[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1315 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1315

 Urging the Secretary of State to designate the Caucasus Emirate as a 
                    foreign terrorist organization.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2010

 Mr. Hastings of Florida (for himself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms. Berkley, 
Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Speier, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Berman, 
Mr. Farr, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Polis of Colorado, Mr. Stark, 
and Mr. Hare) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
  the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Foreign Affairs, 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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Urging the Secretary of State to designate the Caucasus Emirate as a 
                    foreign terrorist organization.

Whereas the Caucasus Emirate was declared by its leader Doku Umarov (Abu Usman) 
        in October 2007;
Whereas the Caucasus Emirate seeks to establish a Taliban-style Sharia-based 
        Islamist state on sovereign Russian Federation, Georgian, Armenian, and 
        Azerbaijani territory;
Whereas the Caucasus Emirate has declared jihad against the Russian Federation, 
        the United States, Great Britain, Israel, and any other state fighting 
        international terrorists;
Whereas the Caucasus Emirate and Al Qaeda and other international terrorist 
        organizations cooperate with each other and often support each other 
        with regard to personnel, training, financing, and propaganda;
Whereas, since its creation in October 2007, the Caucasus Emirate has committed 
        over 900 terrorist attacks on Russian territory, killing more than 900 
        and wounding more than 1,500 civilians, government officials, police, 
        military, and security personnel;
Whereas such acts of violence against civilian targets are clearly intended to 
        spread fear across all levels of society, injure, at least 
        psychologically, a far greater number of people than those physically 
        present at the scene of the attack, and thus constitute terrorism; and
Whereas the United States and many other nations have also experienced such acts 
        of terrorism: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns the terrorist acts carried out by the Caucasus 
        Emirate against innocent Russian civilians; and
            (2) urges the Secretary of State to designate the Caucasus 
        Emirate as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 
        of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
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