IIB 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4411 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 23, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs 

AN ACT 

To prevent Hezbollah 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 

4 2014’’. 

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

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Statement of policy. 

TITLE I—PREVENTION OF ACCESS BY HEZBOLLAH 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 HEZBOLLAH AS A SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN NARCOTICS TRAFFICKER AND A SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION 

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

trafficker. 

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

criminal organization. 

Sec. 203. Report on Hezbollah’s involvement in the trade of conflict diamonds. 

Sec. 204. Rewards for justice and Hezbollah’s fundraising, financing, and 

money laundering activities. 

Sec. 205. Report on activities of foreign governments to disrupt global logistics 

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

Sec. 206. Appropriate congressional committees defined. 

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Rule of construction. 

Sec. 302. Regulatory authority. 

Sec. 303. Offset. 

Sec. 304. Termination. 

7 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

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

9 (1) prevent Hezbollah’s global logistics and fi10 nancial network from operating in order to curtail 


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1 funding of its domestic and international activities; 

2 and 

3 (2) utilize all available diplomatic, legislative, 

4 and executive avenues to combat the global criminal 

5 activities of Hezbollah as a means to block that or6 ganization’s ability to fund its global terrorist activi7 ties. 

8 TITLE I—PREVENTION OF AC9 CESS BY HEZBOLLAH TO 

10 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL 

11 AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS 

12 SEC. 101. BRIEFING ON IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON 

13 CERTAIN SATELLITE PROVIDERS THAT 

14 CARRY AL-MANAR TV. 

15 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact16 ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 

17 of State shall provide to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

18 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

19 Foreign Relations of the Senate a briefing on the fol20 lowing: 

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

22 Internet, or other providers that knowingly provide 

23 material support to al-Manar TV, and any affiliates 

24 or successors thereof. 


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1 (2) With respect to all providers described in 

2 paragraph (1)— 

3 (A) an identification of those providers 

4 that have been sanctioned pursuant to Execu5 tive Order No. 13224 (September 23, 2001); 

6 and 

7 (B) an identification of those providers 

8 that have not been sanctioned pursuant to Ex9 ecutive Order No. 13224 and, with respect to 

10 each such provider, the reason why sanctions 

11 have not been imposed. 

12 SEC. 102. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FINANCIAL INSTI13 TUTIONS THAT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANS14 ACTIONS. 

15 (a) PROHIBITIONS AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT

16 TO CERTAIN ACCOUNTS HELD BY FOREIGN FINANCIAL

17 INSTITUTIONS.— 

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

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec20 retary of the Treasury, with the concurrence of the 

21 Secretary of State and in consultation with the 

22 heads of other applicable departments and agencies, 

23 shall prohibit, or impose strict conditions on, the 

24 opening or maintaining in the United States of a 

25 correspondent account or a payable-through account 


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1 by a foreign financial institution that the Secretary 

2 determines, on or after the date of the enactment of 

3 this Act, engages in an activity described in para4 graph (2). 

5 (2) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—A foreign finan6 cial institution engages in an activity described in 

7 this paragraph if the foreign financial institution— 

8 (A) knowingly facilitates a significant 

9 transaction or transactions for Hezbollah; 

10 (B) knowingly facilitates a significant 

11 transaction or transactions of a person des12 ignated for acting on behalf of or at the direc13 tion of, or owned or controlled by, Hezbollah; 

14 (C) knowingly engages in money laun15 dering to carry out an activity described in sub16 paragraph (A) or (B); 

17 (D) knowingly facilitates a significant 

18 transaction or transactions or provides signifi19 cant financial services to carry out an activity 

20 described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C), in21 cluding— 

22 (i) facilitating a significant trans23 action or transactions; or 


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1 (ii) providing significant financial 

2 services that involve a transaction of cov3 ered goods; or 

4 (E)(i) knowingly facilitates, or participates 

5 or assists in, an activity described in subpara6 graph (A), (B), (C), or (D), including by acting 

7 on behalf of, at the direction of, or as an inter8 mediary for, or otherwise assisting, another per9 son with respect to the activity described in any 

10 such subparagraph; 

11 (ii) knowingly attempts or conspires to fa12 cilitate or participate in an activity described in 

13 subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or 

14 (iii) is owned or controlled by a foreign fi15 nancial institution that the Secretary finds 

16 knowingly engages in an activity described in 

17 subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D). 

