In the Senate of the United States, 
October 11, 2018. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 3342) entitled ‘‘An Act to impose sanctions on 
foreign persons that are responsible for gross violations of 
internationally recognized human rights by reason of the use 
by Hizballah of civilians as human shields, and for other pur-
poses.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENTS: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sanctioning the Use 
of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to officially 
and publicly condemn the use of innocent civilians as 
human shields.
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SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR-
EIGN PERSONS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 
THE USE OF CIVILIANS AS HUMAN SHIELDS. 
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 
(1) MANDATORY
SANCTIONS.—The President 
shall impose sanctions described in subsection (d) 
with respect to each person on the list required under 
subsection (b). 
(2) PERMISSIVE
SANCTIONS.—The President 
may impose sanctions described in subsection (d) 
with respect to each person on the list described in 
subsection (c). 
(b) MANDATORY SANCTIONS LIST.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annu-
ally thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a list of the following: 
(1) Each foreign person that the President deter-
mines, on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act— 
(A) is a member of Hizballah or is know-
ingly acting on behalf of Hizballah; and 
(B) knowingly orders, controls, or otherwise 
directs the use of civilians protected as such by 
the law of war to shield military objectives from 
attack.
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(2) Each foreign person that the President deter-
mines, on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act— 
(A) is a member of Hamas or is knowingly 
acting on behalf of Hamas; and 
(B) knowingly orders, controls, or otherwise 
directs the use of civilians protected as such by 
the law of war to shield military objectives from 
attack. 
(3) Each foreign person or agency or instrumen-
tality of a foreign state that the President determines, 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
knowingly and materially supports, orders, controls, 
directs, or otherwise engages in— 
(A) any act described in subparagraph (B) 
of paragraph (1) by a person described in that 
paragraph; or 
(B) any act described in subparagraph (B) 
of paragraph (2) by a person described in that 
paragraph. 
(c) PERMISSIVE SANCTIONS LIST.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annu-
ally thereafter, the President should submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a list of each foreign person 
that the President determines, on or after the date of the
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enactment of this Act, knowingly orders, controls, or other-
wise directs the use of civilians protected as such by the 
law of war to shield military objectives from attack, exclud-
ing foreign persons included in the most recent list under 
subsection (b). 
(d) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be im-
posed on a foreign person or an agency or instrumentality 
of a foreign state under this subsection are the following: 
(1) BLOCKING
OF
PROPERTY.—The President 
shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-
dent under the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent nec-
essary to block and prohibit all transactions in prop-
erty and interests in property of the foreign person or 
agency or instrumentality of a foreign state if such 
property or interests in property are in the United 
States, come within the United States, or are or come 
within the possession or control of a United States 
person. 
(2) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 
OR PAROLE.— 
(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR
PAROLE.—An 
alien who the Secretary of State or the Secretary 
of Homeland Security determines is subject to 
sanctions under subsection (a) is—
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(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.—Any visa 
or other documentation issued to an alien who is 
subject to sanctions under subsection (a), regard-
less of when such visa or other documentation 
was issued, shall be revoked and such alien shall 
be denied admission to the United States. 
(C) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED 
NATIONS
HEADQUARTERS
AGREEMENT
AND 
OTHER
INTERNATIONAL
OBLIGATIONS.—The 
sanctions under this paragraph shall not be im-
posed on an individual if admitting such indi-
vidual to the United States is necessary to per-
mit the United States to comply with the Agree-
ment regarding the Headquarters of the United 
Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, 
and entered into force November 21, 1947, be-
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tween the United Nations and the United States, 
or with other applicable international obliga-
tions. 
(e) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 
apply to a person that knowingly violates, attempts to vio-
late, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations 
prescribed to carry out this section to the same extent that 
such penalties apply to a person that knowingly commits 
an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of such Act. 
(f) PROCEDURES FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CLASSI-
FIED INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If a finding under this sec-
tion, or a prohibition, condition, or penalty imposed 
as a result of any such finding, is based on classified 
information (as defined in section 1(a) of the Classi-
fied Information Procedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.)) 
and a court reviews the finding or the imposition of 
the prohibition, condition, or penalty, the President 
may submit such information to the court ex parte 
and in camera. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to confer or imply any 
right to judicial review of any finding under this sec-
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tion or any prohibition, condition, or penalty im-
posed as a result of any such finding. 
(g) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of sanctions under this section if the President deter-
mines and reports to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that such waiver is in the national security interest 
of the United States. 
(h) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may exercise 
all authorities under sections 203 and 205 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes of carrying out 
this section. 
(2) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the President shall prescribe such regulations as may 
be necessary to implement this section. 
(i) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
may be construed— 
(1) to limit the authorities of the President pur-
suant to the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or any other relevant 
provision of law; or 
(2) to apply with respect to any activity subject 
to the reporting requirements under title V of the Na-
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tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), 
or to any authorized intelligence activities of the 
United States. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101). 
(2) AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF A FOREIGN 
STATE.—The term ‘‘agency or instrumentality of a 
foreign state’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 1603(b) of title 28, United States Code. 
(3) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, and the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Financial Services, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
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(4) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means— 
(A) any citizen or national of a foreign 
state, wherever located; or 
(B) any entity not organized solely under 
the laws of the United States or existing solely 
in the United States. 
(5) HAMAS.—The term ‘‘Hamas’’ means— 
(A) the entity known as Hamas and des-
ignated by the Secretary of State as a foreign 
terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1189); or 
(B) any person identified as an agent or in-
strumentality of Hamas on the list of specially 
designated nationals and blocked persons main-
tained by the Office of Foreign Asset Control of 
the Department of the Treasury, the property or 
interests in property of which are blocked pursu-
ant to the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
(6) 
HIZBALLAH.—The 
term 
‘‘Hizballah’’ 
means— 
(A) the entity known as Hizballah and des-
ignated by the Secretary of State as a foreign
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terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1189); or 
(B) any person identified as an agent or in-
strumentality of Hizballah on the list of spe-
cially designated nationals and blocked persons 
maintained by the Office of Foreign Asset Con-
trol of the Department of the Treasury, the prop-
erty or interests in property of which are blocked 
pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
(7) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 
States person’’ means any United States citizen, per-
manent resident alien, entity organized under the 
laws of the United States (including foreign 
branches), or any person in the United States. 
SEC. 5. SUNSET. 
This Act shall cease to be effective on December 31, 
2023. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to impose 
sanctions with respect to foreign persons that are respon-
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sible for using civilians as human shields, and for other 
purposes.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.