)	Republican	Removes those individuals from the look-back period in Section 5 (a)(7)(A) if it is determined that person was subject to designation as a Known or Suspected terrorist due to “erroneous entry”. This is a further step in ensuring due process and protecting those who were added to Terrorist Watchlist or related lists erroneously.	Submitted
14	Version 1	Dent (PA)(link is external), Ashford (NE)	Bi-Partisan	Provides for a loss of American citizenship for those who travel overseas to join, train with, support, or fight for ISIS or other foreign terrorist organizations designated by the Secretary of State.	Submitted
15	Version 1	Stutzman (IN)(link is external)	Republican	Allows reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.	Submitted
16	Version 1	King, Peter (NY)(link is external), Dold (IL), Donovan (NY)	Republican	Increases public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of a firearm or the issuance of firearms or explosives licenses to a known or suspected dangerous terrorist.	Submitted
17	Version 1	Curbelo (FL)(link is external), Moulton (MA), Dold (IL), King, Peter (NY), Rigell (VA), Donovan (NY), Gabbard (HI), Thompson, Mike (CA)	Bi-Partisan	Grants the Attorney General the discretionary authority to deny the transfer of firearms and explosives and federal firearms and explosives licenses and permits to known or suspected terrorists on the No Fly and Selectee lists. It also provides an opportunity for appeal in a US District Court in the event of a denial and a mechanism for law enforcement to be notified if someone who is or has been in the Terrorism Screening Database within the previous five years requests the transfer of a firearm. It also provides a modified notice procedure for this type of judicial proceeding under FISA.	Submitted
18	Version 1	Curbelo (FL)(link is external), Moulton (MA), Dold (IL), King, Peter (NY), Rigell (VA), Donovan (NY), Gabbard (HI), Thompson, Mike (CA)	Bi-Partisan	Grants the Attorney General the discretionary authority to deny the transfer of firearms and explosives and federal firearms and explosives licenses and permits to known or suspected terrorists on the No Fly and Selectee lists. It also provides an opportunity for appeal in a US District Court in the event of a denial and a mechanism for law enforcement to be notified if someone who is or has been in the Terrorism Screening Database within the previous five years requests the transfer of a firearm.	Submitted