,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjhb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #aa1 #bjac
 ,mr4 ,poe of ,texas 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,de,santis1 ,mr4 ,kingston1 ,mr4 ,yoho1 
,mr4 ,gohmert1 ,mr4 ,pitts1 ,mr4 ,weber 
of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,walberg1 ,mr4 ,king of 
,iowa1 and ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south       
,carolina7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to require a report on the designation 
of the ,libyan faction of ,ansar        
al-,sharia as a foreign terrorist       
organization1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,ansar al-,sharia ,terrorist    
,designation ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,report
 on designation of the ,libyan factions 
of ,ansar al-,sharia as a foreign       
terrorist organization  7a7 ,findings   
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,ansar al-,sharia ,benghazi first       
announced itself in ,february #bjab4    
,the group is led by ,muhammad          

al-,zahawi1 who had previously been an  
inmate of former ,president ,muammar    
al-,qaddafi's infamous ,abu ,salim      
prison4  7#b7 ,on ,august #f1 #bjac1 the
 ,department of ,justice filed sealed   
criminal charges against ,ahmed ,abu    
,khattalah1 a senior commander within   
,libya's ,islamist militia ,ansar       
al-,sharia4 ,according to the ,wall     
,street ,journal1 ,mr4 ,abu ,khattalah  
was seen at the ,united ,states         
consulate in ,benghazi during the       
,september #aa1 #bjab1 attack that      
killed ,united ,states ,ambassador      
,christopher ,stevens1 ,sean ,smith1    
,tyrone ,woods1 and ,glen ,doherty4     
7#c7 ,on ,october #ag1 #bjab1 the ,new  
,york ,times reported that ,libyan      
authorities named ,ahmed ,abu ,khattalah
 as a commander in the ,september #aa1  
#bjab1 attack on the ,united ,states    
consulate in ,benghazi4  7#d7 ,on       
,august #h1 #bjac1 the ,washington      
,institute for ,near ,east ,peace issued
 a report in which it highlights ,ansar 

al-,sharia's establishment of training  
camps in ,libya for jihadists preparing 
to fight with extremist rebels in       
,syria4  7#e7 ,abu ,sufian ,bin ,qumu1  
leader of the ,ansar al-,sharia faction 
in ,darnah1 ,libya1 is a former         
,guantanamo ,bay inmate with close      
al-,qaeda ties4 ,bin ,qumu was an       
associate of ,usama bin ,laden and is   
believed to maintain connections to     
senior al-,qaeda members4  7#f7         
,according to a report published by the 
,library of ,congress in ,august #bjab1 
,ansar al-,sharia has increasingly      
embodied al ,qaeda's presence in ,libya1
 as indicated by its active social-media
 propaganda1 extremist discourse1 and   
hatred of the ,west1 especially the     
,united ,states4  7#g7 ,according to a  
report published by the ,library of     
,congress in ,august #bjab1 al-,qaeda's 
senior leadership in ,pakistan has      
dispatched operatives to ,libya to      
establish a clandestine terrorist       
network there4 ,the report concluded    

that al-,qaeda is on the verge of a     
fully operational network inside ,libya1
 and ,ansar al-,sharia is one of the    
brands employed by al ,qaeda operatives4
  7b7 ,report  7#a7 ,in general ,not    
later than #cj days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,state shall1 in          
consultation with the intelligence      
community1 submit to the appropriate    
congressional committees--  7,a7 a      
detailed report on whether the ,libyan  
faction of ,ansar al-,sharia1 meets the 
criteria for designation as a foreign   
terrorist organization under section    
#bai of the ,immigration and            
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahi72 
and  7,b7 if the ,secretary of ,state   
determines that the ,libyan faction of  
,ansar al-,sharia does not meet such    
criteria1 a detailed justification as to
 which criteria have not been met4  7#b7
 ,form ,the report required by paragraph
 7#a7 shall be submitted in unclassified
 form1 but may include a classified     

annex if appropriate4  7#c7 ,definitions
 ,in this subsection3  7,a7 ,appropriate
 congressional committees ,the term     
appropriate congressional committees    
means--  7i7 the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs1  
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 the 
,committee on ,foreign ,relations1 and  
the ,select ,committee on ,intelligence 
of the ,senate2 and  7ii7 the ,committee
 on ,homeland ,security1 the ,committee 
on ,armed ,services1 the ,committee on  
,foreign ,affairs1 and the ,permanent   
,select ,committee on ,intelligence of  
the ,house of ,representatives4  7,b7   
,intelligence community ,the term       
intelligence community has the meaning  
given that term in section #c7d7 of the 
,national ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #dja;a7#d774  #c4 ,sense of   
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that the ,libyan faction of ,ansar      
al-,sharia meets the criteria for       
designation as a foreign terrorist      
organization under section #bai of the  

,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahi7 and should be          
designated as such4  #d4 ,rule of       
construction ,nothing in this ,act may  
be construed to infringe upon the       
sovereignty of the ,government of ,libya
 to combat militant or terrorist groups 
operating inside the boundaries of      
,libya4