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VARIOUS MEASURES

MARKUP

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. Res. 422, H.R. 425, H.R. 1196, H.R. 1660, 

H.R. 2658, H.R. 3320, H.R. 3329, H.R. 3342

and H.R. 3445

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Serial No. 115–69

Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

(

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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

EDWARD R. ROYCE, California, Chairman 

CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey 

ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida 

DANA ROHRABACHER, California 

STEVE CHABOT, Ohio 

JOE WILSON, South Carolina 

MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas 

TED POE, Texas 

DARRELL E. ISSA, California 

TOM MARINO, Pennsylvania 

JEFF DUNCAN, South Carolina 

MO BROOKS, Alabama 

PAUL COOK, California 

SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania 

RON DESANTIS, Florida 

MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina 

TED S. YOHO, Florida 

ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois 

LEE M. ZELDIN, New York 

DANIEL M. DONOVAN, JR., New York 

F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., 

Wisconsin 

ANN WAGNER, Missouri 

BRIAN J. MAST, Florida 

FRANCIS ROONEY, Florida 

BRIAN K. FITZPATRICK, Pennsylvania 

THOMAS A. GARRETT, JR., Virginia 

ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York 

BRAD SHERMAN, California 

GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York 

ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey 

GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia 

THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida 

KAREN BASS, California 

WILLIAM R. KEATING, Massachusetts 

DAVID N. CICILLINE, Rhode Island 

AMI BERA, California 

LOIS FRANKEL, Florida 

TULSI GABBARD, Hawaii 

JOAQUIN CASTRO, Texas 

ROBIN L. KELLY, Illinois 

BRENDAN F. BOYLE, Pennsylvania 

DINA TITUS, Nevada 

NORMA J. TORRES, California 

BRADLEY SCOTT SCHNEIDER, Illinois 

THOMAS R. SUOZZI, New York 

ADRIANO ESPAILLAT, New York 

TED LIEU, California

AMY PORTER, Chief of Staff THOMAS SHEEHY, Staff Director

JASON STEINBAUM, Democratic Staff Director 

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C O N T E N T S 

Page

MARKUP ON 

H. Res. 422, Urging the adherence to the ‘‘one country, two systems’’ policy 

as prescribed in the Joint Declaration between the Government of the 

United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China on the Question of the Hong Kong ...................................... 2

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H. Res. 422 offered by the 

Honorable Eliot L. Engel, a Representative in Congress from the State 

of New York ...................................................................................................... 8

H.R. 425, To authorize the revocation or denial of passports to individuals 

affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes ........... 15

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 425 offered by the Honorable Ted Poe, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas ......... 18

Amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 

425 offered by the Honorable Joaquin Castro, a Representative in 

Congress from the State of Texas ............................................................ 21

H.R. 1196, To require a plan to combat international travel by terrorists 

and foreign fighters, accelerate the transfer of certain border security systems to foreign partner governments, establish minimum international border security standards, authorize the suspension of foreign assistance to 

countries not making significant efforts to comply with such minimum 

standards, and for other purposes ...................................................................... 22

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 1196 offered by the 

Honorable Lee M. Zeldin, a Representative in Congress from the State 

of New York ...................................................................................................... 39

H.R. 1660, To direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

International Development to submit to Congress a report on the development and use of global health innovations in the programs, projects, and 

activities of the Agency ........................................................................................ 55

H.R. 2658, To provide humanitarian assistance for the Venezuelan people, 

to defend democratic governance and combat widespread public corruption 

in Venezuela, and for other purposes ................................................................. 59

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 2658 offered by the 

Honorable Eliot L. Engel ................................................................................. 84

H.R. 3320, To direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain 

observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for 

other purposes ...................................................................................................... 108

H.R. 3329, To amend the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 

of 2015 to impose additional sanctions with respect to Hizballah, and for 

other purposes ...................................................................................................... 113

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3329 offered by the 

Honorable Edward R. Royce, a Representative in Congress from the 

State of California, and chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs .............. 146

Amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 

3329 offered by: .........................................................................................

The Honorable Brendan F. Boyle, a Representative in Congress 

from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ....................................... 179

The Honorable David Cicilline, a Representative in Congress from 

the State of Rhode Island .................................................................. 180

The Honorable Jeff Duncan, a Representative in Congress from 

the State of South Carolina ............................................................... 182

The Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Representative in Congress 

from the State of Florida ................................................................... 189

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Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3329 offered by the 

Honorable Edward R. Royce, a Representative in Congress from the 

State of California, and chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs—Continued

Amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 

3329 offered by—Continued

The Honorable Bradley S. Schneider, a Representative in Congress 

from the State of Illinois ................................................................... 191

H.R. 3342, To impose sanctions on foreign persons that are responsible for 

gross violations of internationally recognized human rights by reason of 

the use by Hizballah of civilians as human shields, and for other purposes .. 194

H.R. 3445, To enhance the transparency and accelerate the impact of programs under the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the Millennium 

Challenge Corporation, and for other purposes ................................................. 206

APPENDIX 

Markup notice .......................................................................................................... 228

Markup minutes ...................................................................................................... 229

Markup summary .................................................................................................... 231

The Honorable Edward R. Royce: Prepared statement ........................................ 232

The Honorable Gerald E. Connolly, a Representative in Congress from the 

Commonwealth of Virginia: Prepared statement .............................................. 234

The Honorable Joe Wilson, a Representative in Congress from the State 

of South Carolina: Prepared statement .............................................................. 236

The Honorable Theodore E. Deutch, a Representative in Congress from the 

State of Florida: Prepared statement ................................................................. 237

The Honorable Ted Poe: Prepared statement ....................................................... 239

The Honorable David Cicilline: Prepared statement ............................................ 241

The Honorable Jeff Duncan: Prepared statement ................................................. 242

The Honorable Brendan F. Boyle: Prepared statement ....................................... 243

The Honorable Bradley S. Schneider: Prepared statement ................................. 244

The Honorable Thomas R. Suozzi, a Representative in Congress from the 

State of New York: Prepared statement ............................................................ 245

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VARIOUS MEASURES 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS,

Washington, DC. 

The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:00 a.m., in room 

2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Ed Royce (chairman of 

the committee) presiding. 

Chairman ROYCE. This committee will come to order. Pursuant 

to notice we meet today to mark up nine bipartisan measures. 

Without objection all members may have 5 calendar days to submit 

statements or extraneous materials on today’s business. 

I am actually going to place my own prepared statement into the 

record to save time, as we have been notified that final floor votes 

for the week will start at 10:15. As members were notified yesterday, we intend to consider today’s measures en bloc, and so without 

objection the following items previously provided to members and 

also in your packets will be considered en bloc and are considered 

as read. 

House Resolution 422, urging the adherence to the ‘‘one country, 

two systems’’ policy for Hong Kong. It should not be one country, 

one and-a-half systems. It should be one country, two systems. 

Engel amendment 58 in the nature of a substitute; H.R. 425, the 

Foreign Terrorist Organization Passport Revocation Act of 2017, 

Poe amendment 45 in the nature of a substitute, Castro amendment 54; H.R. 1196, the Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017, Zeldin amendment 25 in the nature of a substitute; H.R. 1660, the Global Health Innovation Act of 2017; H.R. 

2658, the Venezuela Humanitarian Assistance and Defense of 

Democratic Governance Act, Engel amendment 57 in the nature of 

a substitute; H.R. 3320, to Develop a Strategy to Regain Observer 

Status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization; H.R. 3329, 

the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments 

Act, Royce amendment 56 in the nature of a substitute, Boyle 

amendment 9, Cicilline amendment 8, Duncan amendment 33, RosLehtinen amendment 36, Schneider amendment 47; H.R. 3342, 

Sanctioning Hizballah’s Illicit Use of Civilians As Defenseless 

Shields; and H.R. 3445, the AGOA and MCA Modernization Act. 

[The information referred to follows:]

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lL'i'rH CONGRESS 

1ST 8BSSIOt\ H. RES. 422 

LV 

Urging adherenee to the "one eountry, two ~y~tems" poliey af: pref:e.ribed 

in lhe Joint Declaration beLween the Govermnent of the Uniced Kingdom 

of Great Bricain and the Government of the People's Republic·. of China 

on the Question of the Hong Kong. 

IK THE HOUSE OF REPRESE.\fTATIVES 

JU-"lbJ 29, 201/ 

}Ir. E)!GEL (for himsPlf, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. SHERJ\L~'i, Mr. YOHO, and Mr. 

SJVIIT~I of New Jersey) submilced the following resoluLiou; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Urging adherence to the "one country, two systems" policy 

ac; prec;erihed in the .Toint Dedaration hehveen the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

the Government of the People's Republic of China on 

the Question of the Houg Kong, 

\Vhcreas the People's Republic of China assumed the exerCise 

of sovereignty over the Hong Kong Speeial Administrative Region 20 years ago, on .Tuly 1, 1997: 

\\l1ereas the Joint Declaration between the Government of 

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question 

of the Hong Kong (in this resolution referred to as the 

",Toint Declaration'') rerp1ired China's ,\rational People's 
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Congress (::\fPC) to pass the "Basi(~ Law of the Hong 

Kong Special Administrative Hegion of the People's Republi(~ of China" (in this resolution referred to as the 

"Basic Law") consistent with the obligations contained in 

the ,Joint Deelarat.ion, which was approved by the ::\fPC 

ou April 4, 1990; 

~Whereas relations between the United States and Hong Kong 

are fundamentally based upon the continued maintenance 

of the "one country, two systems" policy stipulated in the 

United States-Hong Kong Poliey Act of 1992 (Publie 

Law 102-:18:1; 22 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) and established 

by the ,Joint Declaration; 

\Vhereas under the "one country, two systems" policy established by the ,Joint Declaration, Hong Kong "will e1~joy 

a high degree of autonomy except in foreign and defense 

affairs" and "will be vested with exeentive, legislative and 

independent judieial power ineluding that of final ac~iudieation"; 

\Vhercm; Hong Kong's autonomy under the "one country, two 

systems" poliey, as demonstrated by its highly developed 

rule of law, independent jndi(~iary, and respeet for the 

rights of individuals, has continued to make Hong Kong 

the preferred residenee for over 85,000 United States 

eiti,;ens, and at least 1,400 U uited States businesses operate in Hong Kong; 

\\1tereas the ,Joint Dedaration and the Basi(~ Law dedare 

that the lifestyle and soeial and economic systems in 

Hong Kong yv:ill remain unchanged for 50 years after the 

1HH7 reversion; 

\\l1ereas the Basic Law guarantees Hong Kong residents the 

freedoms of speech, press, publication, association, as-
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semhly, demonstration, religious belief arHl a(•tivity, academic research, and the rights to form unions and to 

strike, among others: 

\Vhereas the Basic Law also guarantees Hong Koug residents 

the right to vote and to staml for election; 

Whereas although the Basic Law states that "the ultimate 

aim is the selection of the Chief Executive by universal 

suffrage upon nomination by a broadly representative 

nominating committee in accordanc·e with democratic procedures", the actual process for nominating eligible Chief 

Exeeutive eandidates remains heavily influeneed by the 

Govermnent of China; 

'"11ereas widespread frustration w-ith the lack of progress toward a democmtic selection of candidates for Chief Executive provokecl large-scale public clemonstrations in late 

2014, popularly known as the "Umbrella Movement", 

that involved hundreds of thousands of demonstrators 

and the ocrupation of ce1tain public spaces for as long 

as 79 days; 

\,\1lereas, although Hong Kong continues to enjoy high levels 

of eeonornie freedom and judieial independence, ce1tain 

recent actions by the Government of China are inconsistent \vith its stated commitments to Hong Kong's high 

de~tree of autonomy and the preservation of the rule of 

law; 

"11ereas international press reported that from Oetober 

through December 2015, four employees of Might Current publishing house and its affiliated bookstore, Causeway Bay Books, a Hoag Koag seller of publieations eritical of Chinese leadership, disappeared under suspicious 

circumstances from Hong Kong, Thailand, and mainland 
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China, in potentially the most serious brea<·h of the "one 

country, two systems'' policy since 1D97, which has had 

a <~hilling effed on the freedoms of speedt and publication in Hong Kong; 

\,Vhereas international press reported that-

( 1) Gui 1\linhai, a S·wedish eiti~en and the eo-owner 

of Mighty Current, was last seen in Thailand in Oetober 

2015; 

(2) the general manager of .:\iighty Current, Lui Bo, 

and the business manager, Cheung ,Jiping, disappeared 

while on a visit to rnainlaml China around Odober 2015; 

and 

(3) TJee Do, who holds British and Chinese eitihenship and is a permanent resident of Hong Kong, disappeared from Hong Kong on December :30, 2016; 

V1il1ereas Mr. Lui, Mr. Cheung, aml Mr. Lee eaeh briefly returned to Hong Kong in March 2016 to ask Hong Kong 

police to drop their missing persons' eases before immediately returning to mainland China; 

'"1<ereas Lam \,Ving Kee, another Causeway Bay Books bookseller, testified before the Congressional-Exe<•utive Cornmission on China that he was detained by offieials in 

Shenhhen, China on October 24, 2015, moved to a detention facility more than 1,300 miles away, and held incommunicado and subjeeted to "encUess interrogation" for 

seven and one-half months, auring ~whieh he was fon·ed 

to produce multiple, coerc·ed confessions of "selling books 

illegally"; 

Whereas, on November 7, 20Hi, while the Hong Kong High 

Court was considering its final ruling to determine if the 

oaths sworn by certain TJegislative Council candidates 

were in aceordance with ~\rtiele 104 of the Basie Law, 
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the Standing Committee of the KPC issued its ovvn interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law in an attempt 

to foredose the opportnnit~' for the legislators-eled to retake their oaths and assume office; 

VV1lereas that interpretation of Article 104 by the Standing 

Committee of the NPC represented the first time it had 

issued such an interpretation while a Hung Kong judge 

was cleliherating on the case in question ancl only the second time it had dune so in the absence uf a request from 

Hong Kong authorities; 

\\1tereas, aeeording to the Hong Kong Bar Asso<~iation, that 

preemptive interpretation was "unnecessary and inappropriate" and "created the impression that the rstanding 

Committcej is effectively legislating for Hong Kong, 

thereby casting doubts on the commitment of the Central 

People's Government to abide by the prin<~iples of 'one 

country, twu systems'"; and 

\\1wreas Hong Kong's highly cleveloped rule of law, independent judiciary, aud respect for individual rights arc 

fundamental tu its way of life and economic prosperity: 

Now, therefore, he it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives2 (1) recogni~es, consistent vvith the rnited 

3 States-Hong Kong Policy Aet of 1992, that4 (A) Hong Kong continues to play an ml5 portant role in today's regional and vvorld eeon6 omy, with strong economic, eultural, and other 

7 ties to the United States; 
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(B) respeet for eivil liberties, open rnar2 kets, rule of law, and judicial independence are 

3 all integral aspeds of Hong Kong's lifestyle aml 

4 social aud eeouornic systems; and 

5 (C) the authority of the United States 

6 Government to treat Hong Koug as a non-scw7 ereign entity distinct from China, for the pur8 poses of rnited States la\VS relating to tr~ule, fi9 nance, transportation, economic and cultural 

10 exchange, trayel, law enforcement cooperation, 

11 expott controls, and other matters, depends on 

12 Hong Kong remaining suffieiently autonomous; 

13 and 

14 ( 2 ) urges adherence to the "one country, two 

15 systems" poliey established by the ,Joint Dedaration 

16 and the Basic Law with respect to17 (A) Hong Kong's exercise of a high degree 

18 of autonomy; 

19 (B) its enjoyment of executiYe, legislatiYe, 

20 and independent judicial power; and 

21 the robust protection of the funda22 mental rights of Hong Kong residents gclaran23 teed by Chapter III of the Basic Law. 

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AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE 

TO H. RES. 422 

OFFERED BY MR. ENGEL OF NEW YORK 

Strike the p1·camblc aml insert the followiug: 

~Whereas the People's Republic of China assumed the exercise 

of sovereignty over the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 20 years ago, on .Tuly 1, 1997: 

\,v1<ereas the ,Joint Declaration between the Government of 

the United Kingdom of Great Britain aml the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question 

of the TTong Kong (in this resolution referred to as the 

".Toint Dedaration") re<plire!l China's )J ational People's 

Congress ()JPC) to pass the "Basic Law of the Hong 

Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China" (in this resolution referred to a:s the 

"Basic Law") consistent >vith the obligations contained in 

the .Toint Dedaration, whieh was approved by the )JPC 

on April 4, 1990; 

"11ereas relations between the United States and TTong Kong 

arc fundamentally based upon the continued maintenance 

of the "one country, two systems" policy stipulated in the 

United States-Hong Kong Poliey Aet of 1992 (Publie 

Law 102-:38:3; 22 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) and established 

by the ,Joint Declaration; 

\Vhcrea:s under the "one country, two systems" policy established by the ,Joint Declaration, Hong Kong '\vill enjoy 

a high degree of autonomy except in foreign and defense 

affairs" and "will be vested with executive, legislative and 
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imlependent jndi(~ial power in(~luding that of final adjuclica tion''; 

\,v11ereas Hong Kong's autonomy under the "one eountry, two 

systems" policy, as demoustrated by its highly developed 

rule of law, independent jucliciary, and respect for the 

rights of individuals, has contiuued to make Houg Kong 

the preferred residence for over 85,000 United States 

citizens, and at least 1,400 United States businesses operate in Hong Kung; 

"1<ereas the ,Joint Declaration and the Basic Law declare 

that the lifestyle and soeial and eeonomi(~ systen1s in 

Hong Kong ''rill remain unchanged for 50 years after the 

1997 reversion; 

Whereas the Basic Law guarantees Houg Kong residents the 

freedoms of speech, press, publication, association, assembly, demonstration, religions belief and aetivity, aeademic research, and the rights to form unions and to 

strike, among others: 

Whereas the Basic Law also guarantees Hong Kong residents 

the right to vote and to stand for election; 

"1wreas although the Basic Law states that "the ultimate 

aim is the selection of the Chief Executive by universal 

suffrage upon nomination by a broadly representative 

nominating committee in accordance with democratic procedures", the actual process for nominating eligible Chief 

Exeentive eandidates remains heavily inflneneed by the 

Government of China; 

"11ereas widespread frustration with the lack of progress toward a democratic selection of candidates for Chief Executive provoked large-scale public demonstrations in late 

2014, popularly knmvn as the "Umbrella Movement", 
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that involve!l hull(lred~ of thousaml~ of dernon~trator~ 

and the occupation of certain public spaces for as long 

a~ 79 days; 

Whereas, although Houg Kong continues to cr\joy high levels 

of economic freedom and judicial imlependence, certain 

rcccut actions by the Govcnuncut of China arc inconsistent \vith its stated commitments to Hong Kung's high 

degree of autonomy and the preservation of the n1le of 

law; 

"\v1<ereas international press reported that from October 

through Deeember 2015, four employee~ of Mighty Current publishing house and its affiliated bookstore, Causeway Day Books, a Hong Kong seller of publications critical of Chinese leadership, disappeared under suspicious 

circumstances from Hong Kong, Thailand, and mainland 

China, in potentially the mo~t ~eriou~ bre~wh of the "one 

country, two systems" policy since 1997, which has had 

a chilling effect on the freedoms of speech and publication in Hong Kong; 

"'1<ereas international press reported that-

( 1) Gui ::VIinhai, a Swedi~h eitizen and the (~Ouwner of ::VIighty Current, was last seen in Thailand 

in October 2015; 

(2) The general manager of Mighty Current, 

Lui Bu, and the business manager, Cheung .Jiping, 

di~appeared while on a vi~it to mainlaml China 

around October 2015; and 

(:3) Lee Bo, who holds British and Chinese citizenship and is a permanent resident of Hong Kong, 

disappeared from Hong Kong on December 30, 

2015; 
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\,v11ereas Mr. Lui, Mr. Cheung, aml Mr. Lee each briefly returned to Hong Kong in March 2016 to ask Hong Kong 

poliee to drop their missing persons' m1ses before immediately returning to mainland Chiua; 

"1wreas TJam \Ving Kee, another Causeway Bay Books bookseller, testified before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China that he was detained by officials in 

Shenzhen, China on October 24, 2015, moved to a detention facility more than 1,:300 miles away, and held incommunicado and subjected to "encliess interrogation" for 

seven and half months, during whieh he was foree<l to 

produce multiple, coerced confessions of "selling books illegally"; 

Whereas on November 7, 2016, ·while the Hong Kong High 

Court was considering its final ruling to determine if the 

oaths sworn by <~ertain Legislative Cmm<~il mmdidates 

were in accordance with Article 104 of the Basic Law, 

the Standing Committee of the KPC issued its mvn interpretation of ~\rticle 104 of the Basic Law in an attempt 

to foreclose the opportunity for the legislators-elect to retake their oaths and assume offi<~e; 

Whereas that interpretation of Article 104 by the Standing 

Committee of the NPC represented the first time it had 

issued such an interpretation ·while a Hong Kong judge 

was deliberating on the case in question and only the second time it had done so in the absenee of a re<plest from 

Hong Kong authorities; 

"1<ereas according to the Hong Kong Bar Association, that 

preemptive interpretation was "unnecessary and inappropriate" and "created the impression that the [Standing 

Committee l is effectively legislating for Hong Kong, 

thereby casting doubts on the commitment of the Central 
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People'~ Government to abide by the prin<~iple~ of 'one 

country, two systems' "; 

\,v11erea~ on )Jovemher 15, 2016, the Hig-h Court ruled that 

the oaths taken by Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung 

Chung-hang were invalid, aml barrecl the two from serving as members of the Legislative Council; 

\,Vhereas on December 16, 2016, then Chief Executive Leung 

Chun-:ving- and Se<~retary of ,Tu~ti<~e Rimsky Yuen Kwokkeung filed for judicial review of the oaths taken by Lau 

Sui-lai, Nathan Law, Leung Kwok-hung, and Edward 

Yin (jlmng-:yim; 

"1<ereas on ,July 14, 2017, the High Court ruled that the 

oaths taken by TJau Sui-lai, Kathan TJaw, TJeung Kwokhung, and Edward Yiu Chung-yim ·were invalid aud 

barred the four of them from serving as members of the 

Legi~lative Couneil; 

"1<ereas in August 2017, the Hong Kong Govermnent appeale<l the original senten<~e~ of three "Umbrella Movement" leaders, Joshua \Vong, .:.Jathan Lavv, and 1\lex 

Chow and asked for prison time after they had already 

eompleted their previou:s eommunity service sentences; 

"1<ereas the Hong Kong Comt of Appeal subsequently imposed prison sentences on .Joshua \,Vong, Kathan TJaw, 

and }Jex Chow of sLx, seven, and eight months respectively, which effectively bars them from running for politimJ.l offiee for five year~: and 

"1<ereas these developments have called into question Hong 

Kong's highly developed rule of law, independent jucliciary, and respect for individual rights, which are fundamental to its way of life and economic prosperity: )J ow, 

therefore, he it 
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() 

Strike all after the emwting dause and insert the 

follmving: 

1 Resolved. That the House of Representatives2 ( 1) recogm~es, cousistent ·with the C nited 

3 States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, that4 (A) Hong Kong continues to play an Jm5 portant role in today's regional and world econ6 omy, with strong economic, cultural, and other 

7 ties to the United States; 

8 (B) respect for civil liberties, open mar9 kets, rule of law, and judicial independence are 

10 all integral aspects of Hong Kong's lifestyle and 

11 soeial and economic systems; and 

12 (C) the authority of the United States 

13 Government to treat Hong Kong as a non-sov14 ereign entity distind from China, for the pnr15 poses of Cnited States laws rclatiug to trade, fi16 nanee, transportation, economic and cultural 

17 exchauge, travel, law enforcerneut cooperation, 

18 e)q)ort eontrols, and other matters, depends on 

19 Hong Kong remaining suffi<~iently autonomous; 

20 and 

21 (2) urges adherenee to the "one country, two 

22 systems" policy established by the Joiut Declaratiou 

23 and the Basic Law with respect to-
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2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

7 

(A) Hong Kong'~ exerei~e of a high degTee 

of autonomy; 

(B) it~ en,joyment of exeeutive, legi~lative, 

aud iudependent judicial power; and 

(C) the robust protection of the fundamental rights of Hong Koug residents guaranteed by Chapter III of the Basic. Law. 

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lli'im CONGRESS 

18'1' SJ-.:88101\ H.R.425 

To authorize the reYo<·ation or denial of pa~sport~ to imli,iduals affiliated 

wilh foreign lerrorisl orgalLihaLions. and for other purposes. 

H\ 'l'HE HOUSE OP REPRES.E)JTATlVES 

,JANUARY 10, 2017 

l\Ir. PoE of Texas (for himself and Mr. KEATING) introduced the following 

bill; which was rrfrrrrd to the Committee on l<'oreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To anthori:.>:e the revocation or denial of passports to imlividuals affiliated \vith foreign terrorist organizations, and 

for other purposes. 

Re d enactrd by the 8enate and House Re]Yresenta2 liees of the Um:ted 8lates (j'..-imerica in Congress assem.bled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 Thi~ Ad. may he eitea a~ the "FTO Pa~~pmi. Revoea5 tion Act of 2017". 

6 SEC. 2. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORTS TO INDI7 VIDUALS AFFILIATED WITH FOREIGN TER8 RORIST ORGANI7.A TIONS. 

9 The Ad entitled "An Ad to regTliat.e the i~~ue aml 

10 validity of passports, and for other puq)oses", approved 
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2 

.Tuly :1, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 21la et seq.), eomrnonly knuwn 

2 as the "Passport Act of 1926'', is amended by adding at 

3 the eml the folluw:ing new seetion: 

4 "SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORT. 

5 "(a) lKETjTGTDTljl'l'Y.-

6 "(1) lSSUAKCE.-Exccpt as provided under 

7 subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall refuse to 

8 issue a passport to any individual whom the Se(~-

9 retary has determined-

] 0 "(A) is a member of or is otheryvise affili11 ated with an organi:mtion the Secretary has 

12 desig11ated as a foreign terrorist organization 

13 pursuant to sedion 219 of the Immigration and 

14 Kationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or 

15 "(B) has aided, abetted, or provided mate16 rial support to such an orgaui:,mtion. 

17 "(2) REVOCATION.-The Secretary of State 

18 shall revoke a passport previously issued to auy indi19 vidual described in paragraph ( 1). 

20 "(b) EXCEP'l'TOKS.-

21 "(1) E:\IEHGENCY CIRCU:MSTA_,CES, HUl\fli.SI22 TAR.IA,~ REA.SO~S, Ac~D LAW ENFORCE:\IENT PUR23 POSES.-::\otwithstanding subsection (a), the Sec24 retary of State may issue to or decline to revoke a 

25 passport of an individual described in such sub-
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sedion in emergell<·y eireumstanees, for humani2 tarian reasons, or for law enforcement purposes. 

3 LIMITATION FOR RETURK TO r~ITED 

4 STATES.-1\otwithstanding subsec:tion (a)(2), the 

5 Secretary of State, before revocation, may6 "(A) limit a previousl.v issued passport 

7 onl.v for return travel to the United States; or 

8 "(B) issue a limited passport that only 

9 permits return travel to the United States. 

10 "(e) RTGTTT OF RE\TTRW.-Any individual who, in ae11 cordauce with this section, is denied issuance of a passport 

12 by the Secretary of State, or whose passport is revoked 

13 or othenvise limited by the Seeretary, may request a hear14 ing before the Secretary not later than 60 days after re15 eeiving notiee of sueh tlenial, revoeation, or limitation. 

16 "(d) HEPORT.-lf the Seerctary of State denies, 

17 issues, limits, or declines to revoke a passport under sub18 seetion (b), the Seeretary shall, not later thau 80 days 

19 after such denial, issnanee, limitation, or revocation, sub20 mit to Congress a report on sueh denial, issuanee, limita21 tion, or revoeation, as the case may be. 

22 "(e) RUIJE OF CONSTRUCTION.-ln tlus seetion, the 

23 term 'passport' ineludes a passport carcl.''. 
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AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE 

TO H.R. 425 

OFFERED BY MR. POE OF TEXAS 

Strike all after the euacting clause and insert the 

follmving: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the "F'l'O Passport Revoca3 tionAetof2017". 

4 SEC. 2. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORTS TO INDI· 

5 VIDUALS AFFILIATED WITH FOREIGN TER· 

6 RORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 

7 The Aet entitled "An Aet to reg·ulate the Issue and 

8 validity of passports, and for other purposes", approved 

9 .Tuly :1, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 21la et seq.), eommonly knmvn 

10 as the "Passport Act of 1926", is amended by adding at 

11 the end the follmving new section: 

12 "SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORT. 

13 "(a) lKELIGIBILITY.-

14 "(1) IssnAKCE.-Exeept as provide(l under 

15 subsection (b), the Secretary of State may refuse to 

16 issue a passport to any imliviclual whom the Sec17 retary has determined has aided, assisted, abetted, 

18 or otherwise helpecl an organi:;mtion the Secretary 
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has desigTulted as a foreign terrorist organization 

2 pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Na3 tionality Aet (R 1~.S.C. 11R9). 

4 "(2) REVOCA'l'lON.-'l'he Secretary of State 

5 may revoke a passport prev-iously issued to any indi6 vidual described in paragraph (1). 

7 "(b) RWHT OF REVIEW.-Any individual who, in ac8 eordanee >vith this sedion, is denied issuanee of a passport 

9 by the Secretary of State, or whose passport is revoked 

10 by the Secretary, may request a hearing before the Sec11 retary not later than 60 days after receiving notice of such 

12 denial or revocation. 

13 "(e) REPORT.-

14 "(1) IN GE~ERAL.-If the Secretary of State 

15 refuses to issue or revokes a passport pursuant to 

16 subsection (a), the Secretary shall, not later than 30 

17 days after such refusal or revocation, submit to the 

18 Committee on Poreign Affairs of the House of Rep19 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela20 tions of the Senate a report on such refusal or rev21 ocation, as the case may be. 

22 "(2) FORM.-The report submitted under para23 graph (1) may be submitted in classified or unclassi24 fied form. 
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"(d) DEFI~ITIOK.-In this sedion, the term 'pass2 port' includes a passport card.". 

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AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT IN THE 

NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 425 

OFFERED BY MR. CASTRO OF TEXAS 

Page 2, line Hi, insert "or if, subsequent to a hearing pursuant to subsection (b), the Secretary issues or 

eaneels a revoeation of a passport that was the suhjed 

of such a hearing," after "subsection (a),''. 

Page 2, line 17, insert "or such issuance or cancellation," after "revocation,". 

Page 2, beginning line 20, strike "or revoeation" 

and insert ", revocation, issuance, or cancellation". 
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lHim CONGRESS 

hn' SESS!Ot\ H. R. 1196 

To re<1nire a plan to <·ombat international travPl by terrorists and foreig11 

fighters, accelerate the Lransfer of certain border seettrity systems (.o 

foreign partner governments, establish minimLtm international border security standards, authorize the suspension of foreign assistance to countrir~ not makil1g signific:111t ef'forts to comply "l'lritll such minimum standanl8, and fpr other purposeN. 

IK THE HOUSE OF REPRESEXTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 16. ~017 

.Yir. ZH]LlllN (for himself, Mr . .1\kCAUL, and Ms. 8INJ£_VB.) introduced the follo.,~ng bill; wl1icl1 was referred to the Committre 011 Forcig11 Affnirs, m1d 

in addition to the Committrrs on llomrlaml ~-kcurity, and thr ,Judiciary, 

for <J period to be 8ubsequently <letennine<l by the Speaker, in ea<·h ease 

for consideracion of such provisions as fall within the JLLrisdiclion of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require a plan to combat international travel by terrorists 

and foreign fighters, <:W(~elt~rate the transfer of eertain 

border security systems to foreign partner govermnents, 

establish mininmm international border secnrity standards, authorize the suspeusiou of foreign assistance to 

countries not making signifieant efforts to eomply ~with 

;;meh minimum standardR, and for other purposeR. 

Be d enaeted by the 8enate and !louse !!{ Repn:senta2 tives of the United 8tates 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Ad, may be (~ited as the "Connterterrori~·nn 

3 Screening and Assistance ~Act of 20 17". 

4 SEC. 2. FOREIGN PARTNER ENGAGEMENT PLAN. 

5 (a) l''INDlNGS.-Consistent with the final report of 

6 the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

7 RepreHentativeH bipartisan "Task Foree on Combating 

8 Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel", Congress makes 

9 the following findings: 

10 ( 1) lt is important for the national security of 

11 the United States to assist foreign partners in clos12 ing Recurity gaps which may allow terrorists and for13 eign fighters to travel internationally, avoiding de14 tection. 

15 (2) Building foreign partner capacity to combat 

16 terroriRt travel helps extend the United States secu17 rity beyond itH border to mitigate threatH before they 

18 reach the U Ilited States. 

19 (3) United States Government departments and 

20 agencies have spent billions of dollars to help foreign 

21 partners improve their security against terrorist 

22 travel Hinet~ the attaeks of September 11, 2001, in23 eluding through the provision of techrlical assistance, 

24 equipment, training, and other tools. 

25 ( 4) The lack of a United States Govemment26 ~vide, risk-based approach increaseR the odds that 
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systematie seeurity g-aps abroad may persist and 

2 that United States response efforts will not be maJ..'i3 mizell in order to (•lose these gaps. 

4 ( 5) J1'ailure to effectively coordiuate eapacity5 building acti,~ties also results in greater risk of over6 lap, waste, aud mmecessary duplication between the 

7 United States and international programs. 

8 (h) 8E.'{8E OF CONCJ.RE88.-It is the sense of Con9 gress that the United States Govermnent must ensure cal 0 pacity-building assistance is coordinated both among 

11 United States Govenrrneut departments and agencies as 

12 well as with foreign implementing partners, and assistance 

13 should he prioritizetl for the highest-risk eountries for 

14 travel by terrorists and foreign fighters. 

15 (e) PL~~'l".-

16 (1) ll\ GENERAL.-Not later than 180 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 

18 two years thereafter at the time of the President's 

19 budget submission to Congress under section 1105 

20 of title :31, United States Code, until 2023, the Sec21 retary of State shall, in accordance with the protec22 tion of intelligence sources and methods, develop and 

23 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

24 unclassified and classified versions of a foreign part25 ner engagement plan which catalogues ex-isting ca-
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1xwity-lmilding initiatives abroad to eornbat travel by 

2 terrorists and foreign fighters and identifies areas 

3 for ~Hliustment to align ongomg efforts ~vith risk4 based priorities. 

5 (2) Coon.m~NrTON.-The plan requirecl under 

6 paragraph (1) shall be developed in coordiuatiou 

7 \Vith all relevant rnited States Government departs ments and ageneies anil in (~Onsultation v.ith the 

9 Seeretary of Homeland Seeurity, the Seeretary of 

l 0 the Treasury, the Seeretary of Defense, the Attorney 

11 General, the Direetor of ~ ational lntelligeuee, aud 

12 the Direetor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

13 (:1) CONTENTS.-The plan required under para14 graph (1) shall15 (A) indude an mmessment of the eountries 

16 of IZTCatcst COllCCrn aud risk for travel to the 

17 United States by members of foreign terrorist 

18 organizations aud foreign fighters, ·which may 

19 be based on the minimum standards deseribed 

20 in seetion 4(b), as well as other faetors, as ap21 propriate, including22 (i) an identifieation of the number of 

23 flights that originate from last poiuts of 

24 departure in each eountry to the rnited 

25 States; 
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3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

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10 

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12 

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20 

21 

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f) 

(ii) visa waiver progTam status or visa 

application and denial rates for each country: 

(iii) reeent threats, terrorist and foreign fighter travel trends, and the overall 

terror threat euviromnent iu each country; 

and 

(iv) other (~riteria as determined by 

the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 

Homeland Security; 

(B) detail existing United States Government progTams, projects, and activities which 

are intended to or have the substantial effeet of 

building the eapaeity of sueh euuntries to emuhat travel by terrorists and foreign fighters, includiug estimated spending leveb; by country 

where praeticable: and 

(C) outline a plan for prioriti:-~iug Cnited 

States Government resources toward eountries 

referred to in subparagraph (A), ineluding-

(i) identif}ing effmis \vhieh should be 

reformed, eonsolidated, or eliminated; and 

(ii) detailing new progranm, prqjeets, 

or aetivities that are requested, being 
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planned, or are umlergoing implementation 

and associated costs. 

