Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8438
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-20
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill statutorily establishes that current and former members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shall be considered to have engaged in terrorist activity for immigration purposes. The bill also (1) limits the authority of the Department of State to issue waivers to allow members of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations to enter the United States, and (2) gives Congress the authority to block the revocation of a Foreign Terrorist Organization designation. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8438 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2022 Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To specify that revoking a Foreign Terrorist Organization designation requires a joint certification from the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, to restrict waiver authority for allowing members and conscripts of Foreign Terrorist Organizations into the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation Act of 2022 . 2. Treatment of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (a) Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(3)(B)(i), in the matter following subclause (IX), by inserting after the Palestine Liberation Organization the following: , or a member or conscript or a former member or conscript of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, ; and (2) in subsection (d)(3)(B)(i), by inserting , no such waiver may be extended to an alien who is a member or representative of, or has knowingly and voluntarily provided any level of support to an organization described in subsection (a)(3)(B)(vi)(I) before , and no such waiver may . (b) Revocation Section 219(a)(6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189(a)(6) ) is amended— (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: (A) In general The Secretary may revoke a designation made under paragraph (1) at any time, and shall revoke a designation upon completion of a review conducted pursuant to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (4) if— (i) the Secretary finds that— (I) the organization no longer fits the criteria listed under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1); or (II) the national security of the United States warrants a revocation; and (ii) the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense submit to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the Senate, and the members of the relevant committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate, together with the findings and the factual basis of the revocation, a joint certification, indicating that the organization has not engaged in terrorism or support of terrorism for 2 years prior to the proposed revocation of the designation. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (C) Congressional authority The Congress, by an Act of Congress, may block a revocation of a designation made under paragraph (1). .