I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FTO Reform Act of 
2014’’. 
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY COLLABORATION. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Section 219(d) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs,’’ before ‘‘and Foreign 
Relations of the Senate’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Homeland Security, and Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘Sec-
retary of the Treasury’’ the following: ‘‘, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security,’’. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—Section 219 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, in accord-
ance with subsection (d),’’ after ‘‘The Secretary’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall, as soon as practicable, transmit to the Sec-
retary the recommendations of the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to the Secretary of State regarding the designa-
tion under this section of an organization as a foreign ter-
rorist organization, including an assessment of the threat 
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to national security due to terrorist activity or terrorism 
carried out by the organization under review.’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs a report 
on the the following: 
(1) The activities of the Department of Home-
land Security relating to Foreign Terrorist Organi-
zation (FTO) designations, and an accounting of the 
effects each such designation has on the Depart-
ment’s operations. 
(2) The number of individuals denied entry into 
the United States due to their support for an FTO 
and an identification of such FTOs. 
(3) The number of individuals removed from 
the United States due to their support for an FTO 
and an identification of such FTOs. 
(4) A list of all revocations of otherwise ineli-
gible nonimigrant visas considered by the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security. 
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(5) A list of all individuals with respect to 
whom a revocation was granted, their associations 
with an FTO, and an identification of such FTOs. 
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