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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1617 

To prevent Hizballah and associated entities from gaining access to 

international financial and other institutions, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 18, 2015 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mrs. SHAHEEN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To prevent Hizballah and associated entities from gaining 

access to international financial and other institutions, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 

6 2015’’. 

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

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Statement of policy. 


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TITLE I—PREVENTION OF ACCESS BY HIZBALLAH TO 

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS 

Sec. 101. Briefing on imposition of sanctions on certain satellite providers that 

carry al-Manar TV. 

Sec. 102. Sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage in certain 

transactions. 

TITLE II—REPORTS ON DESIGNATION OF HIZBALLAH AS A SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN NARCOTICS TRAFFICKER AND A SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION 

Sec. 201. Report on designation of Hizballah as a significant foreign narcotics 

trafficker. 

Sec. 202. Report on designation of Hizballah as a significant transnational 

criminal organization. 

Sec. 203. Rewards for Justice and Hizballah’s fundraising, financing, and 

money laundering activities. 

Sec. 204. Report on activities of foreign governments to disrupt global logistics 

networks and fundraising, financing, and money laundering activities of Hizballah. 

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Rule of construction. 

Sec. 302. Regulatory authority. 

Sec. 303. Termination. 

1 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

2 It shall be the policy of the United States to— 

3 (1) prevent Hizballah’s global logistics and fi4 nancial network from operating in order to curtail 

5 funding of its domestic and international activities; 

6 and 

7 (2) utilize all available diplomatic, legislative, 

8 and executive avenues to combat the global criminal 

9 activities of Hizballah as a means to block that orga10 nization’s ability to fund its global terrorist activi11 ties. 


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1 TITLE I—PREVENTION OF AC2 CESS BY HIZBALLAH TO 

3 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL 

4 AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS 

5 SEC. 101. BRIEFING ON IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON 

6 CERTAIN SATELLITE PROVIDERS THAT 

7 CARRY AL-MANAR TV. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

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

10 the President shall provide to the appropriate congres11 sional committees a briefing on the following: 

12 (1) The activities of all satellite, broadcast, 

13 Internet, or other providers that have knowingly en14 tered into a contractual relationship with al-Manar 

15 TV, and any affiliates or successors thereof. 

16 (2) With respect to all providers described in 

17 paragraph (1)— 

18 (A) an identification of those providers 

19 that have been sanctioned pursuant to Execu20 tive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relat21 ing to blocking property and prohibiting trans22 actions with persons who commit, threaten to 

23 commit, or support terrorism); and 

24 (B) an identification of those providers 

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1 ecutive Order 13224 and, with respect to each 

2 such provider, the reason why sanctions have 

3 not been imposed. 

4 (b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

5 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con6 gressional committees’’ means— 

7 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

8 Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

9 Representatives; and 

10 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

11 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af12 fairs of the Senate. 

13 SEC. 102. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FINANCIAL INSTI14 TUTIONS THAT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANS15 ACTIONS. 

16 (a) PROHIBITIONS AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT

17 TO CERTAIN ACCOUNTS HELD BY FOREIGN FINANCIAL

18 INSTITUTIONS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

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

21 President shall prohibit, or impose strict conditions 

22 on, the opening or maintaining in the United States 

23 of a correspondent account or a payable-through ac24 count by a foreign financial institution that the 

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1 ment, engages in an activity described in paragraph 

2 (2). 

3 (2) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—A foreign finan4 cial institution engages in an activity described in 

5 this paragraph if the foreign financial institution— 

6 (A) knowingly facilitates a significant 

7 transaction or transactions for Hizballah; 

8 (B) knowingly facilitates a significant 

9 transaction or transactions of a person identi10 fied on the list of specially designated nationals 

11 and blocked persons maintained by the Office of 

12 Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the 

13 Treasury and the property and interests in 

14 property of which are blocked pursuant to the 

15 International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

16 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for acting on behalf 

17 of or at the direction of, or owned or controlled 

18 by, Hizballah; 

19 (C) knowingly engages in money laun20 dering to carry out an activity described in sub21 paragraph (A) or (B); or 

22 (D) knowingly facilitates a significant 

23 transaction or transactions or provides signifi24 cant financial services to carry out an activity 

25 described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C). 