3 SEC. 3. SHARING SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT TO OBSTRUCT 

4 

5 

TRAVEL BY TERRORISTS AND FOREIGN 

FIGHTERS. 

6 (a) BORDER SECUl\.l'l'Y AND COUNTERTEl\l\01\.lSlVl 

7 SCREE~ING Toor.s.-

8 (1) I~ cmNERAL.-Snhjeet to paragn1.ph (2) 

9 and subsection (d), the Secretary of Homeland Secul 0 rity and the Secretary of State shall, to the extent 

11 practicable, accelerate the provisiou of appropriate 

12 verswns of the follcr\cving systems to foreign govern13 rnents: 

14 (A) U.S. Customs and Border Protection's 

15 glohal travel targeting and analysis systems. 

16 (B) The Department t

. 0 State's 

17 watchlisting, identification, and screening sys18 terns. 

19 (2) PRIORITIZATION.-The Secretary of Home20 land Security and the Secretary of State shall co21 ordinate to prioritize the provision of the systems 

22 specified in paragraph (1) to countries determined to 

23 be countries referred to in subsection (c)( 3 )(A) of 

24 section 2 in the foreign partner engagement plan re25 quired under such section. 
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(h) EQnPMENT TRANSFER.-

2 (1) L"J GENERAL.-Subject to paragraphs (2), 

3 (:1), aml (R), the Seeretaiy of Homeland Seenrity i~ 

4 authori~ed to provide, with or without reimburseS ment, excess nonlethal equipment and supplies 

6 owned by the Department of Homeland Security to 

7 a foreign government. 

8 (2) DETERMINATIOK.-The Seeretary of Home9 land Security is authorized to provide equipment and 

l 0 supplies pursuant to paragTaph (1) if the Seeretary 

11 determines that the provision of sueh equipment and 

12 supplies would13 (A) fnrther the homeland ~eenrity interest~ 

14 of the United States; and 

15 (B) enhanee the re(~ipient government'~ ea16 paeity to17 (i) mitigate the risk or threat of ter18 ronsm, infeetious disease. or natural dis19 aster; 

20 (ii) proteet and eA.'fledite lawful trade 

21 and travel; or 

22 (iii) enforee intelleetual property 

23 rights. 

24 (:3) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER.-The Seeretary 

25 of Homeland Seeurity may not-
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(A) provide any equipment or ~npplie~ that 

2 are designated as items on the U 1lited States 

3 Munition~ List pur~uant to ~eetion 38 of the 

4 Arms Export Control Aet (22 C.S.C. 2778): or 

5 (R) pruvide any vessel or aircraft pursuant 

6 to this subsection. 

7 ( 4) RELATED TRAI~ING.-In conjunction 1vith a 

8 provi~ion of equipment or ~upplies pur~uant to para9 graph (1 ), the Secretary of Homeland Security may 

l 0 pn1'\~rle such equipment-related or supplies-related 

11 training and assistance as the Secretary determines 

12 to be neeessary. 

13 (f)) 1\iL\IKTENA-L~CE OF TR~~SFERRED EQriP14 !VIENT.-The Seeretary of Homeland Seeur:ity may 

15 provi!le for the maintenanee of tran~ferre!l e<luip16 ment or supplies through serviee eontracts or other 

17 means, with or without reimbursement, as the SecIS retary determines appropriate. 

19 (6) REIMBURSEMEKT OF EA'PENSES.-The See20 retary of Homeland Security is authorized to eollect 

21 payment from the reeipient government for the pro22 vision of training, shipping costs, supporting mate23 rials, maintenarwe, supplies, or other assistance iu 

24 support of provided equipment or supplies under tills 

25 subsection. 
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(7) RECEIPTS CREDITED AS OFFSETTI~C} COL2 LECTIO~S.-Notvvithstanding section 3302 of title 

3 :11, T~nited States Code, any amount <~olleded under 

4 this subsectionS (A) shall be credited as offsetting collec6 tions, sul:(jcct to appropriations, to the account 

7 that finances the activities and services for 

8 whieh the payment is re<,eived; and 

9 (B) shall remain available until eA'})ended 

l 0 for the purpose of providing for the seCllrity in11 tcrests of the homeland. 

12 (8) CONCTTR.RENCK-The Secretary of Home13 land Seeurity may exereise the authority under this 

14 subsection only with the concurrence of the Sec15 retary of State. 

16 (9) RULE OF CONS'l'Bl'CTl0:--.1.-.:.!othing in this 

17 subsection may be construed as affecting, ang18 meuting, or diminishing the authority of the Sec19 retary of State. 

20 (1 0) DEFTNTTTON.-For the purposes of this 

21 section, the term "excess nonlethal equipment and 

22 supplies" means equipment and supplies the Sec23 retary of Homeland Security has determined 1s Cl24 ther not required for United States domestic oper-
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ations, or >vonhl be more effeetive to hornelaml se<m2 rity if deployed for use outside of the United States. 

3 (e) KOTIFICATION TO CONCJ.RESS.-

4 (1) lN Ol'J.:-,rERAL.-~ot later than 15 days be5 fore providing any systems or equipment or supplies 

6 under this section, the Secretary of Homeland Secu7 rity and Secretary of State shall provide notification 

8 to the appropriate eongTessional committees of sueh 

9 provision. 

10 (2) CONTR:.JTS.-A notification required under 

11 paragraph (1) shall include the followin12·: 

12 (A) The specific vulnerability that will be 

13 rnitig·ated by the provision of any systems or 

14 equipment or supplies under this section. 

15 (B) A-li eA1llanation as to ~why the recipient 

16 LS unable or umvilliug to indepeudeutly acqmrc 

17 such systems ur equipment or supplies. 

18 (C) ~\r1 evacuation plau for auy sensitive 

19 technologies in case uf emergeney or instability 

20 in the country to which such systems or equip21 ment or supplies is being provided. 

22 (D) Hcrw the L"nited States Government 

23 will cusurc that such systems or equipment or 

24 supplies are being maintained appropriately and 

25 used as intended. 
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(E) The total dollar value of sueh systems, 

2 equipment, and supplies. 

3 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.-

4 ( l) lN GENBttAL.-The authority provided 

5 under this section shall be exercised in accordance 

6 with applicable provisions of the ""\.rms Export Con7 trol Act (22 r.S.C. 2761 et seq.), the Export Ad8 ministration Regulations, or any other similar pruvi9 sion of law. 

10 (2) DEFTNTTTO:..r.-Tn this subsection, the term 

11 "l<Jxport Administration Regulations" means12 (A) the E:q)l~rt Administration Heg11lations 

13 as maintained and amended under the authority 

14 of the International Emergency Economic Pow15 ers A<'t (50 U.S.C. 1701 et ~W(l.) aml (~odified 

16 in subchapter C of chapter VU of title 15, Code 

17 of Federal RegTtlations; or 

18 (B) any successor regulatiom;. 

19 SEC. 4. ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES 

20 THAT FAIL TO MEET MINIMUM STANDARDS 

21 FOR SERIOUS AND SUSTAINED EFFORTS TO 

22 COMBAT TERRORIST AND FOREIGN FIGHTER 

23 TRAVEL. 

24 (a) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.-
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(1) I~ rmKERAL.-Kot later than April :10 of 

2 each year through 2022, the Secretary of State, m 

3 eoordination with the Seeretary of Homeland Seen4 rity, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees a report with respect to the status of ef6 forts of foreign governments to combat terrorist aud 

7 foreign fighter travel, which shall include an update 

8 to the foreign partner engagement plan rt'(plired 

9 under seetion 2(e). Such reports shall include del 0 scriptions of relevant United States Government ac11 tions taken to help couutries comply with miuimum 

12 standards for serious and sustained efforts to com13 bat terrorist and foreign fighter travel, sueh as those 

14 efforts described in subseetiun (b). 

15 (2) FOR:\1.-The reports required by paragraph 

16 ( 1) may be submitted in unclassified or classified 

17 form. 

18 (:3) L"!CLUSlOK lN COU!\'1'1:\Y RI£POR'l'S ON TER19 HOR.ISM.-I'u the extent practicable, the Secretary of 

20 State, in coordination with the Secretary of Home21 land Security, should incorporate the reports re22 qui red by paragTaph ( 1) into the annual eountry re23 ports on terrorism submitted pursuant to scctiou 

24 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis25 cal Years 1988 ancl 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f). 
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(h) ::VIINIMUM 8TA~'"~TDARDS DESCRIBED.-The rmn2 imum standards for serious and sustained efforts to com3 bat terrorist and foreign fighter travel applieable to the 

4 government of a foreign eountry inelude the following: 

5 (1) The gov-ernment of the country makes 

6 meaningful efforts to ideutif::V and monitor terrorists 

7 and foreign fighters operating within the territory of 

8 the eountry. 

9 (2) The gov-ernment of the eountry regularly ex1 0 changes substantive counterterrorism information 

11 with other fon~igu governments, including the 

12 United States Government, through bilateral or mul13 tilateral ehannels and international organizations 

14 suc·h as INTERPOL, and cooperates ~with other for15 eign 1zovernments in the investigation and proseeu16 tion of terrorists and foreigu fighters. 

17 ( :3) The government of the country implements 

18 effeetive border controls or partieipates in an exist19 ing border-erossing eontrol regime that has been de20 termined by the United States Government to em21 ploy effeetive border-erossing oversight. 

22 ( 4) The government of the country has controls 

23 and systems in plaee to prevent and report upou 

24 counterfeiting, forgery, and fraudulent use or pos-
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ses~non of false, stolen, or lost identity papers and 

2 travel documents. 

3 ( 5) The government of the eountry eolleds mr 

4 passenger data and employs evidence-based traveler 

5 risk assessment and screening procedures, including 

6 eollcetion and aualysis of travel data. 

7 (6) The government of the country appro8 priately sereens travelers, induding vetting of trav9 elers at air, sea, and land ports of entry, against 

l 0 counterterrorism and other criminal databases, as 

11 appropriate. 

12 (7) The government of the country submits in13 formation to INTERPOL databases and sereens 

14 travelers against I~TERPOL databases at ports of 

15 entry and e:A'it. 

16 ( 8) The governmeut of the country has estab17 lished and implemented domestic laws criminalizing 

18 material support to foreigu terrorist organizations 

19 and has the ability and vvillingness to prosecute 

20 cases involving such material support to foreign ter21 rorist organizations. 

22 (9) The government of the country takes meas23 ures to prevent individuah; in its territory from trav24 eling abroad to enlist with or provide material sup25 port to foreign terrorist organi7.ations. 
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( 10) The government of the eountry take~ 

2 measures to ensure a minimal level of corruption 

3 and likelihood that eorrupt.ion eould irnpaet the ve4 racity of security and intelligence reporting from the 

5 cmmtr:v-, a minimal likelihood that such corruption 

6 could adversely affect the legitimacy of national 

7 identity papers of the country, and the country does 

8 not ~helter ~n~peet~ from inve~tigation and pro~e(m9 tion. 

l 0 ( 11) The government of a eountr;v- is not deter11 mined to be a high-risk program eountry under sec12 tion ::l17(e)(12) of the Immigration and Kationality 

13 A(~t r.s.c. 11R7((~H12)). 

14 (c) SUSPENSIOK OF ASSIST},_>WE.-The Secretary of 

15 State, in (~<m~ultation vv:ith the Seeretary of Homeland Se16 eurity and the heads of other Federal agencies, as appro17 priate, IS authorized to suspend nonhumanitarian, 

18 nontrade-rclated foreign assistance to any government of 

19 a foreign eountry if the foreign country is identified in 

20 subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(l) in the most reeent 

21 report submitted to the appropriate eongressional commit22 tees under sueh subseetion. 

23 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

24 In this Act: 
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( 1) APPROPRIATE CXJ~(iB.ESSIONAL COM:\HT2 TEES.-The term "appropriate congressional com3 mittees" means the Committee on Homeland St~eu4 rity and Governmental Affairs. the Committee on 

5 Foreign Relations, tlw Committee on the .Judiciary, 

6 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

7 Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 

8 Homeland Se(mrity, the Committee on the .JndieiaiJ', 

9 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

l 0 of Representatives. 

11 (2) FOREIGN TERRORIST 01\.GANlZATlOl\.-The 

12 term "foreig11 terrorist organi?:ation '' means an or13 ganization that is designated as a foreign terrorist 

14 organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immi15 gration and ::\fationality Aet (R r.S.C. 1189). 

16 (3) NO~HUlVL~'\llTAHL~I\1, NOI\'l'RADE-HKL..c'\TED 

17 F'OREIG~ A88I8Tili"!"CE.-The term "nonhnmani18 tarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance'' has the 

19 meaning given the term in section 10:3 of the Traf20 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

21 7102). 
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1 SEC. 6. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 

2 No additional funds are authorized to earry out the 

3 requirements of this Act. Sueh requirements shall be ear4 ried out using amounts othenvise authori:~~ed. 
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AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE 

TO H.R. 1196 

OFFERED BY MR. ZELDIN OF NEW YORK 

Strike all after the euacting clause and insert the 

follmving: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the "Couuterterrorism 

3 Screening and Assistance Act of 2 01 7". 

4 SEC. 2. FOREIGN PARTNER ENGAGEMENT PLAN. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.-Consistent >vith the final report of 

6 the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

7 Representatives bipartisan "Task Foree on Combating 

8 Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel", Congress makes 

9 the following findings: 

10 ( 1) It is important for the national security of 

11 the United States to assist foreign partners in clos12 ing security gaps which may allow terrorists and for13 eign fighters to travel internationally, avoiding de14 teetion. 

15 ( 2) Building foreign partner capacity to combat 

16 terrorist travel helps extend the United States secu17 rity beyond its border to mitigate threats before they 

18 reach the United States. 
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(8) United States Government !lepartments and 

2 ageneies have spent billions of dollars to help foreign 

3 partners improve their seeurity against terrorist 

4 travel sinee the attaeks of September 11, 2001, in5 eluding through the provision of technieal assistanee, 

6 equipment, training, and other tooh;. 

7 ( 4) The lack of a United States GovernmentS >vide, risk-based approaeh in(~reases the odds that 

9 systematic. seeurity gaps abroad may persist and 

10 that United States response efforts will not he ma"X'i11 mized in order to dose these gaps. 

12 ( 5) Failure to effectively coordinate eapaeity13 builcling aetivities also results in gTeater risk of over14 lap, waste, and unneeessary duplieation between the 

15 Unite!l States awl international programs. 

16 (b) SE~SE OF CONGRESS.-lt is the sense of Con17 gress that the United States Government must ensure ca18 pacity-building assistanee to deter travel by terrorists aud 

19 foreign fighters is eoordinated both among United States 

20 Government departments and agencies as well as with for21 eign implementing partners. 

22 (e) PLAN.-

23 (1) lK GENERAL.-Not later than 180 days 

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 

25 two years thereafter at the time of the President's 
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h1Hlget submission to CongTess under seetion 1105 

2 of title 31, United States Code, until 2023, the Sec3 retary of State shall, in a(~(~ordam~e with the prote(~-

4 tion of intellig-ence sources and methods, develop aml 

5 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

6 unclassified and classified versions of a foreign part7 ner engagement plan which catalogues existing ca8 pa(~ity-huilding initiatives abroad to eornhat travel by 

9 terrorists and foreign fighters and identifies areas 

10 for adjustment to align ongoing efforts ''vith risk11 based priorities. 

12 (2) COOR.DT~A'l'TON.-The plan required under 

13 paragTaph ( 1) shall he developed in eoordination 

14 >vith all relevant rnited States Government depart15 ments and ageneies and in (~onsultation with the 

16 Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 

17 the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney 

18 General, the Director of .:.J ational Intelligence, aud 

19 the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

20 (3) CON'l'EN'l'S.-The plan required under para21 graph (1) shall22 (A) include an assessment of the countries 

23 of greatest concern and risk for travel to the 

24 United States by members of foreign terrorist 

25 organihations and foreign fighters, which may 
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in section 4(b), as well as other factors, as appropriate, ind1H1ing-

(i) an identification of the number of 

flights that originate from last points of 

depalture in each country to the C nited 

States; 

(ii) visa waiver progTarn statuH or visa 

application and denial rates for each country; 

(iii) recent threats, terrorist and foreign fighter travel trends, and the overall 

terror threat environment in eaeh eonntiy; 

and 

(iv) other (~riteria aH determined by 

the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 

Homeland Security; 

(B) detail existing United States Government programs, projects, and activities which 

are intended to or have the substantial effect of 

building the capacity of such countries to combat travel by terrorists and foreign fighters, ineluding estimated spending levels by country 

where practicable; and 
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States Government resources toward countries 

referred to in ~ubparagn1.ph (A), im~luding-

(i) ideutifying effolis which should be 

reformed, consolidated, or eliminated; and 

(ii) detailing new programs, prqjects, 

or activities that are requested, being 

planned, or are umlergoing implementation 

and associated costs. 

] 0 SEC. 3. SHARING SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT TO OBSTRUCT 

11 TRAVEL BY TERRORISTS AND FOREIGN 

12 FIGHTERS. 

13 (a) BORDER SECURITY AND COUXTERTERRORISlVI 

14 SCREE~ING TOOLS.-

15 (1) I~ rmNERAL.-Snbjeet to paragn1.ph (2) 

16 and subsection (d), the Secretary of Homelaud Secu17 rity and the Secretary of State shall, to the extent 

18 practicable aud consistent vvith the national security 

19 of the rnited States, accelerate the provision of ap20 propriate versions of the follmving systems to foreign 

21 governments: 

22 (A) U.S. Customs and Border Protection's 

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(B) The Department of State'~ 

2 watchlisting, identification, and screening sys3 tern~. 

4 (2) PlUORl'l'lZA'l'lON .-The Secretary of Home5 laml Seeurity aml the Seeretary of State shall co6 ordiuate to prioritize the provision of the systems 

7 specified in paragraph (1) to countries determined to 

8 be eountrie~ referred to in ~ub~e(~tion (e)( 8 )(A) of 

9 section 2 in the foreign partner engagement plan re1 0 quired under sud1 section. 

11 (b) EQClPlVmNT 'l'RANSYER.-

12 (1) TN GENRR.Ah-Subject to paragraphs (2), 

13 (8), all(l (R), the Seeretary of Homeland Se(~urity i~ 

14 authorized to provide, with or ''cithout reimburseIS ment, exee~~ nonlethal equipment aml ~upplie~ 

16 owued by the Department of Homelaud Security to 

17 a foreign government. 

18 (2) DJ£'l'ER1\11NA'l'l0l\.-'l'he Secretary of Home19 land Security is authorized to provide equipment and 

20 supplies pursuant to paragTaph (1) if the Seeretary 

21 determines that the provision of such equipment and 

22 supplies would23 (A) further the homeland security interests 

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(B) enhanee the re(~ipient government'~ ea2 pacity to3 (i) mitigate the ri~k or threat of ter4 ronsm, iufectious disease, or uatural dis5 aster; 

6 (ii) protect and expedite lawful trade 

7 and travel; or 

8 (iii) proted the legal framework relat9 mg to intellectual property rights and en-

] 0 force such rights. 

11 (3) LllVll'l'A'l'lON ON 'l'RANSYI~K-'l'he Sce.retary 

12 of Homeland Security may not13 (A) provide any equipment or ~npplie~ that 

14 are designated as items on the United States 

15 Munition~ List pur~uant to ~e(~tion :18 of the 

16 l'ums Export Control A<:t (22 C.S.C. 2778); or 

17 (B) provide any vessel or aircraft pursuant 

18 to this subsection. 

19 ( 4) RELATED TRAI~ING.-In conjunction >vith a 

20 pn1>~sion of equipment or supplies pursuant to para21 graph (1 ), the Secretary of Homeland Security may 

22 provide such equipment-related or supplies-related 

23 training aud assistauce m; the Secretary detennines 

24 to be necessary. 
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( 5) lVlAIKTENANCE OF TR'L.'l'SFERRED EQriP2 IYIENT.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may 

3 provi!le for the maintenanee of transferre!l e<luip4 meut or supplies through service contracts or other 

5 means, v.~th or without reimbursement, as the Sec6 retary determines appropriate. 

7 (6) REIJYIBURSEMEKT OF EXPENSES.-The Sec8 retary of Homeland Se(mrity is authorize!l to (~olleet 

9 payment from the recipient government for the pro-

] 0 '~sion of training, shipping costs, supporting mate11 rials, maintenance, supplies, or other assistance iu 

12 support of prm~ded equipment or supplies under this 

13 suhseetion. 

14 ( 7) RECEIPTS CREDITED AS OFFSETTI~G COL15 LECTIO~s.-Notv.ithstanding Hed,ion :1:102 of title 

16 31, Cnited States Code, any amount collected under 

17 this subsectionIS (A) shall be credited as offsetting collec19 tions, subject to appropriations, to the account 

20 that finances the acti,~ties and sen~ces for 

21 which the payment is received; and 

22 (B) shall remain available until expended 

23 for the purpose of providing for the security in24 terests of the homeland. 
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(8) CONCURRENCE.-The Seerehny of Horne2 land Security may exercise the authority under this 

3 subseetion only with the eommrre1we of the Se(~-

4 retary of State. 

5 (9) RTJHjJ OF <XlNSTRrCTTO~.-:.Jothing in this 

6 subsection may be coustrued as affecting, aug7 menting, or diminishing the authority of the Sec8 retazy of State. 

9 (10) DEFINITION.-For the purposes of this 

10 section, the term "excess nonlethal equipment and 

11 supplies" means equipment and supplies the Sec12 retary of Homeland Security has determined is ei13 ther not re(plired for United States domestie oper14 ations, or would be more effective to homeland secu15 rity if deployed for use outside of the United States. 

16 (c) 1\0'l'll'lCA'l'lON '1'0 CONGRJ<;SS.-

17 (1) IN GE~ERAL.-:.Jot later than 15 days be18 fore providing any systems or equipment or supplies 

19 under this section, the Secretmy of Homeland Secu20 rity and Secretary of State shall provide notification 

21 to the appropriate congressional cmmnittees of such 

22 provision. 

23 (2) CON'l'E~'l'S.-A notification required under 

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threat that will be mitigated by the provision of 

any systems or e(plipment or supplies under 

this section. 

(D) An explanation as to why the reeipient 

IS unable or unvvilliug to indcpcudcutly aeqlllrc 

such systems or equipment or supplies. 

(C) An evaeuation plan for any sensitive 

teehnologies in ease of emergeney or instability 

in the eountry to whieh sueh systems or equipment or supplies is bciug provided. 

(D) How the rnited States Government 

will ensure that sueh systems or e(plipment or 

supplies are being maintained appropriately and 

used as intended. 

(E) The total dollar value of tmeh systems, 

17 equipment, or supplies. 

18 (d) RULE m' CONS'l'RUC'l'lON.-

19 (1) IN GENERAL.-The authority provided 

20 under this seetion shall be exereised in aeeordanee 

21 >vith applieable provisions of the Arms EA.'})Ort Con22 trol Act (22 r.S.C. 2751 et seq.), the Export Ad23 ministration Regulations, or any other similar provi24 sion of law. 
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(2) DEFINITIO~.-In this subsedion, the term 

2 ''E)q)ort Administration Regulations'' means3 (A) the E},.1Jort Administration Regulations 

4 as maiutaiued and amended under the authority 

5 of the International Emergency Eeonomic Pow6 crs Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 ct seq.) aud codified 

7 in subchapter C of chapter vTII of title 15, Code 

8 of Federal Regulations; or 

9 (B) any successor regulations. 

] 0 SEC. 4. ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES 

11 THAT FAIL TO MEET MINIMUM STANDARDS 

12 FOR SERIOUS AND SUSTAINED EFFORTS TO 

13 COMBAT TERRORIST AND FOREIGN FIGHTER 

14 TRAVEL. 

15 (a) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.-

16 (1) l~ GJ<;l\ERAL.-1\ot later than April 30 of 

17 eaeh year through 2022, the Secretary of State, m 

18 coordiuatiou with the Secretary of Homeland Sccu19 rity, shall subinit to the appropriate congressional 

20 committees a report with respect to the status of ef21 forts of foreign governments to combat terrorist and 

22 foreign fighter travel, whieh shall include an update 

23 to the forcigu partner engagement plan required 

24 under section 2 (c). Such reports shall include de25 scriptions of relevant United States Government ac-
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tiom; taken to help <~mmtries eornply '.vith rrnmmum 

2 standards for serious and sustained efforts to com3 bat terrorist and foreign fighter travel, sueh as those 

4 efforts described in subsection (b). 

5 (2) Fcm:\L-The reports requirecl by paragraph 

6 ( 1) shall be submitted in unclassified and classified 

7 form. 

8 (8) INCLUSIOK IN COUKTRY REPORTS ON TER9 RORISM.-To the extent practieable, the Secretary of 

10 State, in coordination "~th the Seeretary of Hornell land Security, should incorporate the reports re12 qui red by paragraph ( 1 ) into the annual country re13 ports on terrorism submitted pursuant to se<~tion 

14 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis15 eal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f). 

16 (b) SliNllVlUlVl STANDARDS DJ£SCRIBJ£D.-'l'he rrnu17 imum standards for serious and sustained efforts to com18 bat terrorist aud foreign fighter travel applicable to the 

19 government of a foreign country include the follovving: 

20 (1) The government of the foreign country 

21 makes meaningful efforts to identify and monitor 

22 terrorists and foreign fighters operating within the 

23 territory of the country. 

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mation ~with other foreign governments, induding 

2 the United States Government, through bilateral or 

3 multilateral dmnnels and international organizations 

4 such as INTERPOL, aud cooperates with other for5 eign governments in the investigation and prosecu6 tion of terrorists aud foreign fighters. 

7 (:3) The government of the foreign country im8 plements effeetive border eontrols or partieipates in 

9 an existing border-crossing control regime that has 

10 been determined by the United States Government 

11 to employ effective border-crossing oversight. 

12 (4) The government of the foreig·n country has 

13 eontrols and systems in plaee to prevent and report 

14 upon counterfeiting, forgery, and fraudulent use or 

15 possession of false, stolen, or lost identity papers 

16 and travel documents. 

17 ( 5) The government of the foreign country col18 lects air passenger data and employs evidence-based 

19 traveler risk assessment and screening procedures, 

20 inc.luding collection and analysis of travel data. 

21 ( 6) The govennnent of the foreign country ap22 propriately screens travelers, including vetting of 

23 travelers at air, sea, and land ports of entry, against 

24 counterterrorism and other criminal databases, as 

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(7) The government of the foreign country sub2 mits information to INTER,POL databases and 

3 S(~reens travelers against IKTEHPOL databases at 

4 ports of entry and exit. 

5 (8) The government of the foreig11 country has 

6 established allCl implemented domestic laws crimiual7 izing material support to foreign terrorist organiza8 tions awl has the ability and willingness to prosecute 

9 cases involving such material support to foreign ter1 0 rorist organi~ations. 

11 ( 9) The govennnent of the foreign country 

12 takes measures to prevent indiv-iduals in its territory 

13 from traveling abroad to enlist >vith or provide mate14 rial support to foreign terrorist organizations. 

15 (10) The government of the foreign eountry16 (A) takes measures to minimille17 (i) corruption and the likelihood that 

18 corruption could impact the veracity of se19 curity and intelligence reporting from the 

20 country; and 

21 (ii) the likelihood that such corruption 

22 could adversely affect the legitimacy of na23 tioual identity papers of the country; allCl 

24 (B) does not shelter suspects from inves25 tigation ancl prosecution. 
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( 11) The government of the foreign eonntry i~ 

2 not determined to be a high-risk progTam country 

3 under ~ed.ion 217(e)(12) of the Immignlt.ion and 

4 Nationality Act (8. U.S.C. 1187(c)(12)). 

5 (c) SUSPR~STON OF ASSTSTANCK6 (1) lN GENERAL.-The Secretary of State, in 

7 consultation with the Secretary of Homeland SecuS rity and the heads of other Federal ageneie~, a~ ap9 propriate, is authorized to suspend nonhumani1 0 tarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance to a gov11 ermnent of a foreign country if such government is 

12 not making sig11ificant efforts to comply vvith the 

13 minimum ~tandards for serion~ and ~u~tained effort~ 

14 to combat tenorist and foreign fighter travel de15 ~<~ribed in ~nb~edion (b). 

16 (2) CONGRESSlONAL NO'l'lFlCA'l'lON PlWCE17 DURES.-Any suspension of assistance under para18 graph (1) shall be sul~ject to the prior notification 

19 procedures applicable to reprogrammings pursuant 

20 to section 6:34A of the Foreig11 Assistance Act of 

21 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2:394-1). 

22 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this Act: 

24 ( 1) APPROPRIATE CO~GRESSIONAL COIYDIIT25 TRRS.-The term "appropriate congressional com-
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mittees" means the Committee on Homeland Seeu2 rity and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 

3 Foreign Relations, the Committee on the .T1Hlieiary, 

4 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, aml 

5 Transportation of the Senate aml the Committee on 

6 Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, 

7 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

8 of Representatives. 

9 (2) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIOK.-The 

10 term "foreig11 terrorist organi:;mtion" means an or11 ganization that is designated as a foreign terrorist 

12 organi:;mtion pursuant to section 219 of the Tmmi13 gnltion and )Jationality Aet (R 1~.8.C. 1189). 

14 (3) NO~HU:MANITARLW, NOKTRADE-RELATED 

15 FOREIC+~ ASSISTANCE.-The term "nonhumani16 tarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance" has the 

17 meaning given the term in section 1Q:3(8)(B) of the 

18 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 

19 U.S.C. 7102(8)(B) ). 

20 SEC. 6. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 

21 No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 

22 requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be car23 ricd out using amounts otherwise authorized. 
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lHim CONGRESS 

hn SBSSIOt\ H. R. 1660 

To dinwt th~ A<lministrator of the United States Ageney for International 

Development to SLtbmit lo Congress a report on the development and 

use of global heallh iwwvalious in lhe progTams, projects, and activities 

of the Agency. 

IK THE HOUSE OF REPRESE)JTATIVES 

J\i."..HCJl 21, 2017 

:\Ir. SIRES !for himself, Mr. DEZ-R-I.Li'LR.T, Mr. CON::-.iOLLY, l\Ir. EKGEL, lVIr. 

SHEKVIAN, J\iir. CICILLINE, l\!Ir. I\EATINl+, lVIs. Ros-LE1'ITINE::-.i, Mr. 

DO!\OVA.'.i, and Mr. S_VllTll of Xew Jersey) introduced the following bill; 

whid1 was rrferrcd to tl1c Committee on F'orcig11 ,\ffairs 

A BILL 

To clirert the Administrator of the r11ited States Agency 

for International Development to t-mbmit to Congn;ss a 

report on the development and use of global health innovations in the progTarns, projeets, and <:wtivities of the 

Age Hey. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represcnta2 tim~ ofthe United States ofAmel'ica h1 Congress as.'iCn11Jled. 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the "Global Health Innova5 tionAetof2017". 
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1 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT. 

2 IN GENERAL.-Kot later than 180 days after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 

4 for a period of 4 years, the Administrator of the rnited 

5 States Ageuc.v for lntcrnatioual Developmeut shall submit 

6 to Congress a report on the development and use of global 

7 health innovations in the prognuns, projeds, awl adivities 

8 of the Agency. 

9 (b) Jli1ATTERS To BE lNCLUDED.-The report re10 quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 

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(1) A description of-

(A) the extent to whieh global health innovations deseribed in subseetion (a) include 

drugs, diag11osties, deviees, vaecines, eleetronic 

aml mobile health technologies, and related behavior change and service delivery innovations; 

(B) how innovation has advaneed the 

Ageney's commitments to aehieving an HIV/ 

AIDS-free generation, ending preventable ehild 

and maternal deaths, and protecting- communities from infeetious diseases, as well as 

furthered by the Global Health Strategie 

Frame>vork; 

(C) how goals are set for health product 

development in relation to the Agency's health-
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related goals aml how progTess aml impaet are 

2 measured tmvarcls those goals; 

3 (D) how the Agency's investments in inno4 vation relate to its stated goals; aacl 

5 (E) progwss made towards health product 

6 development goals. 

7 (2) How the Agency, both independently and 

8 ¥~ith partners, donors, and puhli(~-private partner9 ships, isl 0 (A) leveraging United States investments 

11 to achieve greater impact in health irmovatioa; 

12 (B) engaging in acti~vities to develop, ad13 vance, and introdlH~e affonlahle, available, and 

14 appropriate global health products; and 

15 (C) sealing up appropriate health mnova16 tions in the clevelopmeat pipeline. 

17 ( 3) A~ description of collaboration and com·dina18 tion with other l<'edcral depal'tments and agenmes, 

19 ineluding the Centers for Disease Control and Pre20 vention, in support of global health product develop21 ment, including a description of huvv the Agenc·y is 

22 working to ensure critical gaps in product develop23 meut for global health arc being filled. 

24 (±) A description of how the Ageney is coordi25 nating and alig11ing global health innovation activi-
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ties between the Global Development Lah, the Cen2 ter for Accelerating Innovation and Impact, and the 

3 Bureau for Global Health. 
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lHi'l'H CONGRESS H R 2658 

18'1' 8J<j88101\ • • 

To provide humanitarian a~sistcnwe for the Venezuelan people, to defend 

democratic governance and combat widespread public corTuption in Vene:mela, and [or other purposes. 

IK THE HOUSE OF REPRESE~TATIVES 

l\'L~Y 25, 2017 

.\'Jr. l~KGF,T, (for himself, !VIs. HoR-IJRH'I'TNR'J, Mr. Sm.RR, and Mr. DTAZBAh'li:T) intn•<hwe<l the following bill; whie!J was referTed to tlw Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addi1.ion to the Conunittee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of surl1 pro>~sions as fall within the jllrisdietion of 

tlw eornrnittee (·mwerned 

A BILL 

To provide humanitarian assistam~e for the Venezuelan people, to defend democratic governance and combat widespread public corTuption in Venezuela, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be il enacted by the Senate and House of Represent a2 t?:ves of the Undecl States 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the 

5 "Venezuela Humanitarian Assistance and Defense of 

6 Demoeratic Governance Act of 2017". 
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(h) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of eontents for 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. 

Sec. 2. 

Sec. ~ "· 

See. 4. 

See. 5. 

See. 6. 

See. 7. 

Sec. 8. 

Sec. 9. 

See. 10. 

Ree. 11. 

See. 12. 

Short title: table of contents. 

Findings. 

Sense of Congres~. 

Humanitarian assistanee for the people of Venezuela. 

Re(jUirement fur strategy to eo•Jrdinate international humanitarian assistanee. 

Support for efforts at the United )lations on the humanitarian and politieal eri sis in Venezuela. 

Support for Organization of Ameriean States lnter-Ameriean Dernoeracie Charter. 

