H.R. 9982 — Polisario Front Terrorist Designation Act of 2026

This section defines terms for the Act, including Iranian-affiliated terrorist organization as an Iranian entity designated as a foreign terrorist organization or Specially Designated Global Terrorist, Iranian entity as an Iranian person or Hezbollah, Polisario Front as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro founded in 1973, and relevant congressional committees as the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

This section requires the Secretary of State to submit a report within 90 days of enactment, and annually thereafter, to the relevant congressional committees determining whether the Polisario Front provided or received armed support, weapons systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, air defense systems, or military intelligence from Iranian-affiliated terrorist organizations, including through intermediaries. The first report covers the prior 10 years and each subsequent report covers the period since the previous report; the determination must be submitted in unclassified form.

This section requires the President to designate an entity as a foreign terrorist organization under the Immigration and Nationality Act and to impose sanctions blocking its property and prohibiting transactions with it under Executive Order 13224, within 30 days after a positive determination in a report required under section 3.