3 GOP Reps Intro Bill To Stop Libyans From Attending Flight School

Photo Credit: AFPThree Republican members of Congress are trying to prevent a new Obama Administration regulation that would grant Libyan nationals the ability to attend flight school in the United States.

Representatives Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) introduced the Protecting the Homeland Act (H.R. 5401), designed to stop the Obama Administration from lifting a longtime prohibition on Libyan nationals from coming to America to attend flight school, to work in aviation maintenance or flight operations, or to study or seek training in nuclear science.

The prohibition of Libyan nationals attending flight school et al. in the US took effect in 1983, after a wave of terrorist incidents involving Libyans, with restrictions being approved in July. According to a press release on Gowdy’s website, once DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson signs the regulation, it will take effect unless further action is taken.