Sec. 709. RANSOMS TO FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS

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## SEC. 709 RANSOMS TO FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS ###

(a)In General Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation with the Secretary, shall, to the extent practicable, transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report covering the previous calendar providing the following details: ####

(1)Which foreign governments are believed to have facilitated, directly or indirectly, the payment of ransoms. ####

(2)Which foreign terrorist organizations received payments from foreign governments identified in paragraph (1). ####

(3)The amount of each such payment. ####

(4)The means of delivering such payments. ####

(5)A summary of the efforts of the United States to counter such payments. ####

(6)Recommendations for improving coordination among the foreign allies of the United States to not pay ransoms. ###

(b)Form The report required by subsection

(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, may include a classified annex, shall be made available to the public by posting the unclassified form of such report on the website of the Department, and may be included in any other report that is required to be made public.