Support for i1tt.eruational eleclion observation rnissions and de1noeratic 

civil ~oeiet.v iu \leue~uela. 

Coneerns and report on the involve1nent of ·venezuelan oiTicials in eorl'Llf)Lion and illiciL uareocics lra!Iicking. 

SaneliOIIS on per-SOilS responsible nw puhlie eorTu_ption and undermiTling ile1nocratie governanee i11 \Tenezuela. 

Concerns over PDVSA transaetions with Rosneft.. 

Rep•Jrt on Govennnent of the Russian Fecleratim1's activitief.- in 'lenezuela. 

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress makes the follm.ving findings: 

5 ( 1) The deterioration of derno(~ratie governanee 

6 and the economic crisis in Venezuela have led to an 

7 unpre(;edented lmmanitarian situation in whid1 peo8 plc arc suffering from severe shortag-es of essential 

9 medicines and basic food products. 

10 Accordiug to the World Health Orgauiz;a11 tion. Venezuela had a shortage of necessary medica12 tiom; and rnedieal supplies of13 (A) 55 pereent in 2014; 

14 (D) 67 pereent in 2015; and 

15 (C) 75 pcrecnt in 2016. 
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(3) Aeeording- to a Human Rights vVateh 2016 

2 report, it is increasingly difficult for many Ven3 eznelans, partieularly those in lower- or middle-in4 come families, to obtain adequate nutritiou aml 

5 there are reports of s:ymptoms of malnutrition, par6 ticularly in children. 

7 ( 4) Maternal deaths in Venezuela increased by 

8 66 pereent from 2015 to 2016 >vhile infant deaths 

9 increased by :30 percent. 

10 (5) There were 240,000 confirmecl malaria 

11 cases m Venezuela m :W16-a 76 pe1·ceut mcrease 

12 over 201 i5. 

13 (6) A re(~ent snrvey-(~ondueted jointly by the 

14 Central University of Venezuela, the Andres Bello 

15 Catholi(~ University, and the Sim{m Bolivar Univer16 sity-fouml that almost 75 pereeat of Venezuelans 

17 lost an average of at least 19 pounds in 2016 as a 

18 result of a lack of proper nutritioll amidst the coun19 try's economic crisis. 

20 (7) Despite massive shortages of basic food21 stuffs and essential medieines, Nicolas Maduro has 

22 rejected repeated requests from the Venezuelan Na23 tional Assembly and eivil soeiet.v or~muizatious to 

24 bring humanitarian aid into the country. 
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(R) The International Monetary Fuml haN esti2 mated that in Venezuela in 2016 the country's gross 

3 domestic: produet eontnwted by 12 pen•ent and infla4 tion rate reached 720 perceut, and has stated that 

5 Vene;;mela had the worst grovvth and inflation per6 fonnancc iu the world. 

7 ( 9) The International Monetary Fund has not 

8 eonvened an Artide IV Exe(mtive Board eonsnltation 

9 for Venezuela since September 1:3, 2004, which 

l 0 greatly limits the extent of information available to 

11 the iuternational community about the severity of 

12 the Vene;;melan economic crisis. 

13 (10) Venezuela's politieal, eeonornw, and hu14 manitarian crisis is fueling soeial tensions that are 

15 resulting- in gTuwing ineidents of puhlie unrest, 

16 looting, violence amoug citi;>jens, aml an exodus of 

17 Venezuelans abroad. 

18 ( 11) These social distortious are taking place 

19 amidst an alarming climate of criminal violenc-e. Ae20 cording to the United Nations Office on Drug and 

21 Crime, Caraeas, Venezuela had the highest per cap22 ita homic-ide rate of any capital city in the world in 

23 2015 at 120 murders per 100,000 citi,.;eus. 

24 (12) In 2016, 18,155 Venezuelans submitted 

25 asylum requests in the United States, which was the 
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greatest number of requests by any nationality, cW2 cording to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv3 wes. 

4 ( 13) lntematioual aud domestic human rights 

5 groups, such as Foro Penal Venewlano, recognize 

6 more thau 108 political prisouen; in V enezucla, in7 eluding opposition leader and former Chacao mayor 

8 Leopoldo L6pez, .Tudge Maria Lourdes Afiuni, Cara9 cas Mayor Antonio J use Ledezma Diaz, National 

l 0 Assembly Deputy Gilber Caro, and former San Cris11 tobal mayor Daniel Ceballos. 

12 ( 14) According to media accounts, over 40 peo13 ple lost their lives as the re~mlt of publie dernonstra14 tions and protests in Venezuela in April 2017. 

15 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

16 lt is the sense of Congress that17 ( 1) Nicolas Maduro should permit the deliver.)T 

18 of iuternational humanitarian assistauce to address 

19 the w~despread and deeply concen1ing shortages of 

20 essential medicines and basic food products faced by 

21 the people of Venezuela; 

22 (2) it is in the best interest of the Venezuelan 

23 people for the Govennneut of V eue;r.ucla to engage 

24 \\~th multilateral institutions to ameliorate the ef-
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fe<~ts of the <~onnhy's ongomg eeonomw, soeial, aml 

2 humanitarian crisis; 

3 ( 0) Ni<~ohis Maduro should immediately release 

4 all political prisoners aud respect internationally rec5 ogni~ed human rights in order to facilitate the con6 ditions for politieal negotiations and dialogue in 

7 Venezuela; 

8 ( 4) Ni<~olu.s :VI~uluro and the Supreme Tribunal 

9 of Justiee of Venezuela should take steps to rein-

] 0 state the full powers and authorities of the National 

11 Assembly of V cnezucla in aeeordance with the Con12 stitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Vene:.-;uela; 

13 ( 5) Venezuela's :-J ational Eledoral Couneil 

14 should establish a specific. timeline to hold national, 

15 regional, and rnunidpal eleetions in aeeordanee vvitll 

16 the Constitution of the Bolivariau Republic of Ven17 ezuela and allow supervision of credible international 

18 electoral observe1·s; aud 

19 ( 6) the r nited States should support meanmg20 ful efforts towards a substantive clialogue through 

21 which all parties uphold their commitments and 

22 agree to specific deadlines to restore respect for Ven23 czuela's constitutional mechanisms and resolve the 

24 country's political, eeonomic, and humanitarian cn25 SlS. 
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1 SEC. 4. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF 

2 VENEZUELA. 

3 (a) IN GI£NERAL.-The Secretary of State, in cocn·di4 nation with the Admini;;;trator of the United States Agen5 cy for International Development, subject to the avail6 ability of appropriations, shall work through credible and 

7 imlependent nongovernmental organization:,; to provideS ( 1) public health commodities to Venezuelan 

9 health facilities and services, inc.luding medicines on 

10 the World Health Organization's List of Essential 

11 Medicines and basic medical supplies and equipment; 

12 (2) the basic food commodities and nutritional 

13 supplements needed to address grnwing malnutrition 

14 ancl improve food seeurity for the people of Ven15 ezucla, with a specific emphasis on the most vulner16 able populations; and 

17 ( 0) tedmieal assistmwe to erumre health and 

18 food commodities are appropriately selected, pro19 eured, and distributed, predominantly through local 

20 nongovernmental organizations. 

21 (b) PI.AN REQriREMENT.-J\ot later than 90 days 

22 after the (late of the emwtment of this A(~t, the Se(~retary 

23 of State shall submit a pLan for earr;y-ing out the activ-ities 

24 deseribed in snbsection (a) whieh also identifies rnited 

25 States Agency for International Development best prac-
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ti(;es in tldivering humanitarian assistan(~e and how they 

2 are being utilized in the Venezuela conte~1: to3 ( 1) the Cornrnittee on Foreign Relations of the 

4 Senate; 

5 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

6 Senate; 

7 (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

8 Hon:'!e of Representatives; and 

9 ( '1) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

l 0 House of Representatives. 

11 (c) AUTHOR1:6ATlON m• --:~PPROPRL~TlO.:-.rS.-'l'here is 

12 authori~ed to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 

13 $10,000,000 for fis(;al year 201M to eany out the adivities 

14 described in subsection in accordance with this section. 

15 (d) BRlEFINGS.-Upon a request from one of the 

16 committees listed in subseetion (b), the Secretary of State 

17 and the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

18 International Development shall brief the committee on 

19 the progress made in implementing the plan submitted 

20 under subsection (b). 

21 SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT FOR STRATEGY TO COORDINATE 

22 INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSIST23 ANCE. 

24 (a) SEKSE OF CONGR.ESS.-It is the sense of Con25 gTess that the appropriate United Nations humanitarian 
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agenmei'l should eomluet and publish an independent ai'\-

2 sessment on3 ( 1) the e:A"tent and irnpaet of the shortages of 

4 food aud medicine in V eue.:mela; and 

5 (2) the efforts neetlecl to resolYe such shortages. 

6 (b) 8'1'&4cT~GY.-~ot later thau 90 days after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

8 in (~Onsrtltation with the Administrator of the rnited 

9 States Agency fur International Development, shall submit 

l 0 a multi-year strategy to the Committee 011 Foreign Rela11 tions of the Seuatc aml the Committee ou J<'orcign },ffairs 

12 of the House of Representatiws that13 (1) deserihes how the Unitea States >>ill se(mre 

14 support from international donors, inc.luding re15 gional partners in Latin 1\_rneri(~a and the Caribbean, 

16 for the provisiou of humanitarian assistaucc to the 

17 people of Venezuela; and 

18 identifies govcrumcuts that arc williug to 

19 provide financial and technical assistance for the 

20 prm~sion of such humanitarian assistance to the 

21 people of Venezuela and a description of such assist22 ance. 

23 (c) BRLEJ:<'t:·ms.-rpon a request from the Committee 

24 on Foreign Relations of the Senate or the Committee on 

25 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Sec-
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retary of State and the Administrator of the Unite(l States 

2 Agency for International Development shall brief such 

3 eommittee on the progress made in implementing the 

4 strategy submitted under subsectiou (b). 

5 SEC. 6. SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS AT THE UNITED NATIONS 

6 

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ON THE HUMANITARIAN AND POLITICAL CRISIS IN VENEZUELA. 

8 (a) I~ITIAL EFFORTS.-The President shall instrnd 

9 the Permanent Representative of the United States to the 

l 0 United Nations to use the voice and vote of the rnited 

11 States to secure the necessary votes12 (1) to place the humanitarian and political crl13 SIS in Venezuela on the agemla of the United Na14 tions Security Council; and 

15 (2) to seeure a Presi(lential Statement from the 

16 United K atiolls Security Couucil urging the Govern17 ment of Venezuela to allow the delivery of humani18 tariar1 relief and to lift bureaucratic impediments or 

19 any other obstacles so that independent nongovern20 mental organi:.-;ations can provide the proper assist21 ance to the people uf Venezuela w-ithout any inter22 ference by such government. 

23 (b) l~DDl'l'lONAL El1'FOKTS.-

24 (1) I~ GEKERAL.-If the Government of Ven25 e:1.uela refuses to allow the delivery of humanitarian 
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relief and lift bureaneratie impediments and any 

2 other obstacles described m subsection (a)(2), then 

3 beginning not later than JO days after the eondu4 sion of the efforts of the United Nations described 

5 in such subsection, the President shall instruct the 

6 Permanent Represeutative of the United States to 

7 the United Nations to use the voice and vote of the 

8 Unite(l States to seenre the adoption of a resolution 

9 uf the United N atiuns Security Coum~il described in 

10 paragTaph (2). 

11 RESOLUTION DESCRIBED.-'l'he resolution 

12 of the United Nations Security Council described in 

13 paragraph (1) is a resolution14 (A) directing the Government of Venezuela 

15 to promptly allow safe and unhindered ~weess 

16 for humauitariau ageuciCs and their implc17 menting partners, inc1uding possible support 

18 from ueighboring couutries; allCl 

19 (B) calling on the Government uf Ven20 ezuela to21 (i) allow the delivery of food and med22 

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(iii) agTee to free, fair and transparent elections w'ith credible international 

observers; 

(iv) cease violence; and 

(v) release all political prisoners. 

6 SEC. 7. SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN 

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STATES INTER-AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC 

CHARTER. 

(a) FIKDINGS.-Congress makes the following find-

(1) Article 1 of the luter-American Democratic 

Charter, adopted by the Organi:w.tion of American 

States in Linw. on September 11, 2001, affirms, 

"The peoples of the Americas have a right to democnwy and their governments have an obligation to 

promote and defend it.". 

(2) A.rticle 19 of the Inter-~~merican Democratic Charter states "an uncoustitutional interruption of the democratic order or an unconstitutional 

alteration of the constitutional regime that seriously 

impairs the democratic order in a member state, 

constitutes, while it persists, an insurmountable obstacle to its government's participation iu sessions of 

the General Assembly . . . and other bodies of the 

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(8) 1\rtide 20 of the Inter-Ameri<·an Demo2 cratic Charter provides3 (A) "In the event of an mwonstitntional al4 teration of the constitutional regime that seri5 ously impairs the democratic orcler in a member 

6 state, any member state or the Secretary Gen7 eral may request the immediate convocation of 

8 the Permanent Couneil to undertake a eolledive 

9 assessment of the situation and to take such de10 cisions as it deems appropriate."; and 

11 (B) "The Permanent Council, depending 

12 on the situation, may undertake the necessary 

13 diplomatic: initiatives, induding good offiees. to 

14 foster the restoration of democracy.". 

15 (h) 8E~8E OF CONCJ.RE88.-It is the sense of Con16 grcss that17 ( 1) Nicola.s :V[aduro and the Supreme Tribunal 

18 of Justice of V enezucla have carried out systematic 

19 efforts to undermine, block, and circumvent the au20 thorities and responsibilities of the Venezuelan Na21 tional Assembly as mandated in the Constitution of 

22 the Bolivarian R.epublic of Venezuela; 

23 such efforts by Nicolas Maduro and the Su24 preme Tribunal of ,Justice of Venezuela amount to 

25 an unconstitutional alternation of the constitutional 
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reg1me that seriously impairs the demoeratie order 

2 in Venezuela; and 

3 ( 8) the Seeretary of State, vvorking through the 

4 United States Permaneut ~Vlission to the Org-au_iz;a5 tion of Arnerican States, should take additional steps 

6 to support cmgoiug efforts by the Secretary Geueral 

7 of the Organization of American States8 (A) to invoke the Inter-A.meriean Demo9 cratic Charter; 

I 0 (D) to advance a collective assessrnent of 

11 the situation iu Venezuela; and 

12 (C) to promote diplomatic. initiatives to 

13 foster the restoration of Venezuelan demoeraey. 

14 SEC. 8. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSER15 VATION MISSIONS AND DEMOCRATIC CIVIL 

16 SOCIETY IN VENEZUELA. 

17 (a) IN GENERAIJ.-Subject tu the availability of ap18 propriations, the Secretary of State, in eoordiuatiou with 

19 the Administrator of the rnited States Ageney fur Inter20 national Development, sha 11 work21 (1) with the Organization of Ameriean States 

22 and other entities tu ensure eredible international 

23 observation that contributes to free, fair, and traus24 parent democratic eleetoral processes in Venezuela; 

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(2) diredJy, or through independent nongovern2 mental organizations3 (A) to deferul internationally re(~ognized 

4 humau rights for the people of Veue:.-:uela; 

5 (B) to support the efforts of independent 

6 media outlets to broadcast, distribute, and 

7 share information beyond the limited channels 

8 rnatle available by the Government of Ven9 ezuela; 

10 (C) to facilitate open and uncensored ac11 ce~:>s to the lnteruet for the people of V eue:.-:uela; 

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(D) to eombat eorrnption nml improve the 

14 transparency and accountability of institutions 

15 that are part of the Government of Venezuela. 

16 (b) VOICE AND VOTI£ A'l' THE OAK-The Secretary 

17 of State, acting through the United States Permanent 

18 Rcpre~:>cntativc to the Orgaui:.-:atiou of ~\merican States, 

19 should advocate and build diplomatic support for sending 

20 an election observation mission to Vene:t:uela to ensure 

21 that democratic electoral processes are organized and car22 riecl out in a free, fair, and transparent manner. 

23 (e) AU'l'HOR1:6A1'10N OF 1\J>PROPRlA'l'lO~S.-Thcre 

24 are authorized to be appropriated to the Seeretary of State 

25 for fiscal year 2018-
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(1) $500,000 to carry out the aetivitie~ ~et 

2 forth in subsection (a)(l); and 

3 (2) $0,500,000 to earry out the aetivitie~ set 

4 forth in subsection (a)(2). 

5 (d) DR.TEFTNGS.-Upon a request from one of the 

6 committees listed in subsection (c), the Secretar.Y of State 

7 and the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

8 International Developrnent ~hall brief the eornmittee on 

9 the progress made in implementing the strategy submitted 

10 under subsection (e). 

11 SEC. 9. CONCERNS AND REPORT ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF 

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VENEZUELAN OFFICIALS IN CORRUPTION 

AND ILLICIT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING. 

(a) FIKDINGS.-Congress makes the following find-

( 1) 'l'he deterioration of governance in Venezuela has been exacerbated by the involvement of 

senior officials of the Goverrnncut of Vene:;.ucla, including members of the K ational Electoral Council, 

the judieial system, and the Vene;cuelan seeurity 

forces, in aets of eorruption and illicit narcotics trafficking and related money laundering. 

(2) In March 2015, the Department of the 

Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Ketwork 

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lwen siphoned from Venezuela's pnhlie oil eornpany, 

2 Petr6leos de Venezuela S.A., in eonjunction •vith its 

3 designation of the Banea Privada d'A.I<dorra as a 

4 Foreign l<'iuaucial Institution of Primary :Ylouey 

5 TJaundering Coneern. 

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(3) On August 1, 2016, General Nestor 

ReveroL Venezuela's current :VIinister of Interior and 

former National Guard (~ornrmJ.nder, was indided in 

a United States district eourt for partieipating in an 

international coeaine trafficking eonspiraey. 

( 4) On 1'\ovembcr 18, 2016, l<'ranqui l<'rancisco 

Flores de Freitas and Efrain Antonio Campo Flores, 

nephevvs of Nieol~is ::V[aduro and Venezuelan First 

Lady Cilia Flores, \vere convieted in a United States 

distrid (;ourt on eharges of e.onspiring to import eocaine into the United States. 

(5) On February 1:3, 2017, the Department of 

the Treasury's Office of l<'oreigu Assets Coutrol designated Tared\: Zaidan El Aissami :VIadclah for his 

involvement in illicit narcoties trafficking, pursuant 

to the Foreign K arcoties Kingpin Designation Act 

(21 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.; title ·vnr of Public. lmw 

106-120). 

(6) The Department of the Treasury's Offiee of 

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dividuals all(l senior Venezuelan offieials for their in2 volvement in illicit narcotics trafficking, pursuant to 

3 sneh Aet, induding4 (A) Vene~uelan national Samark Jose 

5 Lope7. Bello, who is the primary front man and 

6 money launderer for 'l'areck Zaidan El iussami 

7 Maddah; 

8 (B) Hng'O i\rmando Carvajal Barrios, 'Who 

9 IS the current K ational Assembly Deputy and 

l 0 the former Director of Venezuela's Yfilitary Tn11 telligcncc Directorate: 

12 (C) Henry de ,Jesus Rangel Silva, who is 

13 the (mrrent Governor of Trn,jillo State and the 

14 former Director of Venezuela's Directorate of 

15 Intelligenee and Prevention Serviees; 

16 (D) Hamon Emilio Rodrigue~ Chacin, who 

17 previously served as the Minister of Interior; 

18 and 

19 (E) Freckly Alir:io Bernal Rosales, who pre20 viously served as the 1Vfayor of the TJibertador 

21 municipality of Caracas. 

22 (h) DEFimTIONS.-In this section: 

23 (1) COHRUP'l'lON.-Thc term "corruption" 

24 means the extent to 'which publie power is exereised 
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for private gmn, induding hy bribery, nepotism, 

2 fraud, or embezzlement. 

3 (2) GRAND CORRrPTION.-The term "gnmd 

4 corruption" means corruption committed at a high 

5 level of government that6 (A) distorts policies or the central ftmc7 tioning of the eountry; and 

8 (B) enables leaders to benefit at the ex9 pense of the publie good. 

10 (e) HRPOT\.TTNH HEQTTTR.RMENT.-

11 (1) lt-: GENERAL.-Not later than 180 days 

12 after the date of the enaetment of this Aet, the See13 retary of State, aeting through the Bureau of Intel14 ligenee and Researc·h, and in eonsultation vvith the 

15 intelligenee (~oumnmity (as defined in se(~tion :1(4) of 

16 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

17 3003(4))), shall submit a report to Congress that 

18 describes the involvement of senior officials of the 

19 Government of Venezuela, including members of the 

20 National Eleetoral Couneil, the judicial system, and 

21 the Venezuelan seeurity forees, in aets of corruption 

22 in Venezuela, with a specific emphasis on acts of 

23 graud corruption. 

24 (2) ADDITIO~AL ELE:\IENTS.-The report sub25 mitted under paragraph (1) shall-
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(A) deseribe how the ads of eorrnption described in the report pose direct challenges for 

U nite(l States national security and inter4 national seeurity; 

5 (D) identify incli1~cluals that frustrate the 

6 ability of the United States to combat illieit 

7 nareoties traffic-king; and 

8 (C) indude input from the Drug Enfon~e9 ment Administration, the Office of Foreign As10 sets Control, and the Financial Crimes Enforce11 ment Network. 

12 ( 3) FORlvT.-The report under paragTaph (1) 

13 shall he submitted in nndassified form, but may in14 elude a classified annex. The unclassified portion of 

15 the report shall be matle available to the puhlie. 

16 SEC. 10. SANCTIONS ON PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUB17 LJC CORRUPTION AND UNDERMINING DEM0-

18 CRATIC GOVERNANCE IN VENEZUELA. 

19 (a) FINDING.-Executive Order 1:3692 (50 U.S.C. 

20 1701 note), which was signed on 1Vfarch 8, 201:5, estah21 lished sanctions against individuals responsible for under22 rnining democratic processes and institutions and involved 

23 in acts of public eorruption that ·were not included in the 

24 Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act 

25 of 2014 (Public TJa>V 113-278). 
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(h) ~-LtL~CTIOKS.-Sedion 5 of the Venezuela Defense 

2 of Human R,ights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (Public 

3 Lavv 118-27R) is arnended4 ( 1) in subsection (a)-

5 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking "or'' at 

6 the end; 

7 (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

8 paragntph (5); and 

9 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

l 0 following: 

11 " ( 3) has perpetrated, or IS responsible for or12 dering or otherwise directing, significant actions or 

13 polieies that undermine demoeratie processes or in14 stitutions; 

15 "(4) has perpetrated, or is responsible for or16 dering or otherwise clirceting, signifieant aets of pub17 lie corruption; or"; 

18 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (f) as 

19 subsections (f) and (g), respectively; 

20 (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol21 lowing: 

22 "(e) BRIEFINGS.-Upon a request from the Com23 mittee on Foreign Rclatious of the Scuatc or the Com24 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of R,epresentatives, 

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of the Treasury, shall offer a dassified briefing- on the ef2 forts to impose sanctions lmder this section and the im3 pad of sueh sandions.": and 

4 ( 4) in subsection (f), as redesignated, by strik5 ing "December 31, 2019" and inserting "December 

6 31, 2022". 

7 (c) SENSE OF COKGB.ESS.-It is the sense of Con8 gress that the President and Se(~retary of State should 

9 seek to encourage partner countries of the Organization 

l 0 of Ameriean States and the United Nations to impose 

11 sauctions with respect to V cncz;uclan individuals that arc 

12 similar to sanctions imposecl by the United States ~with 

13 respe(~t to sneh Venezuelan individuals. 

14 SEC. 11. CONCERNS OVER PDVSA TRANSACTIONS WITH 

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(a) PIKDINGS.-Congress makes the following find-

(1) ln late 2016, Venezuelan state-owned oil 

company Petr6leos de Venezuela, S.A. (referred to in 

this section as "PDVSA"). through a no-compete 

transaction, secured a loan from Russian government-controlled oil company Rosneft, using 49.9 percent of PDVSA's American subsidiary, CITGO Petroleum Corporation, including its assets m the 

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tramm.dion, 100 pen•ent of CITGO i~ hdd a~ eollat2 eral by PDVSA's ereditors. 

3 (2) CITGO, a wholly owned ~nbsidiary of 

4 PDVSA, is engaged iu interstate commerce aud 

5 owns and controls critical energy infrastrueture in 

6 19 States in the U uited States, iueluding an extcn7 sive network of pipelines, 48 terminals, and 3 refin8 eries, vv:ith a <~ornbined oil refining eapa<•.ity of 

9 H9,000 barrels per day. CITGO's refinery in Lake 

l 0 Charles, h1uisiana is the sixth largest refinery in the 

11 United States. 

12 (:3) The Department of the Treasury imposed 

13 ~anetions on Rmmeft, whieh is <~ontrolled by the Rus14 sian Government, and its Exec·utive Chairman, Igor 

15 Se<~hin, following Rn~~ia's military invasion of 

16 Ukraiue and its illegal annexation of Crimea m 

17 2014. 

18 ( 4) The Departrnent of Homclaud Security has 

19 designated the energy sector as critical to rnited 

20 States infrastructure. 

21 ( 5) The growing economic cnsis m Venezuela 

22 raises the probability that the Government of Ven23 ez;ucla and PDVSA will default on their intcr24 national debt obligations, resulting in a scenario in 
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whid1 Rmmeft eould eome into <~ontrol of CITGO'e; 

2 United States energy infrastructure holdings. 

3 (h) 8E~8E OF CONGRESS.-lt is the e;ense of Con4 gress that5 (1) control of critical rnited States energy in6 frastructurc by Rosucft, a Russiau govennncnt-con7 trolled entity currently under rnited States sanc8 tions, ~would pose <1 e;ignifi<~ant risk to United Statee; 

9 national security and energy security; 

10 (2) the President should take all necessary 

11 steps to prevent Rosncft from gaiuiug coutrol of 

12 critical rnited States interstate energy infrastruc13 ture; 

14 (3) a default by PDVSA on its loan from 

15 Rmnwft, resulting in Rosneft <~ommg into possession 

16 of PDVSA's Cnitcd States CITGO assets, would 

17 warrant careful consideration by the Committee on 

18 Forcigu luvcstment iu the U uitccl States; 

19 ('1) if PDVSA defaults on its debt obligations, 

20 the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign 

21 Asset Control should review CITGO's transactions 

22 >vith United States persons to assess and ensure 

23 compliauec with U uitcd States sanetions policies aud 

24 regulations; and 
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( 5) the Department of Hornelaml Seeurity 

2 should conduct an assessment of the security risks 

3 po~ea by foreign control of CITGO'~ Unitea State~ 

4 euerg')' infrastructure holdings. 

5 SEC. 12. REPORT ON GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FED6 ERATION'S ACTIVITIES IN VENEZUELA 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.-Kot later than 180 days after the 

8 aate of the enaetment of this Aet, the Se(~retary of State, 

9 acting through the Bureau of Intelligence and Research 

l 0 of the Departrnent of State and in consultation vvith the 

11 intelligence eommurilty, shall submit to Congress a report 

12 that cleseribes the full extent of the Government of the 

13 Rn~sian Federation'~ (~ooperation with the Government of 

14 Venezuela and the Venezuelan armed forces. 

15 (h) FOK\L-The report under ~ub~edion (a) shall he 

16 submitted iu unclm;sified form, but may include a elm;si17 fied annex. The unclassified portion of the report shall be 

18 made available to the public. 

19 (e) DEFINITION.---In this section. the term "intel20 ligence community" has the meaning given such term in 

21 section :3('1) of the National Seeurity Aet of 19!17 (50 

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AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE 

TO H.R. 2658 

OFFERED BY MR. ENGEL OF NEW YORK 

Strike all after the cuacting clause and insert the 

follmving: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT 'l'lTLE.-'l'his Act may be cited as the 

3 "Venezuela Humanitarian Assistance and Defense of 

4 Democratic Govemanee Aet of 2017". 

5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of contents for 

6 this Aet is as follows: 

See. 1. 

Sec. 2. 

Sec. q •J. 

Sec. 4. 

Sec. [j 

Sec. 6. 

Sec. 7. 

Sec. 8. 

Sec. 9. 

Sec. 10. 

Short title: table of eontents. 

Findings. 

Sense of Congress. 

Humanitarian assiscance for lhe reor)le of Vene~uela. 

RequiremenL for slralegy lo coordinaLe inLernaLional humanitarian assistance. 

Supporl for e1Iorls at the Uniled :-.Jalions on lhe humanitarian and political crisis in Venezuela. 

Suppod. for Organization of American States Inter-American Democratic Charter. 

Support for international electim1 obsen.ration missions ami ilemocratie 

civil society in \T ene7,uela. 

Concems aml repod on the involvement of Venezuelan officials in corruption and illieit narcotics traffieking. 

Sanetions on persons rmponsihk for pnhlic corruption and nndernlining· de1nocrati(" gov(:rnan("(: in VT(:HCZllda. 

Sec. 11. Concc:rns over PDVSA transactions with Rosndt.. 

80e. 12. Report on activitif'S of (Y'rtain governlllf'lltS in v·(:llf'znda. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

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( 1) The deterioration of derno<~rati<~ governan<~e 

2 and the economic crisis in Venezuela have led to an 

3 unpre<~edented humanitarian ~ituation in whid1 peo4 ple are suffering- from severe shortages of essential 

5 medicines aml basic food products. 

6 (2) Accordiug to the World Health Orgaui:.-;a7 tion, Venezuela had a shortage of necessary medica8 tiom; and rnedieal ~upplie~ of9 (A) 55 percent in 2014; 

10 (D) 67 percent in 2015; and 

11 (C) 75 percent in 2016. 

12 (:3) According to a Human Rights Watch 2016 

13 report, it is inerea~ingly diffi<mlt for many Ven14 ezuelans, particularly those in lower- or middle-in15 eorne familie~, to obtain adequate nutrition and 

16 there arc reports of symptoms of malnutrition, par17 ticularly in children. 

18 ( 4) Maternal deaths iu V cnc;.-;ucla increased by 

19 66 percent from 2015 to 2016 while infant deaths 

20 increasecl by 30 percent. 

21 ( 5) There were 240,000 confirmed malaria 

22 cases in Venezuela m 2016-a 76 percent mcrease 

23 over 2015. 

24 (6) A survey-conducted jointly by the Central 

25 University of Venehuela, the Andres Bello Catholic 
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University, and the Sim6n Bolivar University2 found that almost 75 percent of Venezuelans lost an 

3 average of at least 19 ponmls in 2016 as a resnlt 

4 of a lack of proper nutrition amidst the country's 

5 economJC cr1s1s. 

6 (7) Despite mass1ve shortages of basic food7 stuffs and essential medicines, Nicolas Maduro has 

8 rt\jeeted repeated requests from the Venezuelan N a9 tional Assembly and civil society organizations to 

10 bring humanitarian aid into the country. 

11 (8) The International Monetary J<'und has esti12 mated that in Venezuela in 201 G the country's gross 

13 dornestie produet eontraeted by 12 pen~ent and infla14 tion rate reached 720 percent, and has stated that 

15 Venezuela had the ~worst growth and inflation per16 formance in the ·world. 

17 ( 9) The International Monetary Fund has not 

18 convened an .L\.rticle IV Executive Board consultation 

19 for Venezuela since September 1:3, 2004, ~which 

20 greatly limits the extent of information available to 

21 the international community about the severity of 

22 the Venezuelan economic crisis. 

23 (10) Venezuela's political, ecollOilllC, and lm24 manitarian crisis is fueling social tensions that are 

25 resulting in grov.~ng inciclents of public unrest, 
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looting, violenee among (~itizen~. and an exodu~ of 

2 Venezuelans abroad. 

3 (11) The~e SO(~ial di~tortion~ are taking plaee 

4 amidst an alarming climate of criminal violence. Ac5 corcling to the United Nations Office on Drug and 

6 Crime, Caracas, Venezuela had the highest per cap7 ita homicide rate of any capital city in the world in 

8 2015 at 120 murders per 100,000 eitizen~. 

9 (12) In 2016, 18,155 Venezuelans submitted 

10 asylum requests in the Unitecl States, whieh was the 

11 greatest number of requests by any nationality, ac12 corcling to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv13 we~. 

14 ( 1:3) International and domestic human rights 

15 gTonp~, ~ueh a~ Foro Penal Venezolano, reeogTlize 

16 more than 600 political prisoners in V enezucla, in17 eluding opposition leader and former Chaeao mayor 

18 Leopoldo Lopez, Judge Maria Lourdes 1\fiuni, Cara19 eas Mayor Antonio Jose Ledezma Diaz, National 

20 Assembly Deputy Gilber Caro, aml former San Cris21 tubal mayor Dmliel Ceballos. 

22 (14) Aceording to media aeeounts, over 125 

23 people lost their lives as the result of public dern24 onstrations and protests in Venezuela since April 

25 2017. 
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1 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of CongTess that3 ( 1) Nicolas Machu·o should permit the delivery 

4 of inten1ational humanitarian assistance to address 

5 the widespread aud deeply conceruiug shortages of 

6 essential medicines and basic food products faced by 

7 the people of Venezuela; 

8 ( 2) it is in the best interest of the Venezuelan 

9 people for the Government of Venezuela to engage 

10 with multilateral institutions to ameliorate the ef11 fects of the country's ongoing economic, social, and 

12 humanitarian crisis; 

13 ( 3) Nicolas Maduro should immediately release 

14 all political prisoners aml respect internationally rec15 ognized human rights in order to facilitate the con16 ditions for political negotiations and dialogue in 

17 Venezuela; 

18 ( 4) Nicolas ~/[aduro and the Supreme Tribunal 

19 of ,Justice of Venezuela should take steps to rein20 state the full powers and authorities of the National 

21 Assembly of Venezuela in accordance >vith the Con22 stitution of the Bolivarian Repnbli(~ of Venezuela; 

23 (5) Venezuela's ::\lational Electoral Council 

24 should establish a specific timeline to hold national, 

25 regional, and municipal elections in accordance with 

26 the Constitution of the Dolivarian Republic of Ven-
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eznela and allow supervision of eredihle international 

2 electoral observers; and 

3 (6) the 1~nited States shonM support meamng--

4 ful efforts towards a substantive dialogue through 

5 which all parties uphold their commitments and 

6 agree to specific deadlines to restore respect for V en7 ezuela's constitutional mechanisms and resolve the 

8 eountry's politi(~al, eeonomi(~, and humanitarian en9 SlS. 

] 0 SEC. 4. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF 

11 VENEZUELA. 

12 (a) TN GRNRR.Ah-The Seeretary of State, in eoordi13 nation with the A<lministrator of the United States Agen14 cy fur International Development, subjeet to the avail15 ability of appropriations, shall work through eredihle and 

16 imlcpemlent nongovermnental organizatiom.; operating in 

17 Venezuela or in neighboring countries to alleviate the suf18 fering of the V enezuclan people in order to provide19 ( 1) pub lie health commodities to Venezuelan 

20 health facilities and sen~ees, ineluding medicines on 

21 the World Health Organization's List of Essential 

22 Medicines and basic medical supplies and equipment; 

23 ( 2) the basic food commodities and nutritional 

24 supplements needed to address growing malnutrition 

25 and improve food seeurity for the people of Ven-
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eznela, >vith a spe(~ifie emphasis on the most vnlner2 able populations; and 

3 ( 8) tedmieal assistam~e to ensure health and 

4 food commodities are appropriately selected, pro5 cured, and distributed, predominantly through local 

6 nongovermneutal orgaui11ations. 

