Bill would label Polisario Front as a terror group under certain conditions.
H.R. 9982 — Polisario Front Terrorist Designation Act of 2026 · Filed by Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) · 6 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 30, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the State Department to report each year. The report checks if Polisario Front got military aid, weapons, drones, or air-defense systems. It also checks if Polisario Front got spy help from groups Iran calls terror groups. If the State Department finds this happened, the President must label Polisario Front as a terror group. The President must then freeze its U.S. money and ban Americans from dealing with it.
Who it affects
The bill affects the State Department, which must write the reports. It affects the President, who must make the label if the report shows the help. It affects Polisario Front, a group that wants freedom for the Sahara region. Polisario Front also runs refugee camps.
One thing to notice
The bill takes away the President's choice to decide on the label. The bill looks back ten years to find past help from old leaders.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
6 cosponsors: 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats.
- Jul 30, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 30, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Polisario Front — A group that wants freedom for the Sahara region and runs refugee camps.
- State Department — The part of the U.S. government that handles relations with other countries.
- label — To officially name or mark something in a formal way.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,625 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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