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1 (3) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 

2 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter3 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

4 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 

5 attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

6 violation of regulations prescribed under this sub7 section to the same extent that such penalties apply 

8 to a person that commits an unlawful act described 

9 in subsection (a) of such section 206. 

10 (4) PROCEDURES FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF

11 CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—If a finding under this 

13 subsection, or a prohibition, condition, or pen14 alty imposed as a result of any such finding, is 

15 based on classified information (as defined in 

16 section 1(a) of the Classified Information Pro17 cedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.)) and a court re18 views the finding or the imposition of the prohi19 bition, condition, or penalty, the President may 

20 submit such information to the court ex parte 

21 and in camera. 

22 (B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

23 this paragraph shall be construed to confer or 

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1 tion, or penalty imposed as a result of any such 

2 finding. 

3 (5) REGULATIONS.—The President shall pre4 scribe and implement regulations to carry out this 

5 subsection. 

6 (b) WAIVER.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, 

8 on a case-by-case basis, the application of a prohibi9 tion or condition imposed with respect to a foreign 

10 financial institution pursuant to subsection (a) for a 

11 period of not more than 180 days, and may renew 

12 the waiver for additional periods of not more than 

13 180 days, on and after the date on which the Presi14 dent— 

15 (A) determines that such a waiver is in the 

16 national security interests of the United States; 

17 and 

18 (B) submits to the appropriate congres19 sional committees a report describing the rea20 sons for such determination. 

21 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

22 (1)(B) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

23 may contain a classified annex. 

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1 quired to apply sanctions to a foreign financial institution 

2 described in subsection (a) if the President certifies in 

3 writing to the appropriate congressional committees 

4 that— 

5 (1) the foreign financial institution— 

6 (A) is no longer engaging in the activity 

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

8 (B) has taken and is continuing to take 

9 significant verifiable steps toward terminating 

10 the activity described in that subsection; and 

11 (2) the President has received reliable assur12 ances from the government with primary jurisdiction 

13 over the foreign financial institution that the foreign 

14 financial institution will not engage in any activity 

15 described in subsection (a)(2) in the future. 

16 (d) REPORT ON FOREIGN CENTRAL BANKS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

18 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 

19 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

20 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

21 a report that— 

22 (A) identifies each foreign central bank 

23 that the Secretary determines engages in one or 

24 more activities described in subsection 

25 (a)(2)(D); and 


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1 (B) provides a detailed description of each 

2 such activity. 

3 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 

4 by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

5 form, but may include a classified annex. 

6 (e) DEFINITIONS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—In this section: 

8 (A) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; 

9 PAYABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘‘ac10 count’’, ‘‘correspondent account’’, and ‘‘payable11 through account’’ have the meanings given 

12 those terms in section 5318A of title 31, United 

13 States Code. 

14 (B) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM15 MITTEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congres16 sional committees’’ means— 

17 (i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

18 and the Committee on Financial Services 

19 of the House of Representatives; and 

20 (ii) the Committee on Foreign Rela21 tions and the Committee on Banking, 

22 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

23 (C) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term 

24 ‘‘financial institution’’ means a financial insti25 tution specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), 


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1 (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), (M), (N), 

2 (P), (R), (T), (Y), or (Z) of section 5312(a)(2) 

3 of title 31, United States Code. 

4 (D) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; 

5 DOMESTIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.— 

6 (i) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITU7 TION.—The term ‘‘foreign financial institu8 tion’’ has the meaning given that term in 

9 section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Fed10 eral Regulations, and excludes the Central 

11 Bank of Lebanon. 

12 (ii) DOMESTIC FINANCIAL INSTITU13 TION.—The term ‘‘domestic financial insti14 tution’’ has the meaning of that term as 

15 determined by the Secretary of the Treas16 ury. 