7 (b) PLAN REQUREMENT.-Kot later than 90 days 

8 after the elate of the emwhnent of this A(~t, the Se(~retary 

9 of State shall submit a plan for carrying out the activities 

10 described in subsection (a) which also identifies rnited 

11 States Agency for luternational Development best prac12 tices in delivering humanitarian assistance and how they 

13 are being utilized in the Venezuela eonte},.'t to14 ( 1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

15 Senate; 

16 (2) the Committee 011 Appropriations of the 

17 Senate; 

18 ( 3) the Committee on l<'oreign Affairs of the 

19 House of Representatives; and 

20 (4) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

21 House of Representatives. 
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1 SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT FOR STRATEGY TO COORDINATE 

2 

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INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. 

4 (a) SRKSR OF CONGRRSS.-Tt is the sense of Con5 gress that the appropriate United Nations humanitariau 

6 agencies should conduct and publish an independent as7 sessment on8 ( 1) the extent and impact of the shortages of 

9 food and medicine in Venezuela; and 

10 (2) the efforts ueeded to resolve such shortages. 

11 (b) STR~TEGY.-:\fot later than 90 clays after the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

13 in consultation vvith the Administrator of the rnited 

14 States Agency for International Development, shall submit 

15 a multi-year strategy to the Committee on Foreign Rela16 tions of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

17 of the House of Representatives thatIS ( 1) describes how the United States will secure 

19 support from intemational clonors, including re20 gional partners iu Latiu America and the Caribbean, 

21 for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the 

22 people of V eneznela: and 

23 (2) identifies governments that are willing to 

24 prov~de financial and technical assistance for the 

25 provisiou of such humauitariau assistance to the 
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people of Venezuela and a deseription of sneh assist2 ance. 

3 SEC. 6. SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS AT THE UNITED NATIONS 

4 

5 

ON THE HUMANITARIAN AND POLITICAL CRI· 

SIS IN VENEZUELA. 

6 (a) l~l'l'IAL E1''1''0R'l'S.-'l'he Presideut shall iustmct 

7 the Permanent Representative of the United States to the 

8 United Nations to use the voi(~e and vote of the T~nited 

9 States to secure the neeessary votes10 (1) to plaee the humanitarian and political erl11 s1s in V enezucla 011 the agenda at the United N a12 tions; aml 

13 (2) to seeure a Presidential Statement from the 

14 United Nations urging the Government of Venezuela 

15 to allow the delivery of humanitarian relief and to 

16 lift bureaueratie impediments or any other obstacles 

17 so that independent nongovernmental organizations 

18 can provide the prope1· assistanee to the people of 

19 Venezuela vvithout any interferenee by such govern20 ment. 

21 (b) ADDITIONAL EFFOR'l'S.-

22 (1) I~ GEKERAL.-If the Government of Ven23 ezuela refuses to allovv the delivery of humauittu·iau 

24 relief and lift bureaueratie impediments and any 

25 other obstacles described in subseetion (a)(2), then 
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beginning not later than :10 days after the eondu2 sion of the efforts of the United Nations described 

3 in s1wh suhse<~tion, the President shall instruet the 

4 Permanent Representative of the United States to 

5 the United Nations to use the voice aml vote of the 

6 United States to secure the adoption of a resolution 

7 described in paragraph (2). 

8 (2) RESOLUTION DESCRIBED.-The resolution 

9 of the rnited Nations described in paragraph (1) is 

1 0 a resolution11 (A) directing the Government of V ene11ucla 

12 to promptly allow safe and unhinderecl access 

13 for humanitarian agene1es an<l their imple14 menting pmtners, including possible support 

15 from neighboring <~ountries; and 

16 (B) calling on the Government of Ven17 ezuela to18 (i) allow the delivery of food and med19 wme; 

20 (ii) end human rights '~olations; 

21 (iii) agree to free, fair and trans22 parent elections vvith credible international 

23 observers; 

24 (iv) cease violence; and 

25 (v) release all political prisoners. 
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1 SEC. 7. SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN 

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STATES INTER-AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC 

CHARTER. 

(a) FTKDTNGS.-CongTess makes the following find-

( 1) ~~tide 1 of the Inter-American Democratic 

Charter, adopted by the Organization of ~~nerimm 

States in Lima on September 11, 2001, affirms, 

"The peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy aml their govennnents have an obligation to 

promote and defend it.". 

(2) Article 19 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter states "an unconstitutional interruption of the democratic order or an unconstitutional 

alteration of the constitutional regime that seriously 

impairs the democratic order in a member state, 

eon~titnte~, while it persi~t~, an insurmountable obstacle to its government's participation in sessions of 

the General Assembly ... and other bodies of the 

Organization.". 

(:3) ~~·tide 20 of the Inter-~~nerican Demoeratie Charter provide~-

(A) "In the event of an unconstitutional alteration of the constitutional regime that seriously impairs the democratic order in a member 

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eral may request the immediate eonvoeation of 

2 the Permanent Council to undertake a collective 

3 assessment of the situation and to take snell de4 cisions as it deems appropriate."; and 

5 (D) "The Permanent Council, depending 

6 on the situation, may undertake the necessary 

7 diplomatic initiatives, including good offices, to 

8 foster the restoration of (lemoenwy.". 

9 (b) SE~SE OF CONGRESS.-It is the sense of Con-

] 0 gTess that11 ( 1) .:.Jicolas lVladuro, the National Electoral 

12 Council of Vene11uela, and the Supreme Tribunal of 

13 .Tustiee of Venezuela have earried out systematie ef14 forts to undermine, block, and circumvent the au15 thorities and responsibilities of the Venezuelan Na16 tional Assembly as mandated in the Constitution of 

17 the Bolivarian R,epublic of Venezuela; 

18 (2) such efforts by Nicolas lVladuro and the Su19 preme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela amount to 

20 an unconstitutional alternation of the constitutional 

21 regime that seriously impairs the democratic order 

22 in Venezuela; and 

23 ( 3) the Secretary of State, working through the 

24 United States Permanent :VIission to the Organiza25 tion of American States, should take additional steps 
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to ~npport ongomg effort~ by the Seeretary General 

2 of the Organization of American States3 (A) to invoke the Inter-A_meriean Derno4 cratic Charter; 

5 (D) to advanee a collective assessment of 

6 the situatiou iu V enezucla; and 

7 (C) to promote diplomatie initiatives to 

8 foster the re~toration of V eneznelan demoenwy. 

9 SEC. 8. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSER10 VATION MISSIONS AND DEMOCRATIC CIVIL 

11 SOCIETY IN VENEZUELA. 

12 (a) TN GRNRR.Ah-Subject to the availability of ap13 propriation~, the Se(~retary of State, in eoordination with 

14 the Administrator of the rnited States Ageney for Inter15 national Development, shall work16 (1) with the Organization of .L\mcricau States 

17 and other entities to ensure eredible international 

18 observation that contributes to free, fair, allCl traus19 parent democratic electoral processes in Venezuela; 

20 aml 

21 ( 2) directly, or through independent nongovern22 mental organizations23 (A) to defend intcmatioually recognized 

24 human rights for the people of Venezuela; 
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(B) to support the efforts of independent 

media outlets to broadcast, distribute, and 

share information beyowl the limited ehannels 

made available by the Government of Vene~uela; 

(C) to facilitate open aud uncensored access to the Internet for the people of Venezuela; 

and 

(D) to combat corruption and improve the 

10 transparency and accountability of institutions 

11 that arc part of the Govcrmncnt of V cnc11ucla. 

12 (b) VOTCR AND VOTR AT THR OAS.-The Secretary 

13 of State, a(~ting- through the United States Permanent 

14 Representative to the Organization of American States, 

15 should advoeate and hnild diplomatic: support for sending 

16 an election observation mission to Vcnc11uda to ensure 

17 that democratic electoral processes are organized and car18 ricd out in a free, fair, and transparent manner. 

19 SEC. 9. CONCERNS AND REPORT ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF 

20 VENEZUELAN OFFICIALS IN CORRUPTION 

21 AND ILLICIT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING. 

22 (a) FIKDINGS.-Congress makes the following find23 mgs: 

24 (1) The deterioration of governance in Ven25 e~uela has been exacerbated by the involvement of 
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semor offi<~ials of the Government of Venezuela, in2 eluding members of the K ational Electoral Council, 

3 the jndi<~ial system, and the Venezuelan se<mrity 

4 forces, in acts of corruption and illicit narcotics traf5 ficking and related money laundering. 

6 (2) ln Man:h 2015, the Department of the 

7 Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Ketwork 

8 determined that approximately $2,000,000,000 had 

9 been siphoned from Venezuela's public oil company, 

10 Petroleos de Vene:1.uela S.A., in conjunction >vith its 

11 designation of the Banca Privada d'Andorra as a 

12 Foreign Financial Institution of Primary ::\Toney 

13 Laundering Coneern. 

14 (3) On August 1, 2016, General Nestor 

15 Reverol, Venezuela's eurrent ::VIinister of Interior and 

16 former National Guard commander, was indicted in 

17 a United States district court for participating in an 

18 international cocaine trafficking conspiraey. 

19 (4) On Kovember 18, 2016, Franqui Francisco 

20 Flores de Freitas and Efrain Antonio Campo Flores, 

21 nephews of Nicolas ~/[aduro and Venezuelan First 

22 Lady Cilia Flores, were convieted in a United States 

23 district court on charges of eonspiring to import eo24 caine into the United States. 
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(5) On February 18, 2017, the Department of 

2 the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control des3 ignated Tareek Zaidan El Ai~~ami ::VI~ul!lah for hi~ 

4 involvement iu illicit narcotics trafficking, pursuant 

5 to the Foreign K arcotics Kingpin Designation Act 

6 (21 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.; title Vlll of Public Law 

7 106-120). 

8 ( 6) The Department of the T rea~my' s Offiee of 

9 Foreign Assets Control has designated additional in10 di,~duals and senior Vene:;melan officials for their in11 volvernent iu illicit nan:otics trafficking, pursuant to 

12 such Act, inclucling13 

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(A) Venezuelan national Samark ,To~e 

Lopez Bello, who is the primmy front man and 

money launderer for Tareek Zaidan El Ai~~ami 

lVladdah; 

(B) Hugo ~~rmando Carvajal Barrios, who 

1s the current K ational Assembly Deputy aml 

the former Director of Venezuela's ::VIilitmy Intelligence Directorate: 

(C) Hemy de Jesus Rangel Silva, who is 

the current Governor of Trujillo State and the 

former Director of Venezuela's Directorate of 

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(D) Ramon Emilio Rodriguez Cha(~in, who 

2 previously served as the Minister of Interior; 

3 and 

4 (E) lheddy Alirio Bernal Rosales, who pre5 viously served as the Mayor of the TJibertador 

6 municipality of Caracas. 

7 (7) On September 12, 2017, ~t\Jnbassador Wil8 liam Bnnvnfield testified before the Senate Cmwns 

9 on International Narcotics Control that drug traf1 0 ficking organi:;mtions in Venezuela have "completely 

11 penetrated virtually every security, law enforcement, 

12 and justice-related institution" and that "there will 

13 be no long-term, demo(~rati(~, prosperous and se(mre 

14 solution in Venezuela until there is a solution to the 

15 drug traffi(~king organization presem~e". 

16 (b) DJ<;FlNlTlONS.-ln this section: 

17 (1) CORRUPTION.-The term "eorruption" 

18 means the extent to ·which public. power is exercised 

19 for private gain, ineluding by bribery, nepotism, 

20 fraud, or embezzlement. 

21 (2) GRAND CORRrPTION.-The term "grand 

22 corruption" means corruption committed at a high 

23 level of government that24 (A) distorts polieies or the central func25 tioning of the eountry; and 
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(B) enables lea!lers to benefit at the ex2 pense of the public good. 

3 (e) REPORTINC+ REQUIREMENT.-

4 (1) 11\ GENERAL.-Not later than 180 days 

5 after the elate of the enactment of this Act, the Sec6 retary of State, actiug through the Bureau of lntel7 ligence and Research, and in consultation vvith the 

8 intelligen(~e (~ommunity (as defined in se(~tion :1 ( 4) of 

9 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

10 3003(4))), shall submit a report to CongTess that 

11 describes the involvement of senior officials of the 

12 Government of Vene:;mela, including members of the 

13 National Eledoral Coum~il, the judi(~ial system, and 

14 the Venezuelan security forces, in acts of corruption 

15 in Venezuela, vvith a spe(~ifie emphasis on ads of 

16 grand corruption. 

17 (2) ADDITIO~AL ELE:\IENTS.-The report sub18 mittcd under paragraph (1) slmll19 (A) describe how the acts of corruption de20 scribed in the report pose direct challenges for 

21 United States national security and inter22 national security; 

23 (B) identify individuals tlmt frustrate tl1c 

24 ability of the United States to combat illicit 

25 narcotics trafficking; and 
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(C) indude input from the Drug Enfon~e2 ment Administration, the Office of Foreign As3 ~et~ Control, and the Finaneial Crime~ Enfon~e4 ment Network. 

5 (3) FcmM.-The report umler paragTaph (1) 

6 shall be submitted in uuclassified form, but may in7 elude a classified annex. The unclassified portion of 

8 the report ~hall be rruHle available to the puhlie. 

9 SEC. 10. SANCTIONS ON PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUB-

] 0 LIC CORRUPTION AND UNDERMINING DEM0-

11 CRATIC GOVERNANCE IN VENEZUELA. 

12 (a) FnmNG.-Rxecutive Order 13692 (50 U.S.C. 

13 1701 note), vvhieh wa~ ~igTle(l on Mareh 8, 2015, estah14 lished sanctions against individuals responsible for under15 mining derrHH~rati(~ proee~~e~ and in~titution~ and involved 

16 in acts of public corruption that were uot included in the 

17 Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act 

18 of 2014 (Public Law 113-278). 

19 (b) SAKCTIOKS.-Section 5 of the Venezuela Defense 

20 of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (Public 

21 Law 11:3-278) is amended22 ( 1) in subsection (a)-

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(B) by redesignating paragn1ph (:1) as 

2 paragTaph (5); 

3 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

4 followiug: 

5 "(3) is responsible for, or eomplicit in, ordering, 

6 eontrolling, or othenvise direeting, signifieant aetions 

7 or policies that undermine demoeratie proeesses or 

8 institutions; 

9 " ( 4) is a government offieial, or a semor asso10 ciate of such an offieial, that is responsible for, or 

11 eomplieit in, ordering, eontrolling, or otherwise di12 reeting, arts of significant eorruption, ineluding the 

13 e::qJropriation of private or publi(~ assets for personal 

14 gain, eorruption related to government eontraets or 

15 the extraetion of natural resourees, bribery, or the 

16 faeilitation or transfer of the proceeds of eorruption 

17 to foreign jurisdietions; or"; and 

18 (D) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated), by 

19 striking "paragraph ( 1) or ( 2)" and inserting 

20 "paragTaph (1), (2), (3), or (4)"; ancl 

21 ( 2 ) in subseetion (e), by striking "Deeember :31, 

22 2019" and inserting "Deeember 31, 2022". 

23 (e) SJ£NSE 01'' COI\GRJ£SS.-It is the sense of Con24 gress that the President and Seeretary of State should 

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of Ameriean States, the European Union, and the 1~ nited 

2 Nations to impose sanctions \vith respect to Venezuelan 

3 imlividnals that are similar to smwtions imposed by the 

4 United States with respect to such Veue~uelan individuals. 

5 SEC. 11. CONCERNS OVER PDVSA TRANSACTIONS WITH 

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ROSNEFT. 

(a) FIKDINGS.-Congress makes the following find-

(1) In late 2016, Venezuelan state-owned oil 

company Petr6leos de Vene:1.uela, S.A. (referred to in 

this section as "PDVSA"), through a no-c.ompcte 

transaction, securecl a loan from Russian government-(~ontrolled oil eornpany Rosneft, using 49.9 percent of PDVSA's American subsidiary, CITGO Petroleum Corporation, indmling its assets m the 

United States, as collateral. As a result of this 

transaction, 100 percent of CITGO is held as collateral by PDVSA's creditors. 

( 2) CIT GO, a wholly owned subsidiary of 

PDVSA, is engaged in interstate commerce and 

owns and controls critical energy infrastructure in 

19 States in the United States, including an extensive network of pipelines, 48 terminals, and 3 refineries, with a combined oil refining capacity of 

749,000 barrels per day. CTTGO's refinery in TJake 
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Charles, Louisiana is the sixth largest refinery in the 

2 United States. 

3 ( 8) The Department of the Treasury imposed 

4 sanctions on Rosneft, which is controlled by the Rus5 sian Government, and its Executive Chairman, Igor 

6 Sechin, follo·wing Russia's military mvaswn of 

7 Ukraine and its illegal annexation of Crimea m 

8 2014. 

9 ( 4) The Department of Homeland Security has 

10 clesignatecl the energy sector as critical to rnitecl 

11 States iufrastructure. 

12 (5) The gTm,ring econom1c cns1s m Vene1mela 

13 raises the probability that the Government of Ven14 ezuela and PDVSA will default on their inter15 national debt obligations, resulting in a seenario in 

16 which Rosueft could come into control of Cl'l'GO's 

17 United States energy infrastructure holdings. 

18 (b) SE~SE OF CONGRESS.-lt is the seuse of Con19 gress that20 (1) control of critical rnitecl States energy m21 frastructure by Rosneft, a Russian government-con22 trolled entity currently under rnited States sanc23 tions, ·would pose a significaut risk to U uited States 

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(2) the Presi!lent should take all ne<~ess~ny 

2 steps to prevent R.osneft from gaining control of 

3 eriti<~al 1~nited States interstate energy infrastnw4 ture; 

5 (3) a default by PDVSA on its loan from 

6 Rosneft, resulting in Rosneft coming into possession 

7 of PDVSA's rnited States CITGO assets, would 

8 warrant <~arefnl <~<msideration by the Committee on 

9 Foreign Investment in the United States; 

10 (4) if PDVSA defaults on its debt obligations, 

11 the Department of the Treasury's Office of J<'oreign 

12 Asset Control should re>~ew CTTGO's transactions 

13 >vith United States persons to assess aml ensure 

14 compliance ''cith United States sanctions policies and 

15 reg1Ilations; and 

16 ( 5) the Department of Homeland Security 

17 shmlid conduct an assessment of the security risks 

18 posed by foreign control of Cl'l'GO's United States 

19 energy infrastructure holdings and keep the relevant 

20 committees of Congress fully informed of its fimlings 

21 and any subsequent strategy to address 

22 vulnerabilities to United States energy security as a 

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1 SEC. 12. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN GOVERN2 MENTS IN VENEZUELA. 

3 (a) lN GJ<;NJ<;RAL.-1\ot later than 180 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

5 acting through the Bureau of lntelligeuce and Research 

6 of the Department of State and in consultation vvith the 

7 intelligen(~e eornmunity, shall submit to Congress a report 

8 that describes the full e:l-..'tent of cooperation by the Govern9 ments of the Russian Federation, the People's Republic 

10 of Chiua, Cuba, and Iran with the Goverumeut of Vcn11 ezuela and the Venezuelan armed forces. 

12 (b) Fcm:\L-The report under subsection (a) shall be 

13 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi14 fied annex. The unclassified portion of the report shall be 

15 made available to the public. 

16 (e) DEFINITION.-In this section, the term "intel17 ligen(~e eommunity" has the meaning given sueh term in 

18 section :3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

19 U.S.C. :3003(4)). 
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ll:'im CONGRESS 

18'1' 8JoJSSIOt\ H.R.3320 

To direet tl1e Se<·retary of Statf~ to deYelop a strategy to regain obf:elvf'r 

status for Taiwau in the vVorld Hea!Ul Organization, and for Ocher purposes. 

II\ THE HOUSE OP REPRESE)J'l'A'l'lVES 

.Jn.y 19, 3017 

}Ir. YOHO (for himself, Mr. RoYCE of Califomia, lVIr. EKGEL, }Ir. t':HER:VIA~'f, 

!VIr. CHABO'i', and Mr. CONNOT.T,Y) introdured tlw follow~ng hill; wl1ich 

was referred to the Committee on FPreign Affain; 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to 

regain observer status for Taiwan in the vVorld Health 

Organization, and for other purposes. 

Be d enacted by the Senate and IIouse of Rcpresenta2 tl:ves of the United States of.1bnerica in Congress assernbled, 

3 SECTION 1. PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN IN THE WORLD 

4 HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 

5 (a) FIKDINGS.-Congress makes the follmving find6 mgs: 

7 ( 1) The World Health Organization (\:\TJIO) is 

8 a specialized agency of the United Nations, charged 

9 with coordinating health efforts within the Cnited 
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Nations system. The ·world Health Assembly 

2 (vVHA) is the decision-making body of the \\:rHO, 

3 ·whidr eonvenes annually in May to set the polieies 

4 and priorities of the orgarli11ation. Statehood is not 

5 a requirement for attendance at the vviTA, and nu6 mcrous observers, including non-members and rwn7 governmental organizations, attended the most re8 eent \vriA in ::\lay 2017. 

9 ( 2) Taiwan began seeking to pmticipate in the 

l 0 v\TJTO as an obsenrer in 1997. In 2009, -vvith strong 

11 support from successive Crlited States Administra12 tions, Congress, and like-minded vvr10 Member 

13 States, and during a period of improved Cross-Strait 

14 relations, Taiwan received an invitation to attend 

15 the \\'HA as an observer under the name "Chinese 

16 Taipei". Taiwan received the same invitation each 

17 year until 2016, when following the election of Presi18 dent Tsai-lng Wen of the Democratic Progressive 

19 Party, Tah;v·an' s engagement in the international 

20 community began facing increased resistance from 

21 the People's Republic of China (PRC). Taiwan's in22 vitation to the 201G \vlL~ was received late and in23 eluded new language conditionin~r Taiwan's partici24 pation on the PRC's "one China principle". In 2017, 

25 Taiwan did not receive an im~tation to the \viTA. 
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(:1) Taiwan remams a model eontributor to 

2 world health, having provided financial and technical 

3 assistanee to respon<l to nnnwrons g-lohal health 

4 challenges. 'l'aiwan has invested over $6 billion iu 

5 international medical and humanitarian aid efforts 

6 impacting over 80 countries siuce 1996. ln 2014, 

7 Taiwan responded to the Ebola crisis by donating $1 

8 Inillion and providing 100,000 sets of personal pro9 tective equipment. Through the Global Cooperation 

l 0 and Training Framework, the rnited States and 

11 Taiwan have joiutly conducted training programs for 

12 ex.1)erts to combat MRRS, Deng11e Fever, and ;';ika. 

13 These diseases know no borders, and Taiwan's need14 less exclusion from global health cooperation in15 ereases the dangers presented by global pamlemi(~S. 

16 ( 4) 'l'aiwan's interuatioual engagement has 

17 faced increased resistance from the PRC. Taiwan 

18 was uot invited to the 2016 Assembly of the luter19 national Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), despite 

20 participating as a g11est at the organi:;mtion's prior 

21 summit in 2013. Taiwan's request to participate in 

22 the 201G Ge11eral Assembly of the International 

23 Criminal Police Orgmil:.mtiou (lKTERPOL) was also 

24 rejected. In May 2017, PRC delegates disrupted a 

25 meeting of the Kimberley Process on conflict dia-
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mondt-> held in Perth, Australia, until delegates from 

2 Taiwan were asked to leave. In ,June 2017, the Re3 pnblie of Panama granted diplomatic reeognition to 

4 the PJ{C, terminating a longstanding diplomatic re5 lationship with Taiwan. 

6 ( 5) Congress has established a policy of support 

7 for Taiwan's participation in international bodies 

8 that address t->hared transnational ehallenges, par9 ticularly in the v\THO. Congress passed I-I.R. 1794 

l 0 in the 1 OGth Congress, TT.R. 428 in the 1 07th Con11 gress, and S. 2092 in the 108th Cougwss to direct 

12 the Secretary of State to establish a strategy for, 

13 and to report annually to Congress on, efforts to ob14 tain observer status fur Taiwan at the vv'IL£\. ConIS gret->s also pat->sed H.R. 1151 in the ll:lth Congress, 

16 tlirecting the Secretary to report on a strategy to 

17 gain observer status for Taiwan at the ICAO Assem18 bly, and H.R 1853 iu the 114th Congress, directing 

19 the Secretary to report on a strategy to gain ob20 server status for Taiwan at the TNTERPOTJ Assem21 bly. Hmvever, in 2016 Taiwan did not receive invita22 tions to attend any of these events as an observer. 

23 (b) AUGJiE.\'TATION 0}' REPORT CONCERNL~G THE 

24 PARTICIPATION OF TAI\VAN IK THE WORLD HEALTH OR25 (JANT7,ATTO~.-
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(1) I~ cmKEHAL.-Suhsedion ((;) of seetion 1 

2 of Public Law 108-235 (118 Stat. 656) is amended 

3 by adding at the end the follo\v:ing new paragraph: 

4 ) An accouut of the changes awl improveS ments the Secretary of State has made to the 

6 Uuitcd States plan to endorse and obtain observer 

7 status for Taiwan at the "\Vorld Health Assembly, 

8 following any annual meetings of the ·world Health 

9 Assembly at which Taiwan did nut obtain observer 

10 status.". 

11 (2) EF}'ECTlVE W~'l'E.-The amcudmcut made 

12 by parag-raph ( 1) shall take effect and apply begin13 ning ~>vith the fin;t report required under 1-mbseetion 

14 (c) of section 1 of Public Law 108-2:35 that is sub15 Initted after the date of the enaetinent of this Aet. 
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lli'im CONGRESS 

18'1' 8B8SIO!\ H.R.3329 

To amend the Hizballah International Fimnwing Prevention Ad of :lOFi 

to impose additional sanctions with respect w Hi:oballah, and for other 

purposes. 

IK THE HOUSE OF REPRESE.:.JTATIVES 

JL'LY 30, 2017 

.Vlr. HOYCF. of California (for l1imsclf and Mr. l·JKGJCT,) introchwcd thr following bill; whieh was referred to the Couunittee on Foreig11 Affairs, and 

in addition w the Committees on Finaneial Services, and the .htdiciary, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consickrar.ion of sucl1 pro,~sions as fall "1v~tl1in tl1c jurisdiction of tllC 

<·ommittee emwt'rned 

A BILL 

To amend the Hizballah International Finaneing Prevention 

Act of 2015 to impose additional sauetious with respect 

to TTi~ballah, and for other purposes. 

Re d enacted by the 8enate and House of Rez)resenta2 fives ofthe United States ~~merica in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.-This Aet may be eiterl as the 

5 "Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amend6 rnents Act of 2017". 
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(h) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of eontents for 

2 this ~Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title: table of contents. 

See. 

See. 

Sec. 

Sec. 

See. 

See. 

See. 

TITLE I-PRE\TENTION OF ACCESS DY IIIZDALL:'.JI TO 

INTERNATIONAL FINAKCLU ~"u~D OTHER IKSTITUTIOKS 

101. 

1m. 

103. 

104. 

1\landatory sandions ~with resped to fundraising~ and reenlitment activities for Hizballah~ 

l\lodifieation of report "'it.h respect to finuneial im;titution:,; that engage in eertain tran.-;a,t•tions. 

Sa.nc1.ions ag-ai11sc fcweig-11 slates lhal SUf)porl HiY.ballah. 

Prohibitions and condilious >Nilh respeel lo cercain aceounls held by 

foreig·n Llnaneial instituLions. 

TITLE II-NARCOTICS 'l'PvU'J.'ICIUNG AND SIGNIFIClu'\1'1' 

TRA.L"iSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES Cll<' HI;t;BALLAH 

:lOl. 

:302. 

20:3. 

Blocking of propeYt.y of Hi?.ball8h. 

Repmi on racketeering aet.ivit.iPs engaged in by Hi7.hallah. 

1Vfndifieation of report on acti-vities of foreign governments to rlisn1pt 

global logisticf.: net,vorks and t\mrlraising, fincmei-ng, and mo11ey 

launder-ing activities of Hid)allah. 

S01o. 20·1. Il,eport on combating thf: illieit toha.eeo t.raffid<ing· networks used by 

Ilizhallah and other for0ign tNrorist organizations. 

TIThE TTT-GRNEHATJ PROviSIONS 

S0e. ilOI. Il,ef,mlatory anthorit.y. 

Sec. 302. Implementation: penalties: judicial review; exemptions. 

3 TITLE I-PREVENTION OF AC4 CESS BY HIZBALLAH TO 

s INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL 

6 AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS 

7 SEC. 101. .MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

8 FUNDRAISING AND RECRUITMENT ACTIVI9 TIES FOR HIZBALLAH. 

10 (a) IN GEJ\TERAL.-Seetion 101 of the Hizballah 

11 International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public 

12 Law 114-102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amcudcd to read 

13 as follows: 
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1 "SEC. 101. MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 FUNDRAISING AND RECRUITMENT ACTIVI3 TIES FOR HIZBALLAH. 

4 "(a) TN GRKERAh-1'he President shall impose the 

5 sauctions described in subsccticm (b) with rcspeet to any 

6 foreign person that the President determines lmmvingly 

7 a~~i~t~. ~pon~or~, or, provides ~igTlifieant finaneial, mate8 rial, or technologicaL support for9 "(1) Ba:vt al-Mal, .Jihad al-Bina. the Islamic 

10 Resistaucc Support Association, the l<'orcign l:~da11 tions Department of Hizballah, the E)dernal Seen12 rity Organihation of TTihballah, or any successor or 

13 affiliate thereof; 

14 "(2) al-Manar TV, al Nour Radio, or the TJeba15 nesc :\Icdia Group, or auy successor or affiliate 

16 thereof: 

17 "(:1) a foreign per~on determine(l by the Presi18 dent to be engaged in fundraising or recruitment ac19 ti,~ties for TTihballah; or 

20 " ( 4) a foreign person owned or coutrollcd by a 

21 foreign person described in paragraph (1), (2), or 

22 

23 "(b) SANCTIONS DESCE.IBED.-

24 "(1) TN GENRR.AJ..-1'he sanctions described m 

25 this subscetion arc the following: 
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"(A) ASSET BLOCKING.-The exen~u;e of 

all powers granted to the President by the 

International Ernergeney Eeonomie Powers Ad 

(50 C.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the requirements of section 202 of such Act (50 

U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 

all property and interests in property of a foreign person determined by the President to be 

subject to subsection (a) if such property and 

interests in property arc in the U nitcd States, 

come within the United States. or are or ('Ome 

within the possession or eontrol of a r nited 

States person. 

"(B) 1\.LIE~S INELIGIBLE FOR ~VISAS. ADMISSION, OR PAI:WLK-

"(i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.-

An alien who the President determines 1s 

subject to subsection (a) is-

"(T) inadmissible to the rnited 

States; 

"(U) ineligible to recerve a ~v1sa 

or other documentation to enter the 

United States; and 
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"(III) otherwiNe ineligible to he 

admitted or paroled into the rnited 

States or to re(~eive any other benefit 

uuder the lmmigratiou and Nationality Art (8 U.S. C. 1101 et seq.). 

"(ii) CURREKT VlSAS l:U£VOKED.-

"(I) IN GENERAL.-The issuing 

eonsular offi(,er, the Secretary of 

9 State, or the Seeretary of Homeland 

l 0 Seeurity shall revoke any v-isa or other 

11 entry documeutation issued to au 

12 alien who the President determines is 

13 sul~je(~t to suhse('tion (a), regardlesN of 

14 when issued. 

15 "(II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.-

16 A revocation under subelause (l) shall 

17 take effeet immediately and shall 

18 automatically eanecl auy other valid 

19 visa or entry documentation that is in 

20 the possession of the alien. 

21 "(2) PEKALTIES.-The penalties provided for 

22 m subseetions (b) and (e) of section 206 of the 

23 International Emergency Eeomnnie Powers --'""et (50 

24 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 

25 attempts to v-iolate, eonspires to violate, or causes a 
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violation of regulations preseribed under paragraph 

2 ( 1 )(A) to the same extent that such penalties apply 

3 to a person that (~ommits an unla\vful ad deseribed 

4 in subsection (a) of such seetiou 206. 

5 "(e) TMPTiRMEKTATTON.-The President may exercise 

6 all authorities provided under sectious 203 and 205 of the 

7 International Emergeney Economie Powers Aet (50 

8 U.S.C. 1702 am11704) to eany out this seetion. 

9 "(d) WAIVER.-

10 "(1) TN cm:·mH:\TJ.-The President may, for pe11 riods not to exceed 180 days, waive the imposition 

12 of sanctions under this section v.'ith respeet to a for13 eign person or foreign persons if the President eer14 tifies to the appropriate eongressional committees 

15 that sneh waiver is in the national seeurity interests 

16 of the U uited States. 

17 "(2) CON81~LTATION.-

18 "(A) BEFORJ£ WAIVER EXERCISED.-Be19 fore a waiver under paragraph ( 1) takes effeet 

20 with respect to a foreign person, the President 

21 shall notify and brief the appropriate congres22 sional committees on the status of the involve23 ment of the foreign person iu aetivities de24 scribed in subseetion (a). 
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"(B) AFTER WAIVER EXERCISED.-Not 

2 later than 90 days after the issuance of a waiv3 er under paragraph (1) with respeet to a for4 eign person, and every 120 days thereafter 

5 while the waiver remains in effect, the Presi6 dent shall brief the appropriate congressional 

7 committees on the status of the involvement of 

8 the foreign person in aetivities desm·ibed in sub9 section (a). 

10 "(e) RI<:PORT.-Not later than 90 clays after the elate 

11 of the enactment of the llizballah lutcrnational l<'inaneing 

12 Prevention Amemlments Act of 2017, and every 180 clays 

13 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

14 congressional committees a report that lists the foreign 

15 persons that the President has eredible evidenee knmv:ingly 

16 assists, sponsors, or provides significant financial, mate17 rial, or technological support for the foreign persons deIS scribed iu paragraph (1), (2), or (4) of subsection (a). 

19 "(f) DEFIWTIONS.-In this section: 

20 "(1) ADMITTED; M,TEN.-'l'he terms 'admitted' 

21 and 'alien' have meanings given those terms in sec22 tion 101 of the Immigration and J\ationality Act (8 

23 U.S.C. 1101). 
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''(2) ArPRDPRIATE CO~CtRE88IONAL COJVI:\HT2 TEES.-The term 'appropriate congressional com3 mittees' rneans4 "(A) the Committee on Poreign Affairs, 

5 the Committee on ~Ways and Means, the Com6 mittcc on the Judiciary. aud the Committee ou 

7 Financial Services of the Honse of Representa8 tives; and 

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"(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

the Committee on nanking, TTonsing, and 

11 Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi12 eiary of the Senate. 

13 "(0) ENTITY.-The term 'entity' means a part14 nership, assoeiation, cmvoration, or other orgamza15 tion, gToup, or subgroup. 

16 "( 4) B'uNDRMSlNG OR m;CRUlTlvm~T AC'l'LVl17 TIES.-The term 'fundraising or recruitment activi18 tics' includes online fundraising and other ouliue 

19 commercial activities, or other means of such fund20 raising, recruitment, and retention, as determined by 

21 the President. 

22 HIZBALLAH.-The term 'Hizballah' has 

23 the meaning given such term in sectiou 102(f). 

24 "(6) PERSON.-The term 'person' means an in25 dividuul or entity. 
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"(7) UNITED STATER PERSON.-The term 

2 'United States person' means a United States cit3 izen. permanent resident alien, entity organized 

4 under the laws of the United States ( iududiug for5 eign branches), or a person in the United States.". 

