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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1449 

To require a report on the designation of Pakistan as a state sponsor 

of terrorism, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 9, 2017 

Mr. POE of Texas (for himself and Mr. ROHRABACHER) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To require a report on the designation of Pakistan as a 

state sponsor of terrorism, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pakistan State Spon5 sor of Terrorism Designation Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF PAKISTAN AS A 

7 STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist 

10 attacks, al-Qaeda leaders and the Afghan Taliban 


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1 fled Afghanistan to Pakistan and settled in the Fed2 erally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Joint 

3 Task Force Guantanamo threat assessments subse4 quently revealed that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intel5 ligence (ISI) facilitated al-Qaeda’s movement of 

6 fighters to and from Afghanistan as well as the ter7 rorist organization’s purchase of weapons. 

8 (2) The Government of Pakistan, and the ISI 

9 in particular, provide support and a safe haven to 

10 groups designated as foreign terrorist organizations 

11 pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Na12 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) by the United States 

13 Government. Then Chairman of the United States 

14 Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen testified 

15 in 2011 that ‘‘the Haqqani Network . . . acts as a 

16 veritable arm of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intel17 ligence agency. With ISI support, Haqqani 

18 operatives planned and conducted’’ various attacks 

19 against United States personnel and interests in Af20 ghanistan, including a 2011 attack on the United 

21 States Embassy in Kabul. 

22 (3) The founder and leader of al-Qaeda, Osama 

23 bin Laden, was found and killed in the Pakistani 

24 military town of Abbottabad in 2011. The Govern25 ment of Pakistan subsequently condemned the raid 


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1 that killed the terrorist leader and continues to im2 prison Dr. Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who 

3 played an instrumental role in identifying Osama bin 

4 Laden’s hiding place. 

5 (4) A 2012 NATO report indicated that the Af6 ghan Taliban is directly assisted by the Pakistani se7 curity services and noted that ‘‘Pakistan’s manipula8 tion of the Taliban senior leadership continues 

9 [unabated]’’. The report also suggested that Paki10 stan is aware of the locations of senior Taliban lead11 ers, including one who maintained a residence in the 

12 immediate vicinity of the ISI headquarters in 

13 Islamabad. 

14 (5) The leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah 

15 Akhtar Mansour, was located in southwestern Paki16 stan at the time of his death by a United States 

17 drone strike on May 21, 2016. Pakistan’s Balu18 chistan Province has long been a haven for the Af19 ghan Taliban, and the group’s top leadership is 

20 headquartered in the city of Quetta in Baluchistan 

21 Province. 

22 (6) The Department of State’s 2016 Country 

23 Reports on Terrorism noted that Pakistan ‘‘did not 

24 take substantial action against the Afghan Taliban 

25 or HQN (the Haqqani Network), or substantially 


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1 limit their ability to threaten United States interests 

2 in Afghanistan’’. The report also stated that ‘‘Paki3 stan has not taken sufficient action against other ex4 ternally-focused groups such as Laskar-e-Tayyiba 

5 (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), which contin6 ued to cooperate, train, organize, and fundraise in 

7 Pakistan’’. Moreover, since passage of Carl Levin 

8 and Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense 

9 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 

10 113–291), the Secretary of Defense has been unable 

11 to certify that Pakistan has taken adequate action 

12 against the Haqqani Network in accordance with 

13 section 1222(f) of such Act. 

14 (7) Pakistan has not taken steps to dem15 onstrate its commitment to prevent the Haqqani 

16 Network from using North Waziristan as a safe 

17 haven, nor has it shown progress in arresting and 

18 prosecuting Haqqani Network senior leaders and 

19 mid-level operatives. 

20 (b) REPORTS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

22 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, 

23 acting through the Secretary of State and in con24 sultation with the heads of other appropriate Fed25 eral departments and agencies, shall submit to the 


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1 appropriate congressional committees a report that 

2 determines whether— 

3 (A)(i) with respect to each of the acts de4 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (7) of sub5 section (a), the Government of Pakistan, includ6 ing any agents or instrumentalities of such Gov7 ernment, directly or indirectly, committed, con8 spired to commit, attempted, aided, or abetted 

9 any such act; or 

10 (ii) the Government of Pakistan, including 

11 any agents or instrumentalities of such Govern12 ment, directly or indirectly, committed, con13 spired to commit, attempted, aided, or abetted 

14 any act not referred to in clause (i) that con15 stitutes an act of or support for international 

16 terrorism; and 

17 (B) any such act referred to in subpara18 graph (A)(i) constitutes an act of or support for 

19 international terrorism. 

20 (2) FOLLOW-UP.—If the Secretary of State 

21 makes a determination in the affirmative with re22 spect to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), the 

23 Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after making 

24 such determination, submit to the appropriate con25 gressional committees a report that contains— 


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1 (A) a determination regarding whether the 

2 Government of Pakistan is a state sponsor of 

3 terrorism; or 

4 (B) a detailed justification as to why the 

5 conduct described in the report required under 

6 such paragraph (1) does not meet the legal cri7 teria for a determination in the affirmative 

8 under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. 

9 (c) FORM.—The reports required by subsection (b) 

10 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

11 a classified annex, if appropriate. 

12 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

13 In this Act: 

14 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT15 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com16 mittees’’ means— 

17 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

18 the House of Representatives; and 

19 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

20 the Senate. 

21 (2) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.—The term 

22 ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the 

23 government of which the Secretary of State has de24 termined, for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export 

25 Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)) (as 


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1 continued in effect pursuant to the International 

2 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 

3 et seq.)), section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act 

4 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of the Arms 

5 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or any other 

6 provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly 

7 provided support for acts of international terrorism. 

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