(A) the organization is a foreign organiza-
tion; 
(B) the organization is a self-perpetuating 
association 
of 
individuals 
who 
operate 
transnationally for the purpose of obtaining 
power, influence, monetary, or commercial 
gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while 
protecting their activities through a pattern of 
corruption 
or 
violence 
or 
through 
a 
transnational organization structure and the ex-
ploitation of transnational commerce or commu-
nication mechanisms; and 
(C) the organization threatens the security 
of United States nationals or the national secu-
rity of the United States. 
(2) PROCEDURE.— 
(A) NOTICE.— 
(i) TO
CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERS.— 
Seven days before making a designation 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall, 
by classified communication, notify the 
Speaker and minority leader of the House 
of Representatives, the President pro tem-
pore, majority leader, and minority leader 
of the Senate, and the members of the rel-
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evant committees of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, in writing, of 
the intent to designate an organization 
under this subsection, together with the 
findings made under paragraph (1) with 
respect to that organization, and the fac-
tual basis therefor. 
(ii) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REG-
ISTER.—The Secretary shall publish the 
designation in the Federal Register seven 
days after providing the notification under 
clause (i). 
(B) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—For pur-
poses of section 2339B of title 18, United 
States Code— 
(i) an organization designated as a 
foreign Special Transnational Criminal Or-
ganization shall be treated as an organiza-
tion subject to such section for purposes of 
such section; and 
(ii) a designation under this sub-
section shall take effect for such purposes 
upon 
publication 
under 
subparagraph 
(A)(ii). 
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(C) FREEZING OF ASSETS.—Upon notifica-
tion under paragraph (2)(A)(i), the Secretary of 
the Treasury may require United States finan-
cial institutions possessing or controlling any 
assets of any foreign organization included in 
the notification to block all financial trans-
actions involving those assets until further di-
rective from either the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, Act of Congress, or order of court. 
(3) RECORD.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In making a designa-
tion under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
create an administrative record. 
(B) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary may consider classified information in 
making a designation under this subsection. 
Classified information shall not be subject to 
disclosure for such time as it remains classified, 
except that such information may be disclosed 
to a court ex parte and in camera for purposes 
of judicial review under subsection (c). 
(4) PERIOD OF DESIGNATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A designation under 
this subsection shall be effective until revoked 
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under paragraph (5) or (6) or set aside pursu-
ant to subsection (c). 
(B) REVIEW OF DESIGNATION UPON PETI-
TION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
review the designation of a foreign Special 
Transnational 
Criminal 
Organization 
under the procedures set forth in clauses 
(iii) and (iv) if the designated organization 
files a petition for revocation within the pe-
tition period described in clause (ii). 
(ii) PETITION PERIOD.—For purposes 
of clause (i)— 
(I) if the designated organization 
has not previously filed a petition for 
revocation under this subparagraph, 
the petition period begins 2 years 
after the date on which the designa-
tion was made; or 
(II) if the designated organiza-
tion has previously filed a petition for 
revocation under this subparagraph, 
the petition period begins 2 years 
after the date of the determination 
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made under clause (iv) on that peti-
tion. 
(iii) PROCEDURES.—Any foreign Spe-
cial Transnational Criminal Organization 
that submits a petition for revocation 
under this subparagraph must provide evi-
dence in that petition that the relevant cir-
cumstances described in paragraph (1) are 
sufficiently 
different 
from 
the 
cir-
cumstances that were the basis for the des-
ignation such that a revocation with re-
spect to the organization is warranted. 
(iv) DETERMINATION.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 
180 days after receiving a petition for 
revocation submitted under this sub-
paragraph, the Secretary shall make a 
determination as to such revocation. 
(II) 
CLASSIFIED
INFORMA-
TION.—The Secretary may consider 
classified information in making a de-
termination in response to a petition 
for revocation. Classified information 
shall not be subject to disclosure for 
such time as it remains classified, ex-
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cept that such information may be 
disclosed to a court ex parte and in 
camera for purposes of judicial review 
under subsection (c). 
(III) PUBLICATION
OF
DETER-
MINATION.—A determination made by 
the Secretary under this clause shall 
be published in the Federal Register. 
(IV) PROCEDURES.—Any revoca-
tion by the Secretary shall be made in 
accordance with paragraph (6). 
(C) OTHER REVIEW OF DESIGNATION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary de-
termines that a 5-year period has elasped 
since the designation without a review hav-
ing taken place under subparagraph (B), 
the Secretary shall review the designation 
of the foreign Special Transnational Crimi-
nal Organization in order to determine 
whether such designation should be re-
voked pursuant to paragraph (6). 
(ii) PROCEDURES.—If a review does 
not take place pursuant to subparagraph 
(B) in response to a petition for revocation 
that is filed in accordance with that sub-
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