[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2596]
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SA 424. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title XII, insert the
following:
SEC. 12__. REVOCATION OF DESIGNATION AS FOREIGN TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION.
Section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1189(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``paragraph (5) or
(6)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph
(5)''; and
(B) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ``paragraph (6)''
and inserting ``paragraph (5)(B)'';
(2) by striking paragraphs (5) through (7) and inserting
the following:
``(5) Revocation.--
``(A) By an act of congress.--The Congress, by an Act of
Congress, may block or revoke a designation made under
paragraph (1).
``(B) Based on change in circumstances.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), the
Secretary shall revoke a designation made under paragraph (1)
with respect to a particular organization if the Secretary
determines, after completing a review in accordance with
subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (4), that--
``(I) the circumstances that were the basis for the
designation have changed in such a manner as to warrant such
revocation; or
``(II) the national security of the United States warrants
such revocation.
``(ii) Effective date.--A revocation under this
subparagraph may not take effect before the date that is 45
days after the date on which the Secretary, by classified
communication, submits written notification to the Speaker
and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, the
President pro tempore, the majority leader and the minority
leader of the Senate, and the members of the relevant
committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate, in
writing, of the Secretary's determination under clause (i),
including the justification for such determination.
``(C) Joint resolution.--
``(i) In general.--A revocation under subparagraph (B)
shall not take effect with respect to a particular
organization if Congress, during the 45-day period beginning
on the date on which the Secretary notifies Congress pursuant
to clause (ii), enacts a joint resolution containing the
following statement after the resolving clause: `That the
proposed revocation of the designation of ____________