[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 8730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03995]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10328]


In the Matter of the Designation of ISIS-West Africa (ISIS-WA) 
Also Known as ISIS West Africa Also Known as ISIS West Africa Province 
Also Known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria West Africa Province Also 
Known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-West Africa (ISIL-WA) 
Also Known as Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) as a Foreign 
Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, as Amended

    Based upon a review of the Administrative Record assembled in this 
matter, and in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary 
of the Treasury, I conclude that there is a sufficient factual basis to 
find that the relevant circumstances described in section 219 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (hereinafter ``INA'') (8 
U.S.C. 1189), exist with respect to ISIS-West Africa (ISIS-WA), also 
known as ISIS West Africa, also known as ISIS West Africa Province, 
also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria West Africa Province, 
also known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-West Africa (ISIL-
WA), also known as Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
    Therefore, I hereby designate the aforementioned organization and 
its aliases as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 
of the INA.
    This determination shall be published in the Federal Register.

     Dated: September 13, 2017.
Rex W. Tillerson,
Secretary of State.

    Editorial Note: This document was received by the Office of the 
Federal Register on February 22, 2018.

[FR Doc. 2018-03995 Filed 2-27-18; 8:45 am]
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