6 (b) CLERICAL ;\JVIENDMENT.-The table of contents 

7 for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 

8 of 2015 i;; amended hy ;;triking the item relating to seetion 

9 101 and inserting the following new item: 

"Se.::. 101. Mandatory sanctions >vith respe.::t to fundraising and recruitment 

acth~ties for Hizballah. ". 

10 SEC. 102. l\'IODIFTCATION OF REPORT WITH RESPECT TO FI11 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ENGAGE IN 

12 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. 

13 (a) TN GE'i'ER.:\TJ.-Subsection (d) of section 102 of 

14 the Hizballah lnternatioual J1'inancing Prevention Aet of 

15 2015 (Public L:.X\V 114--102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 1s 

16 amended to read as follows: 

17 "(d) REPORT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIO'i'S 0RGA18 XTZED UNDER TTTR LAWS OF STATR SPONSORS OF 1'ER19 RORISlVL20 "(1) I'i GENERAL.-Not later than 90 clays 

21 after the date of the enaetment of the Hizlmllah 

22 International Financing Prevention Amendments 

23 Act of 2017, and annually thereafter for a period 

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to the appropriate eongTessional (•ommittees a report 

2 that3 "(A) identifies eaeh foreign financial insti4 tution described in paragraph (2) that the 

5 President determines engages in one or more 

6 activities described in subsection (a)(2); 

7 "(B) provides a detailed description of 

8 eaeh sueh adivity: and 

9 "(C) contains a determination ~with respect 

l 0 to each such foreign financial institution that is 

11 identified under subpan1graph (A) as engaging 

12 in one or more activities described in subsection 

13 (a)(2) as to whether or not emeh foreign finan14 cial institution is in violation of Executive 

15 Order 1:1224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note: relating to 

16 blockiug property and prohibiting transactions 

17 with persons who commit, threaten to commit, 

18 or support terrorism) by reason of engaging in 

19 one or more such activities. 

20 "(2) FCH\ETGN FTNANCTAJJ TNSTTTUTTOK DF:-

21 SCRIBED.-

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"(A) L'J GEKERAL.-A foreign financial institution described in this paragn1ph is a foreign financial institution-

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"(I) organized under the laws of 

a state sponsor of terrorism or any jurisdietion ~within a state sponsor of 

terrorism; 

"(IT) ownecl or controlled by the 

government of a state sponsor of terrorism; 

"(III) loeated in the territory of 

a state sponsor of terrorism; or 

"(TV) owned or controlled by a 

foreign financial institution described 

in subclause (T), (IT), or (ITT); and 

"(ii) the eapitalization of whieh exceeds $10,000,000. 

"(B) STATE SrONSOR OF TERRORIR:\1.-In 

this paragraph, the tenn 'state sponsor of terrcn·ism' means a countr,y the government of 

which the Secretary of State has determined is 

a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism for purposes of-

"(i) section 6(j) of the Ezq)ort Administraticm Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)) 

(as continued in effect pursuant to the 
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International Ernergem~y Economic Powen; 

Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)); 

"(ii) seetion 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 19(-il (22 LS.C. 2371); 

"(iii) section 40 of the Arms E;qJOrt 

Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 

"(iv) any other provision of law.". 

8 (h) 8E.'-l'SE OF CONGRESS.-It is the sense of the 

9 Congress that the President should apply the sanctions 

l 0 contained in section 102 of the TTihballah International Fill uancin~· Prevention Act with respect to foreign financial 

12 institutions that engage in prohibited activities described 

13 in sneh seetion with respeet to any member of parliament 

14 or any cabinet official of the Lebanese Republic who IS 

15 a rnemher of Hizballah, or any affiliate of Hizballah. 

16 SEC. 103. SANCTIONS AGAINST FOREIGN STATES THAT SUP17 PORT HIZBALLAH. 

18 (a) 1~ G~l\El:L&.L.-'l'itlc l of the Hizballah lntcr19 national Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (PubLic. Law 

20 114-1 02; 50 r.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at 

21 the end the following: 

22 "SEC. 103. SANCTIONS AGAINST FOREIGN STATES THAT 

23 SUPPORT HIZBALLAH. 

24 "(a) SANCTIONS AGAINST CERTAIN AGENCIES AL~D 

25 TNSTRUMENTAUTTES OF FORRH+N ST.\TRS.-
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"(1) I~ rmNERAL.-Not later than 120 day~ 

2 after the date of the enactment of this section, and 

3 a~ appropriate thereafter, the Pre~i(lt~nt ~hall irnpo~e 

4 the sauetious described in paragraph ( 3) with re5 spect to any agency or instrumentality of a foreign 

6 state described in paragraph (2). 

7 "(2) AGENCY OR IKSTRUJ\IEKT1\LITY DE8 SCRIBED.-An agerwy or instrumentality of a for9 eign state described in this paragraph is an agency 

I 0 or instrumentality of a foreig11 state that the Presi11 deut determines has, on or afte1· the date of the en12 actment of this section, lmow-ingly prov-icled sig11ifi13 eant financial or material ~npport for, or arms or re14 lated material to15 "(A) Hizballah; or 

16 "(B) an entity owned or coutrolled by 

17 Hizballah. 

18 "(3) S~~"!C'l'lONS DESCJ:UBED.-'l'he sanetions 

19 described in this paragraph are the exercise of all 

20 powers gTanted to the President by the Tntemational 

21 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 r.S.C. 1701 

22 et seq.) (except that the requirements of section 202 

23 of sueh Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the 

24 e2dent necessary to block and prohibit all trans25 actions in all property and interests in property of 
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an agen<~y or instrumentality of a foreign state if 

2 such property and interests in property are in the 

3 Unite!l States, <~orrw ·within the United States, or are 

4 or come within the possession or control of a C nited 

5 States person. 

6 "(b) SANCTlONS AGAINST STATE SPONSOHS 01:<' 'l'El:\.-

7 RORISlYL8 "(1) IN C+E:N""ERAL.-In the ease of an ageney or 

9 instrumentality of a foreign state that engages in 

l 0 the activities described in subsection (a) that is an 

11 agency or instrumentality of a foreign state de12 scribed in paragraph (2), the President shall, pursu13 ant to sedion 6 of the E::qJOrt Atlministration Ad of 

14 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter15 national Emergeney Eeonomie Powers Aet (50 

16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)), require a license under the 

17 E::q)ort Administration R.egulations to e::q)ort or re18 export to that foreign state any item designated by 

19 the Secretary of Commerce as 'EAR 99'. other than 

20 food, medicine, medical devices, or similarly licensed 

21 items. 

22 "(2) FOB.EIG~ STATE DESCRIBED.--A foreign 

23 state described in this paragraph is a foreign state 

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"(A) the President determines has, on or 

2 after the date of the enactment of this section, 

3 knowingly provided sigTlifieant finaneial or ma4 terial support for, or arms or related material 

5 to6 "(i) Hi;cballah; or 

7 "(ii) an entity owned or controlled by 

8 Hizballah: aml 

9 "(B) is a state sponsor of terrorism. 

10 "(e) WATVBTI .. -

11 "(1) lN C+B~E&4.L.-The President may, for pe12 riocls not to exceecl 180 clays, ~waive the imposition 

13 of sam~tions under this seetion vvith resped to a for14 eign state or an agency or instrumentality of a for15 e1gn state if the President (~ertifies to the appro16 priate congressional committees that such waiver is 

17 vital to the national security interests of the rnited 

18 States. 

19 "(2) CONSrLTATION.-

20 "(A) TIF:FORI~ WAIVER F:A.'BTICTSF:D.-De21 fore a waiver under paragraph ( 1) takes effect 

22 with respect to a foreign state or an agency or 

23 instrumentality of a foreign state, the President 

24 shall notify and brief the appropriate emlgres25 sional committees on the status of the involve-
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rnent of the foreign ,;tate in <wtivities deseribed 

2 in subsection (b)(2) or involvement of the agen3 ey or instrumentality of a foreign state in H(~-

4 tivities deseribed in subseetion (a)(2), as the 

5 case may be. 

6 "(B) lU"l'ER WAIVER EXERClSED.-Not 

7 later than 90 days after the issuance of a waiv8 er under paragraph (1) with respeet to a for9 eign state or an agenc'Y or instrumentality of a 

l 0 foreig11 state, and every 120 clays thereafter 

11 while the waiver remains in effeet, the Prcsi12 dent shall brief the appropriate congTessional 

13 eomrrrittee,; on the ,;tatu,; of the involvement of 

14 the foreign state in activities described in sub15 seetion (h)(2) or involvement of the agem~~r or 

16 instrumentality of a foreign state in ac-tivities 

17 described in subsection (a)( 2), as the case may 

18 be. 

19 "(d) DEFINITIONS.-In this section: 

20 "(1) Acm~CY OR TNSTR.Ul\rRNTALTTY OF ;\ FOR21 EIGK STATE; FOREIG~ STATE.-The terms 'agency 

22 or instrumentality of a foreign state' and 'foreign 

23 state' have the meanings given those terms m scc24 tion 1G0:3 of title 28, United States Code. 
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''(2) ""'li>PROPRUTE ()()~(iRE88IONAL COlVDHT2 TEES.-The term 'appropriate congressional com3 mittees' means4 "(A) the Committee ou Poreign Affairs, 

5 the Committee on Financial Sen~ces, the Com6 mittcc on Ways and Means, and the Committee 

7 on the ,Judiciary of the House of Representa8 tives; and 

9 "(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

l 0 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

11 Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi12 ciary of the Senate. 

13 "(~) ARMS OR RELATED l\LHERIAL.-The term 

14 'arms or related material' meansIS "(A) nudear, biologieal, ehemieal, or radio16 logical weapons or materials or components of 

17 such weapons; 

18 "(B) ballistic or crwsc missile weapons or 

19 materials or components of such weapons; 

20 "(C) destabili~ing numbers aml ty1)es of 

21 advanced conventional weapons; 

22 "(D) defense articles or defense services, 

23 as those tenus arc dcfiucd in paragraphs ( 3) 

24 and ( 4), respectively, of section 4 7 of the ~t\rms 

25 Export Control Aet (22 TT.S.C. 2794); 
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"(E) defen~e information, a~ that term i~ 

2 defined in section 644 of the Foreign Assist3 anee Aet of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 240:1); or 

4 "(P) items designated by the President for 

5 purposes of the rnited States Munitions TJist 

6 under section 38(a)(l) of the ~\rms Export 

7 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(l)). 

8 "(4) EXPORT ADMI~ISTRATIOK RECHTLA9 TIONS.-The term 'Export Administration Regula-

] 0 tions' means subchapter C of chapter v!T of title 15, 

11 Code of Pederal Hegulations (as in effect on the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act). 

13 "(5) HIZBALLAH.-The term 'Hizballah' ha~ 

14 the meaning given that term in section 102(f). 

15 "(6) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORIS:\1.-In thi~ 

16 paragraph, the term 'state sponsor of terrorism' 

17 means a country the government of ·which the Sec18 retary of State has determined is a ~uverumeut that 

19 has repeatedly provided support fur acts of inter20 national terrorism for purposes of21 "(A) section 6(j) of the Export Adminis22 tration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)) (as 

23 continued in effect pursuaut to the Iuter24 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

25 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)); 
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"(B) sedion 620A of the Foreign Assist2 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2:371); 

3 sedion 40 of the Arms EJqJOrt Con4 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780): or 

5 "(D) any other provision of law.". 

6 (b) CLERICAL iUVlENDlVIENT.-'l'hc table of contents 

7 for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 

8 of 2015 is arnendefl hy inserting after the item relating 

9 to section 102 the following new item: 

"Sec. 103. Sanctions against foreig11 states that support Hizballah.". 

10 SEC. 104. PROHIBITIONS AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT 

] J TO CERTAIN ACCOUNTS HELD BY FOREIGN 

12 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 

13 Section 1 04(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Comprehensive Iran 

14 Sanctions, Accouutability, and Divestment Act of 2010 

15 (22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting be16 fore "or support for ads of international terrorism" the 

17 follmving ", inc·luding Hizballah (as defined in section 

18 1 02(f)(l )(E) of the TTihballah International Financing 

19 Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-102; 50 U.S.C. 

20 17 01 note), and any affiliates or successors thereof,". 
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TITLE II-NARCOTICS TRAF2 FICKING AND SIGNIFICANT 

3 TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL 

4 ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH 

5 SEC. 201. BLOCKING OF PROPERTY OF HIZBALLAH. 

6 (a) TN GRNRR.Ah-Section 201 of the TTi~ballah 

7 International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public 

8 lJaw 114-102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read 

9 a~ follow~: 

10 "SEC. 201. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

l I HIZBALLAH. 

12 "(a) lN GENERAL.-Not later than 120 days after 

13 the elate of the enactment of this section, and as appro14 priate thereafter, the Pre~ident ~hall impose the ~anetion~ 

15 described in subsection (b) >vith respect to Hizballah, in16 duding by rea~on of Hizhallah'~ ~ignifi(;ant transnational 

17 criminal activities. 

18 "(b) SANCTIONS DEscmmm.-The sanctions de19 scribed iu this subsection are sanctions applied with re20 spect to a foreign person pursuant to Executive Order 

21 186R1 (75 Fed. Reg. 44,757) (as mwh Exeeutive order 

22 was in effect on the before the date of the enactment 

23 of this section). 
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"(e) DEFINITION.-ln this se(~tion, the term 

2 'Hizballah' has the meaning gwen such term in section 

3 102(f).". 

4 (b) CLERICAL A~\1ENDlVIENT8.-The table of contents 

5 for the TTi:~~ballah International Financing Prevention Act 

6 of 2015 is amended7 ( 1) by striking the item relating to title II and 

8 inserting the follovv'ing: 

"TITLE II-IMPOSITION OF 8A1'fCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

HI7.BALI,AH AND RRPORTS A:\Tf) BRJRFINGS Ol\ NARCOTICS 

TRAFFICKING Al\D SIGNIFICANT TRA~S~ATIO~AIJ CRIMINAL 

ACTIVITIES OF HI7.BALh<\H"; 

9 and 

10 (2) by striking the item relating to section 201 

11 and inserting the following: 

''Sec. 201. Imposition of sanctions with respect to Hi1.hallah.". 

12 (e) EFl''ECTlVE DATK-'l'he ameudmcnts made by 

13 this section take effect on the date that is 90 days after 

14 the date of the enaetrnent of thi.s Aet. 

15 SEC. 202. REPORT ON RACKETEERING ACTIVITIES EN16 GAGED IN BY HIZBALLAH. 

17 (a) lN Ch~NJ·:a~~:iL.-Seetiou 202 of the Hihballah 

18 International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public 

19 Law 114-102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read 

20 as follows: 
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1 "SEC. 202. REPORT ON RACKETEERING ACTIVITIES EN2 GAGED IN BY HIZBALLAH. 

3 "(a) lN GENERAL.-Not later than 120 da,vs after 

4 the date of the enactment of the Hizballah International 

5 l<'inancing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017, and an6 nually thereafter for the follmving 5 years, the Assistant 

7 Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the DepartS ment of .Justice and the Administrator of the Drug En9 forcement Administration, in coordination with the Sec10 retary of the Treasury and the heads of other applicable 

11 Federal agencies, shall jointly submit to the appropriate 

12 congressional committees a report on the folkJ\'.ring: 

13 "(1) Activities that Hizballah, and agents and 

14 11ffiliates of TTizballah, have engaged in that are 

15 racketeering activities. 

16 "(2) The e2.ient to which Hizballah, and agents 

17 and affiliates of Hizhallah, engage in a pattern of 

18 such racketeering activities. 

19 "(b) FORl\f OF RF:POT\1'.-Each report required under 

20 subsection shall be submitted in an unclassified form 

21 but may contain a classified annex. 

22 DEFINITIONS.-In this sedion: 

23 "(1) APPROPWATE CO:'-JGRESSIONAl, COJYI.\IIT24 1'F:ES.-The term 'appropriate congressional eom25 mittees' means-
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3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

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"(A) the Committee on the .T1Hlieiary and 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

of Representatives: aml 

"(B) the Committee ou the ,Judiciary and 

the Committee on Foreig11 Helations of the Senate. 

"(2) HIZBALLAH.-The term 'Hizballah' has 

8 the meaning- given that term in seetion 102(f). 

9 R~CKETEERING ACTIVITY.-l'he term 

l 0 'raeketeering aetiv"ity' has the meaning given that 

11 term in section 1961(1) of title 18, Cnited States 

12 Code.''. 

13 (b) CLERICAL ih'VIE:N1}MENT.-The table of eontents 

14 for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 

15 of 2015 is amended hy striking the item relating· to se(•tion 

16 202 and inserting the following: 

"Sr'i.~. 202. R0port on ra('k0h~ring R('tivities f'ng·ag·f'd in hy Ilizhallah. ". 

17 SEC. 203. MODIFICATION OF REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF 

18 

19 

20 

21 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS TO DISRUPT GLOBAL LOGISTICS NETWORKS AND FUNDRAISING, FINANCING, AND MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH. 

22 (a) IN GENERA!J.-Section 204(a)(1) of the 

23 TTizballah International Finaneing Prevention Act of 2015 

24 (Public Law 114-102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amend25 eel-
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( 1) in the matter preeeding subparagTaph (A), 

2 by striking "this Act" and inserting "the Hizballah 

3 Internationnl Finmwing Prevention Amendments 

4 Act of 2017, and ammally thereafter for the fol5 lo\'ving 5 years"; 

6 (2) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(ll), by stl·iking 

7 "and" at the end; 

8 (8) in suhparagn1.ph (E), b~- striking "and free9 trade zones." and inserting "free-trade zones. busil 0 ness partnerships and joint ventures, and other in11 vestments iu small aud medium-si:.-~ed cuteqJriscs: ''; 

12 ancl 

13 ( 4) by aading at the eiH1 the follO\\':ing: 

14 "(F) a list of provinces, municipalities, and 

15 loeal governments outside of Lebanon that ex16 pressly consent to, or with knowledge allow, tol17 erate, or disregard the use of their territm:v by 

18 Hi:.-~ballah to can-y out tcnm·ist activities, m19 eluding training, financing, and recruitment; 

20 "(G) a description of the total aggregate 

21 revenues and remittances that Hizballah re22 ceives from the global logistics networks of 

23 Hi:.-~ballah, iucluding24 "(i) a list of Hizballah's smu·ces of 

25 revenue, inch1ding sourees of revenue 
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based on illieit aetivity, revenues from 

2 Iran, charities, and other business activi3 ties; and 

4 "(ii) a list of Hi;.jballah's expenditures, 

5 including expenditures for ongoing military 

6 operations, social networks, and external 

7 operations; and 

8 "(H) a survey of national and 

9 transnational legal measures available to target 

10 TTi7.ballah's financial networks.". 

11 (b) REPORT ON ESTL\L~'TED NJ£'1' WORTH OF SENlOR 

12 HnmATJTJAH MR:\mFms.-

13 (1) IK cmNERAL.-Not. later than lRO days 

14 after the date of the enactment of tins Act, and not 

15 less frectnently than annually thereafter for the fol16 lowiug 2 years, the President shall submit to the ap17 propriate congressional committees a report that 

18 eontains19 (A) the estimated total net worth of each 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

individual described in paragraph and 

(B) a description of how funds of eac·h individual described in paragraph (2) were acquired, and how such funds have been used or 

employed. 
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(2) lNDIV1DUALS DESCRIBED.-The ill(liv:i!lnah\ 

2 described in this paragraph are the follovving: 

3 (A) The Se(~retary General of Hizballah. 

4 (B) Members of the Hizballah Politburo. 

5 (C) Any other indi,~dual that the President 

6 determines is a senior foreign political figure of 

7 Hizballah, is associated 'vith Hizballah, or oth8 erwi~e provide~ ~igTlifieant ~upport to Hizhallah. 

9 (3) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.-

] 0 (A) Fomvr.-The n~port requirecl under 

11 paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unelassified 

12 form hut may contain a classified annex. 

13 (B) PUBLIC AVMLABILITY.-The unda~~i14 fied portion of the report required under para15 graph (1) ~hall be rna!le available to the publie 

16 and posted on the website of the Department of 

17 State and all Unit eel States Embassy websites. 

18 ( 4) DE!''INI'l'IONS.-la this subsection: 

19 (A) APPROPRlA.TE CO~GRESSIONAL COM20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

1\HTTFJRS.-The term "appropriate congTessiunal committees" means-

(i) the Committee on Foreign ~\ffairs 

and the Committee on Finaacial Services 

of the House of Hepresentatives; and 
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3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

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12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

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18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

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(ii) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, 

Hom.;ing, aml Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

(B) PUl\DS.-'l'he term "fuuds" meaus-

(i) cash; 

(ii) equity; 

(iii) any other intangible asset the 

value of vvhieh is derived from a eontrcwtual claim, including bank deposits, bonds, 

stoeks, a seeurity (as defined in section 

2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 

r.S.C. 77b(a))), or a seeurity or an equity 

security (as those terrns are defined in se(~­

tion :3(a) of the Securities Exehange Act of 

1984 (15 TT.S.C. 7R(~(a))): aml 

(iv) anything eh;c of value that the 

Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

(C) SEXIOR l<'ORElG.:--.1 POLITICAL l<'lGURE .-The term "senior foreign politieal figure'' has the meaning given that term in seetion 

1010.605 of title :31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suceessor regulation). 
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1 SEC. 204. REPORT ON COMBATING THE ILLICIT TOBACCO 

2 TRAFFICKING NETWORKS USED BY 

3 HIZBALLAH AND OTHER FOREIGN TER4 RORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 

5 (a) L\1 GI£NI£RM~.-Kot later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub7 mit to the appropriate (~ongressional ('ornrnittees a report 

8 on eombating the illicit tobaceo trafficking net,vorks used 

9 by Hizballah and other foreign terrorist organizations to 

10 finance their operations, as described iu the report sub11 mitted to Congress in Deeember 2015 by the Department 

12 of State, the Department of .Justiee, the Department of 

13 the Treasury, the Department of Homeland Security, and 

14 the Department of Health and Human Sen~ees entitled, 

15 "The Global lllicit Trade in Tobacco: A Threat to Na16 tional Seenrity.". 

17 (h) l\lATTERS To BE ADDRESSED.-The report re18 quired by subsection (a) shall inelude the following: 

19 (1) A deseription of the steps to be taken by 

20 Federal agencies to combat the illicit tobaceo traf21 ficking nehvorks used by Hizballah, other foreign 

22 terrorist organizations, and other illieit adors. 

23 (2) A description of the steps to be taken to en24 gage State and loeal law enforeement authorities in 

25 efforts to combat illicit tobaeco trafficking netw·orks 

26 operating w'ithin the United States. 
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( :1) A de~,H~ription of the steps to he taken to en2 gage foreign government law enforcement and intel3 ligem~e authorities in efforts to eombat illi<·it tolnweo 

4 trafficking· networks operating outside the Cuited 

5 States. 

6 ( 4) Recommendations for legislative or adminis7 trative action needed to address the threat of illicit 

8 tolnweo trafficking networks. 

9 (c) APPB.OPRL~TE COKGRESSIO~AL COlvnnTTEES DEl 0 FTI\-ED.-Tn this section, the term "appropriate congTes11 sional committees" means12 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

13 Committee on Arme<l Services, the Committee on 

14 Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judieiary, 

15 the Committee on Finaneial Servi<·.es, and the Corn16 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep17 resentatives; and 

18 (2) the Committee on J<'orcign Relations, the 

19 Committee on Armed Serviees, the Committee on 

20 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the 

21 Committee on the .Judiciary, the Committee on 

22 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Com23 mittee on Finanec of the Senate. 
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2 

TITLE III-GENERAL 

PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 301. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 

4 (a) lK GENERAL.-The President shall, not later 

5 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

6 prescribe regulations as necessary for the implementation 

7 of this Act and the amendments made by tlris Act. 

8 (b) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.-Kot later than 10 

9 aays before the preS('ript.ion of regulations under sub10 section (a), the President shall brief the appropriate con-

! I gTessional ('Ommittees of the proposed regulations and the 

12 provisions of this Act and the amendments made by tlris 

13 Act that the reg11lations are implementing. 

14 k) ArrROPRL~TE C\)KCmEssm~AL CmvnnTTEES DEIS FIKED.-In this section. the term "appropriate cmlgres16 sional ('ommittees" means17 ( 1) the Committee on J1'oreign 1\..ffairs and the 

18 Committee on Financial Sen~ces of the House of 

19 lkpresentatives; and 

20 (2) the Committee on Foreign Helations and 

21 the Committt~e on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af22 fairs of the Senate. 
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1 SEC. 302. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES; JUDICIAL RE2 VIEW; EXEMPTIONS. 

3 (a) l~ GEKE&I\L.-Title l of the Hi~ballah luter4 national Finaneing Prevention Aet of 2015 (Puhlie TJaw 

5 114-102: 50 C.S.C. 1701 note), as amended by section 

6 10:3 of this Aet, is further amended by adding at the end 

7 the following: 

8 "SEC. 104. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES; JUDICIAL RE9 VIEW; EXEMPTIONS; RULE OF CONSTRUC10 TION. 

11 "(a) IMPIJE:\IENTATIOK.-The President may exereise 

12 all authorities provided under seetions 203 ancl 205 of the 

13 International Emergeney Eeonomie Powers Aet (50 

14 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to earry out seetions 101 and 1 0:3. 

15 "(b) PE:-.rALTIES.-The penalties provided for in sub16 seetions (b) and (e) of seetion 20G of the International 

17 Emergeney Eeonomie Pmvers Ad (f50 U.S.C. 170;)) shall 

18 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, eon19 spires to ~violate, or eauses a '~olation of regulations pre20 serihed to carry out section 101 or 103 to the same extent 

21 that sueh penalties apply to a person that eommits an un22 lawful ad deseribed in subseetion (a) of sudt se('tion 206. 

23 "(e) PBOCEDURES FOR ,JTJDICLJ,_L REVIEW OF CLAS24 SIFTED TKFOK\L\T'TCN.-

25 "(1) lN GJ£NEBAL.-lf a finding, or a prohibi26 tion, eondition, or penalty imposed as a result of :my 
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sueh finding, is based on dassifie!l information (as 

2 defined in section l(a) of the Classified Information 

3 Pro(~edures Ad (1M U.S.C. App.)) and a (~omt re4 views the finding or the imposition of the prohibi5 tion, conclition, or penalty, the Presiclent may subrnit 

6 such iufonnation to the coul"t ex parte aud in cam7 era. 

8 "(2) RULE OF CONSTRTTCTION.-Nothing in 

9 this subsection shall be construed to confer or imply 

l 0 any right to judicial review of any fimling uncler sec11 tiou 101 or 10:3 or any prohibition, coudition, or 

12 penalty imposed as a result of any such finding. 

13 "(d) EXE:YIPTIOK8.-The following aetivities shall he 

14 exempt from sections 101 and 103: 

15 "(1) Any authorized intelligenee, law enfon~e16 meat, or national security activities of the C nited 

17 States. 

18 "(2) ~\ny transaction necessary to comply with 

19 United States obligations under the Agreement be20 tween the United Nations and the rnited States of 

21 America regarding the Headquarters of the rnited 

22 States, signed at lmke Success ,June 2G, 1947, and 

23 eutered iuto force November 2 L 1947, or under the 

24 Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 

25 April 24, 19!33, ancl entered into force March 19, 
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1967, or an~r other 1~nited States international trea2 ties. 

3 "(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.-Nothing in seetion 

4 101 or 10g shall be construed to limit the authority of 

5 the Presiclent under the Tntemational Emergency Eco6 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or under any 

7 other provision of law.". 

8 (h) CLERICAL AlVIENDMENT.-The table of eontents 

9 for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 

l 0 of 2015 is amendecl by inserting after the item relating 

11 to section 103, as added by section 103(b) of this Act, 

12 the following new item: 

"Stx:. 104. Implementation; penalties; judieial re\~ew; exemptions; n1le <)f eon· 

:-sTnletion.''. 
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AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE 

TO H.R. 3329 

OFFERED BY MR. ROYCE OF CALIFORNIA 

Strike all after the euacting clause and insert the 

follmving: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT 'l'lTLE.-'l'his Act may be cited as the 

3 "Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amend4 mentsActof2017". 

5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of contents for 

6 this Act is as follows: 

See. 1. Short title: table of eontents. 

Sec. 

See. 

See. 

See. 

:C:kc. 

:C:kc. 

:C:kc. 

TITLE I-PRKVENTION OF ACCESS BY HIZBALLAH TO 

INTERNATIONAL FINAKCLU AND OTHER IKSTITUTIOKS 

101. 

102. 

10:3. 

104. 

Ma.ndalory sanclious INich respecl lo fuudraising and recruilmenl activities for Hizballah. 

Modification of repod: "ith respect to financial institutions that engage in cer-tain transactions. 

Sar1etions agair1st foreig11 states that support Hi7.ballah. 

Prohibitions ami conditions "it.h respect. to certain accounts held by 

foreign finaneial institutions. 

TITLE ll-NAHCOTICS THAYI<'ICKING AND SIGNIFICANT 

TRANSNATIOKU CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH 

201. 

202. 

20:i. 

Blocking of property of affiliated networks of Ilizballal1. 

Report on nwkctcering aetivitics c:ngagc:d in hy Ilizhallah. 

Modifieation of report on aetivitics of foreign governments to dismpt 

globallog~stics networks and fundraising, financing, and money 

laundering activities of Hizballah. 

Sec. 204. Report on combating· the illicit tobacco trafficking· networks used by 

Hizballah and other foreign terrorist organizations. 

TTTTJR ITT-GRNRRATJ PRD"VTSIONS 
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See. 301. Regulatory authority. 

Sec. :30~. lmplemeulaliou; peualcies; judicial review; e:cemrcions. 

TITLE I-PREVENTION OF AC2 CESS BY HIZBALLAH TO 

3 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL 

4 AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS 

5 SEC. 101. MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

6 FUNDRAISING AND RECRUITMENT ACTIVI7 TIES FOR HIZBALLAH. 

8 (a) TN GENRR.ll.h-Section 101 of the Hihballah 

9 lnteruational l<'inancing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public 

10 Law 114-102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read 

11 a~ follow~: 

12 "SEC. 101. MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

13 FUNDRAISING AND RECRUITMENT ACTIVI14 TIES FOR HIZBALLAH. 

15 "(a) I~ GENERAL.-The President shall, on or after 

16 the date of the enactment of this seetion, impose the sane17 tions described in subsection (b) with respect to any for18 eig11 person that the President determines knov.~ngly as19 sists, sponsors, or, prnvides significant financial, material, 

20 or technological support for21 "(1) Ba:vt al-l\!lal, .Tihad al-Bina, the l~larnie 

22 R.esistance Support Association, the Foreign R.ela23 tions Department of TTihballah, the E:x.iernal Secu-
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rity Organization of Hizballah, or any sueeessor or 

2 affiliate thereof; 

3 "(2) al-Manar TV, al Nour Radio, or the Leha4 nese Sledia Group, or any successor or affiliate 

5 thereof; 

6 " ( 3) a foreign person determined by the Presi7 dent to be engaged in fundraising or recruitment ac8 tivities for Hizhallah; or 

9 " ( 4) a foreign person owned or controlled by a 

10 foreig11 person describecl in paragraph (1 ), (2), or 

11 (3). 

12 "(b) SANC'l'TONS DESCRTRED.-

13 "(1) lN GENERAL.-The sanetions deseribed in 

14 this subsection are the following: 

15 "(A) ASSET BLOCEING.-The exen~1se of 

16 all powers granted to the President by the 

17 International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

18 (50 C.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the re19 quirements of sec·tion 202 of such Act (50 

20 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the extent nec21 essary to block and prohibit all transactions in 

22 all property and interests in property of a for23 eign person determined by the President to be 

24 subject to subsection (a) if such property and 

25 interests in property are in the United States, 
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eorne within the United State~, or are or eorne 

within the possession or control of a rnited 

States per~on. 

"(B) ALIB.\fS INBLIGlBLE !<'OR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROTii<J.-

"(i) VISAS, ADlVllSSlON, OR PAROLK-

~~1 alien who the President determines IS 

sul~jed to ~nbsedion (a) i~-

"(I) inadmissible to the rnited 

States; 

"(ll) iucligiblc to receiVe a VISa 

or other documentation to enter the 

United States; and 

"(III) othenvise ineligible to be 

admitted or paroled into the T~nited 

States or to receive any other benefit 

under the Immigration and Nationality Ad (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 

"(ii) CURREKT ~VISAS REVOKED.-

"(T) TN GRNRR.Ah-The issuing 

consular officer, the Secretary of 

State, or the Secretary of Homeland 

Security shall revoke any visa or other 

entry documentation issued to an 

alien who the Presiclent determines is 
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~·mlijeet to suhHeetion (a), regardleHH of 

2 when issued. 

3 "(II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.-

4 A revocation under subclause (l) shall 

5 take effect immediately and shall 

6 automatieally cancel auy other valid 

7 visa or entry documentation that is in 

8 the possession of the alien. 

9 "(2) PEKALTIES.-The penalties provided fur 

10 m subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 

11 International Emergency Ecouomic Powers Act (50 

12 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 

13 attempts to violate, <~onspires to violate, or eauHeH a 

14 v-iolation of regulations prescribed under paragraph 

15 (1)(A) to the same extent that Hneh penalties apply 

16 to a persou that commits an unlawful act described 

17 in subsection (a) of such section 206. 

18 "(c) llVlPLElVIEK'l'ATlON.-The President may exercise 

19 all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 

20 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

21 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section. 

22 "(d) WAIVER.-

23 "(1) IN GE~E&~.-The President may, for pe24 riocls not to exceed 180 clays, waive the imposition 

25 of sanctions under this section v.~th respect to a for-
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eign per~on or foreign per~on~ if the President eer2 tifies to the appropriate congressional committees 

3 that ~neh waiver i~ in the national seeurity intere~t~ 

4 of the United States. 

5 "(2) CoNsrLTATTON.-

6 "(A) BEFORE WAIVER EXERCISED.-Be7 fore a waiver under paragraph ( 1) takes effect 

8 with re~pe(~t to a foreign person, the President 

9 shall notify and brief the appropriate congres1 0 sional committees on the status of the involve11 ment of the foreign person iu adivities de12 scribed in subsection (a). 

13 "(B) AFTER WAIVl<JR EXERCISED.-Not 

14 later than 90 days after the issuance of a waiv15 er under paragraph (1) with respeet to a for16 eign person, and every 120 days thereafter 

17 while the waiver remains in effect, the Presi18 dent shall brief the appropriate congressional 

19 committees on the status of the involvement of 

20 the foreig11 person in activities described in sub21 section (a). 

22 "(e) R,EPORT.-Not later than 90 days after the date 

23 of the enactment of the Hizballah International Financing 

24 Prevention Amendments Act of 2017, and every 180 days 

25 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
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eongressional eommittees a report that lists the foreign 

2 persons that the President has eredible evidenee knowingly 

3 assists, sponsors, or provides sigTlifieant fimm(~ial, mate4 rial, or teelmologieal support for the foreign persous de5 seribed in paragraph (1 ), (2), (3), or (4) of subseetion (a). 

6 "(f) DJ<;I<'lNlTlONS.-lu this section: 

7 "(1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.-The terms 'admitted' 

8 and 'alien' have meanings given those terms in se(~-

9 tion 101 of the Immigration and Kationality Aet (8 

10 U.S.C. 1101). 

11 ''(2) lU>PROPRIATE CO~GRJ<;SSlONAL COlVL\ilT12 TRES.-The term 'appropriate eongressional eom13 mittees' means14 "(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

15 the Comrrlittee on \Vays and Means, the Com16 rnittee on the J udie.iary, and the Committee on 

17 Finaneial Serviees of the House of Representa18 tives; and 

19 "(B) the Comnlittee on Foreign Relations, 

20 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

21 Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi22 eiary of the Senate. 

