I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7479 
To provide a means for Congress to prevent an organization’s designation 
as a foreign terrorist organization from being revoked by the Secretary 
of State. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 7, 2022 
Mr. PENCE (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide a means for Congress to prevent an organization’s 
designation as a foreign terrorist organization from being 
revoked by the Secretary of State. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REVOCATION OF DESIGNATION AS FOREIGN 
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. 
Section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (5) or (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (A) or (B) of paragraph (5)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(5)(B)’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (5) through (7) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(5) REVOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS.—The Con-
gress, by an Act of Congress, may block or re-
voke a designation made under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) 
BASED
ON
CHANGE
IN
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clauses 
(ii) and (iii), the Secretary shall revoke a 
designation made under paragraph (1) 
with respect to a particular organization if 
the Secretary determines, after completing 
a review in accordance with subparagraph 
(B) or (C) of paragraph (4), that— 
‘‘(I) the circumstances that were 
the basis for the designation have 
changed in such a manner as to war-
rant such revocation; or 
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‘‘(II) the national security of the 
United States warrants such revoca-
tion. 
‘‘(ii) EFFECTIVE DATE.—A revocation 
under this subparagraph may not take ef-
fect before the date that is 45 days after 
the date on which the Secretary, by classi-
fied communication, submits written notifi-
cation to the Speaker and the minority 
leader of the House of Representatives, the 
President pro tempore, the majority leader 
and the minority leader of the Senate, and 
the members of the relevant committees of 
the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, in writing, of the Secretary’s deter-
mination under clause (i), including the 
justification for such determination. 
‘‘(C) JOINT RESOLUTION.— 
‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—A 
revocation 
under subparagraph (B) shall not take ef-
fect with respect to a particular organiza-
tion if Congress, during the 45-day period 
beginning on the date on which the Sec-
retary notifies Congress pursuant to clause 
(ii), enacts a joint resolution containing 
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the following statement after the resolving 
clause: ‘That the proposed revocation of 
the 
designation 
of 
llllllllllll as a foreign 
terrorist 
organization 
under 
section 
219(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)(1)) pursuant 
to the notification submitted to the Con-
gress on llllllll is prohibited.’, 
with the first blank to be completed with 
the name of the foreign terrorist organiza-
tion that is the subject of such proposed 
revocation and the second blank to be com-
pleted with the appropriate date. 
‘‘(ii) EXPEDITED
PROCEDURES.—A 
joint resolution described in clause (i) and 
introduced within the appropriate 45-day 
period shall be considered in the Senate 
and in the House of Representatives in ac-
cordance with the procedures set forth in 
clauses (iii) through (x). 
‘‘(iii) 
COMMITTEE
REFERRAL.—A 
joint resolution described in clause (i) that 
is introduced in the House of Representa-
tives shall be referred to the Committee on 
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‘‘(ix) PROCEDURES.—If, before the 
passage by the Senate of a joint resolution 
of the Senate described in clause (i), the 
Senate receives a joint resolution described 
in clause (i) from the House of Represent-
atives— 
‘‘(I) the resolution of the House 
of Representatives shall not be re-
ferred to a committee; 
‘‘(II) with respect to a joint reso-
lution of the Senate described in 
clause (i)— 
‘‘(aa) the procedure in the 
Senate shall be the same as if no 
resolution had been received from 
the House of Representatives; 
and 
‘‘(bb) the vote on final pas-
sage shall be on the resolution of 
the House of Representatives; 
and 
‘‘(III) upon disposition of the 
joint resolution received from the 
House of Representatives, it shall no 
longer be in order to consider the 
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joint resolution that originated in the 
Senate. 
‘‘(x) SENATE ACTION.—If the Senate 
receives a joint resolution described in 
clause (i) from the House of Representa-
tives after the Senate has disposed of a 
joint resolution described in clause (i) that 
originated in the Senate, the action of the 
Senate regarding the disposition of the 
Senate 
originated 
resolution 
shall 
be 
deemed to be the action of the Senate with 
regard to the joint resolution that origi-
nated in the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(D) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—The rev-
ocation of a designation under this paragraph 
shall not affect any action or proceeding based 
on conduct committed before the effective date 
of such revocation.’’; and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (6). 
Æ 
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