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

19 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter20 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

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

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

23 violation of regulations prescribed under paragraph 

24 (1) of this subsection to the same extent that such 


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1 penalties apply to a person that commits an unlaw2 ful act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 

3 (4) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the 

4 Treasury shall prescribe and implement regulations 

5 to carry out this subsection. 

6 (b) WAIVER.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas8 ury, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State 

9 and in consultation with the heads of other applica10 ble departments and agencies, may waive, on a case11 by-case basis, the application of a prohibition or con12 dition imposed with respect to a foreign financial in13 stitution pursuant to subsection (a) for a period of 

14 not more than 180 days, and may renew that waiver 

15 for additional periods of not more than 180 days, on 

16 and after the date that the Secretary of the Treas17 ury, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 

18 State— 

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

20 national security interests of the United States; 

21 and 

22 (B) submits to the appropriate congres23 sional committees a report describing the rea24 sons for the determination. 


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1 (2) FORM.—The report required by subpara2 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

3 but may contain a classified annex. 

4 (c) PROVISIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN FINANCIAL

5 INSTITUTIONS.— 

6 (1) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the 

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

8 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

9 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

10 a report that— 

11 (A) identifies each foreign central bank 

12 that the Secretary determines engages in one or 

13 more activities described in subsection 

14 (a)(2)(D); and 

15 (B) provides a detailed description of each 

16 such activity. 

17 (2) SPECIAL RULE TO ALLOW FOR TERMI18 NATION OF SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITY.—The Sec19 retary of the Treasury shall not be required to apply 

20 sanctions to a foreign financial institution described 

21 in subsection (a) if the Secretary of the Treasury, 

22 with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and 

23 in consultation with the heads of other applicable de24 partments and agencies, certifies in writing to the 

25 appropriate congressional committees that— 


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1 (A) the foreign financial institution— 

2 (i) is no longer engaging in the activ3 ity described in subsection (a)(2); or 

4 (ii) has taken and is continuing to 

5 take significant verifiable steps toward ter6 minating the activity described in sub7 section (a)(2); and 

8 (B) the Secretary has received reliable as9 surances from the government with primary ju10 risdiction over the foreign financial institution 

11 that the foreign financial institution will not en12 gage in any activity described in subsection 

13 (a)(2) in the future. 

14 (d) DEFINITIONS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—In this section: 

16 (A) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; 

17 PAYABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘‘ac18 count’’, ‘‘correspondent account’’, and ‘‘payable19 through account’’ have the meanings given 

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

21 States Code. 

22 (B) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM23 MITTEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congres24 sional committees’’ means— 


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1 (i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

2 and the Committee on Financial Services 

3 of the House of Representatives; and 

4 (ii) the Committee on Foreign Rela5 tions and the Committee on Banking, 

6 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

7 (C) COVERED GOODS.—The term ‘‘covered 

8 goods’’ has the meaning given the term in sec9 tion 1027.100 of title 31, Code of Federal Reg10 ulations. 

11 (D) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term 

12 ‘‘financial institution’’ means a financial insti13 tution specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), 

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

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

16 of title 31, United States Code. 

17 (E) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; 

18 DOMESTIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.— 

19 (i) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITU20 TION.—The term ‘‘foreign financial institu21 tion’’ has the meaning of such term in sec22 tion 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal 

23 Regulations, and includes a foreign central 

24 bank. 


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1 (ii) DOMESTIC FINANCIAL INSTITU2 TION.—The term ‘‘domestic financial insti3 tution’’ has the meaning of such term as 

4 determined by the Secretary of the Treas5 ury. 

