S.Amdt. 2099

1. Adds Sec. 221.(a)(1) On December 17, 2004, the Secretary of State placed Al-Manar, a global satellite television operation, on the Terrorist Exclusion List pursuant to section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) because Al-Manar engages in terrorist activity on page 293, line 25

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   Inserted: Sec. 221.(a)(1) On December 17, 2004, the Secretary of State placed Al-Manar, a global satellite television operation, on the Terrorist Exclusion List pursuant to section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) because Al-Manar engages in terrorist activity.

   Inserted: (2) The United States included Hizballah on a Specially Designated Global Terrorist list pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to prohibiting transactions with persons who support terrorism) on October 31, 2001.

   Inserted: (3) Al-Manar is an official mouthpiece of the Hizballah terrorist network.

   Inserted: (4) Pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, except to the extent required by section 203(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)), or provided in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses issued pursuant to that Order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the effective date of that Order, all property and interests in property of the following persons in the United States or that come within the United States, or that come within the possession or control of United States persons shall be blocked:

   Inserted: (A) Foreign persons listed in the Annex to that Order.

   Inserted: (B) Foreign persons determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of United States nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States.

   Inserted: (C) Persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, to be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of those persons listed in the Annex to that Order or those persons determined to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) of that Order.

   Inserted: (D) Except as provided in section 5 of that Order and after such consultation, if any, with foreign authorities as the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, deems appropriate in the exercise of the Secretary's discretion, persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General--

   Inserted: (i) to assist in, sponsor, or provide financial, material, or technological support for, or financial or other services to or in support of, such acts of terrorism or those persons listed in the Annex to that Order or determined to be subject to that Order; or

   Inserted: (ii) to be otherwise associated with those persons listed in the Annex to that Order or those persons determined to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) of that Order.

   Inserted: (b) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in conjunction with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on whether the activities of Al-Manar and the Lebanese Communications Group SAL, the parent company of Al-Manar, fit the criteria established for placement on the Specially Designated Global Terrorist list pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224.

   Inserted: (c) In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on International Relations, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.

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