17 (E) HIZBALLAH.—The term ‘‘Hizballah’’ 

18 means— 

19 (i) the entity known as Hizballah and 

20 designated by the Secretary of State as a 

21 foreign terrorist organization pursuant to 

22 section 219 of the Immigration and Na23 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or 

24 (ii) any person— 


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1 (I) the property or interests in 

2 property of which are blocked pursu3 ant to the International Emergency 

4 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

5 1701 et seq.); and 

6 (II) who is identified on the list 

7 of specially designated nationals and 

8 blocked persons maintained by the Of9 fice of Foreign Asset Control of the 

10 Department of the Treasury as an 

11 agent, instrumentality, or affiliate of 

12 Hizballah. 

13 (F) MONEY LAUNDERING.—The term 

14 ‘‘money laundering’’ means the movement of il15 licit cash or cash equivalent proceeds into, out 

16 of, or through a country, or into, out of, or 

17 through a financial institution. 

18 (2) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—The President may 

19 further define the terms used in this section in the 

20 regulations prescribed under this section. 


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1 TITLE II—REPORTS ON DES2 IGNATION OF HIZBALLAH AS 

3 A SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN 

4 NARCOTICS TRAFFICKER AND 

5 A SIGNIFICANT TRANS6 NATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGA7 NIZATION 

8 SEC. 201. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF HIZBALLAH AS A 

9 SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN NARCOTICS TRAF10 FICKER. 

11 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 

12 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

13 shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees 

14 a detailed report on whether Hizballah meets the criteria 

15 for designation under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Des16 ignation Act (21 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) as a significant for17 eign narcotics trafficker, and if the President determines 

18 that Hizballah does not meet such criteria, a detailed jus19 tification as to which criteria have not been met. 

20 (b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

21 shall be transmitted in unclassified form, but may include 

22 a classified annex. 

23 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE24 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres25 sional committees’’ means— 


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1 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

2 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com3 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa4 tives; and 

5 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

6 Committee on Finance, and the Committee on the 

7 Judiciary of the Senate. 

8 SEC. 202. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF HIZBALLAH AS A 

9 SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL OR10 GANIZATION. 

11 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con12 gress that— 

13 (1) Hizballah appears to meet the criteria for 

14 designation as a significant transnational criminal 

15 organization under Executive Order 13581 (76 Fed. 

16 Reg. 44,757; relating to blocking property of 

17 transnational criminal organizations); and 

18 (2) the President should designate Hizballah as 

19 a significant transnational criminal organization. 

20 (b) REPORT.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

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1 nificant transnational criminal organization under 

2 Executive Order 13581, and if the President deter3 mines that Hizballah does not meet such criteria, a 

4 detailed justification as to which criteria have not 

5 been met. 

6 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

7 (1) shall be transmitted in unclassified form, but 

8 may include a classified annex. 

9 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE10 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres11 sional committees’’ means— 

12 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

13 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com14 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa15 tives; and 

16 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

17 Committee on Finance, and the Committee on the 

18 Judiciary of the Senate. 

19 SEC. 203. REWARDS FOR JUSTICE AND HIZBALLAH’S FUND20 RAISING, FINANCING, AND MONEY LAUN21 DERING ACTIVITIES. 

22 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

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1 through the Department of State rewards program under 

2 section 36 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

3 (22 U.S.C. 2708) to obtain information on fundraising, 

4 financing, and money laundering activities of Hizballah 

5 and its agents and affiliates. 

6 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 

8 Secretary of State shall provide a briefing to the appro9 priate congressional committees on the status of the ac10 tions described in subsection (a). 

11 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE12 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres13 sional committees’’ means— 

14 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

15 Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

16 Representatives; and 

17 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

18 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af19 fairs of the Senate. 

