In the Senate of the United States, 

November 17, 2015. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2297) entitled ‘‘An Act to prevent Hezbollah and 

associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions, and for other purposes.’’, do pass 

with the following 

AMENDMENTS: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 

4 2015’’. 

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

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Statement of policy. 

TITLE I—PREVENTION OF ACCESS BY HIZBALLAH TO 

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS 

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

carry al-Manar TV. 
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Sec. 102. Sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage in certain 

transactions. 

TITLE II—REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS ON NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING 

AND SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF 

HIZBALLAH 

Sec. 201. Report and briefing on narcotics trafficking by Hizballah. 

Sec. 202. Report and briefing on significant transnational criminal activities of 

Hizballah. 

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. REPORT ON IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CER6 TAIN SATELLITE PROVIDERS THAT CARRY AL7 MANAR TV. 

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

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 

10 to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership 

11 a report 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 that 

19 have been sanctioned pursuant to Executive 

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

21 blocking property and prohibiting transactions 

22 with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or 

23 support terrorism); and 

24 (B) an identification of those providers that 

25 have not been sanctioned pursuant to Executive 
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1 Order 13224 and, with respect to each such pro2 vider, any information indicating that the pro3 vider has knowingly entered into a contractual 

4 relationship with al-Manar TV, and any affili5 ates or successors of al-Manar TV. 

6 (b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub7 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form to the 

8 greatest extent possible, but may include a classified annex. 

9 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND

10 LEADERSHIP DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro11 priate congressional committees and leadership’’ means— 

12 (1) the Speaker, the minority leader, the Com13 mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Finan14 cial Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on 

15 Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and 

16 (2) the majority leader, the minority leader, the 

17 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 

18 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Select 

19 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

20 SEC. 102. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FINANCIAL INSTI21 TUTIONS THAT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANS22 ACTIONS. 

23 (a) PROHIBITIONS AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT

24 TO CERTAIN ACCOUNTS HELD BY FOREIGN FINANCIAL IN25 STITUTIONS.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 

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

3 shall prescribe regulations to prohibit, or impose 

4 strict conditions on, the opening or maintaining in 

5 the United States of a correspondent account or a 

6 payable-through account by a foreign financial insti7 tution that the President determines, on or after such 

8 date of enactment, engages in an activity described in 

9 paragraph (2). 

10 (2) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—A foreign financial 

11 institution engages in an activity described in this 

12 paragraph if the foreign financial institution— 

13 (A) knowingly facilitates a significant 

14 transaction or transactions for Hizballah; 

15 (B) knowingly facilitates a significant 

16 transaction or transactions of a person identified 

17 on the list of specially designated nationals and 

18 blocked persons maintained by the Office of For19 eign Assets Control of the Department of the 

20 Treasury and the property and interests in 

21 property of which are blocked pursuant to the 

22 International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

23 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for acting on behalf of 

24 or at the direction of, or being owned or con25 trolled by, Hizballah; 
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1 (C) knowingly engages in money laundering 

2 to carry out an activity described in subpara3 graph (A) or (B); or 

4 (D) knowingly facilitates a significant 

5 transaction or transactions or provides signifi6 cant financial services to carry out an activity 

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

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

9 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter10 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

11 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, attempts 

12 to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation 

13 of regulations prescribed under this subsection to the 

14 same extent that such penalties apply to a person that 

15 commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) 

16 of such section 206. 

17 (4) PROCEDURES FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF

18 CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.— 

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

20 subsection, or a prohibition, condition, or pen21 alty imposed as a result of any such finding, is 

22 based on classified information (as defined in 

23 section 1(a) of the Classified Information Proce24 dures Act (18 U.S.C. App.)) and a court reviews 

25 the finding or the imposition of the prohibition, 
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1 condition, or penalty, the President may submit 

2 such information to the court ex parte and in 

3 camera. 

4 (B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

5 this paragraph shall be construed to confer or 

6 imply any right to judicial review of any find7 ing under this subsection or any prohibition, 

8 condition, or penalty imposed as a result of any 

9 such finding. 

10 (b) WAIVER.— 

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

12 a case-by-case basis, the application of a prohibition 

13 or condition imposed with respect to a foreign finan14 cial institution pursuant to subsection (a) for a pe15 riod of not more than 180 days, and may renew the 

16 waiver for additional periods of not more than 180 

17 days, on and after the date on which the President— 

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

19 national security interests of the United States; 

20 and 

21 (B) submits to the appropriate congres22 sional committees a report describing the reasons 

23 for such determination. 
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1 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

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

3 may contain a classified annex. 