23 "(3) El\TlTY.-The term 'entity'-
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"(A) mean~ a partner~hip, a~~oeiation, eor2 poration, or other organization, group, or sub3 group; and 

4 "(B) includes a governmental entity 

5 "(4) FUNDI\.i\TSTNU em RRCTWTTMR~T i\CTTVT6 'l'lES.-'l'he term 'fuudraising or recruitment activi7 ties' includes online fundraising and other online 

8 eormnen~ial ~wtivities, or other mean~ of ~udr fund9 raising, recruitment, and retention, as determined by 

10 the President. 

11 "(5) Hl:6BALLAH.-'l'he term 'Hizballah' has 

12 the meaning given such term in section 1 02(f). 

13 "(6) PERSON.-The term 'per~on' means an 1n14 dividual or entity. 

15 "(7) UNITED STATES PERSON.-The term 

16 'United States pen;ou' means a United States cit17 izen, permanent resident alien, entity organized 

18 under the laws of the United States (iucludiug for19 eign branches), or a person in the United States.". 

20 (b) CLRRTCATJ A!VrRNDMRNT.-The table of contents 

21 for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 

22 of 2015 is amended by striking the item relating to section 

23 101 and iuserting the followiug uew item: 

''Sec. 101. Mamlatory sanctions with respect to fumlraising and recruitment 

activities for Hizballah.". 
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1 SEC. 102. MODIFICATION OF REPORT WITH RESPECT TO FI2 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ENGAGE IN 

3 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. 

4 (a) TN GR~RRATJ.-Subsection (d) of section 102 of 

5 the Hizballah International 11'inancing Prevention Act of 

6 2015 (Public Law 114--102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 1s 

7 amended to read a~ follow~: 

8 "(d) REPORT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIO~S 0RGA9 XIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF STATE SPONSORS OF TER10 RORISlVl.-

11 "(1) I~ GENERAL.-Not later than 90 days 

12 after the date of the enactment of the TTihballah 

13 International Financing Prevention Amendments 

14 Act of 2017, and annually thereafter for a period 

15 not to exceed three years, the President shall submit 

16 to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

17 that18 "(A) identifies each foreign financial insti19 tution described in paragraph (2) that the 

20 President determines engages in one or more 

21 activities described in subsection (a)(2); 

22 "(B) provide~ a detailed (le~eription of 

23 each such activity; and 

24 "(C) contains a determination '\~th respect 

25 to each such foreign financial institution that is 

26 identified under subparagTaph (A) as engaging 
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in one or more adivitie~ de~(~ribed in ~ub~eetion 

(a)(2) as to whether or not such foreign finan-

(~ial in~titution i~ in violation of Exe(~ntive 

Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating- to 

blocking property and prohibiting transactions 

with persons who commit, threateu to conuuit, 

or support terrorism) or section 2339B of title 

18, United State~ Code, by rea~on of engaging 

in one or more such activities. 

"(2) FCH\ETGN FTNANCTATJ TNSTTTUTTOK DE11 SCRlBED.-

12 "(A) TN GRKFJR.Ah-A foreign financial in13 ~titution de~erihed in thi~ paragraph i~ a for14 eign financial institutionIS "(i) that, wherever loeated, i~-

16 "(l) organized under the lavvs of 

17 a state sponsor of terrorism or any ju18 risdiction within a state sponsor of 

19 terrorism; 

20 "(IT) owned or controlled by the 

21 government of a state sponsor of ter22 rorism; 

23 "(III) located in the territory of 

24 a state sponsor of terrorism; or 
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"(IV) owned or eontrolled by a 

2 foreign financial institution described 

3 in subdause (I), (II), or (Ill); aml 

4 "(ii) the capitali~ation of which ex5 ceeds $10,000,000. 

6 "(B) STA'l'J<; SPONSOR 01<' 'l'ERROR1SJ1.-ln 

7 this paragTaph, the term 'state sponsor of ter8 rorisrn' means a (~ountry the g-overnment of 

9 which the Secretary of State has determined is 

10 a government that has repeatedly provided sup11 port for acts of international terrorism for pur12 poses of13 "(i) section 6(j) of the E},.1lort Adrnin14 istration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)) 

15 (as (~ontinued in effeet pursuant to the 

16 International Emergency Economic Powers 

17 Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)); 

18 "(ii) section 620A of the Foreign As19 sistance Act of 1961 (22 CS.C. 2:371); 

20 "(iii) section 40 of the Arms E},.l)Ort 

21 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 

22 " ( iv) any other provision of law.". 

23 (b) SE~SJ<; OF CONGRESS.-lt is the sense of the 

24 Congress that-
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( 1) all eonntries should designate the entirety of 

2 Hizballah as a terrorist organization; and 

3 (2) the notion of separate Hizballah politi(~al 

4 and military "wings" is an artificial construct that 

5 attempts to legitimize TTizballah members of par6 liarncnt and Hi:,-;ballah cabinet officials who arc 

7 complicit in Hizballah' s use of violence and coercion 

8 against its politieal opponents. 

9 SEC. 103. SANCTIONS AGAINST FOREIGN STATES THAT SUP-

] 0 PORT HIZBALLAH. 

11 (a) l~ GJ:<;l\E&4.L.-'l'itlc l of the Hi:,-;ballah lntcr12 national Finaneing Prevention Aet of 2015 (Public. Tmw 

13 114-102; 50 CS.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at 

14 the end the following: 

15 "SEC. 103. SANCTIONS AGAINST FOREIGN STATES THAT 

16 SUPPORT HIZBALLAH. 

17 "(a) SANCTIONS AGAINST CERTAIN AGENCIES AND 

18 lNS'l'RUlVlEN'l'ALl'l'lES m• FORElGN STA'l'ES.-

19 "(1) I~ GENERAL.-Not later than 120 clays 

20 after the date of the enaetment of this seetion, and 

21 as appropriate thereafter, the President shall impose 

22 the sanetions deseribed in paragraph (3) vvith re23 spect to any agency or instrumentality of a foreign 

24 state deseribed in paragraph (2). 
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"(2) AC+ENCY OR IKSTRUJvmKTALITY DE2 SCRIBED.-An agency or instrumentality of a for3 eign state des(~ribed in this paragraph is an agen(~y 

4 or iustmmentality of a foreign state that the Presi5 dent cletermines has, on or after the date of the en6 actment of this sectiou, knovvingly provided signifi7 cant financial or material support for, or arms or re8 lated material to9 "(A) Hizballah; or 

10 "(D) an entity ovvned or controllecl by 

11 Hi11ballah. 

12 "(:3) SANCTIONS DFJSCRTRFJD.-The sanctions 

13 des(~ribed in this paragraph are the exereise of all 

14 powers granted to the President by the International 

15 Emergeney Eeonomi(~ Powers Ad (50 1~.S.C. 1701 

16 et seq.) (except that the requirements of section 202 

17 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the 

18 extent uecessary to block and prohibit all trans19 actions in all property and interests in property of 

20 an agency or instmmentality of a foreign state if 

21 such property and interests in property are in the 

22 United States, come within the United States, or are 

23 or come withiu the possession or control of a L'nited 

24 States person. 
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"(h) SANCTIONS AGAINST STATE SPONSORS OF TER2 RORISJYI.-

3 "(1) IN GENERAL.-In the ea~e of an ageney or 

4 instrumentality of a foreign state that engages in 

5 the arh\~ties described in subsection (a) that is an 

6 agency or instrumentality of a foreign state de7 scribed in paragraph (2), the President shall, pursu8 ant to sedion 6 of the E::qJOrt Allmini~tration Ad of 

9 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter10 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

11 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)), require a license under the 

12 Export Administration Reg11lations to export or re13 e::qJOrt to that foreign ~tate any item de~ignated by 

14 the Secretary of Commerce as 'EAR 99', other than 

15 food, me!li(~ine, rnedieal !levi(~es, or ~imilarly lieemwd 

16 items. 

17 "(2) FOREIG~ STATE DESCRIBED.-A foreign 

18 state described in this paragraph is a foreign state 

19 that20 "(A) the President determines has, on or 

21 after the elate of the enactment of this section, 

22 knowingly provided significant financial or ma23 terial support for, or arms or related material 

24 to25 "(i) TTi:d)allah; or 
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"(ii) an entity owne!l or eontrolled by 

2 Hizballah; and 

3 "(B) is a state sponsor of terrorism. 

4 "(c) WAlVBR.-

5 "(1) TN (JR~Rl\.i\TJ.-The President may, for pe6 riods not to exceed 180 days, ·waive the imposition 

7 of sanctions under this section with respect to a for8 e1gn state or an agen(~y or instnunentality of a for9 eign state if the President certifies to the appro-

] 0 priate congressional committees that such waiver is 

11 vital to the national security interests of the Cnited 

12 States. 

13 "(2) CcmsrLTATION.-

14 "(A) BEFORE WAIVER EXERCISED.-Be15 fore a waiver under paragTaph (1) takes effeet 

16 with respect to a foreign state or an agency or 

17 instrumentality of a foreign state, the President 

18 shall noti~y and brief the appropriate congres19 sional committees on the status of the involve20 ment of the foreign state in activities described 

21 in subsection (b)(2) or involvement of the agen22 cy or instrumentality of a foreign state in ac23 tivities described in subsection (a)(2), as the 

24 case may be. 
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"(B) AFTER WAIVl<JR EXERCISED.-Not 

2 later than 90 days after the issuance of a waiv3 er under paragraph (1) with respeet to a for4 eign state or au ageucy or instrumentality of a 

5 foreig11 state, and every 120 days thereafter 

6 while the waiver remains in effect, the Presi7 dent shall brief the appropriate congressional 

8 eomrnitteeH on the HtatuH of the involvenrent of 

9 the foreign state in activities described in sub10 section (b)(2) or involvement of the agency or 

11 instrumentality of a foreign state in activities 

12 describecl in subsection (a)(2), as the case may 

13 he. 

14 "(d) DEFINITIONS.-In this section: 

15 "(1) Acm~CY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF A FOR16 J<;lGI\ S'l'A'l'J<;; l<'ORElG~ S'l'A'l'K-'l'he terms 'agency 

17 or instrumentality of a foreign state' and 'foreign 

18 state' have the meanings given those terms m sec19 tion 1603 of title 28, United States Code. 

20 "(2) APPROPRJATE CO~GI\ESSTONAT, COl\!f:\fTT21 TEES.-The term 'appropriate congressional com22 mittees' means23 "(A) the Committee on Foreign 1\ffairs, 

24 the Committee on Financial Services, the Com25 mittee on ~Ways and Means, and the Committee 
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on the .Tndieiary of the House of Representa2 tives; and 

3 "(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

4 the Committee on Banking-, Housing, and 

5 Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the .Judi6 ciary of the Senate. 

7 "(:3) ARMS OR RELATED lYL~TERIAL.-The term 

8 'arms or related material' means9 "(A) nuclear, biological, chemical, or radio-

] 0 logieal weapons or materials or eomponents of 

11 such weapons; 

12 "(B) ballistic. or ermse missile weapons or 

13 materials or eomponents of sud1 weapons; 

14 " (C) destabilizing numbers and t.nJes of 

15 advan(~ed eonventional weapons; 

16 " (D) defense articles or defense servwes, 

17 as those terms are defined in paragraphs (:3) 

18 and ( 4), respectively, of section 47 of the l'ums 

19 E:x'J)ort Control Aet (22 U.S.C. 2794); or 

20 "(E) defense information, as that term 1s 

21 defined in seetion 644 of the Foreign Assist22 anee Aet of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 240:3). 

23 " ( 4) EXPORT ADlYil~lS'l'RA'l'lOI\ REGULA24 TIONS.-The term 'E:xl)ort Administration Regula25 tions' means subehapter C of ehapter vii of title 15, 
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Colle of Federal Regulation~ (a~ 1n effed on the 

2 date of the enactment of this Act). 

3 "(5) HIZBALLAH.-The term 'Hizballah' ha~ 

4 the meaning- given that term in section 102(f). 

5 "(6) S'T'Nl'R SPONSOR OF 'l'Rl\.ROR.TS:\f.-Tn this 

6 paragraph, the term 'state sponsor of terrorism' 

7 means a country the government of which the Sec8 retary of State ha~ detennined i~ a guvermnent that 

9 has repeatecUy provided support for acts of inter10 national terrorism for purposes of11 "(A) section 6(j) of the Export Aclminis12 tration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 460:S(j)) (as 

13 eontinued in effe(~t pursuant to the Inter14 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

15 U.S.C. 1701 et ~eq.)); 

16 "(B) section 620A of the 11'oreign Assist17 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2:371); 

18 "(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Con19 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 

20 "(D) any other provision of law.". 

21 (b) CLERICAL AlVIENDMENT.-The table of contents 

22 for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 

23 of 2015 is amended by inserting after the item relating 

24 to section 102 the following new item: 

"Sec. 103. Sanctions against foreig11 states that support Hizballah.". 
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1 SEC. 104. PROHIBITIONS AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT 

2 TO CERTAIN ACCOUNTS HELD BY FOREIGN 

3 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 

4 Section 1 04(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Comprehensive Iran 

5 Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 

6 (22 U.S.C. 851:3(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting be7 fore "or ~npport for aet~ of international terrorism" the 

8 follmving ", including Hizballah (as defined in section 

9 102(f)(1)(E) of the Hizballah International Financing 

10 Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Lavv 114-102; 50 U.S.C. 

11 1701 note), and any affiliates or successors thereof,". 

12 TITLE II-NARCOTICS TRAF13 FICKING AND SIGNIFICANT 

14 TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL 

15 ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH 

16 SEC. 201. BLOCKING OF PROPERTY OF AFFILIATED NET17 WORKS OF HIZBALLAH. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.-Section 201 of the Hizballah 

19 International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public 

20 Law 114-102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read 

21 as follows: 

22 "SEC. 201. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

23 AFFILIATED NETWORKS OF HIZBALLAH. 

24 "(a) TN GENERAh-Not later than 120 days after 

25 the date of the enactment of this section, and as appro26 priate thereafter, the President shall impose the sanctions 
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!leseribed in suhse<~tion (b) \vith resped, to affiliated net2 works of Hizballah, including by reason of significant 

3 transnational <~riminal adivities of sneh networks. 

4 "(b) SANC'l'lONS DESCRlBED.-'l'he sanctions de5 serihed in this subseetion are sanctions applied \Vith re6 spect to a foreign person pursuant to Executive Order 

7 1:3581 (75 Fed. Reg. 44,757) (as such Exeeutive order 

8 was in effed on the day before the !late of the emwtment 

9 of this seetion). 

10 "(e) DRFTNT'l'TON.-Tn this section, the term 

11 'Hizhallah' has the mearung giVen such term in section 

12 1 02(f).". 

13 (h) CLERICAL A}IENDlVIENTS.-The table of eontents 

14 for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 

15 of 2015 is amended16 ( 1) by striking the item relating to title ll aml 

17 inserting the follmving: 

'"l'ITLJ£ ll-ll\1POSITION m• SANCTIONS WITH Rl£SPJ£CT TO 

HIZBALLAH AND Rl£PORTS A.'-lD BR11£FINGS 0!\ NARCOTICS 

'l'RAPI•'ICKING A!\D SIGNIFICANT THA.''lS.'-lA'flO.'-lAL CRIMINAL 

ACTIVI'l'IBS m• HIZBALLAH"; 

18 and 

19 (2) by striking the item relating to section 201 

20 and inserting the following: 

"Sec. 201. Imr)osilion of sa.nccions wilh resrecl to Hizballah.". 
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(e) EFFECTIVl<J DATE.-The amendments made by 

2 this section take effect on the date that is 90 days after 

3 the date of the enadrnent of this Ad. 

4 SEC. 202. REPORT ON RACKETEERING ACTIVITIES EN5 GAGED IN BY HIZBALLAH. 

6 (a) lN GENERAL.-Scctiou 202 of the Hizballah 

7 International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public 

8 Law 114-102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read 

9 as follows: 

] 0 "SEC. 202. REPORT ON RACKETEERING ACTIVITIES EN11 GAGED IN BY HIZBALLAH. 

12 "(a) TN GENERAh-Not later than 120 days after 

13 the date of the ena(~trnent of the Hizballah International 

14 Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017, and an15 nnally thereafter for the follmving 5 years, the Assistant 

16 Attomcy General for the Criminal Division of the Dcpart17 ment of .Justice and the Administrator of the Drug En18 forcemeat Administration, in coordination with the Sec19 retary of the Treasury and the heads of other applicable 

20 Federal agencies, shall jointly submit to the appropriate 

21 congressional committees a report on the following: 

22 "(1) Activities that Hizballah, and agents and 

23 affiliates of Hizballah, have engaged in that arc 

24 racketeering activities. 
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"(2) The eA'tent to whieh Hizballah, all(l agent~ 

2 and affiliates of Hizballah, engage in a pattern of 

3 ~ueh ra(~keteering e:wtivities. 

4 "(b) J1'0R1Vl OF RJ<JPOR'l'.-Each report required under 

5 subsection (a) shall be submittecl in an unclassified form 

6 but may contain a classified annex. 

7 "(c) DEFINITIONS.-In this section: 

8 ''(1) APPROPRIATE CO~CiBESSIONAL COlVL\HT9 TEES.-The term 'appropriate congressional com-

] 0 mittees' means11 "(A) the Committee 011 the Judiciary aml 

12 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

13 of Representative~: all(l 

14 ''(B) the Committee on the Judiciary and 

15 the Committee on Foreign Relatimm of the Sen16 ate. 

17 "(2) HIZBALLAH.-The term 'Hizballah' has 

18 the meaning given that term in section 102(£). 

19 "(3) RACKETEERING ACTIVITY.-The term 

20 'racketeering activ-ity' has the meaning given that 

21 term in section 1961(1) of title 18, rnited States 

22 Code.". 

23 (b) CLJ<JRlCAL AlVLENDMJ<JN'l'.-The table of contents 

24 for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 
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of 2015 is amended hy striking the item relating to section 

2 202 and inserting the following: 

"Sec. :202. Report on racketeering activities eng·ag·ed in by Hizballah.". 

3 SEC. 203. MODIFICATION OF REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF 

4 

5 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS TO DISRUPT GLOB· 

AL LOGISTICS NETWORKS AND FUND· 

6 RAISING, FINANCING, AND MONEY LAUN· 

7 DERING ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.-Section 204(a)(1) of the 

9 Hizballah International 11'inancing Prevention Act of 2015 

10 (Public Law 114-102: 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amend-

]] ecl12 ( 1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

13 by striking "this Act" and inserting "the TTi:dJallah 

14 International Financing Prevention "Amendments 

15 Act of 2017, and annually thereafter for the fol16 lmving 5 years"; 

17 (2) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II), by striking 

18 "ancl'' at the encl; 

19 (3) in subparagraph (E), by striking "aml free20 trade zones." and inserting "free-trade zones, busi21 ness partnerships and joint ventures, and other in22 vestments in small and medium-sized enteqJrises;"; 

23 ancl 

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"(F) a list of provinees, rnuni(~ipalities, and 

local govermnents outside of Lebanon that expressly eonsent to, or with knowledge allow, tolerate, or disregard the use of thei1· territory by 

TTi:T.ballah to carry out terrorist activ~ties, mcluding training, financing, and recruitment; 

"(G) a description of the total aggregate 

revenues and rernittanees that Hizhallah receives from the global logistics networks of 

TTi:T.ballah, ineluding-

"(i) a list of Hi:,-;ballah's sources of 

revenue, including sourees of revenue 

based on illieit <:wtivity, revenues from 

Iran, charities, and other business activities; and 

"(ii) a list of Hi:,-;ballah's expenditures, 

including expenditures for ongoing military 

operations, soeial netvvorks, and external 

operations; 

"(IT) a survey of national and 

transnational legal measures available to target 

Hizballah's finaneial networks; 

"(I) a review of Hlliballah's international 

operational capabilities, including in the rnited 

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" ( ,T) a review of-

"(i) the total number and value of 

Hizballah-relate!l a~~ets ~eized aml forfeited; and 

"(ii) the total number of imlictments, 

prosecutions, aud extraditions of Hizballah 

members or affiliates.". 

8 (h) REPORT 0~ ESTilVL~TED KET WORTH OF AND 

9 DETERlVIINATION WITH RESPECT TO SE~IOR HIZBALLAH 

] 0 lVfR:\fDRRS.-

11 (1) lK GENERAL.-Not later than 180 days 

12 after the elate of the enactment of this Act, and not 

13 le~s fre<plently than annually thereafter for the fol14 lmving 2 years, the President shall submit to the ap15 propriate eongTe~~ional <~ommittees a report that 

16 contains17 (A) the estimated total net worth of each 

18 individual described in paragraph (2); 

19 (B) a deseription of how funds of eaeh in20 dividual described in paragraph (2) were ac21 quired, and how sueh funds have been used or 

22 employed; and 

23 (C) a determination of vvhether eaeh indi24 vidual described in paragraph (2) meets the cri25 teria clescribed in paragraph (3) or (4) of sec-
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tion 126:1(a) of the National Defen~e Author2 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 

3 114---:128; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 

4 (2) INDIVIDUALS DBSClUBED.-The individuals 

5 described in this paragraph are the follov.~ng: 

6 (A) The Secretary General of Hizballah. 

7 (B) Members of the Hizballah Politburo. 

8 (C) Any other imlivillnal that the President 

9 determines is a senior foreign political figure of 

10 TTi:T.ballah, is associated >vith TTi:T.ballah, or oth11 envise provides significant support to Hizballah. 

12 (:3) FOR.M OF R.FJPOR'l'; PlTRT,TC AVATT,ARTT,T'l'Y.-

13 (A) FORlVI.-The report required under 

14 paragraph ( 1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

15 form but may eontain a da~~ified annex. 

16 (B) PUBLIC AVAILABILI'l'Y.-'l'he unclassi17 fied portion of the report required under para18 graph (1) shall be made available to the public 

19 and posted on the website of the Department of 

20 State and all United States Embassy websites. 

21 ( 4) DEFINI'l'IONS.-In this subsection: 

22 (A) APPROPRL~'l'E CO~GRESSIONAL COM23 

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and the Committee on Financial Ser·vices 

of the Hon~e of Representative~; aml 

(ii) the Committee 011 Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, 

Housiug, and Urban "Affairs of the Senate. 

(B) FUKDS.-The term "funds" means-

(i) eash; 

(ii) equity; 

(iii) any other intangible asset the 

value of ·which is derived from a contractual claim, including bank deposits, bonds, 

sto(~k~. a ~e(mrity (a~ defined in ~eetion 

2(a) of the Securities Act of 19:3:3 (15 

1~.S.C. 77b(a))), or a ~eeurity or an e(1uity 

security (as those terms arc defined iu section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 

1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a))); aud 

( iv) an.vthing else of value that the 

President determines to be appropriate. 

(C) SEKIOR FOREIG~ POLITICAL FIGURE.-The term "senior foreign political figure" has the meaning given that term in scctiou 

1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal R,egulations (or any successor regulation). 
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1 SEC. 204. REPORT ON COMBATING THE ILLICIT TOBACCO 

2 TRAFFICKING NETWORKS USED BY 

3 HIZBALLAH AND OTHER FOREIGN TER4 RORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 

5 (a) lN GJ<;NJ<;RAL.-1\ot later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment uf this Act, the President shall sub7 mit to the appropriate (~ongressional eomrnittees a report 

8 on eumbating the illicit tubaceu trafficking networks used 

9 by Hizballah and other foreign terrorist organizations to 

10 finance their operatious, as described iu the report sub11 mitted to Congress in Deeember 2015 by the Department 

12 of State, the Department of .Justiee, the Department of 

13 the Treasury, the Department uf Homeland Security, and 

14 the Department of Health and Human Sen~ees entitled, 

15 "The Global lllicit Trade in Tobaceo: A Threat to Na16 tional Seeurity.". 

17 (h) MATTERS To BE ADDRESSED.-The report re18 quired by subseetiun (a) shall inelude the following: 

19 (1) A deseription of the steps to be taken by 

20 Fedeml agencies to combat the illicit tobaceo traf21 fiel\:ing networks used by Hizballah, other foreign 

22 terroriHt organizations, and other illieit adorH. 

23 (2) A description of the steps to be taken tu en24 gage State and loeal law enforeement authorities in 

25 efforts to combat illicit tobaeco trafficking networks 

26 operating vvithin the United States. 
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( 8) A deseription of the steps to be taken to en2 gage foreign government law enforcement and intel3 ligenee authorities in efforts to eombat illi(~it tobaeeo 

4 trafficking· networks operating outside the Cnited 

5 States. 

6 ( 4) Recounnemlations for legislative or adminis7 trative action needed to address the threat of illicit 

8 tohae(~O traffieking networks. 

9 (c) APPROPRL~TE COKGRESSIO~AL CO!VDIITTEES DE-

] 0 FTKED.-Tn this section, the term "appropriate congTes11 sional committees" means12 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

13 Comrnittee on Armed Serviees, the Committee on 

14 Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, 

15 the Committee on Finaneial Servi(~es, and the Corn16 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep17 resentatives; and 

18 (2) the Committee on J<'oreign Relations, the 

19 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

20 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the 

21 Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 

22 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Com23 mittee on Finance of the Senate. 
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2 

TITLE III-GENERAL 

PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 301. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 

4 (a) lK GENERAL.-The President shall, not later 

5 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of tlris Act, 

6 prescribe regulations as necessary for the implementation 

7 of this Act and the amendments made by tlris Act. 

8 (b) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.-1\ot later than 10 

9 !lays before the pres<~ription of regulations under sub10 section (a), the President shall brief the appropriate con-

]] gTessional committees of the proposed regulations and the 

12 provisions of this Act and the amendments made by tlris 

13 Act that the reg11lations are implementing. 

14 (<~) ArrRorRL~TE C\)KCmEssm~AL COlVDHTTEES DE15 FIKED.-In this section, the term "appropriate congres16 sional <~ommittees" rneans17 ( 1) the Committee on l<'oreign "Affairs and the 

18 Committee on Financial Sen~ces of the House of 

19 Representatives; and 

20 (2) the Committee on Foreign Helations and 

21 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af22 fairs of the Senate. 
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1 SEC. 302. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES; JUDICIAL RE2 VIEW; EXEMPTIONS. 

3 (a) l~ GJ:<;KE&4.L.-'l'itlc l of the Hi~ballah lutel·-

4 national Finaneing Prevention Aet of 2015 (Publie TJaw 

5 114-102; 50 C.S.C. 1701 note), as ameuded by sectiou 

6 10:3 of this Aet, is further amended by adding at the end 

7 the following: 

8 "SEC. 104. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES; JUDICIAL RE9 VIEW; EXEMPTIONS; RULE OF CONSTRUC10 TION. 

11 "(a) IMPLE:\IENTATIOK.-The President mayexereise 

12 all authorities provicled under seetions 203 and 205 of the 

13 International Emergeney Eeonomie Powers Aet (50 

14 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to earryout seetions 101 aml10:3. 

15 "(b) PE~ALTIES.-The penalties provided for in sub16 seetions (b) and (e) of seetion 206 of the International 

17 Emergeney E(~onomie Powers Ad (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 

18 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, eon19 spires to \~olate, or eauses a \~olation of regulations pre20 seribed to carry out section 101 or 103 to the same extent 

21 that sueh penalties apply to a person that eommits an un22 lmvful ad deserihed in subse(~tion (a) of s1wh se(~tion 206. 

23 "(e) PROCEDURES FOR .JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CLAS24 SIFTED TKFOK\TATT0~.-

25 "(1) lN CmNERAL.-lf a finding, or a prohibi26 tion, eomlition, or penalty imposed as a result of any 
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sueh finding, is based on dassifie!l information (as 

2 defined in section 1(a) of the Classified Information 

3 PnH~edures Ad (18 U.S.C. App.)) and a (~omi, re4 views the finding or the imposition of the prohibi5 tion, comlition, or penalty, the President may subrnit 

6 such information to the court ex parte and in cam7 era. 

8 "(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.-Nothing in 

9 this subsection shall be constlued to confer or imply 

10 any right to judieial rev-iew of any fimling umler sec11 tion 101 or 103 or any prohibition, condition, or 

12 penalty imposed as a result of any such finding. 

13 "(d) EXE}IPTIOKS.-The following aetivities shall he 

14 exempt from sections 101 and103: 

15 "(1) Any authorized intelligenee, law enfon~e16 ment, or national security activities of the C nited 

17 States. 

18 "(2) ~\ny transaction necessary to comply with 

19 United States obligations under the Agreement be20 tween the United Nations and the rnited States of 

21 America regarding the Headquarters of the rnited 

22 States, signed at Lake Suecess ,June 2G, 1947, and 

23 entered into force November 21, 1947, or under the 

24 Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 

25 April 24, 19G3, aml entered into foree Mareh 19, 
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1967, or any other 1~nited States international 

2 agreement. 

3 "(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.-Nothing in seetion 

4 101 or 103 shall be construed to limit the authority of 

5 the Presiclent under the Tntemational Emergency Eco6 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or under any 

7 other provision of law.". 

8 (h) CLERICAL AlVIENDMENT.-The table of eontents 

9 for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 

10 of 2015 is amended by inserting after the item relating 

11 to section 103, as added by section 103(b) of this Act, 

12 the following new item: 

"Stx:. 104. lrnplernentation; penalties; judieial re\~ew; exemptions; n1le of eonstnH:tion•·. 
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AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT IN THE 

NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 3329 

OFFERED BY MR. BRENDAN F. BOYLE OF 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Page 1:3, strike lines 1 through 11 and insert the 

follmving: 

1 "(2) AGENCY OR 11\S'l'RUNilll\'l'ALl'l'Y DE2 SCRIBED.-An agency or instrumentality of a for3 eign state described in this paragraph is an agency 

4 or instrumentality of a foreign state that the Presi5 dent cletermines has, on or after the date of the en6 actrnent of this section, knowingly-

? "(A) directly or indirectly conducted com8 hat operationH vvith, or supporte!l (~ombat oper9 ations of, Hizballah or an entity owned or con-

] 0 trolled by TTi7.ballah; or 

11 "(B) directly or indirectly provided signifi12 cant financial or material support for, or sig13 nifieant arrnH or related material to, Hizhallah 

14 or an entity ovvned or controlled by Hizballah.". 

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AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT IN THE 

NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 3329 

OFFERED BY MR. CICILLINE OF RHODE ISLAND 

Page 19, before line 1, insert the following: 

1 (c) REPORT 0~ SIGNIFICAKT lVL~TERIAL SUPPORT 

2 A~~~D ARMS OR RELATED lVL~TERIEL PROV1DED BY THE 

3 RussiAN 11'EDERAT10~ TO Hl:6BALLAH.-

4 (1) lK GENERAL.-Not later than 120 days 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

6 President shall submit to the appropriate cungres7 sional cornmittees a report that contains the fol8 lowing: 

9 (A) A description of significant material 

10 ~npport ana arms or related material that the 

11 Government uf the Russian Pederatiun has, on 

12 or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

13 knovvingly, directly or indirectly, provided to 

14 Hizballah or an entity owned or controlled by 

15 Hizballah. 

16 (B) An analysis of the extent tu which 

17 Russian strategic weapons deployed m Syria, 

18 including air defense systems, have provided 

19 protection for TTi7.ballah fighters in Syria. 
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(C) An assessment of whether Russian 

2 counter-proliferation safeguards can ensure that 

3 any arms or related materiel des(~ribed in para4 graph ( 1) will not be used against Israel in the 

5 future. 

6 (2) FOK\1.-'l'he report required by subsection 

7 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

8 im~lude a elassified annex. 

9 (3) DEFINITIONS.-In this section: 

10 (A) APPROPRTATR CXl~Cm.RSSTONATJ COM11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

lVll'l"l'EES.-'l'he tenn "appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 

Foreign Mfairs of the House of Representatives 

and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

Senate. 

(B) .LWNlS OR REh~TED 1\iA'l'ERIAL.-'l'he 

term "arms or related material'' has the meanmg gwen such term in section 103 of the 

Hizballah International Financing Prevention 

Act of 2015, as added by section 1 03 of this 

Act. 
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AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT IN THE 

NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 3329 

OFFERED BY MR. DUNCAN OF SOUTH CAROLINA 

At the end of title l, insert the following: 

1 SEC. 105. UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO PREVENT HOSTILE 

2 ACTIVITIES BY IRAN AND DISRUPT AND DE3 GRADE HIZBALLAH'S ILLICIT NETWORKS IN 

4 THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. 

5 (a) TN GRNRR.Ah-Kot later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

7 shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a 

8 strategy to prevent hostile aetivities by Iran and disrupt 

9 and degrade Hizballah's illicit networks in the ·western 

10 HemiHphere that11 (1) identifies Department of State priorities, in 

12 coordination v.~th other executive branch agencies, 

13 for definiug U nitecl States policy to protect C nitecl 

14 States interests from Iranian and Hizballah threats 

15 in the ·weHtern HerniHphere; 

16 ( 2) coordinates with other executive branch 

17 agencies to ensure that information-sharing, interIS dictions, arrests, investigations, indictments, sanc19 tions, and designations related to TTi:T.ballah individ-
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ual~ or network~ in the \Vestern Herni~phere are in2 tegrated, coordinated, and publicly communicated by 

3 the United States in a manner that ~upports T~nited 

4 States interests; 

5 (3) describes Iranian and TTi7.ballah activ-ities in 

6 the Western Hemisphere, their relationships vvith 

7 transnational criminal organizations in the region, 

8 their use of the region'~ <~ommo<litie~ trade to engage 

9 in illicit activities, and their use of Latin American 

10 and Caribbean v-isas, including through Citi:1.enship 

11 by Investment Programs to seek admittance into the 

12 United States, as well as a plan to address any secu13 rity vnlnerabilitie~ to the Unite<l State~; 

14 ( 4) includes a review of all relevant rnited 

15 State~ ~andions that relate to Hizhallah'~ adivitie~ 

16 in Latin l'unerica and the Caribbean and an assess17 ment of their use, effectiveness, and any capability 

18 gaps; 

19 ( 5) includes a review of the use of the Depart20 ment of State's rewards progTam under section :36 

21 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act (22 

22 U.S.C. 2708) to obtain information related to Latin 

23 1\..merica-bascd Hi11ballah operatives and illicit net24 works and an assessment of the effectiveness of this 
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prognun for targeting Hizhallah 1n the vV estern 

2 Hemisphere; 

3 ( 6) indudes a rev1ew of all relevant 1~ nited 

4 States sanctions on financial institutions in Latin 

5 America aml the Caribbean that engage in activities 

6 outlined by section 102 of Hizballah International 

7 Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-

8 102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) and an assessment of the 

9 use of the authorities outlined, their effectiveness, 

10 aml recommendations for improvement; 

11 (7) describes Hizballah criminal support net12 works, including country facilitation, in the \Vestern 

13 Hemisphere and outlines a Unite!l States approaeh 

14 to partners in the region to address those illicit net15 works and build eountry <~apa<~ity to eombat the 

16 transnational criminal activities of Hizballah; and 

17 (8) includes a review of the actions of governIS ments in the Western Hemisphere to identi~y, inves19 tigate, and prosecute Latin America-based Hizballah 

20 operatives, and enforce sanctions either personally or 

21 to their business interests of Latin America-based 

22 Hizballah operatives as well as recommendations for 

23 United States action tovvards governments who 

24 refuse to impose sanctions or who willingly facilitate 

25 TJatin America-based TTizballah illicit activities. 
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(h) FORlvi.-The strategy re<plired by subsection (a) 

2 shall be submitted in unclassified form to the gTeatest ex3 tent possible hut may indude a dassified annex. 