6 (F) HEZBOLLAH.—The term ‘‘Hezbollah’’ 

7 means— 

8 (i) any person— 

9 (I) the property of or interests in 

10 property of which are blocked pursu11 ant to the International Emergency 

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

13 1701 et seq.); and 

14 (II) who is identified on the list 

15 of specially designated nationals and 

16 blocked persons maintained by the Of17 fice of Foreign Asset Control of the 

18 Department of the Treasury as an 

19 agent, instrumentality, or affiliate of 

20 Hezbollah; and 

21 (ii) the entity designated by the Sec22 retary of State as a foreign terrorist orga23 nization pursuant to section 219 of the Im24 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

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1 (G) MONEY LAUNDERING.—The term 

2 ‘‘money laundering’’ means any of the activities 

3 described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of sec4 tion 1956(a) of title 18, United States Code, 

5 with respect to which penalties may be imposed 

6 pursuant to such section. 

7 (2) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—The Secretary of 

8 the Treasury may further define the terms used in 

9 this section in the regulations prescribed under this 

10 section. 

11 TITLE II—REPORTS ON DES12 IGNATION OF HEZBOLLAH AS 

13 A SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN 

14 NARCOTICS TRAFFICKER AND 

15 A SIGNIFICANT 

16 TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL 

17 ORGANIZATION 

18 SEC. 201. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF HEZBOLLAH AS A 

19 SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN NARCOTICS TRAF20 FICKER. 

21 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find22 ings: 

23 (1) In 2008, after the two year Operation Titan 

24 run by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration 

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1 national narcotics ring that smuggled cocaine into 

2 the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, 

3 and was run by Chekry Harb, also known as 

4 ‘‘Taliban’’. According to lead prosecutor for the spe5 cial prosecutor’s office in Bogota, Gladys Sanchez, 

6 ‘‘The profits from the sales of drugs went to finance 

7 Hezbollah.’’. 

8 (2) In 2011, the Department of the Treasury 

9 blacklisted the Lebanese Canadian Bank as a pri10 mary money laundering concern, alleging that it is 

11 part of a drug trafficking network that profited 

12 Hezbollah by moving approximately $200,000,000 

13 per month. 

14 (3) In April 2013, when the Department of the 

15 Treasury blacklisted two Lebanese exchange houses, 

16 Kassem Rmeiti & Co. and Halawi Exchange Co., for 

17 laundering drug profits for Hezbollah, it stated that 

18 Hezbollah was operating like ‘‘an international drug 

19 cartel,’’ adding that the ‘‘Halawi Exchange, through 

20 its network of established international exchange 

21 houses, initiated wire transfers from its bank ac22 counts to the United States without using the Leba23 nese banking system in order to avoid scrutiny asso24 ciated with Treasury’s designations of Hassan Ayash 

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1 dian Bank Section 311 Action * * * . Money was 

2 then wire transferred via Halawi’s banking relation3 ships indirectly to the United States through coun4 tries that included China, Singapore, and the UAE, 

5 which were perceived to receive less scrutiny by the 

6 U.S. Government.’’. 

7 (4) The Department of Justice reported that 29 

8 of the 63 organizations on its FY 2010 Consolidated 

9 Priority Organization Targets list, which includes 

10 the most significant international drug trafficking 

11 organizations (DTOs) threatening the United States, 

12 were associated with terrorist groups, and noted 

13 with concern Hezbollah’s international drug and 

14 criminal activities. 

15 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con16 gress that— 

17 (1) Hezbollah meets the criteria for designation 

18 as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker as set 

19 forth in the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation 

20 Act (21 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.); and 

21 (2) the President should so designate Hezbollah 

22 as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker. 

23 (c) REPORT.— 

24 (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 

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1 President shall submit to the appropriate congres2 sional committees— 

3 (A) a detailed report on whether the 

4 Hezbollah meets the criteria for designation 

5 under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designa6 tion Act (21 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) as a signifi7 cant foreign narcotics trafficker; and 

8 (B) if the President determines that 

9 Hezbollah does not meet the criteria for des10 ignation under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin 

11 Designation Act as a significant foreign nar12 cotics trafficker, a detailed justification as to 

13 which criteria have not been met. 

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

15 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

16 include a classified annex. 

17 SEC. 202. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF HEZBOLLAH AS A 

18 SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL OR19 GANIZATION. 

20 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find21 ings: 

22 (1) Hezbollah is engaged array of illicit activi23 ties, from counterfeiting currencies, passport docu24 ments, to stolen automobile rings and other illicit ac25 tivities. 


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1 (2) In 2002, authorities in Charlotte, North 

2 Carolina arrested members of a cell run by Moham3 med and Chawki Hamoud and convicted them on 

4 various charges, including funding the activities of 

5 Hezbollah from proceeds of interstate cigarette 

6 smuggling and money laundering. 

7 (3) In 2006 the Department of the Treasury 

8 designated operations of Assad Barakat, treasurer 

9 for Hezbollah, as providing material support for a 

10 foreign terrorist organization and noted that 

11 Barakat had engaged in mafia-style shakedowns and 

12 ‘‘threatened TBA (triborder area) shopkeepers who 

13 are sympathetic to Hezbollah’s cause with having 

14 family members in Lebanon placed on a ‘Hezbollah 

15 blacklist’ if they did not pay their quota to 

16 Hezbollah’’ and also was ‘‘involved in a counter17 feiting ring that distributes fake U.S. dollars and 

18 generates cash to fund Hezbollah operations’’. 

19 (4) In 2009, Paraguayan authorities arrested 

20 Moussa Hamdan and three other individuals for sell21 ing fraudulent passports and trafficking in counter22 feit money and sporting goods, illegally obtained 

23 consumer electronics and automobiles and then 

24 using the proceeds to buy arms for Hezbollah. 


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1 (5) In October 2011, a group of businessmen 

2 pled guilty to attempting to ship electronics to a 

3 shopping center in South America that the Depart4 ment of the Treasury had designated as a Hezbollah 

5 front. 

6 (6) A June 2014 ‘‘threat assessment’’ report by 

7 Canada’s Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre 

8 indicated that Hezbollah members in Canada are in9 volved in organized crime. 

10 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con11 gress that— 

12 (1) Hezbollah meets the criteria for designation 

13 as a significant transnational criminal organization 

14 under Executive Order No. 13581 (76 Fed. Reg. 

15 44757); and 

16 (2) the President should so designate Hezbollah 

17 as a significant transnational criminal organization. 

18 (c) REPORT.— 

19 (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 

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

21 President shall submit to the appropriate commit22 tees of Congress— 

23 (A) a detailed report on whether the 

24 Hezbollah meets the criteria for designation as 

25 a significant transnational criminal organization 


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1 under Executive Order No. 13581 (76 Fed. 

2 Reg. 44757); and 

3 (B) if the President determines that 

4 Hezbollah does not meet the criteria for des5 ignation as a significant transnational criminal 

6 organization under Executive Order No. 13581, 

7 a detailed justification as to which criteria have 

8 not been met. 

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

10 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

11 include a classified annex. 

12 SEC. 203. REPORT ON HEZBOLLAH’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE 

13 TRADE OF CONFLICT DIAMONDS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

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

16 shall submit to appropriate congressional committees a re17 port detailing Hezbollah’s involvement in the trade in 

18 rough diamonds outside of the Kimberley Process Certifi19 cation Scheme. 

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

21 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 

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 Ways and Means, and the Committee 

3 on Financial Services of the House of Representa4 tives; and 

5 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

6 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af7 fairs of the Senate. 

8 SEC. 204. REWARDS FOR JUSTICE AND HEZBOLLAH’S FUND9 RAISING, FINANCING, AND MONEY LAUN10 DERING ACTIVITIES. 

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

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

13 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re14 port that details actions taken by the Department of State 

15 through the Department of State rewards program (22 

16 U.S.C. 2708) to obtain information on fundraising, fi17 nancing, and money laundering activities of Hezbollah and 

18 its agents and affiliates. 

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

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

21 Secretary of State shall provide a briefing to the appro22 priate congressional committees on the status of the ac23 tions described in subsection (a). 


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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 

6 Representatives; and 

7 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

8 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af9 fairs of the Senate. 

10 SEC. 205. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN GOVERN11 MENTS TO DISRUPT GLOBAL LOGISTICS NET12 WORKS AND FUNDRAISING, FINANCING, AND 

13 MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES OF 

14 HEZBOLLAH. 

15 (a) REPORT.— 

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

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

18 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com19 mittees a report that includes— 

20 (A) a list of countries that support 

21 Hezbollah, or in which Hezbollah maintains im22 portant portions of its global logistics networks; 

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

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1 (i) an assessment of whether the gov2 ernment of the country is taking adequate 

3 measures to disrupt the global logistics 

4 networks of Hezbollah within the territory 

5 of the country; and 

6 (ii) in the case of a country the gov7 ernment of which is not taking adequate 

8 measures to disrupt those networks— 

9 (I) an assessment of the reasons 

10 that government is not taking ade11 quate measures to disrupt those net12 works; and 

13 (II) a description of measures 

14 being taken by the United States Gov15 ernment to encourage that govern16 ment to improve measures to disrupt 

17 those networks; 

18 (C) a list of countries in which Hezbollah, 

19 or any of its agents or affiliates, conducts sig20 nificant fundraising, financing, or money laun21 dering activities; 

22 (D) with respect to each country on the 

23 list required by subparagraph (C)— 

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1 measures to disrupt the fundraising, fi2 nancing, or money laundering activities of 

3 Hezbollah and its agents and affiliates 

4 within the territory of the country; and 

5 (ii) in the case of a country the gov6 ernment of which is not taking adequate 

7 measures to disrupt those activities— 

8 (I) an assessment of the reasons 

9 that government is not taking ade10 quate measures to disrupt those ac11 tivities; and 

12 (II) a description of measures 

13 being taken by the United States Gov14 ernment to encourage the government 

15 of that country to improve measures 

16 to disrupt those activities; and 

17 (E) a list of methods that Hezbollah, or 

18 any of its agents or affiliates, utilizes to raise 

19 or transfer funds, including trade-based money 

20 laundering, the use of foreign exchange houses, 

21 and free-trade zones. 

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

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

24 greatest extent possible, and may contain a classified 

25 annex. 


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1 (3) GLOBAL LOGISTICS NETWORKS OF

2 HEZBOLLAH.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘global 

3 logistics networks of Hezbollah’’, ‘‘global logistics 

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

5 or technological support for, or financial or other 

6 services in support of, Hezbollah. 

7 (b) BRIEFING ON HEZBOLLAH’S ASSETS AND AC8 TIVITIES RELATED TO FUNDRAISING, FINANCING, AND

9 MONEY LAUNDERING WORLDWIDE.—Not later than 90 

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

11 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State, the Secretary 

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

13 departments and agencies (or their designees) shall pro14 vide to the appropriate congressional committees a brief15 ing on the disposition of Hezbollah’s assets and activities 

16 related to fundraising, financing, and money laundering 

17 worldwide. 

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

21 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

22 Committee on Financial Services, and the Perma23 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 

24 of Representatives; and 


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1 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

2 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af3 fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

4 the Senate. 

5 SEC. 206. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 

6 DEFINED. 

7 Except as otherwise provided, in this title, the term 

8 ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

9 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

10 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com11 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa12 tives; and 

13 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

14 Committee on Finance, and the Committee on the 

15 Judiciary of the Senate. 

16 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

17 PROVISIONS 

18 SEC. 301. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

19 Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 

20 Act shall apply to the authorized intelligence activities of 

21 the United States. 

22 SEC. 302. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 

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

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1 promulgate regulations as necessary for the implementa2 tion of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 

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

4 days prior to the promulgation of regulations under sub5 section (a), the President shall notify the appropriate con6 gressional committees (as defined in section 204) of the 

7 proposed regulations and the provisions of this Act and 

8 the amendments made by this Act that the regulations are 

9 implementing. 

10 SEC. 303. OFFSET. 

11 Section 102(a) of the Enhanced Partnership with 

12 Pakistan Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 8412(a); Public Law 

13 111–73; 123 Stat. 2068) is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘$1,500,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,497,000,000’’. 

15 SEC. 304. TERMINATION. 

16 This Act shall cease to be in effect beginning 30 days 

17 after the date on which the President certifies to Congress 

18 that Hezbollah— 

19 (1) is no longer designated as a foreign ter20 rorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the 

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

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

23 Order No. 13224 (September 23, 2001; relating to 

24 blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 


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1 persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 

2 terrorism); and 

3 (3) poses no significant threat to United States 

4 national security, interests, or allies. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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