[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8550 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8550 To provide for the prohibition on the use of United States passports for travel to, in, or through the Turks and Caicos Islands. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2024 Mr. Ogles (for himself and Mr. Donalds) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide for the prohibition on the use of United States passports for travel to, in, or through the Turks and Caicos Islands. 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 ``Protecting Americans Against Lawless Foreign Territories Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION. Beginning 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and for a period of time not to exceed 90 days, all United States passports shall be invalid for travel to, in, or through the Turks and Caicos Islands, unless specially validated for such travel under the authority of the Secretary of State. SEC. 3. RENEWAL OF PROHIBITION. The Secretary of State shall have the authority to extend the prohibition described in section 2 for periods of 90 days, renewable indefinitely. <all>