4 (c) SPECIAL RULE TO ALLOW FOR TERMINATION OF

5 SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITY.—The President shall not be re6 quired to apply sanctions to a foreign financial institution 

7 described in subsection (a) if the President certifies in writ8 ing to the appropriate congressional committees that— 

9 (1) the foreign financial institution— 

10 (A) is no longer engaging in the activity de11 scribed in subsection (a)(2); or 

12 (B) has taken and is continuing to take sig13 nificant verifiable steps toward terminating the 

14 activity described in that subsection; and 

15 (2) the President has received reliable assurances 

16 from the government with primary jurisdiction over 

17 the foreign financial institution that the foreign fi18 nancial institution will not engage in any activity 

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

20 (d) REPORT ON FOREIGN CENTRAL BANKS.— 

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

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

23 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

24 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

25 report that— 
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1 (A) identifies each foreign central bank that 

2 the Secretary determines engages in one or more 

3 activities described in subsection (a)(2)(D); and 

4 (B) provides a detailed description of each 

5 such activity. 

6 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by 

7 paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

8 but may include a classified annex. 

9 (e) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all 

10 authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 

11 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

12 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section. 

13 (f) DEFINITIONS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—In this section: 

15 (A) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; 

16 PAYABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘‘ac17 count’’, ‘‘correspondent account’’, and ‘‘payable18 through account’’ have the meanings given those 

19 terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States 

20 Code. 

21 (B) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT22 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional 

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

2 and the Committee on Financial Services of 

3 the House of Representatives; and 

4 (ii) the Committee on Foreign Rela5 tions and the Committee on Banking, Hous6 ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

7 (C) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi8 nancial institution’’ means a financial institu9 tion specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), 

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

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

12 of title 31, United States Code. 

13 (D) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.— 

14 The term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the 

15 meaning given that term in section 1010.605 of 

16 title 31, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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 Nation23 ality 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 pursuant 

3 to the International Emergency Eco4 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

5 seq.); and 

6 (II) who is identified on the list of 

7 specially designated nationals and 

8 blocked persons maintained by the Of9 fice of Foreign Assets 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’’ includes the movement of il15 licit cash or cash equivalent proceeds into, out of, 

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

17 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 AND BRIEF2 INGS ON NARCOTICS TRAF3 FICKING AND SIGNIFICANT 

4 TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL 

5 ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH 

6 SEC. 201. REPORT AND BRIEFING ON NARCOTICS TRAF7 FICKING BY HIZBALLAH. 

8 (a) REPORT.— 

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

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

11 shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit12 tees and leadership a report on the activities of 

13 Hizballah related to narcotics trafficking worldwide. 

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

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

16 greatest extent possible, but may include a classified 

17 annex. 

18 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the sub19 mission of the report required by subsection (a), the Presi20 dent shall provide to the appropriate congressional commit21 tees and leadership a briefing on— 

22 (1) the report; 

23 (2) procedures for designating Hizballah as a 

24 significant foreign narcotics trafficker under the For-
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1 eign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 

2 1901 et seq.); and 

3 (3) Government-wide efforts to combat the nar4 cotics trafficking activities of Hizballah. 

5 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND

6 LEADERSHIP DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro7 priate congressional committees and leadership’’ means— 

8 (1) the Speaker, the minority leader, the Com9 mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Finan10 cial Services, the Committee on the Judiciary, and 

11 the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

12 House of Representatives; and 

13 (2) the majority leader, the minority leader, the 

14 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 

15 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee 

16 on Finance, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the 

17 Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

18 SEC. 202. REPORT AND BRIEFING ON SIGNIFICANT 

19 TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF 

20 HIZBALLAH. 

21 (a) REPORT.— 

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

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

24 shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit25 tees and leadership a report on the significant 
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1 transnational criminal activities of Hizballah, in2 cluding human trafficking. 

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

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

5 greatest extent possible, but may include a classified 

6 annex. 

7 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the sub8 mission of the report required by subsection (a), the Presi9 dent shall provide to the appropriate congressional commit10 tees and leadership a briefing on— 

11 (1) the report; 

12 (2) procedures for designating Hizballah as a 

13 significant transnational criminal organization 

14 under Executive Order 13581 (75 Fed. Reg. 44,757); 

15 and 

16 (3) Government-wide efforts to combat the 

17 transnational criminal activities of Hizballah. 

18 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND

19 LEADERSHIP DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro20 priate congressional committees and leadership’’ means— 

21 (1) the Speaker, the minority leader, the Com22 mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Finan23 cial Services, the Committee on the Judiciary, and 

24 the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

25 House of Representatives; and 
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1 (2) the majority leader, the minority leader, the 

2 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 

3 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee 

4 on Finance, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the 

5 Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

6 SEC. 203. REWARDS FOR JUSTICE AND HIZBALLAH’S FUND7 RAISING, FINANCING, AND MONEY LAUN8 DERING ACTIVITIES. 

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

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

11 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

12 that details actions taken by the Department of State 

13 through the Department of State rewards program under 

14 section 36 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

15 (22 U.S.C. 2708) to obtain information on fundraising, fi16 nancing, and money laundering activities of Hizballah and 

17 its agents and affiliates. 

