In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

September 25, 2018. 

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1595) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Hizballah International Financing 

Prevention Act of 2015 to impose additional sanctions with 

respect to Hizballah, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with 

the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amend4 ments Act of 2018’’. 

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

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—PREVENTION OF ACCESS BY HIZBALLAH TO 

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS 

Sec. 101. Mandatory sanctions with respect to fundraising and recruitment activities for Hizballah. 

Sec. 102. Modification of report with respect to financial institutions that engage 

in certain transactions. 

Sec. 103. Sanctions against certain agencies and instrumentalities of foreign 

states. 

Sec. 104. Diplomatic initiatives to prevent hostile activities by Iran and disrupt 

and degrade Hizballah’s illicit networks. 

TITLE II—NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING AND TRANSNATIONAL 

CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH 

Sec. 201. Imposition of sanctions with respect to affiliated networks of Hizballah 

for transnational criminal activities. 
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Sec. 202. Report on racketeering activities engaged in by Hizballah. 

Sec. 203. Modification of report on activities of foreign governments to disrupt 

activities of Hizballah; reports on membership in Hizballah. 

TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Regulatory authority. 

Sec. 302. Implementation; penalties; judicial review; exemptions; rule of construction; exception relating to importation of goods. 

Sec. 303. Report consolidation and modification. 

1 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) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the Hizballah Inter9 national Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 

10 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 101. MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

13 FUNDRAISING AND RECRUITMENT ACTIVI14 TIES FOR HIZBALLAH. 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, on or after 

16 the date of the enactment of the Hizballah International Fi17 nancing Prevention Amendments Act of 2018, impose the 

18 sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any 

19 foreign person that the President determines knowingly pro20 vides significant financial, material, or technological sup21 port for or to— 
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1 ‘‘(1) Bayt al-Mal, Jihad al-Bina, the Islamic 

2 Resistance Support Association, the Foreign Relations 

3 Department of Hizballah, the External Security Or4 ganization of Hizballah, or any successor or affiliate 

5 thereof as designated by the President; 

6 ‘‘(2) al-Manar TV, al Nour Radio, or the Leba7 nese Media Group, or any successor or affiliate thereof 

8 as designated by the President; 

9 ‘‘(3) a foreign person determined by the Presi10 dent to be engaged in fundraising or recruitment ac11 tivities for Hizballah; or 

12 ‘‘(4) a foreign person owned or controlled by a 

13 person described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 

14 ‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 

15 in this subsection are the following: 

16 ‘‘(1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The exercise of all pow17 ers granted to the President by the International 

18 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

19 seq.) (except that the requirements of section 202 of 

20 such Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the ex21 tent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions 

22 in all property and interests in property of a foreign 

23 person determined by the President to be subject to 

24 subsection (a) if such property and interests in prop25 erty are in the United States, come within the United 
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1 States, or are or come within the possession or control 

2 of a United States person. 

3 ‘‘(2) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 

4 OR PAROLE.— 

5 ‘‘(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 

6 alien who the Secretary of State or the Secretary 

7 of Homeland Security (or designee of one of such 

8 Secretaries) determines is subject to subsection 

9 (a) is— 

10 ‘‘(i) inadmissible to the United States; 

11 ‘‘(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or 

12 other documentation to enter the United 

13 States; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admit15 ted or paroled into the United States or to 

16 receive any other benefit under the Immi17 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 

18 et seq.). 

19 ‘‘(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

21 State or the Secretary of Homeland Secu22 rity (or designee of one of such Secretaries) 

23 shall revoke any visa or other entry docu24 mentation issued to an alien who the Presi-
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1 dent determines is subject to subsection (a), 

2 regardless of when issued. 

3 ‘‘(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A rev4 ocation under clause (i) shall take effect im5 mediately and shall automatically cancel 

6 any other valid visa or entry documentation 

7 that is in the possession of the alien. 

8 ‘‘(c) WAIVER.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, for peri10 ods not to exceed 180 days, waive the imposition of 

11 sanctions under this section if the President certifies 

12 to the appropriate congressional committees that such 

13 waiver is in the national security interests of the 

14 United States. 

15 ‘‘(2) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after 

16 the issuance of a waiver under paragraph (1) with re17 spect to a foreign person, and every 180 days there18 after while the waiver remains in effect, the President 

19 shall brief the appropriate congressional committees 

20 on the status of the involvement of the foreign person 

21 in activities described in subsection (a). 

