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“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4240) 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, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 4240 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act''. SEC. 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.…”