International Cooperation Review Group(ICRG), a subgroup of FATF, has recommended retaining Pakistan in the 'grey list' citing that Pakistan failed to take appropriate action against terror financers.
Saeed was arrested by the Pakistan government in July last year, following immense pressure from global powers and facing the prospect of a FATF blacklist.
The Congressmen of the US's Republican Party have written the letter to Ambassador Nathan Sales, the coordinator of counter-terrorism in the US State Department.
Hafiz Saeed's bank accounts are frozen by the Pakistani government complying with the UNSC resolution. Pakistan had requested the UN to let Hafiz Saeed withdraw PKR 1,50,000 (approximately $1,000) to cover necessary basic living expenses for him and his family.
In a tweet, the United States Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) commended India for utilising the new legal authority to "designate four notorious terrorists".
The US House Foreign Affairs Committee had to remind Donald Trump that Hafiz Saeed did not need any searching or finding so he should rather hold his applause.