22 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 ‘‘(1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘admitted’ 

24 and ‘alien’ have meanings given those terms in sec-
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1 tion 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

2 U.S.C. 1101). 

3 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional commit5 tees’ means— 

6 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

7 Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee 

8 on the Judiciary, the Committee on Financial 

9 Services, and the Permanent Select Committee 

10 on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

13 the Committee on Finance, the Committee on 

14 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Com15 mittee on the Judiciary, and the Select Com16 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

17 ‘‘(3) ENTITY.—The term ‘entity’ means a part18 nership, association, corporation, or other organiza19 tion, group, or subgroup. 

20 ‘‘(4) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per21 son’ means any person that is not a United States 

22 person. 

23 ‘‘(5) HIZBALLAH.—The term ‘Hizballah’ has the 

24 meaning given such term in section 102(e). 
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1 ‘‘(6) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ means an in2 dividual or entity. 

3 ‘‘(7) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

4 ‘United States person’ means a United States citizen, 

5 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, 

6 an entity organized under the laws of the United 

7 States (including foreign branches), or a person in 

8 the United States.’’. 

9 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

10 the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 

11 2015 is amended by striking the item relating to section 

12 101 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 101. Mandatory sanctions with respect to fundraising and recruitment activities for Hizballah.’’. 

13 SEC. 102. MODIFICATION OF REPORT WITH RESPECT TO FI14 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ENGAGE IN 

15 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. 

16 Section 102(d) of the Hizballah International Financ17 ing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 

18 1701 note) is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(d) REPORT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ORGA20 NIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF STATE SPONSORS OF TER21 RORISM.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the date of the enactment of the Hizballah Inter24 national Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 
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1 2018, and every 2 years thereafter for a period not to 

2 exceed 4 years, the President shall submit to the ap3 propriate congressional committees a report that— 

4 ‘‘(A) identifies each foreign financial insti5 tution described in paragraph (2) that the Presi6 dent determines engages in one or more activities 

7 described in subsection (a)(2); and 

8 ‘‘(B) provides a detailed description of each 

9 such activity. 

10 ‘‘(2) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DE11 SCRIBED.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A foreign financial in13 stitution described in this paragraph is a foreign 

14 financial institution— 

15 ‘‘(i) that, wherever located, is— 

16 ‘‘(I) organized under the laws of a 

17 state sponsor of terrorism or any juris18 diction within a state sponsor of ter19 rorism; 

20 ‘‘(II) owned or controlled by the 

21 government of a state sponsor of ter22 rorism; 

23 ‘‘(III) located in the territory of a 

24 state sponsor of terrorism; or 
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1 ‘‘(IV) owned or controlled by a 

2 foreign financial institution described 

3 in subclause (I), (II), or (III); and 

4 ‘‘(ii) the capitalization of which ex5 ceeds $10,000,000. 

6 ‘‘(B) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DE7 FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘state spon8 sor of terrorism’ means a country the govern9 ment of which the Secretary of State has deter10 mined is a government that has repeatedly pro11 vided support for acts of international terrorism 

12 for purposes of— 

13 ‘‘(i) section 1754(c) of the Export Con14 trol Reform Act of 2018; 

15 ‘‘(ii) section 620A of the Foreign As16 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 

17 ‘‘(iii) section 40 of the Arms Export 

18 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 

19 ‘‘(iv) any other provision of law.’’. 

20 SEC. 103. SANCTIONS AGAINST CERTAIN AGENCIES AND IN21 STRUMENTALITIES OF FOREIGN STATES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Hizballah Inter23 national Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 

24 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at 

25 the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 103. SANCTIONS AGAINST CERTAIN AGENCIES AND 

2 INSTRUMENTALITIES OF FOREIGN STATES. 

3 ‘‘(a) SANCTIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

5 after the date of the enactment of the Hizballah Inter6 national Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 

7 2018, and as appropriate thereafter, the President 

8 shall impose the sanctions described in paragraph (3) 

9 with respect to an agency or instrumentality of a for10 eign state described in paragraph (2). 

