[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5391]
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  SA 3626. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 subtitle E of title XII, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 12___. ASSESSMENT OF AFRICAN ARMED GROUPS M23 AND RSF 
                   FOR DESIGNATION AS FOREIGN TERRORIST 
                   ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of State, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, 
     shall conduct an assessment of whether the following 
     organizations meet the criteria for designation as foreign 
     terrorist organizations under section 219 of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189):
       (1) The Mouvement Du 23 Mars (M23) operating in the 
     Democratic Republic of Congo.
       (2) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) operating in Sudan.
       (b) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     classified report containing the results of the assessment 
     described in subsection (a).
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``congressional committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
     the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
     of the House of Representatives.
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