Determinations Pursuant to Executive Order 13224

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of State [Public Notice 4582] In the Matter of the Amended Designations of the Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress also known as the Freedom and Democracy Congress of Kurdistan, also known as KADEK, also known as the Kurdistan Workers' Party, also known as the PKK, also known as Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan, also known as the People's Defense Force, also known as Halu Mesru Savunma Kuvveti (HSK), also known as Kurdistan People's Congress (KHK), also known as People's Congress of Kurdistan, also known as KONGRA-GEL, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and pursuant to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224 . Based upon a review of the administrative record assembled in this matter, and in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Deputy Secretary of State has concluded that there is a sufficient factual basis to find that the Kurdistan Workers' Party, also known as the Freedom and Democracy Congress of Kurdistan and other aliases, has changed its name to the Kurdistan People's Congress (KHK), also known as People's Congress of Kurdistan, and also known as KONGRA-GEL, and that the relevant circumstances described in Section 219(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (the “INA”) ( 8 U.S.C. 1189(a)(1) ), and in Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224 , as amended (“ E.O. 13224 ”), still exist wi…