20 SEC. 204. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN GOVERN21 MENTS TO DISRUPT GLOBAL LOGISTICS NET22 WORKS AND FUNDRAISING, FINANCING, AND 

23 MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES OF 

24 HIZBALLAH. 

25 (a) REPORT.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

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

3 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com4 mittees a report that includes— 

5 (A) a list of countries that support 

6 Hizballah or in which Hizballah maintains im7 portant portions of its global logistics networks; 

8 (B) with respect to each country on the list 

9 required by subparagraph (A)— 

10 (i) an assessment of whether the gov11 ernment of the country is taking adequate 

12 measures to disrupt the global logistics 

13 networks of Hizballah within the territory 

14 of the country; and 

15 (ii) in the case of a country the gov16 ernment of which is not taking adequate 

17 measures to disrupt such networks— 

18 (I) an assessment of the reasons 

19 that government is not taking such 

20 adequate measures; and 

21 (II) a description of measures 

22 being taken by the United States to 

23 encourage that government to improve 

24 measures to disrupt such networks; 


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1 (C) a list of countries in which Hizballah, 

2 or any of its agents or affiliates, conducts sig3 nificant fundraising, financing, or money laun4 dering activities; 

5 (D) with respect to each country on the 

6 list required by subparagraph (C)— 

7 (i) an assessment of whether the gov8 ernment of the country is taking adequate 

9 measures to disrupt the fundraising, fi10 nancing, or money laundering activities of 

11 Hizballah and its agents and affiliates 

12 within the territory of the country; and 

13 (ii) in the case of a country the gov14 ernment of which is not taking adequate 

15 measures to disrupt such activities— 

16 (I) an assessment of the reasons 

17 that government is not taking such 

18 adequate measures; and 

19 (II) a description of measures 

20 being taken by the United States to 

21 encourage that government to improve 

22 measures to disrupt such activities; 

23 and 

24 (E) a list of methods that Hizballah, or 

25 any of its agents or affiliates, utilizes to raise 


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1 or transfer funds, including trade-based money 

2 laundering, the use of foreign exchange houses, 

3 and free-trade zones. 

4 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

5 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form to the 

6 greatest extent possible, and may contain a classified 

7 annex. 

8 (3) GLOBAL LOGISTICS NETWORKS OF

9 HIZBALLAH.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘global 

10 logistics networks of Hizballah’’, ‘‘global logistics 

11 networks’’, or ‘‘networks’’ means financial, material, 

12 or technological support for, or financial or other 

13 services in support of, Hizballah. 

14 (b) BRIEFING ON HIZBALLAH’S ASSETS AND ACTIVI15 TIES RELATED TO FUNDRAISING, FINANCING, AND

16 MONEY LAUNDERING WORLDWIDE.—Not later than 90 

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

18 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State, the Secretary 

19 of the Treasury, and the heads of other applicable Federal 

20 departments and agencies shall provide to the appropriate 

21 congressional committees a briefing on the disposition of 

22 Hizballah’s assets and activities related to fundraising, fi23 nancing, and money laundering worldwide. 


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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, the 

5 Committee on Financial Services, and the Perma6 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 

7 of Representatives; and 

8 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

9 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af10 fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

11 the Senate. 

12 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

13 PROVISIONS 

14 SEC. 301. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

15 Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 

16 Act shall apply to the authorized intelligence activities of 

17 the United States. 

18 SEC. 302. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 

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

20 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

21 promulgate regulations as necessary for the implementa22 tion of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 

23 (b) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not less than 10 

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1 gressional committees of the proposed regulations and the 

2 provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this 

3 Act that the regulations are implementing. 

4 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE5 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres6 sional committees’’ means— 

7 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

8 Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

9 Representatives; and 

10 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

11 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af12 fairs of the Senate. 

13 SEC. 303. TERMINATION. 

14 This Act shall terminate on the date that is 30 days 

15 after the date on which the President certifies to Congress 

16 that Hizballah— 

17 (1) is no longer designated as a foreign ter18 rorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the 

19 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 

20 and 

21 (2) is no longer listed in the Annex to Executive 

22 Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 

23 blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 


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1 persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 

2 terrorism). 

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