11 ‘‘(2) AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF A FOR12 EIGN STATE DESCRIBED.—An agency or instrumen13 tality of a foreign state is described in this paragraph 

14 if the President determines that the agency or instru15 mentality has, on or after the date of the enactment 

16 of the Hizballah International Financing Prevention 

17 Amendments Act of 2018, knowingly— 

18 ‘‘(A) conducted significant joint combat op19 erations with, or significantly supported combat 

20 operations of, Hizballah; or 

21 ‘‘(B) provided significant financial support 

22 for or to, or significant arms or related materiel 

23 to, Hizballah. 

24 ‘‘(3) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de25 scribed in this paragraph are the exercise of all pow26 ers granted to the President by the International 
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1 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

2 seq.) (except that the requirements of section 202 of 

3 such Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the ex4 tent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions 

5 in all property and interests in property of an agency 

6 or instrumentality of a foreign state if such property 

7 and interests in property are in the United States, 

8 come within the United States, or are or come within 

9 the possession or control of a United States person. 

10 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, for peri12 ods not to exceed 180 days, waive the imposition of 

13 sanctions under this section with respect to an agency 

14 or instrumentality of a foreign state if the President 

15 certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 

16 that such waiver is vital to the national security in17 terests of the United States. 

18 ‘‘(2) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after 

19 the issuance of a waiver under paragraph (1) with re20 spect to an agency or instrumentality of a foreign 

21 state, and every 180 days thereafter while the waiver 

22 remains in effect, the President shall brief the appro23 priate congressional committees on the status of the 

24 involvement of the agency or instrumentality in ac25 tivities described in subsection (a)(2). 
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1 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.—The President shall not be re2 quired to impose sanctions under this section with respect 

3 to an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state if the 

4 Secretary certifies in writing to the appropriate congres5 sional committees that— 

6 ‘‘(1) the agency or instrumentality— 

7 ‘‘(A) is no longer engaging in activities de8 scribed in subsection (a)(2); or 

9 ‘‘(B) has taken and is continuing to take 

10 significant verifiable steps toward terminating 

11 such activities; and 

12 ‘‘(2) the President has received reliable assur13 ances from the government of the foreign state that the 

14 agency or instrumentality will not engage in any ac15 tivity described in subsection (a)(2) in the future. 

16 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 ‘‘(1) AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF A FOR18 EIGN STATE.—The term ‘agency or instrumentality of 

19 a foreign state’ has the meaning given the term in 

20 section 1603(b) of title 28, United States Code. 

21 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT22 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional commit23 tees’ means— 

24 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

25 Committee on Financial Services, the Committee 
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1 on Ways and Means, the Committee on the Judi2 ciary, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 

3 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 

4 the House of Representatives; and 

5 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

6 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

7 Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, Com8 mittee on Finance, Committee on Appropria9 tions, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

10 the Senate. 

11 ‘‘(3) ARMS OR RELATED MATERIEL.—The term 

12 ‘arms or related materiel’ means— 

13 ‘‘(A) nuclear, biological, chemical, or radio14 logical weapons or materials or components of 

15 such weapons; 

16 ‘‘(B) ballistic or cruise missile weapons or 

17 materials or components of such weapons; and 

18 ‘‘(C) destabilizing numbers and types of ad19 vanced conventional weapons. 

20 ‘‘(4) HIZBALLAH.—The term ‘Hizballah’ has the 

21 meaning given such term in section 102(e). 

22 ‘‘(5) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

23 ‘United States person’ has the meaning given such 

24 term in section 101(d).’’. 
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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

2 the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 

3 2015 is amended by inserting after the item relating to sec4 tion 102 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 103. Sanctions against certain agencies and instrumentalities of foreign 

states.’’. 

5 SEC. 104. DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES TO PREVENT HOSTILE 

6 ACTIVITIES BY IRAN AND DISRUPT AND DE7 GRADE HIZBALLAH’S ILLICIT NETWORKS. 

8 (a) DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT.—Title I of the 

9 Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 

10 (Public Law 114–102; 129 Stat. 2206; 50 U.S.C. 1701 

11 note), as amended by section 103 of this Act, is further 

12 amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 104. DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES TO PREVENT HOSTILE 

14 ACTIVITIES BY IRAN AND DISRUPT AND DE15 GRADE HIZBALLAH’S ILLICIT NETWORKS. 

16 ‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact17 ment of the Hizballah International Financing Prevention 

18 Amendments Act of 2018, the President shall instruct the 

19 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 

20 the Treasury, to increase cooperation with foreign govern21 ments to assist in strengthening the capacity of such govern22 ments to prevent hostile activity by Iran and disrupt and 

