Terrorist Watchlist Modification Review Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6563 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6563 To require notifications of changes to policies and procedures governing terrorist watchlist and transnational organized crime watchlist, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 10, 2025 Mr. Castro of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require notifications of changes to policies and procedures governing terrorist watchlist and transnational organized crime watchlist, and for other purposes. 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 ``Terrorist Watchlist Modification Review Act''. SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF MATERIAL CHANGES TO POLICIES OR PROCEDURES GOVERNING TERRORIST WATCHLIST AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME WATCHLIST. (a) Notification of Material Changes.-- (1) Notification required.--The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees notice of any material change to a policy or procedure relating to the terrorist watchlist or the transnational organized crime watchlist, including any change to the policy or procedure for adding or removing a person from either watchlist. Each notification under this subsection shall include a summary of the material changes to such policy or procedure. (2) Timing of notification.--Each notification required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than 30 days after the date on which a material change described in paragraph (1) takes effect. (b) Requests by Appropriate Committees.--Not later than 30 days after receiving a request from an appropriate congr