[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[S. 1959 Referred in House (RFH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1959


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2011

               Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To require a report on the designation of the Haqqani Network 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 2011''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF THE HAQQANI NETWORK AS A FOREIGN 
              TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (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. First, a late June assault on the Intercontinental 
        Hotel in Kabul by 8 Haqqani gunmen and suicide bombers left 18 
        people dead. Then, on September 10, a truck bomb attack on a 
        United States military base by Haqqani fighters in the Wardak 
        province injured 77 United States troops and killed 5 Afghans. 
        A September 13 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, 5 police officers and at least 
        6 children among them.
            (3) The report further states that ``U.S. and Afghan 
        officials concluded the Embassy attackers were members of the 
        Haqqani network''.
            (4) 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''.
            (5) In October 27, 2011, testimony before the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, Secretary of 
        State Hillary Clinton stated that ``we are taking action to 
        target the Haqqani leadership on both sides of the border. 
        We're increasing international efforts to squeeze them 
        operationally and financially. We are already working with the 
        Pakistanis to target those who are behind a lot of the attacks 
        against Afghans and Americans. And I made it very clear to the 
        Pakistanis that the attack on our embassy was an outrage and 
        the attack on our forward operating base that injured 77 of our 
        soldiers was a similar outrage.''.
            (6) At the same hearing, Secretary of State Clinton further 
        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.''.
            (7) On November 1, 2011, the United States Government added 
        Haji Mali Kahn to a list of specially designated global 
        terrorists under Executive Order 13224. The Department of State 
        described Khan as ``a Haqqani Network commander'' who has 
        ``overseen hundreds of fighters, and has instructed his 
        subordinates to conduct terrorist acts.'' 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''. According to Jason 
        Blazakis, the chief of the Terrorist Designations Unit of the 
        Department of State, Khan also has links to al-Qaeda.
            (8) 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. 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. The other 
        four individuals so designated are Nasiruddin Haqqani, Khalil 
        al Rahman Haqqani, Badruddin Haqqani, and Mullah Sangeen 
        Zadran.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) Report required.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
        submit to the appropriate committees of Congress--
                    (A) a detailed report on whether the Haqqani 
                Network meets the criteria for designation as a foreign 
                terrorist organization as set forth in section 219 of 
                the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 
                and
                    (B) if the Secretary determines that the Haqqani 
                Network does not meet the criteria set forth under such 
                section 219, a detailed justification as to which 
                criteria have not been met.
            (2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
        submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
        annex.
            (3) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
                on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on 
                Intelligence of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
                on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee 
                on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
    (c) Construction.--Nothing in this Act may be construed to infringe 
upon the sovereignty of Pakistan to combat militant or terrorist groups 
operating inside the boundaries of Pakistan.

            Passed the Senate December 17, 2011.

            Attest:

                                                NANCY ERICKSON,

                                                             Secretary.