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

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

20 Secretary of State shall provide a briefing to the appro21 priate congressional committees on the status of the actions 

22 described in subsection (a). 

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 and the 

2 Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep3 resentatives; and 

4 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

5 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

6 of the Senate. 

7 SEC. 204. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN GOVERN8 MENTS TO DISRUPT GLOBAL LOGISTICS NET9 WORKS AND FUNDRAISING, FINANCING, AND 

10 MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES OF 

11 HIZBALLAH. 

12 (a) REPORT.— 

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

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

15 shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit16 tees a report that includes— 

17 (A) a list of countries that support 

18 Hizballah or in which Hizballah maintains im19 portant portions of its global logistics networks; 

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

21 required by subparagraph (A)— 

22 (i) an assessment of whether the gov23 ernment of the country is taking adequate 

24 measures to disrupt the global logistics net-
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1 works of Hizballah within the territory of 

2 the country; and 

3 (ii) in the case of a country the govern4 ment of which is not taking adequate meas5 ures to disrupt such networks— 

6 (I) an assessment of the reasons 

7 that government is not taking such 

8 adequate measures; and 

9 (II) a description of measures 

10 being taken by the United States to en11 courage that government to improve 

12 measures to disrupt such networks; 

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

14 or any of its agents or affiliates, conducts sig15 nificant fundraising, financing, or money laun16 dering activities; 

17 (D) with respect to each country on the list 

18 required by subparagraph (C)— 

19 (i) an assessment of whether the gov20 ernment of the country is taking adequate 

21 measures to disrupt the fundraising, financ22 ing, or money laundering activities of 

23 Hizballah and its agents and affiliates 

24 within the territory of the country; and 
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1 (ii) in the case of a country the govern2 ment of which is not taking adequate meas3 ures to disrupt such activities— 

4 (I) an assessment of the reasons 

5 that government is not taking such 

6 adequate measures; and 

7 (II) a description of measures 

8 being taken by the United States to en9 courage that government to improve 

10 measures to disrupt such activities; 

11 and 

12 (E) a list of methods that Hizballah, or any 

13 of its agents or affiliates, utilizes to raise or 

14 transfer funds, including trade-based money 

15 laundering, the use of foreign exchange houses, 

16 and free-trade zones. 

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

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

19 greatest extent possible, and may contain a classified 

20 annex. 

21 (3) GLOBAL LOGISTICS NETWORKS OF

22 HIZBALLAH.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘global lo23 gistics networks of Hizballah’’, ‘‘global logistics net24 works’’, or ‘‘networks’’ means financial, material, or 
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1 technological support for, or financial or other serv2 ices in support of, Hizballah. 

3 (b) BRIEFING ON HIZBALLAH’S ASSETS AND ACTIVI4 TIES RELATED TO FUNDRAISING, FINANCING, AND MONEY

5 LAUNDERING WORLDWIDE.—Not later than 90 days after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 

7 thereafter, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treas8 ury, and the heads of other applicable Federal departments 

9 and agencies shall provide to the appropriate congressional 

10 committees a briefing on the disposition of Hizballah’s as11 sets and activities related to fundraising, financing, and 

12 money laundering worldwide. 

13 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE14 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres15 sional committees’’ means— 

16 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com17 mittee on Financial Services, and the Permanent Se18 lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep19 resentatives; and 

20 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

21 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 

22 and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen23 ate. 
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1 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

2 PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 301. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

4 Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 

5 Act shall apply to the authorized intelligence activities of 

6 the United States. 

7 SEC. 302. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 

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

9 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, promul10 gate regulations as necessary for the implementation of this 

11 Act and the amendments made by this Act. 

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

13 days before the promulgation of regulations under sub14 section (a), the President shall notify the appropriate con15 gressional committees of the proposed regulations and the 

16 provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this 

17 Act that the regulations are implementing. 

18 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE19 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres20 sional committees’’ means— 

21 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

22 Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep23 resentatives; and 
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1 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

2 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

3 of the Senate. 

4 SEC. 303. TERMINATION. 

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

6 after the date on which the President certifies to Congress 

7 that Hizballah— 

8 (1) is no longer designated as a foreign terrorist 

9 organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigra10 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and 

11 (2) is no longer designated for the imposition of 

12 sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 

13 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property and 

14 prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, 

15 threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to prevent 

Hizballah and associated entities from gaining access to 

international financial and other institutions, and for 

other purposes.’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 2297 

AMENDMENTS