“A bill to impose sanctions on the Polisario Front if it cooperates with an Iranian-affiliated terrorist organization.”
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This section establishes definitions for use in this Act, including (1) "Iranian-affiliated terrorist organization," meaning an Iranian entity designated as a foreign terrorist organization under INA §219(a) (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)) or a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under EO 13224; (2) "Iranian entity," meaning an Iranian person as defined in the Fight CRIME Act (division K of P.L. 118-50) or Hezbollah; (3) "Polisario Front," meaning the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro, founded May 10, 1973, or any successor organization; and (4) "relevant congressional committees," meaning the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
This section directs the Secretary of State, not later than 90 days after enactment and annually thereafter, to submit to the relevant congressional committees an unclassified report determining whether, during the specified period, the Polisario Front provided or received from Iranian-affiliated terrorist organizations (including through intermediaries)—(1) armed support in military operations; (2) weapons systems, including man-portable firearms; (3) unmanned aerial vehicles, including commercial parts; (4) systems to detect, track, engage, or destroy airborne targets; or (5) military intelligence, including surveillance data, targeting information, signals or human intelligence, and related analysis. The period for the first report is the 10 years preceding enactment through the submission date; subsequent reports cover the period from the prior report's submission date through the new submission date.
This section requires the President, not later than 30 days after submission of a report under section 3 containing a positive determination under section 3(b), to impose two sanctions: (1) designation as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)); and (2) sanctions applicable to a foreign person under Executive Order No. 13224 (relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism). (Thus, such designations block U.S. assets of and prohibit material support to the designated entities and have immigration consequences.)