[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 19958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07955]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8688]


In the Matter of the Designation of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Also 
Known as Ansar Jerusalem, Also Known as Supporters of Jerusalem, Also 
Known as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdes, Also Known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, Also 
Known as Jamaat Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, Also Known as Jamaat Ansar Beit 
al-Maqdis fi Sinaa, Also Known as Supporters of the Holy Place as a 
Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended

    Based upon a review of the Administrative Record assembled in this 
matter, and in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary 
of the Treasury, I conclude that there is a sufficient factual basis to 
find that the relevant circumstances described in section 219 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (hereinafter ``INA'') (8 
U.S.C. 1189), exist with respect to as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, also known 
as Ansar Jerusalem, also known as Supporters of Jerusalem, also known 
as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdes, also known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, also known 
as Jamaat Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, also known as Jamaat Ansar Beit al-
Maqdis fi Sinaa.
    Therefore, I hereby designate the aforementioned organization and 
its aliases as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 
of the INA.
    This determination shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: March 28, 2014.
John F. Kerry,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2014-07955 Filed 4-9-14; 8:45 am]
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