In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

July 17, 2012. 

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1959) entitled ‘‘An Act to require a report on the designation of the 

Haqqani Network as a foreign terrorist organization and for 

other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Haqqani Network Ter3 rorist Designation Act of 2012’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF THE HAQQANI NET5 WORK AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZA6 TION. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) A report of the Congressional Research Serv9 ice on relations between the United States and Paki10 stan states that ‘‘[t]he terrorist network led by 

11 Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son Sirajuddin, based in 

12 the FATA, is commonly identified as the most dan13 gerous of Afghan insurgent groups battling U.S.-led 

14 forces in eastern Afghanistan’’. 
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1 (2) The report further states that, in mid-2011, 

2 the Haqqanis undertook several high-visibility attacks 

3 in Afghanistan. First, a late June assault on the 

4 Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul by 8 Haqqani gun5 men and suicide bombers left 18 people dead. Then, 

6 on September 10, a truck bomb attack on a United 

7 States military base by Haqqani fighters in the 

8 Wardak province injured 77 United States troops and 

9 killed 5 Afghans. A September 13 attack on the 

10 United States Embassy compound in Kabul involved 

11 an assault that sparked a 20-hour-long gun battle and 

12 left 16 Afghans dead, 5 police officers and at least 6 

13 children among them. 

14 (3) The report further states that ‘‘U.S. and Af15 ghan officials concluded the Embassy attackers were 

16 members of the Haqqani network’’. 

17 (4) In September 22, 2011, testimony before the 

18 Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, Chair19 man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen stat20 ed that ‘‘[t]he Haqqani network, for one, acts as a 

21 veritable arm of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence 

22 agency. With ISI support, Haqqani operatives plan 

23 and conducted that [September 13] truck bomb attack, 

24 as well as the assault on our embassy. We also have 

25 credible evidence they were behind the June 28th at-
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1 tack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul and a 

2 host of other smaller but effective operations’’. 

3 (5) In October 27, 2011, testimony before the 

4 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep5 resentatives, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated 

6 that ‘‘we are taking action to target the Haqqani 

7 leadership on both sides of the border. We’re increas8 ing international efforts to squeeze them operationally 

9 and financially. We are already working with the 

10 Pakistanis to target those who are behind a lot of the 

11 attacks against Afghans and Americans. And I made 

12 it very clear to the Pakistanis that the attack on our 

13 embassy was an outrage and the attack on our for14 ward operating base that injured 77 of our soldiers 

15 was a similar outrage.’’. 

16 (6) At the same hearing, Secretary of State Clin17 ton further stated that ‘‘I think everyone agrees that 

18 the Haqqani Network has safe havens inside Paki19 stan; that those safe havens give them a place to plan 

20 and direct operations that kill Afghans and Ameri21 cans.’’. 

22 (7) On November 1, 2011, the United States 

23 Government added Haji Mali Kahn to a list of spe24 cially designated global terrorists under Executive 

25 Order 13224. The Department of State described 
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1 Khan as ‘‘a Haqqani Network commander’’ who has 

2 ‘‘overseen hundreds of fighters, and has instructed his 

3 subordinates to conduct terrorist acts.’’ The designa4 tion continued, ‘‘Mali Khan has provided support 

5 and logistics to the Haqqani Network, and has been 

6 involved in the planning and execution of attacks in 

7 Afghanistan against civilians, coalition forces, and 

8 Afghan police’’. According to Jason Blazakis, the chief 

9 of the Terrorist Designations Unit of the Department 

10 of State, Khan also has links to al-Qaeda. 

11 (8) Five other top Haqqani Network leaders have 

12 been placed on the list of specially designated global 

13 terrorists under Executive Order 13224 since 2008, 

14 and three of them have been so placed in the last year. 

15 Sirajuddin Haqqani, the overall leader of the 

16 Haqqani Network as well as the leader of the 

17 Taliban’s Mira shah Regional Military Shura, was 

18 designated by the Secretary of State as a terrorist in 

19 March 2008, and in March 2009, the Secretary of 

20 State put out a bounty of $5,000,000 for information 

21 leading to his capture. The other four individuals so 

22 designated are Nasiruddin Haqqani, Khalil al 

23 Rahman Haqqani, Badruddin Haqqani, and Mullah 

24 Sangeen Zadran. 
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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

2 that— 

3 (1) the Haqqani Network meets the criteria for 

4 designation as a foreign terrorist organization as set 

5 forth in section 219 of the Immigration and Nation6 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and 

7 (2) the Secretary of State should so designate the 

8 Haqqani Network as a foreign terrorist organization 

9 under such section 219. 

10 (c) REPORT.— 

11 (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 

12 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec13 retary of State shall submit to the appropriate com14 mittees of Congress— 

15 (A) a detailed report on whether the 

16 Haqqani Network meets the criteria for designa17 tion as a foreign terrorist organization as set 

18 forth in section 219 of the Immigration and Na19 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and 

20 (B) if the Secretary determines that the 

21 Haqqani Network does not meet the criteria set 

22 forth under such section 219, a detailed justifica23 tion as to which criteria have not been met. 
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1 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

2 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

3 include a classified annex. 

4 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

5 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 

6 committees of Congress’’ means— 

7 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

8 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 

9 on the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on 

10 Intelligence of the Senate; and 

11 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

12 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

13 the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Com14 mittee on Intelligence of the House of Represent15 atives. 

16 (d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act may be con17 strued to infringe upon the sovereignty of Pakistan to com18 bat militant or terrorist groups operating inside the bound19 aries of Pakistan. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1959 

AMENDMENT