4 (c) DIPLOlVL~l'lC ENGAGEMBI\'1'.-

5 (1) TN (JR~Rl\.i\TJ.-Title T of the TTi:d)allah 

6 International 11'inancing Prevention Act of 2015 

7 (Public Law 114--102; 129 Stat. 2206; 50 U.S.C. 

8 1701 note), as amended by section 10:1 of this Act, 

9 is fmther amended by adding at the end the folIO lmving: 

11 "SEC. 104. DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES. 

12 "Not later than 90 days after the elate of the enact13 ment of this sedion, the President shall instnwt14 "(1) the Secretary of State to increase coopera15 tion with <~ountries in the \Vestern Hemisphere to 

16 assist in strengthening the capacity of governments 

17 to prevent hostile activity by Iran and disrupt and 

18 degrade Hizballah's illicit networks operating in the 

19 region, including diplomatic engagement that in20 volves21 "(A) efforts to target and e:x'J)ose illicit net22 works, arrest perpetrators, freeze assets, and 

23 attack Iran and Hizballah's usc of illicit nct24 works using international trade and banking 

25 systems; 
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"(B) efforts to revoke or deny visas from 

2 those implieated in Hizballah's aetivity in the 

3 region, im~luding- lw.vyers, aeeountants, business 

4 partners, serviee providers, and politieians who 

5 knov.~ngly faeilitate or fail to take measures to 

6 eounter Hizballah's illieit finanee iu their own 

7 jurisclietions; 

8 " (C) efforts to assist >villing- nations with 

9 the development of eounter-organized m·ime leg-

] 0 islation, the strengthening of finaneial inves11 tigative capacity, and a fully-vetted counter-or12 gani>~ed erime judieial model in plaees plagued 

13 with (~orrnption; and 

14 "(D) efforts to persuade governments in 

15 the region to list Hizballah as a terrorist orga16 nization; 

17 "(2) the United States Permanent Representa18 tive to the Organization of .L\.:merican States to work 

19 to seeure support at the Organization of American 

20 States for a resolution that would deelare TTi>~ballah 

21 as a terrorist organization and address Hizballah's 

22 illicit networks operating in the region; 

23 "(3) the United States Ambassador to the Or24 ganization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 

25 (OSCE) to work to seeure a report on eomplianee by 
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partieipating- states ~with OSCE De<~ision Number 

2 1063, the 'Consolidated Framework for the Fight 

3 Against Terrorism', in reg-ard to Hizballah, with 

4 particular focus on the mandate to 'suppress the fi5 nancing of terrorism, including its links >vith money6 laundering and illegal economic activities', especially 

7 as it relates transatlantic relations, including vvith 

8 Latin Ameriea and the Caribbean; and 

9 "(4) United States diplomats to work with 

10 international forums, ineluding the Finaneial Action 

11 Task l<'orce, to identi~y government entities within 

12 TJatin America and the Caribbean that prn\~de sup13 port, faeilitation, or assistan<~e to individuals affili14 ated \vith Hizballah in the \Vestern Hemisphere.". 

15 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMEKT.-The table of eon16 tents for the Hi11ballah International l<'inancing Pre17 vention Act of 2015 is amended by inserting after 

18 the item related to section 103 the following new 

19 item: 

"Sec. 104. Diplomatic initiatives.''. 

Page :31, beginning on line 5, strike "as amended by 

section 103 of this Act" and insert "as amended by sections 103 and 105 of this Act". 

Page 31, line 8, redesignate section 104 as section 

105. 
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Page :1:1, beginning on line 11, strike "sed,ion 10:1, 

as added by section 103(b) of this Act" and insert "section 104, as added by sed,ion 105(e) of this Aet". 

Page 33, after liue 12, redesignate the item relating 

to section 104 of the Hizballah International Financing 

Prevention Act of 2015 as the item relating to section 

105 of the Hizballah International Financing Prevention 

Act of 2015. 
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AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT IN THE 

NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 3329 

OFFERED BY Ms. Ros-LEHTINEN OF FLORIDA 

At the end of section 102, add the follovving: 

1 (c) lVIODIFICATIOK OF DEFIKITION OF 

2 HIZBALLAH.-Clause (ii) of section 102(f)(1)(E) of the 

3 Hizballah International 11\narwing Prevention Act of 2015 

4 (Publie Law 114-102: 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amend5 ecl6 (1) by striking "(I)" and inserting "(I)(aa)"; 

7 (2) by striking "(IT)" and inserting "(bb)"; 

8 (3) by striking "of Hizballah.'' and inserting 

9 "of Hizballah: or": and 

10 ( 4) by a!l!ling at the end the follo'.ving: 

11 "(Ill) who the President deter12 mines is an agent or affiliate of, or is 

13 owned or controlled by Hizballah.". 

14 (d) R.EPORT.-

15 (1) IK cmNERAL.-Not later than 120 days 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

17 Presiclent shall transmit to the appropriate congres18 sional eommittee a report that contains a description 

19 of any sanctions deseribed in section 1 02 of the 
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Hizhallah International Finaneing Prevention A(~t of 

2 2015 (Public. Law 114-102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 

3 apply >vith re~pe(~t to a foreign finaneial in~titution 

4 by reason of engaging in an ac.tivity described in 

5 subsection (a)(2) of such section \'vith a member of 

6 the Lebanese parliameut or any cabinet official of 

7 the Lebanese R,epublic. who IS a member of 

8 Hizhallah or identifie~ a~ ~ll(~lL 

9 ( 2) FORM.-The determination described in 

10 paragTaph (A) shall be transmitted in unclassified 

11 form and may contain a clm;sified annex. 
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AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT IN THE 

NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 3329 

OFFERED BY MR. SCHNEIDER OF ILLINOIS 

Page 12, line 19, strike "120 days" aud insert "90 

clays". 

Page 16, after line 13, insert the follmving: 

"(cl) RRPOR.T ON SUPPT,Y CnATN OF TTr;~;nAT,Tu\TT'S 

2 lVliSSlLJ£ PRODUC'l'lOI\ l<'AClLlTlES.-

3 "(1) T~ GRNRRAh-Not later than 120 clays 

4 after the date of the emwtment of this su1n·>e(~tion, 

5 the President shall submit to the appropriate con6 gTessional (~ommittees a report that eontains the fol7 lowing: 

8 "(A) ~~l analysis of the foreign and domes9 

10 

II 

12 

13 

14 

15 

tic supply chain that significantly facilitates, 

supports, or otherwise aids Hizballah's acquisition or development of missile production facilities. 

"(B) A description of the geographic distribution of the foreign and domestic supply 

chain described in subparagTaph (A). 
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4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

2 

"(C) An asses~·nnent of the pruv1s10n of 

goods, services, or technology transferred to 

Hizballah by the Government of Iran or its affiliates to indigenously manufacture or otherwise produce missiles. 

"(D) An identification of foreign persons 

that have, on or after the date of the enactment 

of this subseetion, and based on eredible evidence-

"(i) knoV\~ngly prm~ded significant financial or material support for, or significant arms or related material to, Hihballah 

or an entity owned or <~<mtrolled by 

Hizballah; or 

15 "(ii) knovving-ly faeilitated the transfer 

16 of significant arms or related materiel to 

17 Hizballah utilizing commercial aircraft or 

18 mr earners. 

19 "(E) A description of the steps that the 

20 President is taking to disrupt the foreign and 

21 domestic supply chain described in subpara22 graph (A). 

23 "(2) FORM.-The report required under para24 graph ( 1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

25 but may contain a classified annex.". 
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lli'im CONORE88 

hn' 8B8Sl0!\ H.R.3342 

To impose smwtions on fon~ign persons that are responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights by reason of the LISe 

by Hi:oballah of civilians as human shields, and for other purposes. 

IK THE HOUSE OF REPRESE~TATIVES 

.Jl:LY 30, 2017 

.\'Jr. GAT.T.AGHER. (for hims,•lf, lVlr. :'-\nO!I:OL Mr. Row:e: of California, .Vlr. H.osKUf, aml Mr. EKGELI introdm·<~d the following hill; w1Jid1 was referred 

to the Commi!Lee on Foreign 1lifairs, and in addition lo !he Committee 

on the .Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in earh case for consideration of sud1 provisions as fall within 

tlw jnrisdidion of the <•ommittee <OOJWf~nwd 

A BILL 

To unpose sanctions on foreign persons that are responsible 

fm gross violations of internationally recogaized humau 

rights by reason of the use by TTizballah of civilians 

as human shields, and for other purposes. 

1 Be 1.l enacted by the 8enalc and House of Represent a2 hves ofthe Undecl 8tates ofA_mm·l:ca in 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ''Sanctioning 

5 TTizballah's Tilicit Use of Civ-ilians as Defenseless Shields 

6 Act". 
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 CongreHs findH the following: 

3 (1) Human shields arc c·ivilians, pnsoncrs of 

4 war, and other noneombatants whose presence is de5 signed to protect combatants and militm-y ol~jects 

6 from attack, and the use of human shields ~violates 

7 international law. 

8 ( 2) Throughout the 2006 conflict with the State 

9 of Israel, Hizballah forces utilized human shields to 

10 protect themselves from counterattacks by Israeli 

11 forces, including storing weapons inside civilian 

12 homes and firing rockets from insirle populated civil13 1an areas. 

14 (3) TTi:T.ballah has rearmed to inelude an arsenal 

15 of over 150,000 missiles, and other destabilizing 

16 weapons provided by the S:rTian and Iranian govern17 rnent.H, whieh are eoneealed in Shiite villageN in 

18 southern Lebanon, often beneath eivilian infrastlue19 ture. 

20 ( 4) Hizballah is legally required to disarm 

21 under both rnitecl Nations Seeurity Council R.esolu22 tion 1701 (2006) and the Taif AgTeement (HlR0). 

23 ( 5) Hizballah maintains an armed Inilitmy foree 

24 >vithin TJebanon's sovereign tPrritory in direet viola25 tion of United 1\ations Security Couneil l~csolutions 

26 1559 (2004) and 1680 (2006), thus preventing Leh-
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anon from exerting its lavvful <'ontrol over its inter2 nationally reeognizecl borders. 

3 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

4 It shall be the policy of the United States to eousider 

5 the use of human shields by Hi11ballah as a gross violation 

6 of intematioually reeogni~ed humau rights, to officially 

7 and publicly condemn the use of innoeent civilians as 

8 human shields hy Hizhallah, aml to take effe<·tive aetion 

9 against those that engage in the grave breach of interl 0 national lmv through the use of human shields. 

11 SEC. 4. UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. 

12 The President should direct the United States Per13 manent Representative to the T~ nited Nations to use the 

14 voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 

15 United Kations Seeurity Council to seeure support for a 

16 resolutiou that would impose multilateral sanc.tions 

17 against Hizballah for its use of civilians as human shields. 

18 SEC. 5. IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN PERSONS THAT ARE 

19 

20 

RESPONSIBLE FOR GROSS VIOLATIONS OF 

INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HUMAN 

21 RIGHTS BY REASON OF USE BY HIZBALLAH 

22 OF CIVILIANS AS HUMAN SHIELDS. 

23 (a) II\ GENERAL.-The President shall impose sanc24 tions described in subsection (c) with respeet to eaeh per25 son on the list required under subsection (b). 
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(h) LIST.-

2 (1) I:t\ GENERAL.-Not later than 120 days 

3 after the aate of the enaetment of this Ad, the 

4 President shall transmit to the appropriate eongres5 sional c-ommittees a list of the follov.~ng: 

6 (A) Eaeh foreign persou that the Prcsicleut 

7 determines, based on credible evidenee, is a 

8 member of Hizballah, or ading on behalf of 

9 Hizballah, that is responsible for or complicit 

l 0 in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or 

11 otherwise directing, the use of civiliaus as 

12 human shields. 

13 (B) Eaeh foreign person, or ageney or In14 strumentality of a foreign state, that the Presi15 dent determines has prov:iaed, attempted to pro16 vide, or sig-uificantly facilitated the provisiou of, 

17 material support to a person described in snb18 paragraph (A). 

19 (2) UPDATES.-The President shall transmit to 

20 the appropriate congressional committees an npclate 

21 of the list required under paragraph ( 1) as new in22 formation becomes available. 

23 (c) SANCTlONS DESCI:t1BED.-The sanctions to be 

24 imposed on a foreign person or an agency or instrumen-
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tality of a foreign state on the list required under sub2 section (b) are the follovving: 

3 (1) BLOCKINC+ OF PROPERTY.-The President 

4 shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi5 dent under the International Emergency Economic 

6 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 ct seq.) to the extent 

7 necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 

8 property aml interestH in property of the foreign per9 son or of such agency or instnunentality of a foreign 

l 0 state if such property or interests in property are in 

11 the United States, come within the United States, or 

12 are or come ·within the possession or eontrol of a 

13 Unitea States person. 

14 (2) .tUIE)l"S INELIGIBLE FOR V1SAS, AIHIISSIO)l", 

15 OR PAHOLE.-

16 (A) VISAS, ADlVllSSION, OK PAROLK-An 

17 alien who the Secretary of State or the SecIS retary of Homeland Security (or a designee of 

19 one of sueh Secretaries) who is a foreign person 

20 on the list required under subsection (b) is21 (i) inadmissible to the United States; 

22 (ii) ineligible to receive a \':isa or other 

23 documentation to cuter the U nitcd States; 

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(iii) otherYvise ineligible to he admitted 

or paroled into the United States or to re-

<~eive any other benefit under the Immigratiou allCl Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

seq.). 

(B) CUI:U:tEJ\'1' VlSAS REVOK~D.-

(i) lK GENERAL.-The issuing consular offi<~er, the Seeretary of State, or the 

Secretary of Homeland Seeurity (or a designee of one of such Seeretaries) shall revoke any visa or othe1· entr.Y documeutatiou 

issued to an alien who is a foreig·n person 

on the list re<plired under snlmedion (b) 

regardless of when sueh visa or other entry 

do<mmentation was issued. 

(ii) EJ:<'FEC'l' Q}' 1\.EVOCA'l'lO~.-A revocation under clause (i)-

(1) shall take effect immediately; 

and 

(IT) shall automatieally eancel 

any other valid visa or entry doeumentation that is in the possession of 

the alien who is the sul:(jcct of such 

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(:1) PEKALTIES.-The penalties provided for in 

2 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter3 national Emergeney Eeonomie Powers Aet (50 

4 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that knowingly 

5 ~~olates, attempts to violate, conspires to v~olate, or 

6 causes a violation of regulations promulgated to 

7 carry out this section to the same extent that such 

8 penalties appl~r to a person that knowingly eornrnits 

9 an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of sueh 

10 Act. 

11 ( 4) RI£GULATORY AUTHORlTY.-

12 (A) I~ GF:KER.AL.-l'he President may ex13 ereise all authorities provided to the President 

14 under sections 203 and 205 of the International 

15 Ernergen(~y Eeonomie Powers Ad (50 U.S.C. 

16 1702 and 1704) for purposes of carrying out 

17 this seetion. 

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(B) lSSUi'u'K'E 01<' REGULATlO~S.-Not 

later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall, promulgate regulations as necessary for the implementation of this section and the amendments made 

by this section. 

(C) NOTIFICATIO~ TO CONGR.ESS.-Not 

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regulations under snhparagn1.ph (B), the Presi2 dent shall brief the appropriate eongressional 

3 eornrnittees on the proposed regulations and the 

4 provisions of this seetion that the regulations 

5 are implementing. 

6 (5) HULl£ OF CONS'l'RCCTlO~.-~othing in this 

7 seetion may be construed to limit the authority of 

8 the President pursuant to the International Erner9 geney Economic. Powers Aet (50 CS.C. 1701 et 

10 seq.) or any other relevant provision of law. 

11 (d) W AlVJ£R.-The President may waive the applica12 tion of sanetions umler this section for periods not to ex13 eeed 120 days with respeet to a foreign person, or an agen14 ey or instrumentality of a foreign state, if the President 

15 reports to the appropriate (~(mgressional eommittees that 

16 such waiver is vital to the national security interests of 

17 the United States. 

18 (e) EXEJ1P'l'l01\S.-~\ny activity subjeet to the repcnt19 mg requirements under title V of the National Seeurity 

20 Aet of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or to any authori7.ed 

21 intelligenee aetivities of the United States. 

22 SEC. 6. REPORT. 

23 (a) REPORT.-Not later than 180 days after the date 

24 of the enactment of this Aet, the President shall submit 

25 to the appropriate eongressional committees a report eon-
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taining a aeterrnination on whether eaeh penmn deseribed 

2 in subsection (b) meets the criteria described in subpara3 graph (A) or (B) of se('tion 5(b)(l). 

4 (b) PBRSO~S DESCRlBim.-The persons deseribed iu 

5 this subsection are the following: 

6 (1) The Seeretary General of Hizballah. 

7 (2) :Yiembers of the Hizballah Politburo. 

8 ( 0) A11v other senior members of Hizhallah or 

9 other associated entities that the President deter-

] 0 mines to be appropriate. 

11 ( 4) .:\.ny person, or ageney or instrumentality of 

12 a foreign state that the President determines pro13 vides material support to Hizballah that supports its 

14 use of civilians as human shields. 

15 (e) FORM OF REPORT: PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.-

16 (1) J<'ORl\1.-'l'hc report required under sub17 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

18 but may eontain a classified annex. 

19 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.-The unclassified 

20 portion of such report shall be made available to the 

21 public and posted on the internet website of the De22 partment of State23 (A) in English, Farsi, ~~rabic, and ~Azcri; 

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(B) in pre-eompreHsed, eaHily dovvnloadable 

verswns that are made available in all appropriate formatH. 

4 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) i\DlVll'l"l'ED; ALIEN.-The terms "admitted" 

7 and "alien" have the meanings given such terms in 

8 se<'tion 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Aet 

9 (8 U.S.C. 1101). 

10 (2) AGR:..TCY OR. TNSTTIUl\fRNT;\T,TTY OF c\ FORII ElG.K S'l'A'l'E.-'l'he term "agency or instrumeutality 

12 of a foreign state" has the meaning given such term 

13 1n sedion 160:1(h) of title 28, United States Code. 

I4 ( 3) APPROPRUTE CO:..TGRESSIONAL COlVI.\IIT15 TEES.-In this sedion, the term "appropriate wnI6 gressicmal committees" meansI7 (A) the Committee on Financial Senrices 

I8 aud the Committee on Poreign .Affairs of the 

I9 House of Representatives; and 

20 (D) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

2I and Urban Affairs and the Committee on For22 eign Relations of the Senate. 

23 ( 4) FOREIGN PERSON.-The term "foreign per24 son" means any citizen or national of a foreign 

25 country, or any entity not organi7.ed solely under the 
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laws of the United States or existing solely in the 

2 United States. 

3 ( 5) FCJREH+~ STATE.-The term "foreign state" 

4 has the meaning given such term in section 1603(a) 

5 of title 28, United States Code. 

6 (6) U~lTED STATES PERSOI\.-'l'he term 

7 "United States person" means any United States 

8 eitizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized 

9 under the laws of the United States (including for-

] 0 eign branches), or any person in the rnited States. 

11 (7) Hl~BALLAH.-'l'he term "Hizballah" 

12 means13 (A) the entity known as Hizhallah and des14 ignated by the Secretary of State as a foreign 

15 terrorist organization pursuant to sedion 219 

16 of the lmmigratiou and Nationality Act (8 

17 U.S.C. 1189); or 

18 (B) any persou19 (i) the property or interests m prop20 erty of vvhich are blocked pursuant to the 

21 International Emergency Economic Powers 

22 Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

23 (ii) who is identified 011 the list of spe24 cially designated nationals and blocked 

25 persons maintained by the Office of For-
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eigTl Assets Control of the Department of 

2 the Treasury as an agent, instrumentality, 

3 or affiliate of Hizballah. 
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lli'im CONGRESS 

hn 8JoJSSIOt\ H.R.3445 

To enh:uwe the transpareney and ;weeJerate the impaet of programs nuder 

the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the lVIillewtimn Challenge 

Corporation, and [or other purposes. 

IK THE HOUSE OF REPRESE~TATIVES 

Jl.~LY '27, 2017 

.Vlr. ROYCR of California (for himself, Mr. I~NORT,, lVIr. 8MT'I'H of New ,Jersey, 

and JVIs. BASS) inrr<Hlueed the following bilL whieh was referre<! to the 

Committee ou Foreigu Aliairs 

A BILL 

To enhance the transparency and accelerate the impact of 

programs under the African Growth and Opportunity 

Ad and the Millennium Challenge CoqJOration, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be d enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 fives !!{'the ·unded States !{{ Arnen:m in Congress assenibl(:d, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the "African Gruvv't.h and 

5 Opportunity Act and l\iillennium Challenge Aet Mod6 erni~ation Act" or the "AGOA ancl MCA ::\foclerni~ation 

7 Ad". 
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1 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 The table of eontents for this Aet is as follo;,vs: 

Sec. 1. Shod Litle. 

Sec. 2. Table of eonLent.s. 

TITLE I-E::-,'HA-''CEMEKT OF THE AFRICA.\J GROWTH AND 

OPPORTUNITY ACT 

See. 1 01. Statement of policy. 

See. 1 02. Activities in support of transparency. 

See. 1 0:3. Activities in support of trade ~apacity building. 

Se<o. lOil. Eligihk sub-Saharan Afr-i~an country. 

TITLE IJ-}IODERNIZATION OF THE MILI,EKNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORI'OR.~TIO'.J 

fkc. 201. 

fkc. 202. 

See. 20:3. 

Sec. 204. 

Sec. 205. 

Sec. 206. 

Sec. 207. 

See. 208. 

Candidacy status. 

Carryover authoriTy for privaw-s!'ct.or mc:mhr:rs of hoard of direetors. 

Additional reporting to the board on the treatment of civil society in 

an eligible country. 

Concurrent compacts under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003. 

Public notific-ation of entering into a compact. 

Disclosure. 

Restriction on the use of assistance under section 616. 

Study on sulmationa.l eompaets. 

3 TITLE I-ENHANCEMENT OF THE 

4 AFRICAN GROWTH AND OP5 PORTUNITY ACT 

6 SEC. 101. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

7 It is the policy of the U tilted States to support efforts 

8 to9 (1) improve the rule of law, promote free aml 

10 fair elections, strengthen and expand the private sec11 tor, aml fight eorruption in snh-Snharan Afriea: and 

12 ( 2) promote the role of women in social, polit13 ical, and economic clevelopment in sub-Saharan Afri14 ca. 
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1 SEC. 102. ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF TRANSPARENCY. 

2 (a) AGOA WEBSITE.-

3 (1) lN GI£~1<.:RAL.-'l'he President shall establish 

4 a puhliely available internet website for the eolleetion 

5 aud dissemination of information reganlin~r the ~liri6 ean Growth and Oppmiunity Aet (in this section re7 ferred to as the "AGOA Website"). 

8 (2) CONTENTS.-The President shaH publish on 

9 the AGOA \Vebsite the information described in 

10 paragraph ( 1), including11 (A) information and technieal assistance 

12 provided at United States Agency for Tnter13 national Development regional trade hubs; and 

14 (D) a link to the internet \Vebsites of 

15 United States embassies located in eligible sub16 Saharan African countries. 

17 ACTIONS BY UNITED STATES EMBASSIES.-

18 The Secretary of State should direct United States 

19 embassies located in eligible sub-Saharan African 

20 countries to---

21 (A) promote the use by such countries of 

22 the benefits available umler the Afriean Growth 

23 and Opportunity Act (Hl U.S.C. :3701 et seq.); 

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(B) inelmle on the internet vvehsites of 

2 such diplomatic nusswns a link to the AGOA 

3 Website. 

4 (b) AGOA PC>RUlVL-'l'he President should, after 

5 each meeting of the United States-Sub-Saharan Africa 

6 Trade and Economic Cooperation 11'orum, publish on the 

7 AGOA Website established under subsection (a) the fol8 lowing-: 

9 ( 1) The outcomes of the meeting of the Fonun, 

l 0 including any commitments made by member coun11 tries aud the private sector. 

12 (2) An assessment of progress made \'vith re13 sped, to any eommitments made by member eoun14 tries and the private sector from the previous meet15 ing of the Forum. 

16 (e) 0TH~R ll\J<'OlUL'\'1'101\.-The President should 

17 disseminate information required by this section in a dig18 ital format to the public and publish sueh information on 

19 the AGOA Website established under subsection (a). 

20 SEC. 103. ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF TRADE CAPACITY 

21 BUILDING. 

22 The President should take the following actions: 

23 (1) Developing and implementing policies to-
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(A) eneourage and faeilitate <•ross-honnd2 ary cooperation among eligible sub-Saharan Af3 riean eountries in order to fa<~ilitate trade; and 

4 (B) encourage the provision of technical 

5 assistance to eligible sub-Saharan African conn6 tries to establish and sustain adequate trade ca7 pacity development. 

8 (2) Providing spe('.ifie training for businesses in 

9 eligible sub-Saharan African countries and govern-

] 0 ment trade officials of such countries on aceessing 

11 the benefits under the African Growth and Oppor12 tunity Act and other trade preference programs. 

13 (:1) Providing eapaeity building for African en14 trepreneurs and trade associations on production 

15 strategies, <pmlity standards, formation of eoopera16 tives, market rcseareh, and market development. 

17 ( 4) Providing capacity building training to pro18 mote diversification of 1V'rican products and value19 added proeessing. 

20 (5) Providing capacity builcling and technical 

21 assistanee funding for African businesses and insti22 tutions to help such businesses and institutions eom23 ply ·with L'nited States counterterrorism initiatives 

24 and policies. 
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1 SEC. 104. ELIGIBLE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRY. 

2 In this title, the term "eligible sub-Saharan Afri(~an 

3 couutry'' means a country that the President has deter4 mined meets the eligibility requirements set forth i11 sec5 tion 104 of the "African Growth and Opportunity l""et (19 

6 U.S.C. :370:3). 

7 TITLE II-MODERNIZATION OF 

8 THE MILLENNIUM CHAL9 LENGE CORPORATION 

10 SEC. 201. CANDIDACY STATUS. 

11 (a) Low INCG:\IE COUNTRIES.-Seetiun GOG(a) of the 

12 Mille1111ium Challenge Act of 200;3 (22 U.S.C. 7705(a)) 

13 is amended14 (1) in paragraph (1 )(D), by striking and 

15 inserting ''( 4)"; 

16 (2) in paragraph (2)-

17 (A) by amending- the paragraph heading to 

18 read as follows: "FISCAL r~ARS 2005 THROUGH 

19 2012"; and 

20 (B) by striking "fiscal year 2005 or a sub21 sequent fiscal year'' and inserting "each of fis22 eal years 2005 through 2012''; 

23 (3) by redesignating paragraph (:3) as para24 graph ( 4); a11d 

25 ( 4) by inscrtiug after paragraph (2) the fol26 lcrwing: 
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"(0) FISCAL l'EAR 201:1 A_c'ID STTBSEQTTE~T FIS2 CAL YEARS.-A country shall be a candidate country 

3 for purposes of eligibility for assistanee for fiseal 

4 year 2013 or a subsequent fiseal year if the eoun5 try6 "(A) has a per capita income uot greater 

7 than the lower middle income country threshold 

8 established by the International Bank for Re9 construction and Development for such fi:scal 

10 year; 

11 "(B) 1s among the 75 counh·ies identified 

12 by the International Bank for Reconstruction 

13 and Development as having the lowest per eap14 ita income; and 

15 "(C) meets the requirements under para16 graph (l)(B).''. 

17 (b) LOWER MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES.-Section 

18 606(b) of the 1\lillenuiurn Challeuge Act of 2003 (22 

19 U.S.C. 7705(b)) is amended20 (1) in paragraph (1 )-

21 (A) by amending the paragraph heading to 

22 read as follows: "FISCAL Y""EARS 2006 THROUGH 

23 

24 

25 

2012": and 

(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

(A), by striking "fiscal year 2006 or a subse-
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quent fiseal year and inse1i.ing "fiseal years 

2 2006 through 2012"; 

3 (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para4 graph (:3); and 

5 (3) by inse1i.ing after paragraph (1) the fol6 lowing: 

7 "(2) FISCAL r'EAR 2013 AN-n SUBSEQUE~T FIS8 CAL l'EARS.-In :HMition to the eountries deseribed 

9 in subsection (a), a country shall be a candidate 

l 0 country for purposes of eligibility for assistance for 

11 fiscal year 2013 or a subsequent fiscal year if the 

12 country--

13 "(A) has a per m1.pita in(~orne not gxeater 

14 than the lower middle income country threshold 

15 established by the International Bank for Re16 construction aud Devclopmeat for the fiscal 

17 year; 

18 "(B) 1s not among the 75 couutries identi19 fied by the International Bank for Reconstmc20 tion and Development as hav-ing the lowest per 

21 capita income; and 

22 "(C) Ineets the requirements under sub23 sectiou (a)(1)(B).". 
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(e) RECLA_"'i8IFICATION.-Se(~tion 606 of the l\!Iillen2 nium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7705) is amend3 ed4 ( 1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub5 section ( cl ); and 

6 ( 2) by inserting after subsec-tion (b) the fol7 lowing: 

8 "(e.) TREATMENT OF CUUNTRIE8 WITH PER CAPITA 

9 INCOJVIE CHA-'WES.-A country qualifY-ing for candidate 

l 0 status under this section "'~th a per capita income that 

11 ehangcs during- the fiscal year such that the country would 

12 be reclassified from a low income country to a lower mid13 dle ineome eonntry or from a lower middle ineome eonntry 

14 to a low income country shall retain its candidacy status 

15 in its former ineorne dassifieation for sneh fiseal year and 

16 the two subsequent fiscal years.". 

17 SEC. 202. CARRYOVER AUTHORITY FOR PRIVATE-SECTOR 

18 MEMBERS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

19 Section 604( c) ( 4) (B) of the Millennium Challenge 

20 Act of 2003 (22 r.S.C. 7703(c)(4)(D)) is amended to read 

21 as follows: 

22 

23 

24 

25 

"(B) OTHER MEMBERS.-Each member of 

the Board described in paragraph ( 3) (B)-

"(i) shall be appointed for a term of 

3 years: 
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"(ii) may h~ reappointed for a term of 

an additional 2 years; and 

"(iii) may eontinue to s~rve m ~aeh 

such appointment until the earlier of-

"(l) the elate on which his or her 

successor is appointed; or 

"(II) the date that 1s one year 

aft~r th~ ~"Allin1tion of his or h~r appointment or reappointment, as the 

case may be.". 

11 SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL REPORTING TO THE BOARD ON THE 

12 TREATMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN AN ELIGI13 BLE COUNTRY. 

14 Section 607 of the ::\fillennium Challenge Act of 20o:3 

15 (22 U.S.C. 7706) is arn~nd~d16 (1) in subsection (b)(l)--

17 (A) in subparagTaph (D), by stril~ing 

18 "and'' at the end; 

19 (B) in subparagnph (E), by adding "and'' 

20 at the end; and 

21 (C) by adding at the end the follmving: 

22 "(F) the quality of the civil society ena23 bling envil"Ollment;' '; 

24 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

25 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 
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( 0) by inserting after subseetion (e) the fol2 lmving: 

3 "(d) REPORTI~f} ON TR,EAT:\'IENT OF CIVIL SOCI4 ETY,-Before the Board selects au eligible eountry for a 

5 Compaet under subsection the Corporation shall pro6 vide informatiou to the Board regarding the country's 

7 treatment of civil society, including classified information, 

8 as appropriate. The information shall indude an assess9 ment and analysis of factors including-

] 0 "(1) any relevant laws governing the formation 

11 or establisluneut of a civil society organi:-mtion, par12 ticularly lmvs intended to curb the activities of for13 eign eivil soeiety organizations; 

14 "(2) any relevant laws governing the operations 

15 of a (•ivil soeiety organization, parti(mlarly those laws 

16 seeking to define or othervvise regulate the actions of 

17 foreign civil society organizations; 

18 " ( 3) laws relating to the legal status of civil so19 ciety organizations, ineluding lmvs ·which effeetively 

20 discriminate against foreign civil society organilm21 tions as eompared to similarly situated domestic or22 ganizations; 

23 "(4) laws regulating the freedom of cxpressiou 

24 and peaceful assembly; and 
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" ( 5) lawi-l regulating the usage of the Internet, 

2 particularly by foreign civil society organizations.''. 

3 SEC. 204. CONCURRENT COMPACTS UNDER THE MILLEN4 NIUM CHALLENGE ACT OF 2003. 

5 (a) T'J GRKER.i\L.-Section 609 of the Millennium 

6 Challenge Aet of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7708) is amended7 

8 

9 

( 1) by striking the first sentence of subsection 

(k); 

( 2) by redesignating subsection ( k) so 

10 amended) as subseetion (1): and 

11 (3) by inserting after subsection (j) the fol12 luwing: 

13 "(k) CONCURRENT COMPACTS.-iill eligible eonntry 

14 that has entered into and has in effect a Compaet under 

15 this !-leetion may enter into and have in effeet at the same 

16 time not more thau one additional Compact iu acconlance 

17 ~with the requirements of this title if18 " ( 1) one or both of the Compacts are or will be 

19 for puqJoses of regional economic integration, in20 creased regional trade, or cross-border collabora21 tions; and 

22 the Board determines that the country is 

23 making considerable aml demonstrable progress in 

24 implementing the terms of the existing Compact and 

25 supplementary agreements thereto.". 
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(h) CONFORl\iiKC} A}LEND}LENT .-Seeti<lll 

2 613(b)(2)(A) of such Act U.S.C. 7712(b)(2)(A)) is 

3 amended by striking "the" before "Compaet" all(l insert4 ing "any''. 

5 (e) APPT,TCADTTJTTY.-The amendments macle by this 

6 section apply ·with respect to Compacts entered into be7 tween the rnited States and an eligible country under the 

8 lVIillenninm Challenge Ad, of 200:1 hefore, on, or after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act. 

J 0 SEC. 205. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF ENTERING INTO A 

11 COMPACT. 

12 Section Gl 0 of the Yfillennium Challenge Act of 2003 

13 (22 U.S.C. 770!1) is amended to read as follows: 

14 "SEC. 610. CONGRESSIONAL AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. 

15 "(a) CONGRESSIONAL COKSULTATIONS AND ~OTIFI16 GA'l'lONS.-

17 "(1) IK GENERAL.-The Board, acting through 

18 the Chief Executive Officer, shall consult with and 

19 notifY the appropriate congressional committees not 

20 later than 15 clays before taking any of the actions 

21 described in paragraph (2). 

22 "(2) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.-The actions de23 scribed in this para~traph are24 "(A) providing assistance fur an eligible 

25 country under section 609(g); 
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"(B) eommenemg negotiationN with an di2 gible eountry to provide assistanee for3 "'(i) a Compact under Ne(~tion 605; or 

4 "(ii) an agreement under seetion 6Hi; 

5 "(C) sig11ing sueh a Compact or agree6 ment; and 

7 "(D) terminating assistance under such a 

8 Compad, or agTeernent. 

9 "(3) ECONG:\IIC JlJ8TIFICATI0:{.-A_ny notifica10 tion relating to the intent to negotiate or sign a 

11 Compaet shall iuclucle a report describing the pro12 jeeted eeonomie justification for the Compaet, in13 elwling, as applieable14 "(A) the e:l<.tJerted econonnc rate of return 

15 of the Compaet; 

16 "(B) a cost-beucfit aualysis of the Com17 pact; 

18 "(C) a description of the impact on benc19 ficiary populations; 

20 "(D) the likelihood that the investment will 

21 catalyze private sector investments; and 

22 "(E) any other applicable economie factors 

23 that justi~y each project to be fuuded uuder 

24 such a Compaet to the extent practicable and 

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"(4) RISK l\IA.N"ACmMENT PLA~ 'T.-Kot .. later than 

2 GO days before signing each concurrent Compact, as 

3 authorized under sedion 609, the Board, ading 

4 through the Chief Executive Offieer, shall consult 

5 •cvith and provide to the appropriate congTessional 

6 committees7 "(A) an assessment and, as appropriate, 

8 the identifi(;ation of potential measures to rniti9 gate risks, ofl 0 "(i) the eountries' eommitment to re11 gional integration and cross-border co12 operation and capacity to carry out eom13 rnitrnents; 

14 "(ii) political and policy risks, includ15 mg risks that eould affed (;ountry eligi16 bility: 

17 "(iii) risks associated with realizing 

18 eeonomie returns; 

19 "(iv) time and completion risks; and 

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6 cross-border cooperation. 

