[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6036 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6036

 To require a report by the Secretary of State on whether the Haqqani 
   Network meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist 
                 organization, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2012

Mr. Rogers of Michigan (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, and Mr. McKeon) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require a report by the Secretary of State on whether the Haqqani 
   Network meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist 
                 organization, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Haqqani Network Terrorist 
Designation Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS; STATEMENT OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) A report of the Congressional Research Service on 
        relations between the United States and Pakistan states that 
        ``[t]he terrorist network led by Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son 
        Sirajuddin, based in the FATA, is commonly identified as the 
        most dangerous of Afghan insurgent groups battling U.S.-led 
        forces in eastern Afghanistan.''.
            (2) The report further states that, in mid-2011, the 
        Haqqanis undertook several high-visibility attacks in 
        Afghanistan.
            (3) A late June 2011 assault on the Intercontinental Hotel 
        in Kabul by eight Haqqani gunmen and suicide bombers left 18 
        people dead.
            (4) On September 10, 2011, a truck bomb attack on a United 
        States military base by Haqqani fighters in the Wardak province 
        injured 77 United States troops and killed five Afghans.
            (5) The September 13, 2011, attack on the United States 
        Embassy compound in Kabul involved an assault that sparked a 
        20-hour-long gun battle and left 16 Afghans dead, five police 
        officers and at least six children among them.
            (6) The report further states that ``U.S. and Afghan 
        officials concluded the Embassy attackers were members of the 
        Haqqani network.''.
            (7) General John Allen, Commander, United States Forces 
        Afghanistan, has stated that the Haqqanis are responsible for 
        the deaths of hundreds of United States and coalition service 
        members, and is responsible for planning and conducting high-
        profile attacks against United States interests, including the 
        deadly assault on the Capital, Kabul in April 2012.
            (8) In September 22, 2011, testimony before the Committee 
        on Armed Services of the Senate, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
        of Staff Admiral Mullen stated that ``[t]he Haqqani network, 
        for one, acts as a veritable arm of Pakistan's Inter-Services 
        Intelligence agency. With ISI support, Haqqani operatives plan 
        and conducted that [September 13] truck bomb attack, as well as 
        the assault on our embassy. We also have credible evidence they 
        were behind the June 28th attack on the Intercontinental Hotel 
        in Kabul and a host of other smaller but effective 
        operations.''.
            (9) In October 27, 2011, testimony before the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, Secretary of 
        State Hillary Clinton stated that ``I think everyone agrees 
        that the Haqqani Network has safe havens inside Pakistan; that 
        those safe havens give them a place to plan and direct 
        operations that kill Afghans and Americans.''.
            (10) On November 1, 2011, the United States Government 
        added Haji Mali Kahn to a list of specially designated global 
        terrorists under Executive Order 13224.
            (11) The Department of State described Haji Mali Khan as 
        ``a Haqqani Network commander'' who has ``overseen hundreds of 
        fighters, and has instructed his subordinates to conduct 
        terrorist acts.''.
            (12) The designation continued, ``Mali Khan has provided 
        support and logistics to the Haqqani Network, and has been 
        involved in the planning and execution of attacks in 
        Afghanistan against civilians, coalition forces, and Afghan 
        police.''.
            (13) According to Jason Blazakis, the chief of the 
        Terrorist Designations Unit of the Department of State, Haji 
        Mali Khan also has links to al-Qaeda.
            (14) Five other top Haqqani Network leaders have been 
        placed on the list of specially designated global terrorists 
        under Executive Order 13224 since 2008, and three of them have 
        been so placed in the last year.
            (15) Sirajuddin Haqqani, the overall leader of the Haqqani 
        Network as well as the leader of the Taliban's Mira shah 
        Regional Military Shura, was designated by the Secretary of 
        State as a terrorist in March 2008, and in March 2009, the 
        Secretary of State put out a bounty of $5,000,000 for 
        information leading to his capture.
            (16) The other four individuals so designated are 
        Nasiruddin Haqqani, Khalil al Rahman Haqqani, Badruddin 
        Haqqani, and Mullah Sangeen Zadran.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Secretary of State should designate the Haqqani Network as a foreign 
terrorist organization in accordance with section 219 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
    (c) Statement of Congress.--Congress encourages continued and 
thorough cooperation between the Secretary of State and the 
intelligence community regarding the Haqqani Network.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON HAQQANI NETWORK.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees--
            (1) a detailed report on whether the Haqqani Network meets 
        the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist 
        organization as specified in section 219 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and
            (2) if the Secretary determines that the Haqqani Network 
        does not meet such criteria, a detailed justification as to 
        which of such criteria have not been met.
    (b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
        the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
        Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to infringe upon the sovereignty of Pakistan to combat militant or 
terrorist groups operating inside the international boundaries of 
Pakistan.
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