23 degrade Hizballah’s illicit activities, including diplomatic 

24 engagement that involves— 
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1 ‘‘(1) efforts to target and expose illicit finance 

2 networks, arrest perpetrators, freeze assets, and ad3 dress Iran and Hizballah’s use of illicit financial net4 works using international trade and banking systems; 

5 ‘‘(2) efforts to assist willing governments with 

6 the development of counter-organized crime legisla7 tion, the strengthening of financial investigative ca8 pacity, and a fully-vetted counter-organized crime ju9 dicial model in jurisdictions plagued with corruption; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(3) efforts to persuade governments to list 

12 Hizballah as a terrorist organization.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

14 the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 

15 2015 is amended by inserting after the item related to sec16 tion 103, as added by section 103(b) of this Act, the fol17 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec. 104. Diplomatic initiatives to prevent hostile activities by Iran and disrupt 

and degrade Hizballah’s illicit networks.’’. 
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1 TITLE II—NARCOTICS TRAF2 FICKING AND 

3 TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL 

4 ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH 

5 SEC. 201. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

6 AFFILIATED NETWORKS OF HIZBALLAH FOR 

7 TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES. 

8 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

9 United States to determine if individuals and entities that 

10 are designated by the United States Government on or after 

11 the date of the enactment of this Act as being associated 

12 with Hizballah are engaged in transnational organized 

13 crime or related activities on or after such date of enact14 ment. 

15 (b) IN GENERAL.—Section 201 of the Hizballah Inter16 national Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 

17 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read as fol18 lows: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 201. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

20 AFFILIATED NETWORKS OF HIZBALLAH FOR 

21 TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, on or after 

23 the date of the enactment of the Hizballah International Fi24 nancing Prevention Amendments Act of 2018, impose the 

25 sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to affili-
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1 ated networks of Hizballah, including, as appropriate, by 

2 reason of significant transnational criminal activities en3 gaged in by such networks. 

4 ‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 

5 in this subsection are sanctions applicable with respect to 

6 Hizballah pursuant to any provision of law, including Ex7 ecutive Order 13581 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to block8 ing property of transnational criminal organizations) (as 

9 such Executive Order was in effect on the day before the 

10 date of the enactment of the Hizballah International Fi11 nancing Prevention Amendments Act of 2018). 

12 ‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The President may, for periods not to 

13 exceed 180 days, waive the imposition of sanctions under 

14 this section if the President certifies to the appropriate con15 gressional committees that such waiver is in the national 

16 security interests of the United States. 

17 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT19 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional commit20 tees’ means— 

21 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

22 Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee 

23 on Appropriations, the Committee on Financial 

24 Services, and the Permanent Select Committee 
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1 on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

4 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

5 Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and 

6 the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen7 ate. 

8 ‘‘(2) HIZBALLAH.—The term ‘Hizballah’ has the 

9 meaning given such term in section 102(e).’’. 

10 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The title heading for 

11 title II of the Hizballah International Financing Preven12 tion Act of 2015 is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘TITLE II—SANCTIONS AND RE14 PORTS RELATING TO NAR15 COTICS TRAFFICKING AND 

16 SIGNIFICANT 

17 TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL 

18 ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH’’. 

19 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 

20 for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 

21 of 2015 is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking the item relating to title II and 

2 inserting the following: 

‘‘TITLE II—SANCTIONS AND REPORTS RELATING TO NARCOTICS 

TRAFFICKING AND SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH’’; AND

3 (2) by striking the item relating to section 201 

4 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 201. Imposition of sanctions with respect to affiliated networks of Hizballah 

for transnational criminal activities.’’. 

5 SEC. 202. REPORT ON RACKETEERING ACTIVITIES EN6 GAGED IN BY HIZBALLAH. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the Hizballah Inter8 national Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 

9 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read as fol10 lows: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 202. REPORT ON RACKETEERING ACTIVITIES EN12 GAGED IN BY HIZBALLAH. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

14 date of the enactment of the Hizballah International Fi15 nancing Prevention Amendments Act of 2018, the President 

16 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

17 report on information regarding activities that Hizballah, 

18 and agents and affiliates of Hizballah, have engaged in that 

19 are racketeering activities, including any patterns regard20 ing such racketeering activities. 
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1 ‘‘(b) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required under 

2 subsection (a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form 

3 but may contain a classified annex. 

