Congress asks DHS to report on Syria terrorist threats
H.R. 1327 — Syria Terrorism Threat Assessment Act · Filed by Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 13, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill tells the Department of Homeland Security to study terrorists in Syria. DHS must find out where these people came from and what groups they work with. DHS must say whether it can track them. DHS must write a report to Congress within 60 days. Most of the report will be public.
Who it affects
Congress gets a report about DHS's work. DHS must do the study and write the report.
One thing to notice
The bill asks for a report but does not say what happens if DHS cannot track these terrorists.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Feb 13, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Feb 13, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Homeland Security and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence”
- Mar 25, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Apr 9, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote”
- Nov 19, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4782)”
- Nov 19, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Guest moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Dec 2025 to Dec 2025.
Those reports show $290,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 89 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Morgan Luttrell, who sponsored the bill, received $89,600 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Fdd Action — $290,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- Department of Homeland Security — The government agency that protects the United States from threats and dangers.
- report — A written document that gives facts and findings about a topic.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,827 characters) on Jul 2, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jan 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-23.
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