7 "(b) CONGRESSIONAL A~D PUBLIC NOTIFICATIO~ 

8 AFTER ENTERIKC} INTO A COMPACT.-Not later than 10 

9 days after entering into a Compact with an eligible counl 0 try, the Boarcl, acting through the Chief Executive Officer, 

11 shall12 "(1) publish the text of the Compact on the 

13 internet ~website of the Corporation; 

14 "(2) provide the appropriate congressional com15 mittees 'vith a detailed summary of the Compact 

16 aml, upou request, the text of the Compact; and 

17 "(:]) publish in the Federal Register a detailed 

18 suuunar,v of the Compact and a notice of availability 

19 of the te:x't of the Compact on the internet website 

20 of the Corporation.". 

21 SEC. 206. DISCLOSURE. 

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6 day of each fiscal quarter, the Corporatiou''; 

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13 "(h) DISSElVIINATIO~.-The Board, aeting through 

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14 qualify as a eandidate country uncler section 606 for 

15 the fiscal year during which such assistanee is pro16 vided.''. 

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18 (a) L~ GENERAL.-Kot later than 180 days after the 

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22 eongressional (~ornrnittees that assesses the feae;ibility and 

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6 the subnational level might provide uew opportuni7 ties for reducing poverty through economic growth; 

8 (2) the eA·tent to whid1 traditional approad1es 

9 to defining poverty may not adequately capture the 

l 0 nature of poverty within a country; 

11 (3) the types of subnational entities that might 

12 be appropriate partners for subnational Millennium 

13 Challenge Corporation <'ornpaets; 

14 ('±) how candidates for subnational partners 

15 rnight best be identifietl; and 

16 ( 5) what role each national govennncut should 

17 play in creating or implementing a snbnational part18 nership. 

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21 committees" means22 ( 1) the Committee on Foreign R.elations of the 

23 Senate; 

24 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

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Chairman ROYCE. So before placing my prepared statement into 

the record I want to briefly highlight one measure here. H.R. 3329, 

which amends and strengthens the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act, which was signed into law last Congress. In recent weeks we have seen alarming reports that Hizballah and Iran 

are building illicit missile factories on Israel’s doorstep. This, combined with a reported fourfold increase in Iranian support to 

Hizballah, is pushing the region to the brink. We have got to further tighten the screws on these terrorists. 

In addition to the $800 million annual support funding that they 

receive from Tehran, Hizballah continues to make millions from its 

trafficking in cocaine and other narcotics and in illicit cigarettes. 

This bill pushes back against Hizballah’s international financial 

network, against its Russian and Syrian enablers, and against its 

sponsor, Iran. And I want to thank Ranking Member Engel for 

working with me on this important measure. 

Without objection my full statement on all nine bills will be entered for the record, and I now recognize the ranking member, Mr. 

Engel. 

Mr. ENGEL. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for calling this 

markup. I support all of the measures before us this morning, and 

I know we are on a tight schedule, so I am going ask that my statement in its entirety be entered into today’s record. 

Chairman ROYCE. Without objection. 

Mr. ENGEL. Before I yield back I want to recognize Francisco 

Marquez, who is with us today, a former political prisoner of the 

Maduro Government in Venezuela. He is here to raise awareness 

about Congressman Wilmer Azuaje, another political prisoner. The 

Congressman has been tortured, isolated, and denied medical attention, as well as access to his lawyer and family. Mr. Marquez, 

we have heard your story and so many stories like it, and with the 

bill I introduce with Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, 

the Venezuela Humanitarian Assistance and Defense of Democratic 

Governance Act, we are providing humanitarian assistance to the 

Venezuelan people and raising the alarm about political prisoners 

and the assault on the rule of law. 

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port all nine measures today. Mr. Chairman, thank you as always 

for your leadership, and I yield back. 

Chairman ROYCE. Thank you, Mr. Engel. 

Now, do any other members seek recognition? 

Judge Ted Poe. 

Mr. POE. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I support all the legislation. 

I also support Mr. Castro’s amendment to my bill, the Foreign Terrorist Organization Passport Revocation bill, and especially appreciate Mr. Zeldin’s legislation as well. And I ask that all my statements for all bills will be made part of the record. 

Chairman ROYCE. Without objection. 

Mr. POE. I yield back. 

Chairman ROYCE. Mr. Schneider? 

Mr. SCHNEIDER. Thank you. And likewise, I commend the committee for bringing this legislation to markup. I support this legislation. I have an amendment to the Hizballah Amendments Act, 

and I appreciate the support for that, and I will submit my statement to the record. 

Thank you very much. 

Chairman ROYCE. Thank you. Mr. Schneider. Mr. Wilson? 

Mr. WILSON. Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank you and also 

the ranking member, Eliot Engel, for the legislation that we have 

today, and I have prepared a statement in support, which I have 

offered for the record. 

Chairman ROYCE. Thank you, Mr. Wilson. Mr. Sires? 

Mr. SIRES. I would also like to say thank you to you and the 

ranking member for all the hard work. I certainly support all the 

bills that are here today, and thank you very much. And for the 

sake of time—I appreciate it. 

Chairman ROYCE. Thank you very much, Mr. Sires. 

Hearing no further request for recognition the question occurs on 

the items considered en bloc. 

All those in favor say aye. 

All those opposed, no. 

In the opinion of the Chair the ayes have it, and the measures 

considered en bloc are agreed to. And without objection the measures considered en bloc are ordered favorably reported as amended. 

Staff is directed to make any technical and any conforming 

changes, and the Chair is hereby authorized to seek House consideration under suspension of the rules. 

And that concludes our business for today. I want to thank Ranking Member Engel and all of our committee members for their contributions and their assistance with today’s markup. 

The committee is adjourned. 

[Whereupon, at 10:10 a.m., the committee was adjourned.] 

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FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP NOTICE 

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENT A TTVES 

WASHINGTON. DC 20515-6128 

Edward R. Royce (R-CA), Chairman 

September 28.2017 

TO: MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

You are respectfully requested to attend an OPEN meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to be held 

in Room 2172 of the Rayb1m1 House Office Building (and available live on the Committee website at 

hLlp:/t\,,wn, .ForeignAJfaJ:rs.. house. CO\): 

DATE: 

TIME: 

MARKUP OF: 

Thursday, September 28. 2017 

10:00 a.m. 

H. Res. 422. Urging the adherence to the "one catmtry, two systems" policy as prescribed 

in the Joint Declaration between the Government oft he United Kingdom of Great Britain 

and the Govenm1ent of the People's Republic of China on the Question of the Hong 

Kong: 

H.R 425, FTO Passport Revocation Act of2017; 

H.R. 1196, Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017: 

H.R. 1660, Global Health Innovation Act of 2017, 

H.R. 2658, VeneLuela Humanitarian Assistance and Defense of Democratic Governance 

Act of2017: 

H.R 3320, To direct the Secretary of State to develop a strateh'Y to regain obsen-er status 

for Taiwan in the World Health Organi:~.ation, and for other purposes: 

H.R 3329. Hizballah ln!emational Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017: 

H.R. JJ.\2. Sanctioning Hizballah's Tllicit Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act; 

and 

H.R 3445. AGOA and MCA Modemization Act 

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Electronically RPcord"i_(taped) 0 

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BILLS FOR MARKUP: (Include bill nwnber(s) and title(s) of legislation) 

See attached. 

C011MITTEE ME!I-ffiERS PRESENT: 

See attached. 

NON-COI\IMITTEE MEMBERS PRESEKT: 

N/A 

STATEMENTS FOR THE RECORD: (List any statements submitted for the record) 

SFRs- Representatires Boyle, Cicilline, Connolly, Deutch, Duncan, Poe, Royce, Schneider, Suozzi, and Wilson 

ACTIONS TAKEN Dl:RI:'<G THE MARKUP: {Attach copies of legislation and amendments) 

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Edward R. Royce, C A X Eliot L. Engel, NY 

Christopher H. Smith, NJ Brad Shemmn, CA 

Tleana Ros-Lehtinen, FL Gregory W. Meeks, NY 

Dana Rohrabacher, C A X Albia Sires, NJ 

Steve Chabot, OH Gerald E. Connolly, VA 

Joe Wilson, SC X Theodore E. Deutch, FL 

Michael T. McCaul, TX Karen Bass, CA 

Ted Poe, TX William Keating, MA 

Darrell Tssa, C A David Cicilline, RT 

Tom Marino, PA AmiBera, CA 

Jeff Duncan, SC Lois Frankel, FL 

Mo Brooks, AL Tulsi Gabbard, HI 

Paul Cook, C A X Joaquin Castro, TX 

Scott Perry, PA Robin Kelly, IL 

Ron DeSantis, FL X Brendan Boyle, PA 

Mark Meadows, NC Dina Titus, NV 

Ted Yoho, FL Norma Torres, C A 

Adam Kinzinger,TL X Brad Schneider, TL 

Lee Zeldin, NY Tom Suozzi, NY 

Dan Donovan, NY Adriano Espaillat, NY 

James F. Sensenbrenner, Jr., WI X Ted Lieu, CA 

Ann Wagner, MO 

Brian J. Mast, FL 

Brian K. Fitzpatrick, PA 

Francis Rooney, FL 

Thomas A. Garrett, Jr, VA 
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By unanimous consent, the Chair called up the following measures and amendments, previously provided to 

Members, to be considered en blue 

I. H. Res. 422 (Engel), Urging the adherence to the "one country, two systems" policy as prescribed in the 

Joint Declaration between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Government 

of the People's Republic of China on the Question of the Hong Kong; 

a. Engel 58, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H. Res. 422. 

2. H.R. 425 (Poe), FTO Passport Revocation Act of 20 17; 

a. Poe 45, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R 425; 

1) Castro 54, an amendment to Poe 45 

H.R 1196 (Zeldin). Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of20 17; 

a. Zeldin 25, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R 1196 

4 H.R 1660 (Sires). Global Health Innovation Act of2017 

H.R 2658 (Engel), Venezuela Humanitarian Assistance and Defense of Democratic Governance Act of 

2017; 

a. Engel 57. an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R 2658. 

6 H.R. 3320 (Yoho), To direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for 

Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes 

7. H.R. 3329 (Royce). Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 20 17; 

a. Royce 56, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3329; 

1) Boyle 9, an amendment to Royce 56; 

2) Cicilline 8, an amendment to Royce 56; 

3) Duncan 33, an amendment to Royce 56; 

4) Ros-Lehtinen 36, an amendment to Royce 56; and 

5) Schneider 47. an amendment to Royce 56 

H.R 3342 (Gallagher), Sanctioning Hizballah's illicit Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act 

9. H.R. 3445 (Royce). AGOA and MCA Modernization Act 

The measures considered en bloc were agreed to by voice vote. 

By unanimous consent, the measures as amended were ordered favorably reported to the House, and the 

Chairman was authorized to seek House consideration under suspension of the rules. 

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Chairman Royce Remarks 

HFACMarkup 

September 28, 2017 

Today we consider H.R. 3329, which amends and strengthens the Hizballah International 

Financing Prevention Act, which was signed into law last Congress. In recent weeks, we've 

seen alarming reports that Hezbollah and Iran are building illicit missile factories on Israel's 

doorstep. This, combined with a reported four-fold increase in Iranian support to Hezbollah, is 

pushing the region to the brink 

We've got to further tighten the screws on these terrorists. In addition to the $800 million annual 

check Hezbollah is now receiving from Tehran, it continues to make millions from its trafficking in 

cocaine, narcotics and illegal cigarettes. This bill pushes back against Hezballah' s international 

financial network, its Russian and Syrian enablers, and its sponsor Iran. I want to thank Ranking 

Member Engel for working with me on this important measure. 

I also want to thank Congressman Gallagher and Congressman Suozzi for their leadership on 

H.R. 3342, Sanctioning Hizballah's llse of Civilians as Defenseless Shields. With over 150,000 

rockets, and missile factories opening in Lebanon near mosques, homes, hospitals, and schools, 

Hizballah is increasing its cowardly exploitation of Lebanese civilians as defenseless human 

shields. This legislation holds Hizballah and its sponsor, Iran, accountable for this monstrous 

practice. 

I uext want to recognize Ranking Member Engel for his leadership on H.R. 2658, the 

Venezuela Humanitarian Assistance and Defense of Democratic Governance Act. This calls on 

the State Department and USAID to develop a strategy to respond to the humanitarian crisis in 

Venezuela, while atlirming the Administration's targeted sanctions on those who are unraveling 

democracy and human rights in that once-prosperous nation. We must continue to stand with 

Venezuelans in pushing back against this dictatorship. 

H.R 3445, the AGOA and MCA Modernization Act, builds upon and strengthens AGOA, a trade 

initiative l authored in 2000 that has since tripled US -Africa trade. This legislation will help 

developing countries - particularly in Africa- make the transition from aid to trade. It will also 

enhance the transparency, accountability, and impact of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, 

which promotes economic growth in developing countries committed to good governance. 

We also have two measures that passed the House last Congress, that aim to close existing gaps in 

our ability to prevent travel by !mown terrorists. This Committee has held hearings on the flow of 

foreign fighters to ISIS and other terrorist groups, including, regrettably, U.S. passport holders. 

H.R. 425, the FTO Passport Revocation Act, authorizes the Secretary of State to revoke or deny 

US. passports to individuals who are members of, or otherwise assist, designated foreign terrorist 

organizations. I want to thank Judge Poe for his leadership on this bipartisan bilL 

I also want to thank Mr. Zeldin, for authoring H.R. 1196, the Counterterrorism Screening and 

Assistance Act. This bill encourages increased coordination between the U.S and our partners 

overseas, to identify weaknesses and areas for improvement on the issue of border security. 
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Countries that do not meet minimum standards for working with us could see their U.S. foreign 

assistance suspended - employing the same incentive already in place for trafficking and human 

rights violations. 

I want to recognize Mr. Yoho for introducing H.R. 3320, which responds to Taiwan's exclusion 

from the World Health Assembly meeting this past May - for the first time since 2009. 

Infectious disease !mows no borders and no one benefits when Taiwan is kept in the dark on critical 

matters like global health. This bill is a good and necessary response to counter unfair efforts to 

undermine Taiwan's inclusion. 

We also consider H.R. 1660, the Global Health Innovation Act, which directs USAID to provide 

Congress with a series of annual reports on the Agency's efforts to develop and apply new, 

innovative health technologies within U.S. global health programs. We are already seeing positive 

impact, particularly in maternal health, from partnerships between USAID and the private sector to 

develop and scale low-cost, high-impact health technologies. I want to thank Mr. Sires for his work 

on this measure. 

Finally, 1 want to commend Ranking Member Engel for authoring H. Res. 422. This strongly 

urges Hong Kong to continue to adhere to the "one country, two systems" policy. We have 

recently seen a number of alarming PRC infringements on this policy, and it is important to reiterate 

that our special treatment of Hong Kong is dependent upon on it remaining sufficiently 

autonomous. 

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Statement for the Record 

Submitted by Mr. Gerry Connolly of Virginia 

I want to thank the Chairman and Ranking Member for bringing this package of nine bills to the 

Committee for consideration. These measures support our allies, strengthen and modernize U.S. 

foreign assistance programs, enhance sanctions against Hezbollah, and adapt US. passport and 

screening policies to disrupt terrorist travel. 

H.R. 3320, To direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status 

for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes 

As a co-chair of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus, I want to thank my colleague, Ted Yoho, for 

introducing HR 3320. I am proud to be an original cosponsor of this bill, which recognizes 

Taiwan's longstanding participation in the World Health Organization and works to improve the 

US. strategy for promoting Taiwan's observer status going fonvard. 

Public health should not be political. Taiwan's meaningful participation in the World Health 

Assembly is in the best interests of not only the people of Taiwan but also the entire international 

community. Taiwan has been a critical partner on numerous global health issues, including the 

Ebola crisis, and the United States should continue to support Taiwan's engagement with the 

World Health Organization and other international organizations to address global health and 

disease prevention needs. 

H. Res. 422, Urging adherence to the "one country, two systems" policy as prescribed in 

the Joint Declaration between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 

and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of the Hong Kong 

As we mark the 20111 Anniversary of Hong Kong's transfer to China from Great Britain, H. Res. 

422 recognizes the important role that Hong Kong continues to play in the world economy and 

the example it sets for democratic freedoms and rule oflaw in the region. This resolution, which 

I am glad to cosponsor, urges adherence to the "one country, two systems" policy established by 

the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law that provide Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy, an 

independent political system, and strong protection of human rights. 

H.R. 1660, Global Health Innovation Act of 2017 

USAID' s role in global health research and development has expanded substantially in recent 

years, especially with regard to advancements toward an AIDS-free generation, ending 

preventable child and maternal deaths, and preventing infectious diseases. I am proud to be an 

original cosponsor ofH.R 1660, the Global Health Innovation Act, which directs the USAID 

Administrator to submit an annual report to Congress on the development and use of global 

health innovations in USAID programs. The report would also describe the metrics USAID is 

using to measure progress and interagency coordination toward these goals. 
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H.R. 2658, Venezuela Humanitarian Assistance and Defense of Democratic Governance 

Act of2017 

While the United States has imposed sanctions on Venezuelan officials to punish President 

Nicolas Maduro's backslide into dictatorship, this legislation is primarily aimed at addressing the 

country's humanitarian crisis. Over the past year, 75 percent of Venezuela's citizens lost an 

average of at least 19 pounds from a lack of proper nutrition. This bill, which I am glad to 

cosponsor, directs the State Department to provide public health commodities, basic food 

commodities, and related technical assistance to Venezuela and instructs the US. Ambassador to 

the United Nations to push for humanitarian aid to the country. 

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Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) Statement for the Record 

September 28,2017 HFAC Mark Up 

I am here to speak in support ofHR 3342, Sanctioning Hizballah's Illicit Use of Civilians as 

Defenseless Shields Act, and HR 1196, Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 

2017. 

Sponsored by my colleague Mike Gallagher (R-WI), HR 3342 imposes vital sanctions on 

Hizballlah's use of civilians as human shields- an action that directly violates internationally 

recognized human rights. This July I introduced similar legislation, HR 3521, Hamas Human 

Shields Prevention Act, which condemns the use of human shields by Ham as as an act of 

terrorism and violation of human rights and international humanitarian law. 

I also wish to express my support as a co-sponsor ofHR 1196, sponsored by my colleague 

Zeldin Lee (R-NY). This bill keeps American families and borders safe by combatting 

international travel of terrorists and foreign fighters through increased security of international 

border security systems 
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD 

House Committee on Foreign Affairs 

September 28, 2017 Markup 

Congressman Ted Deutch 

I echo my colleagues' praise for all the measures before us, including the show of support to our 

friends in Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as much needed humanitarian support at this moment 

of intense turmoil and suffering caused by the Maduro regime in Venezuela. 

As always, I'm thankful for the bipartisan leadership from our Chair and Ranking Member, and 

specifically for bringing forward H.R. 3329 to further combat Hezbollah's terrorist activity. 

We made great strides two years ago when we passed the Hezbollah lntemational Financing 

Prevention Act, which has already begun to sever the terror group from its funding sources. 

However, it's clear that more can and should be done. 

This new bill will further restrict Hezbollah' s ability to recruit and fundraise by targeting foreign 

state sponsors, including Iran, while also increasing pressure on banks and other international 

tlnancial institutions that service Hezbollah. 

It is important to remember why it is in America's interest to combat Hezbollah terrorism. Not 

that anyone here or at home needs a reminder. We all remember, or have learned about, the 1983 

attacks in Beirut on our Embassy and the Marine barracks that killed hundreds of Americans; the 

attacks in Argentina on the Israeli Embassy in 1992 and AMIA Jewish Center in 1994 that in 

total killed over 100 more; the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia; and more recent 

attacks in Europe, including the 2012 bus bombing of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria. 

But it has been Hezbollah's support for the horrific Assad regime in Syria that has led even Arab 

governments in the region to acknowledge Hezbollah's dangerous role as an Iranian terror proxy. 

Last year, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Arab League took the dramatic step of 

designating Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. 

Yet, even while Hezbollah is focused on the war in Syria, its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, continues 

to vow Israel's destruction. A threat Israel's leaders don't take lightly given two previous wars 

and intelligence suggesting Hezbollah has over 150,000 missiles and rockets in Lebanon aimed 

at every corner of Israel's map. In a future war, Israeli defense officials estimate that Hezbollah 

will launch over a thousand rockets a day with capacity to hit civilians in Israel's north, across 

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This is made all the more troubling by reports that Iran- in addition to transferring advanced 

precision b'llided missiles to Hezbollah- is now helping the terror group set up indigenous 

missile development facilities in both Syria and Lebanon. 

These are unacceptable developments that underscore the importance oftoday's legislation- to 

cut off Hezbollah 's most critical sources offunding and support, including from its primary 

sponsor, Iran. 

I would also like to note that last month this committee unanimously agreed to my bipartisan 

resolution, H.Res.359, urging the EU to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization- without 

any false distinction between a "military" and "political" wing We should listen to Hezbollah's 

own words and those of the Arab League and GCC, -that Hezbollah is one unified terrorist 

organization- so that we can work together to combat this threat. 

I urge Republican leadership to bring today's bills, and my resolution, up for a vote on the House 

floor so we can further combat Hezbollah and its regional patron, Iran. 

Thank you, and l yield back. 
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Congressman Ted Poe's Remarks for the Record 

HFACMarknp 

9/28/2017 

According to some estimates, as many as 250 American citizens have sought to travel to Syria 

and more than 100 have joined ISIS's ranks. Many of these individuals have received terrorist 

training and are under the command and control ofleaders who have instructed them to attack 

the United States. They are a direct threat to our homeland. 

Unfortunately, our current safeguards are insufficient to protect against such a vulnerability. The 

first American to carry out a suicide bomb attack in Syria was able to travel home to Florida as a 

fully trained member of al-Qaeda before returning to the battlefield. With ISIS's so-called 

caliphate is collapsing there is the real danger that more Americans who went to join ISIS years 

ago could slip away from their imminent defeat abroad and come home to conduct deadly 

attacks. Just this month, an American fighting for ISIS was captured in Syria. There are likely 

many more still out there. 

Having betrayed our nation, we must revoke the privileges that come with an American passport. 

That is why my colleague Bill Keating and T introduced H.R. 425- The FTO Passport 

Revocation Act. It explicitly authorizes the Secretary of State to revoke passports of those who 

have joined known terrorist groups. 

They are still U.S. citizens- Benedict Arnold citizens. They should clearly not be allowed the 

privilege of international travel with an American passport. And they should definitely not be 

able to slip back into the United States. This bipartisan bill will also stop these Benedict Arnolds 

from using their passports to travel to other warzones or cross borders to attack any of our allies. 

They have chosen to make their allegiance to a murderous ideology instead of the country that 

gave them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If you take up arms with our enemies, you 

deserve to be treated like one. 

I also want to express my support for Mr. Zeldin's bill, H.R. 1196, the Counterterrorism 

Screening and Assistance Act, which I am co-sponsoring. This bill complements mine in that it 

seeks to stop the broader threat from terrorist foreign fighters, not just those carrying American 

passports. 

Many of our most at risk allies do not have the best systems to prevent terrorist travel. HR. 1196 

will fix this. By providing more advanced screening tools that work with our own, foreign 

partners can better detect those who have joined terrorist networks, including those Americans 

who have had their passports revoked. 

Through strengthening their border protections we provide additional layers to our own defense. 

We have all seen the devastating effects of weak screening at European borders. We can no 

longer sit by and wait for the next terrorist operative to slip through international borders and kill 

scores of innocents. 
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Working with our allies as part of a team, we can shut the door to terrorist travel and stop their 

murderous plots. I supported this important bill as it passed out of TNT subcommittee in July 

and I am happy to support it here at the full committee level. I commend Mr. Zeldin for his 

etforts in this regard. 

It's time we address the problem of terrorist travel head on and provide our allies the tools they 

need to protect their citizens. The longer we wait, the more lives are at risk 

And that's just the way it is. 
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Representative David Cicilline's Statement for the Record 

9/28/17 MarkUp 

I want to start by thanking the Chairman and Ranking Member for introducing H.R. 3329, the 

Hizbollah Financing Prevention Amendments Act and for moving it forward in a bipartisan 

manner. 

Since the Russian entrance into the Syrian Civil War, Russia has worked with Syria and its allies, 

including Hezbollah and Iran, to secure gains made by the Syrian regime. Numerous media 

reports indicate that Russia has transferred weapons to Hezbollah, provided air cover through air 

strikes for Hezbollah foot soldiers and protected Hezbollah-held territory with Russian air 

defense. 

My amendment would draw attention to Russia's support for Hezbollah by requiring the 

President to report to Congress on Russia's provision of weapons to Hezbollah and whether 

Russia is taking the steps to prevent these weapons from being used against Israel. The 

amendment also requires a report on the extent to which Russian air defenses have provided 

protection to Hezbollah. 

Everyone knows that Hezbollah is a client of Iran. But, perhaps what is less well known is the 

close relationship that Hezbollah now enjoys with Syria, and by extension Russia. 

We now know that Russian air strikes are providing air cover for Hezbollah's attacks that fuel 

the regime. Russian air defenses protect Hezbollah-held territory. 

Russia has reportedly transferred weapons to Hezbollah, including long-range tactical missiles, 

laser 6'llided rockets and anti-tank weapons. And, there is no indication that Russian safe6'llards 

would prevent these weapons from being used against Israel at some point in the future. Russia 

has helped Hezbollah become the battle-hardened terrorist organization that it is today. 

The passage of my Amendment will force the Trump Administration to stop making excuses for 

Russia, and ensure that we are cracking down on these dangerous trends. 

I thank the Chairman and the Ranking Member for their work on this bill, and on each of the 

bills being considered today, and I urge my collea6>ues to support final passage. 
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DUNCAN STATEMENT ON 9/28/17 HFAC MARKUP OF 2658 (VENEZUELA) AND HR 

3329 (HIZBALLAH) 

I rise in support of both the ANS to HR. 2658, the Venezuela Humanitarian Assistance and 

Defense of Democratic Governance Act of 2017, and the ANS to H.R. 3329, the Hizballah 

International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017. I want to commend Chairman 

Royce, Ranking Member Engel, and Chairwoman Emeritus Ros-Lehtinen on their efforts with 

these bills and affirm my support for their passage. 

Congress, this Committee, and the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere have spent a 

great deal of time on these matters. We have held several hearings on Venezuela and on Iran and 

Hizballah's activities in the Western Hemisphere. Congress has passed legislation on both of these 

issues, and today's efforts continue and further Congressional oversight of these matters. 

Previous legislation that I authored, the Countering fran in the Western Hemisphere Act, was 

signed into law in 2012. Since then, Congress has emphasized the need to remain vigilant to Iran 

and Hizballah's influence in the hemisphere. My amendment to HR 3329 reflects bipartisan 

legislation that Rep. Espaillat and I introduced in June, HR. 3118, the/ran and Hizbal/ah Western 

Hemisphere Prevention Act of 2017. 

In this year alone, there have been multiple cases of Hizballah activity in the Western 

Hemisphere. In June, a dual Paraguayan-Lebanese national reportedly with ties to Hizballah was 

indicted by a Miami Federal grand jury for drug trafficking after being arrested in the Tri-Border 

Area for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine to the U.S. In June, the U.S Department of Justice 

announced the arrest of two individuals for attempting to provide support to Hizballah which 

involved locating U.S. and Israeli embassies and casing security procedures at the Panama Canal. 

In February, the U.S. imposed sanctions on Venezuela's Vice President, Tareck El Aissami, for 

drug tratlicking. A subsequent CNN investigation linked El Aissami to Venezuelan passports 

issued to individuals including Hezbollah. 

In August, I led a Congressional visit to several countries in the region. In Peru, we learned 

that Hizballah is active as a political party with over 200 members. Drug trafficking in the region 

is again on the rise, and Hizballah benefits from these illicit networks, enabling them to inflict 

terror in other parts of the world to further their geopolitical aims. 

My amendment requires the State Department to: develop a strategy to prevent hostile 

activities by Iran and Hizballah and disrupt Hizballah's illicit networks in the Western 

Hemisphere; Increase engagement with regional countries to build governments' capacity to target 

and expose illicit networks, revoke and deny visas, develop a fully-vetted counter-organized crime 

judicial model in places plagued with corruption, and urge regional governments to list Hizballah 

as a terrorist organization; and increase engagement with the Organization of American States, 

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Financial Action Task Force, to 

address Hizballah's activities in the Western Hemisphere and urge countries to declare Hizballah 

a terrorist organization. I urge your support of this amendment. 
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Brendan F. Boyle Statement for the Record 

9/28/17 Committee Markup 

I want to express my full support for each measure being considering by the committee today. 

also want to commend the work of Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel on H.R.3329, 

the Hezbollah International financing prevention amendments act of2017, of which I am a 

cosponsor. This bill targets foreign governments that knowingly provide significant tinancial 

support to Hezbollah and foreign individuals and companies that aid its fundraising or 

recruitment activities. This legislation builds upon their good work last Congress- namely, the 

Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015, which the committee passed. 

My amendment to H.R. 3329 ensures that this bill would apply to any military coordination with 

Hezbollah -like the actions that Russia has taken. As a result of their joint fight on behalf of the 

Assad regime, Hezbollah now enjoys a closer relationship with Russia. Russia has helped 

Hezbollah become the battle-hardened terrorist organization that it is today. Russian air strikes 

are providing air cover for Hezbollah's attacks that fuel the regime. Russian air defenses protect 

Hezbollah-held territory. Russia has reportedly transferred weapons to Hezbollah, including 

long-range tactical missiles, laser guided rockets and anti-tank weapons. My amendment seeks to 

compel Russia to cease its support for Hezbollah in Syria or anywhere else, or else face sanctions 

by the United States. T thank the Chair and Ranking Member for including my amendment in 

today's en bloc and urge the committee to support it. 
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Rep. Brad Schneider 

HFAC Marknp- H.R. 3329 

Amendment Talking Points 

9/28/17 

Mr. Chairman, thank you, as well as the Ranking Member, for working on H.R. 3329, the 

Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act This important legislation builds 

on the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of2015, which was signed into law, and 

the original version, which I introduced in 2014 with my colleague Mark Meadows 

HIFPA, as some may call it, has had a significant impact on Hizballah, and I applaud this 

committee for its work to further crack down on Hizballah's sources of financing, recruiting, and 

acquisition of weapons. 

Hizballah is not only a grave threat to OL!r ally Israel, they are also a threat to regional sewrity 

and America's national security interests. 

With the assistance of Iran, Hizballah has been active in Syria and has helped Assad push back 

against rebel forces. Hizballah tighters are retL1rning to Lebanon more battle-tested and more 

capable than ever before. 

With assistance from Iran, Hizballah has been able to amass more than 150,000 rockets. This is a 

staggering increase from the roughly 15,000 rockets Hizballah had in 2006. Their arsenal 

includes more long- and medium- range missiles than ever before, with guidance systems that 

could enable these missiles to reach the entirety of Israel. 

Iran has L!sed several means of transferring weapons to Hizballah, including by land and now by 

air; however, Israel has often targeted these transfers. To eliminate the need for such transfers, 

Iran is reportedly building missile prodL!Ction facilities in Lebanon to enable an indigenous 

rocket-producing capability for Hizballah. Reports indicate these facilities are being constructed 

several meters underground, thereby making it very ditliwlt to penetrate. A domestic missile 

production capability in Lebanon would enable Hizballah to more easily continue to build its 

rocket arsenal with not only more weapons, but more sophisticated weapons, and with less 

reliance on Iran. 

That is why I am otl'ering my amendment today to focus the US Government on this urgent 

threat. My amendment would require the President to report to Congress on the foreign and 

domestic supply chain that advances Hizballah's domestic missile capabilities. This includes 

how Iran is able to transfer goods and technology, a list of those who facilitate missile transfers, 

and the steps being taken to disrupt the supply chain that advances Hizballah's domestic missile 

capabilities. 

The United States cannot stand by while Israel faces such a grave threat on its northern border. 

We must act and we deserve to know what exactly the US. Government is doing to combat this 

threat. I hope my colleagL1es will join me in SL!pporting this important amendment to H.R. 3329, 

the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act, and urge its swift passage. 

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Statement for the Record 

Representative Thomas R Suozzi (NY-03) 

HFAC Mark Up: September 28,2017 

Task my colleagues to support HR 3342, the bipartisan SHIELDS Act (Sanctioning Hizballah's 

Illicit Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields), introduced by Representative Gallagher and 

myself, and originally co-sponsored by Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel 

The SHIELDS Act will sanction Hezbollah members, and their supporters, for their use of 

human shields. It also seeks to punish the governments that enable such war crimes, including 

their primary supporter, Iran. 

This summer, I visited Israel and stood near Lebanon's southern border, not far from where 

Hezbollah threatens Israel's security. In the over thirty years since Hezbollah in 1983 killed 

hundreds of Americans when it bombed the Marine barracks in Beirut, this Lebanese militia 

group has become one of the most dangerous terrorist groups in the Middle East 

In 2006, it provoked a war with Israel by killing and kidnapping soldiers in a cross-border raid, 

and then for nearly a month rained rockets down on Israeli cities, killing dozens of civilians. 

Journalists and human rights groups found that it tired many of these rockets from populated 

areas, even from inside of private homes and other civilian buildings. The residents of one 

Christian village told the New York Times that Hezbollah was "shooting trom between our 

houses" 

That war ended more than a decade ago. But Hezbollah remains committed to Israel's 

destruction. It has spent millions to replenish its arsenal, which now includes up to 150,000 

missiles scattered across southern Lebanon, much of it concealed in mosques, hospitals, schools 

and homes where civilians are used as human shields. 

Hezbollah has also expanded their nefarious activities regionally, most notably playing a major 

role in the Syrian civil war, deploying thousands of its own men to prop up Bashar al-Assad's 

vicious regime. Hezbollah members are fighting alongside a Syrian army that has killed almost 

half a million of its own people and driven millions more into exile. In the process, it has gained 

experience for its next war with Israel: One Israeli intelligence official said the group had learned 

"tfightening" skills in urban warfare trom its years on the ground in Syria. 

It did all of this, of course, at the behest of its Iranian patrons, and continues to threaten raining 

down multiple warheads down on Jerusalem or Tel Aviv. 

I applaud the leadership and members of this committee for continuing to find ways to crack 

down on Hezbollah and their backers, whether focusing on punishing them for gross human 

rights violations, or restricting their ability to raise money and recruit, through means like 

Representatives Royce & Engel's HR 3329, the Hizballah International Financing Prevention 

Amendments Act We must continue to take measures to reduce the influence of a group that has 

menaced its neighbors-and even its own people- for far too long. 

Thank you and I yield the balance of my time.