4 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT6 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional commit7 tees’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 

9 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

10 Financial Services, and the Committee on Ap11 propriations of the House of Representatives; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(B) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 

14 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 

15 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and 

16 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

17 ‘‘(2) HIZBALLAH.—The term ‘Hizballah’ has the 

18 meaning given such term in section 102(e). 

19 ‘‘(3) RACKETEERING ACTIVITY.—The term ‘rack20 eteering activity’ means any activity that would be 

21 considered a racketeering activity (as defined in sec22 tion 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code) if the ac23 tivity were engaged in the United States or by a 

24 United States person. 
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1 ‘‘(4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

2 ‘United States person’ has the meaning given such 

3 term in section 101(d).’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

5 the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 

6 2015 is amended by striking the item relating to section 

7 202 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 202. Report on racketeering activities engaged in by Hizballah.’’. 

8 SEC. 203. MODIFICATION OF REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF 

9 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS TO DISRUPT AC10 TIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH; REPORTS ON MEM11 BERSHIP IN HIZBALLAH. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 204 of the Hizballah Inter13 national Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 

14 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

16 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

17 (A), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

18 Hizballah International Financing Prevention 

19 Amendments Act of 2018, and once every 2 years 

20 thereafter for the following 4 years’’; 

21 (B) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II), by striking 

22 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

23 (C) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and 

24 free-trade zones.’’ and inserting ‘‘free-trade zones, 

25 business partnerships and joint ventures, and 
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1 other investments in small and medium-sized en2 terprises;’’; and 

3 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(F) a list of jurisdictions outside of Leb5 anon that expressly consent to, or with knowl6 edge allow, the use of their territory by 

7 Hizballah to carry out terrorist activities, in8 cluding training, financing, and recruitment; 

9 ‘‘(G) a description of the total aggregate 

10 revenues and remittances that Hizballah receives 

11 from the global logistics networks of Hizballah; 

12 ‘‘(H) a list of Hizballah’s sources of rev13 enue, including sources of revenue based on il14 licit activity, revenues from Iran, charities, and 

15 other business activities; 

16 ‘‘(I) a list of Hizballah’s expenditures, in17 cluding expenditures for ongoing military oper18 ations, social networks, and external operations; 

19 ‘‘(J) a description of steps to be taken by 

20 Federal agencies to combat the illicit tobacco 

21 trafficking networks used by Hizballah; 

22 ‘‘(K) an assessment of Hizballah’s financial 

23 operations in areas under its operational or po24 litical control in Lebanon and Syria and avail-
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1 able measures to target Hizballah’s financial op2 erations in those areas; 

3 ‘‘(L) a review of Hizballah’s international 

4 operational capabilities, including in the United 

5 States; 

6 ‘‘(M) a review of— 

7 ‘‘(i) the total number and value of 

8 Hizballah-related assets seized and forfeited; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the total number of indictments, 

11 prosecutions, and extraditions of Hizballah 

12 members or affiliates; and 

13 ‘‘(N) a review of efforts by the United States 

14 to prevent hostile activities by Iran and disrupt 

15 and degrade Hizballah’s illicit networks in the 

16 Western Hemisphere, including interagency co17 ordination to ensure that information-sharing, 

18 interdictions, arrests, investigations, indict19 ments, sanctions, and designations related to 

20 Hizballah individuals or networks in the West21 ern Hemisphere are integrated, coordinated, and 

22 publicly communicated by the United States in 

23 a manner that supports United States inter24 ests.’’; 
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1 (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 

2 subsections (c) and (d), respectively; 

3 (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(b) ENHANCED DUE DILIGENCE.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized 

7 to require each financial institution in the United 

8 States that knowingly maintains a correspondent ac9 count or a payable-through account in the United 

10 States for a foreign financial institution described in 

11 paragraph (2) to establish enhanced due diligence 

12 policies, procedures, and controls in accordance with 

13 section 5318(i)(2)(B) of title 31, United States Code, 

14 and regulations to implement such section with re15 spect to such accounts. 

16 ‘‘(2) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DE17 SCRIBED.—A foreign financial institution described 

18 in this paragraph is a foreign financial institution 

19 that the President determines provides significant fi20 nancial services to persons operating in a jurisdiction 

21 identified in unclassified form in the list required 

22 under subsection (a)(1)(F). 

