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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5348 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to collaborate on foreign 

terrorist organization designations. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 31, 2014 

Mr. KING of New York (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to collaborate 

on foreign terrorist organization designations. 

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 ‘‘FTO Reform Act of 

5 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND DEPARTMENT OF 

7 HOMELAND SECURITY COLLABORATION. 

8 (a) DESIGNATION.—Section 219(d) of the Immigra9 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(d)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (3)— 


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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘Homeland Security and 

2 Governmental Affairs,’’ before ‘‘and Foreign 

3 Relations of the Senate’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘and International Rela5 tions of the House of Representatives’’ and in6 serting ‘‘Homeland Security, and Foreign Af7 fairs of the House of Representatives’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘Sec9 retary of the Treasury’’ the following: ‘‘, the Sec10 retary of Homeland Security,’’. 

11 (b) CONSULTATION.—Section 219 of the Immigra12 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)(1), in the matter pre14 ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, in accord15 ance with subsection (d),’’ after ‘‘The Secretary’’; 

16 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub17 section (e); and 

18 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol19 lowing new subsection: 

20 ‘‘(d) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Homeland 

21 Security shall, as soon as practicable, transmit to the Sec22 retary the recommendations of the Secretary of Homeland 

23 Security to the Secretary of State regarding the designa24 tion under this section of an organization as a foreign ter25 rorist organization, including an assessment of the threat 


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1 to national security due to terrorist activity or terrorism 

2 carried out by the organization under review.’’. 

3 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 

5 Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Se6 curity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

7 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs a report 

8 on the the following: 

9 (1) The activities of the Department of Home10 land Security relating to Foreign Terrorist Organi11 zation (FTO) designations, and an accounting of the 

12 effects each such designation has on the Depart13 ment’s operations. 

14 (2) The number of individuals denied entry into 

15 the United States due to their support for an FTO 

16 and an identification of such FTOs. 

17 (3) The number of individuals removed from 

18 the United States due to their support for an FTO 

19 and an identification of such FTOs. 

20 (4) A list of all revocations of otherwise ineli21 gible nonimigrant visas considered by the Depart22 ment of Homeland Security. 


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1 (5) A list of all individuals with respect to 

2 whom a revocation was granted, their associations 

3 with an FTO, and an identification of such FTOs. 

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