Protect Against Terrorist Threats (PATT) Act of 2022
This bill expands, for immigration purposes, the definition of engaging in terrorist activity to include threatening, attempting, or conspiring to take certain acts considered to be terrorist activity under current law, such as gathering information on potential targets for terrorist activity.
Currently, non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who engage in terrorist activity are barred from admission into the United States.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand the definition 
      of ``engage in terrorist activity'', 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 ``Protect Against Terrorist Threats 
(PATT) Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF ``ENGAGE IN TERRORIST ACTIVITY''.

    Section 212(a)(3)(B)(iv) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(iv)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (V)(cc), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subclause (VI)(dd), by striking the period at the 
        end and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(VII) to threaten, attempt, or 
                                conspire to take any action described 
                                in subclauses (III) through (VI).''.
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Protect Against Terrorist Threats (PATT) Act of 2022
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand the definition of "engage in terrorist activity", and for other purposes.
Protect Against Terrorist Threats (PATT) Act of 2022
Rep. Higgins, Clay