23 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms 

24 ‘correspondent account’ and ‘payable-through account’ 
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1 have the meanings given those terms in section 5318A 

2 of title 31, United States Code.’’; and 

3 (4) in subsection (c), as redesignated by para4 graph (2)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘this Act, and every 180 

6 days thereafter,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Hizballah 

7 International Financing Prevention Amend8 ments Act of 2018, and every 180 days thereafter 

9 for the following 4 years,’’; and 

10 (B) by adding before the period at the end 

11 the following: ‘‘and on any requirements for en12 hanced due diligence prescribed under subsection 

13 (b)’’. 

14 (b) REPORT ON ESTIMATED NET WORTH OF SENIOR

15 HIZBALLAH MEMBERS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

18 shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit19 tees a report that contains— 

20 (A) the estimated total net worth of each in21 dividual described in paragraph (2); and 

22 (B) to the extent feasible, a description of 

23 how funds of each individual described in para24 graph (2) were acquired, and how such funds 

25 have been used or employed. 
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1 (2) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—The individuals 

2 described in this paragraph are the following: 

3 (A) The Secretary General of Hizballah. 

4 (B) Members of Hizballah’s senior leader5 ship or senior associates of Hizballah that the 

6 President determines materially assist or sup7 port Hizballah. 

8 (C) Any other individual that the President 

9 determines is a senior foreign political figure of 

10 Hizballah. 

11 (3) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 

12 (A) FORM.—The report required under 

13 paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

14 form but may contain a classified annex. 

15 (B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassi16 fied portion of the report required under para17 graph (1) shall be made available to the public 

18 in precompressed, easily downloadable versions 

19 that are made available in all appropriate for20 mats. 

21 (4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

22 (A) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT23 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional 

24 committees’’ means— 
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1 (i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

2 the Committee on Financial Services, and 

3 the Permanent Select Committee on Intel4 ligence of the House of Representatives; and 

5 (ii) the Committee on Foreign Rela6 tions, the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

7 and Urban Affairs, and the Select Com8 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

9 (B) FUNDS.—The term ‘‘funds’’ means— 

10 (i) cash; 

11 (ii) equity; 

12 (iii) any other intangible asset the 

13 value of which is derived from a contractual 

14 claim, including bank deposits, bonds, 

15 stocks, a security (as defined in section 2(a) 

16 of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 

17 77b(a))), or a security or an equity security 

18 (as those terms are defined in section 3(a) 

19 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 

20 U.S.C. 78c(a))); and 

21 (iv) anything else of value that the Sec22 retary of the Treasury determines to be ap23 propriate. 

24 (C) SENIOR FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURE.— 

25 The term ‘‘senior foreign political figure’’ has the 
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1 meaning given that term in section 1010.605 of 

2 title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 

3 successor regulation). 

4 (c) REPORT ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF

5 THE LEBANESE PARLIAMENT AND WHO IDENTIFY AS MEM6 BERS OF HIZBALLAH.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

9 shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com10 mittees a report that contains the following: 

11 (A) A list of individuals who are members 

12 of the Lebanese Parliament and who identify as 

13 members of Hizballah. 

14 (B) A description of any significant con15 duct of individuals on the list required under 

16 subparagraph (A) that the President determines 

17 may be grounds for designation pursuant to Ex18 ecutive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relat19 ing to blocking property and prohibiting trans20 actions with persons who commit, threaten to 

21 commit, or support terrorism). 

22 (2) FORM.—The report required under para23 graph (1) shall be transmitted in unclassified form, 

24 but may include a classified annex. 
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1 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

2 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 

3 congressional committees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

5 Committee on Financial Services, and the Per6 manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

7 House of Representatives; and 

8 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

9 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

10 Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 

11 of the Senate. 

12 TITLE III—GENERAL 

13 PROVISIONS 

14 SEC. 301. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, not later than 

16 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, pre17 scribe regulations as necessary for the implementation of 

18 this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 

19 (b) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 10 

20 days before the prescription of regulations under subsection 

21 (a), the President shall notify the appropriate congressional 

22 committees regarding the proposed regulations and the pro23 visions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act 

24 that the regulations are implementing. 
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1 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE2 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres3 sional committees’’ means— 

4 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

5 Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep6 resentatives; and 

7 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

8 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

9 of the Senate. 

