A bill to require the Secretary of State to designate the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization.

Bill: 117-s-2770
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-09-21
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-09-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of State to designate the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization. (Among other things, such a designation allows the Department of the Treasury to require financial institutions to block transactions involving the organization.)</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2770 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 21, 2021 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To require the Secretary of State to designate the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization.

1. Designation of the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization The Secretary of State shall designate the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ).