IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 558 
Urging the European Union to designate Hizballah in its entirety as a 
terrorist organization. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2021 
Mr. DEUTCH (for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. MANNING, Mr. MEIJER, Mr. 
TORRES of New York, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. LIEU, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Mr. SCHNEIDER, and Mr. HILL) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Urging the European Union to designate Hizballah in its 
entirety as a terrorist organization. 
Whereas, in April 1983, a Hizballah terror attack against the 
United States Embassy in Beirut killed 63 people; 
Whereas, in October 1983, a Hizballah terror attack against 
the United States and French barracks of the Multi-
national Force in Lebanon killed 241 American and 58 
French soldiers; 
Whereas, in July 2012, a Hizballah terror attack, carried out 
by an operative with French citizenship, in Burgas, Bul-
garia, killed 5 Israeli tourists and 1 Bulgarian; 
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Whereas, in March 2013, a Swedish-Lebanese Hizballah op-
erative in Cyprus was convicted of planning terror at-
tacks against Israeli tourists; 
Whereas, in June 2015, a Hizballah operative was sentenced 
to 6 years in prison after he stockpiled more than 8 tons 
of ammonium nitrate in Cyprus; 
Whereas, in December 2015, the Hizballah International Fi-
nancing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–102) 
was signed into law in the United States, broadening fi-
nancial sector sanctions against Hizballah to compel for-
eign financial institutions to refrain from supporting the 
terrorist group; 
Whereas, in May 2018, the Department of the Treasury im-
posed sanctions on Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi, a 
Hizballah financier, and blacklisted 5 of his companies, 
including Belgian energy services conglomerate Global 
Trading Group; 
Whereas, in October 2018, French police raided the Islamic 
Zahra Centre on suspicion of supporting Hizballah, freez-
ing the organization’s funds, and seizing illegal weapons; 
Whereas, in September 2020, 4 former leaders of the Zahra 
Centre were arrested on suspicion of continuing to run 
the association; 
Whereas, in July 2019, the Department of the Treasury list-
ed 2 Hizballah-backed members of Lebanese Parliament, 
Amin Sherri and Mohammad Raad, to the terror black-
list, stating that Hizballah uses its parliamentary power 
to advance its violent activities; 
Whereas, in April 2020, Germany investigated over 1,050 
people with suspected links to Hizballah; 
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Whereas Europol’s June 2020 European Union Terrorism 
Situation and Trend Report outlined that Hizballah is 
‘‘suspected of trafficking diamonds and drugs and of 
money laundering via the trade in second-hand cars’’, 
and the report also stated that ‘‘investigations face the 
difficulty of demonstrating that the funds collected are 
channeled to the military wing of the organization’’; 
Whereas United States-led Operations Cassandra and Cedar 
exposed the criminal-business wing of Hizballah via the 
External Security Organization Business Affairs Compo-
nent (BAC); 
Whereas, during Operation Cassandra, Hizballah elements in-
volved in drug trafficking were arrested in the United 
States, South America, and several European countries, 
including France, Belgium, Germany, and Italy; 
Whereas Hizballah’s criminal activity in Europe is run by the 
BAC, which reports to the External Security Organisa-
tion, a.k.a. Unit 910, or the Islamic Jihad Organization 
(IJO), and Abdallah Safieddine, Hizballah’s representa-
tive in Iran, is also involved in this activity; 
Whereas, in August 2020, United Nations Secretary General 
Guterres called on Lebanon to disarm Hizballah, citing 
the terror group’s persistent violation of Resolution 1701 
(2006); 
Whereas Iran is the prime sponsor of Hizballah, harboring, 
financing, training, and arming the group; 
Whereas the Department of the Treasury and Department of 
State 
estimate 
that 
Iran 
provides 
as 
much 
as 
$700,000,000 per year to Hizballah in the form of finan-
cial and logistical support, weapons, and training; 
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Whereas Hizballah now has an arsenal of approximately 
150,000 missiles and rockets, many of which can reach 
deep into Israel; 
Whereas Hizballah fighters have been supporting the Assad 
regime in Syria, often leading operations in the conflict 
which has left more than 500,000 dead; 
Whereas Hizballah’s destabilizing actions in Syria has fueled 
a migrant crisis that has brought over 700,000 refugees 
to Europe; 
Whereas Hizballah trains and provides weapons for Shiite mi-
litias in Iraq and Yemen, further destabilizing the region 
and perpetuating violence in those countries; 
Whereas Hizballah activities continue to plague Lebanon with 
profound economic and political instability and violence; 
Whereas, in August 2020, 200 Lebanese people died when a 
massive stockpile of ammonium nitrate exploded in Bei-
rut’s port; 
Whereas the Lebanese Armed Forces, the legitimate security 
establishment of the country as outlined in United Na-
tions Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006), are strug-
gling to control the flow of weapons and Hizballah fight-
ers at Lebanon’s borders; 
Whereas, in October 2012, Hizballah Deputy Secretary Gen-
eral Naim Qassem stated that ‘‘[Hizballah does not] have 
a military wing and a political one . . . Every element 
of Hizballah, from commanders to members as well as 
our various capabilities, are in the service of the resist-
ance’’; 
Whereas, as of March 2021, the United States, Germany, the 
United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia, Lith-
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uania, Slovenia, Serbia, and Kosovo have designated 
Hizballah in its entirety as a terror organization; 
Whereas, in March 2016, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the 
bloc of 6 Gulf Arab nations, formally branded Hizballah, 
in its entirety, a terrorist organization, and the League 
of Arab States shortly thereafter adopted the same des-
ignation; 
Whereas the Department of the Treasury has diligently 
added persons and entities to the list of Specially Des-
ignated Global Terrorists who have provided material 
support to the Hizballah terrorist organization, thereby 
hampering its financing and logistical capabilities; 
Whereas the European Union, in July 2013, designated 
Hizballah’s so-called ‘‘military wing’’, but not the organi-
zation as a whole, as a terrorist organization; 
Whereas, despite restrictions put on Hizballah since the des-
ignation of its military wing, the group continues to con-
duct illicit narcotrafficking, money laundering, and weap-
ons trafficking throughout Europe and the world; and 
Whereas the House of Representatives has previously called 
on the European Union to fully designate Hizballah as 
a terrorist organization, passing House Resolution 359 in 
October 2017: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) applauds and expresses support for the con-
tinued, increased cooperation between the United 
States and the European Union in thwarting 
Hizballah’s criminal and terrorist activities; 
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(2) supports transcontinental efforts within Eu-
rope to share intelligence information among police 
and security services to facilitate greater cooperation 
in tracking, apprehending, and prosecuting terror-
ists, foreign fighters, and potential offenders; 
(3) encourages the European Union to imple-
ment sanctions against Hizballah-affiliated terrorists 
in tandem with the United States; 
(4) recommends greater civil society engage-
ment in both the United States and Europe to un-
derscore Hizballah’s malign regional influence; and 
(5) urges the European Union to designate 
Hizballah in its entirety as a terrorist organization 
and increase pressure on the group, including 
through— 
(A) facilitating better cross-border coopera-
tion between European Union members in com-
bating Hizballah; 
(B) issuing arrest warrants against mem-
bers and active supporters of Hizballah; 
(C) freezing Hizballah’s assets in Europe, 
including those masquerading as charities; and 
(D) prohibiting fundraising activities in 
support of Hizballah. 
Æ 
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