10 SEC. 302. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES; JUDICIAL RE11 VIEW; EXEMPTIONS; RULE OF CONSTRUC12 TION; EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTA13 TION OF GOODS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Hizballah Inter15 national Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 

16 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), as amended by sections 103 

17 and 104 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the 

18 end the following: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 105. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES; JUDICIAL RE20 VIEW; EXEMPTIONS; RULE OF CONSTRUC21 TION. 

22 ‘‘(a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 

23 all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 

24 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
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1 1702 and 1704) to carry out sections 101, 102, 103, and 

2 201 of this Act. 

3 ‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub4 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

5 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 

6 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con7 spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pre8 scribed to carry out section 101, 102, 103, or 201 of this 

9 Act to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person 

10 that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) 

11 of such section 206. 

12 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURES FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CLASSI13 FIED INFORMATION.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a finding under section 

15 101, 102, 103, or 201 of this Act, or a prohibition, 

16 condition, or penalty imposed as a result of any such 

17 finding, is based on classified information (as defined 

18 in section 1(a) of the Classified Information Proce19 dures Act (18 U.S.C. App.)) and a court reviews the 

20 finding or the imposition of the prohibition, condi21 tion, or penalty, the President may submit such in22 formation to the court ex parte and in camera. 

23 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

24 subsection shall be construed to confer or imply any 

25 right to judicial review of any finding under section 
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1 101, 102, 103, or 201 of this Act, or any prohibition, 

2 condition, or penalty imposed as a result of any such 

3 finding. 

4 ‘‘(d) EXEMPTIONS.—The following activities shall be 

5 exempt from sections 101, 102, 103, and 201 of this Act: 

6 ‘‘(1) Any authorized intelligence, law enforce7 ment, or national security activities of the United 

8 States. 

9 ‘‘(2) Any transaction necessary to comply with 

10 United States obligations under the Agreement be11 tween the United Nations and the United States of 

12 America regarding the Headquarters of the United 

13 States, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and en14 tered into force November 21, 1947, or the Convention 

15 on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 

16 1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, or any 

17 other United States international agreement. 

18 ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in section 

19 101, 102, 103, or 201 of this Act shall be construed to limit 

20 the authority of the President under the International 

21 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 

22 or under any other provision of law. 

23 ‘‘(f) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF

24 GOODS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and require2 ments to impose sanctions under this Act shall not in3 clude the authority or requirement to impose sanc4 tions on the importation of goods. 

5 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

6 ‘good’ means any article, natural or manmade sub7 stance, material, supply or manufactured product, in8 cluding inspection and test equipment, and excluding 

9 technical data.’’. 

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

11 the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 

12 2015, as amended by this Act, is further amended by insert13 ing after the item relating to section 104, as added by sec14 tion 104(b) of this Act, the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 105. Implementation; penalties; judicial review; exemptions; rule of construction.’’. 

15 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 102 of the 

16 Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 

17 (Public Law 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraphs (3) 

19 and (4); 

20 (2) by striking subsection (e); and 

21 (3) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 

22 (e). 
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1 SEC. 303. REPORT CONSOLIDATION AND MODIFICATION. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any and all reports required to be 

3 submitted to Congress under this Act or the Hizballah Inter4 national Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 

5 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) that are subject to a deadline 

6 for submission consisting of the same unit of time may be 

7 consolidated into a single report that is submitted to Con8 gress pursuant to such deadline. 

9 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Any report that is 

10 consolidated into a single report as described in subsection 

11 (a) shall contain all information required under this Act 

12 or the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 

13 of 2015 in addition to all other elements required by pre14 vious law. 

15 (c) REPORTS MODIFICATION.—The North Korea Sanc16 tions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 is amended as 

17 follows: 

18 (1) In section 209(a)(3)(A) (22 U.S.C. 

19 9229(a)(3)(A)), by striking ‘‘not later than 90 days 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 

21 180 days thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than 90 

22 days after the date of the enactment of the Hizballah 

23 International Financing Prevention Amendments Act 

24 of 2018, and every 180 days thereafter for 5 years’’. 

25 (2) In section 302(a) (22 U.S.C. 9241(a)), by 

26 striking ‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
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1 enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 

2 120 days after the date of the enactment of the 

3 Hizballah International Financing Prevention 

4 Amendments Act of 2018, and periodically there5 after’’. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1595 

AMENDMENT