,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #daai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bd1 #bjbe,mr4 
,wilson of ,south ,carolina 7for himself
 and ,mr4 ,panetta7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for the          
imposition of sanctions with respect to 
the ,polisario ,front1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,polisario ,front   
,terrorist ,designation ,act4  #b4      
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,the ,polisario ,front1 founded  
in #aigc1 is a separatist group         
operating primarily in ,western ,sahara 
and the ,tindouf region of ,algeria1    
seeking independence for ,western       

,sahara from ,moroccan sovereignty4     
7#b7 ,the ,polisario ,front has a       
documented history of ideological and   
operational ties with ,iran1 a state    
sponsor of terrorism1 dating back at    
least to #aihj1 when ,polisario fighters
 publicly posed with portraits of       
,ayatollah ,ruhollah ,khomeini in a bid 
to attract revolutionary credibility and
 ,iranian patronage4  7#c7 ,according to
 reporting by ,jeune ,afrique1 #c       
,hezbollah officers served as trainers  
in the ,tindouf camps in #bjah4 ,one of 
the named trainers1 since killed in a   
,november #bjbc ,israeli airstrike in   
,syria1 had previously been sanctioned  
by the ,united ,states for orchestrating
 the #bjjg ,karbala raid in ,iraq that  
killed #e ,american soldiers4  7#d7     
,iran's support has reportedly advanced 
from training to the provision of lethal
 hardware4 ,in a #bjbb livestream1      
,polisario ,interior ,minister ,omar    
,mansour stated that his fighters were  
training on assembling and operating    

armed drones4 ,a year later1 images     
disseminated via ,polisario-controlled  
social media channels showed            
,iranian-type munitions1 as confirmed by
 open-source weapons researchers4  7#e7 
,the ,washington ,post reported in      
,april #bjbe that ,iran has trained     
,polisario ,front fighters and provided 
them with unmanned aerial vehicles      
7,u,a,vs71 deepening concerns about the 
group's growing capabilities and        
external sponsorship4  7#f7 ,the ,syrian
 wing of the ,,pkk1 a designated        
terrorist organization1 took part in the
 front's meeting called ,sahrawi        
,solidarity ,summit in the ,sahrawi     
camps on ,january #d-g #bjbe4  #c4      
,report ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,state shall submit to
 the appropriate ,congressional         
committees a report on the ,polisario   
,front to include the following3 7#a7 ,a
 description of the ,polisario ,front's 
leadership1 military operations1 and    

foreign sponsorship4  7#b7 ,a           
description of the ,polisario ,front's  
relationships1 support1 funding1 and    
associations with ,iran and ,russia4    
7#c7 ,a description of the ,polisario   
,front's relationships1 support1 funding
 and associations with ,foreign         
,terrorist ,organizations ,hezbollah1   
the ,,irgc1 and the ,,pkk4  7#d7 ,a     
description and analysis of whether the 
,polisario ,front has ever intentionally
 attacked civilian targets4  #d4        
,determinations with respect to the     
imposition of sanctions against the     
,polisario ,front  7a7 ,determinations  
by the ,secretary of ,state ,not later  
than #ij days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,state shall submit to the           
appropriate ,congressional committees a 
determination1 including a detailed     
justification1 of whether the ,polisario
 ,front meets the criteria for--  7#a7  
designation as a foreign terrorist      
organization under section #bai of the  

,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahi72 and  7#b7 imposition  
of sanctions under section #abfc of the 
,global ,magnitsky ,human ,rights       
,accountability ,act 7subtitle ,f of    
title ,,xii of ,public ,law #aad-cbh2   
#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bfef note74  7b7         
,determination by the ,secretary of the 
,treasury ,not later than #ij days after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,secretary of the ,treasury shall  
submit to the appropriate ,congressional
 committees a determination1 including a
 detailed justification1 of whether the 
,polisario ,front meets the criteria for
 the imposition of sanctions under      
,executive ,order #acbbd 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 
#agja74  7c7 ,form ,the determinations  
required by subsections 7a7 and 7b7     
shall be submitted in unclassified form1
 but may include a classified annex4    
#e4 ,waiver ,the designations and       
sanctions described in section 7#d7 of  
this bill may be waived by the          
,president if it is determined that the 

,polisario ,front is engaged in good    
faith negotiations to implement the     
autonomy plan for the ,western ,sahara  
put forward by the ,kingdom of ,morocco 
and submitted to the ,,un ,security     
,council in #bjjg1 which proposes       
granting the ,sahrawi people a high     
degree of self-governance within a      
framework of ,moroccan sovereignty4