H. R. 2297 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen 
An Act 
To prevent Hizballah and associated entities from gaining access to international 
financial and other institutions, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hizballah 
International Financing Prevention Act of 2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 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. 
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 net-
works 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. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to— 
(1) prevent Hizballah’s global logistics and financial net-
work from operating in order to curtail funding of its domestic 
and international activities; and 
(2) utilize all available diplomatic, legislative, and executive 
avenues to combat the global criminal activities of Hizballah 
as a means to block that organization’s ability to fund its 
global terrorist activities.
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TITLE I—PREVENTION OF ACCESS BY 
HIZBALLAH TO INTERNATIONAL FI-
NANCIAL AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 101. REPORT ON IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN SAT-
ELLITE PROVIDERS THAT CARRY AL-MANAR TV. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees and leadership a report on the 
following: 
(1) The activities of all satellite, broadcast, Internet, or 
other providers that have knowingly entered into a contractual 
relationship with al-Manar TV, and any affiliates or successors 
thereof. 
(2) With respect to all providers described in paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) an identification of those providers that have been 
sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; relating to blocking property and prohibiting 
transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, 
or support terrorism); and 
(B) an identification of those providers that have not 
been sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order 13224 and, 
with respect to each such provider, any information indi-
cating that the provider has knowingly entered into a 
contractual relationship with al-Manar TV, and any affili-
ates or successors of al-Manar TV. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form to the greatest extent pos-
sible, but may include a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership’’ means— 
(1) the Speaker, the minority leader, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(2) the majority leader, the minority leader, the Committee 
on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 102. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
THAT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITIONS AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN 
ACCOUNTS HELD BY FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall prescribe 
regulations to prohibit, or impose strict conditions on, the 
opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent 
account or a payable-through account by a foreign financial 
institution that the President determines, on or after such 
date of enactment, engages in an activity described in para-
graph (2).
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(2) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—A foreign financial institution 
engages in an activity described in this paragraph if the foreign 
financial institution— 
(A) knowingly facilitates a significant transaction or 
transactions for Hizballah; 
(B) knowingly facilitates a significant transaction or 
transactions of a person identified on the list of specially 
designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by 
the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department 
of the Treasury and the property and interests in property 
of which are blocked pursuant to the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for 
acting on behalf of or at the direction of, or being owned 
or controlled by, Hizballah; 
(C) knowingly engages in money laundering to carry 
out an activity described in subparagraph (A) or (B); or 
(D) knowingly facilitates a significant transaction or 
transactions or provides significant financial services to 
carry out an activity described in subparagraph (A), (B), 
or (C). 
(3) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person 
that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes 
a violation of regulations prescribed under this subsection to 
the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that 
commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of such 
section 206. 
(4) PROCEDURES
FOR
JUDICIAL
REVIEW
OF
CLASSIFIED 
INFORMATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If a finding under this subsection, 
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 Classified Information Proce-
dures 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. 
(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this para-
graph shall be construed to confer or imply any right 
to judicial review of any finding under this subsection 
or any prohibition, condition, or penalty imposed as a result 
of any such finding. 
(b) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, on a case- 
by-case basis, the application of a prohibition or condition 
imposed with respect to a foreign financial institution pursuant 
to subsection (a) for a period of not more than 180 days, 
and may renew the waiver for additional periods of not more 
than 180 days, on and after the date on which the President— 
(A) determines that such a waiver is in the national 
security interests of the United States; and 
(B) submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report describing the reasons for such determination. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1)(B) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex.
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(c) 
SPECIAL
RULE
TO
ALLOW
FOR
TERMINATION
OF 
SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITY.—The President shall not be required to 
apply sanctions to a foreign financial institution described in sub-
section (a) if the President certifies in writing to the appropriate 
congressional committees that— 
(1) the foreign financial institution— 
(A) is no longer engaging in the activity described 
in subsection (a)(2); or 
(B) has taken and is continuing to take significant 
verifiable steps toward terminating the activity described 
in that subsection; and 
(2) the President has received reliable assurances from 
the government with primary jurisdiction over the foreign 
financial institution that the foreign financial institution will 
not engage in any activity described in subsection (a)(2) in 
the future. 
(d) REPORT ON FOREIGN CENTRAL BANKS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that— 
(A) identifies each foreign central bank that the Sec-
retary determines engages in one or more activities 
described in subsection (a)(2)(D); and 
(B) provides a detailed description of each such activity. 
(2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all authori-
ties provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry 
out this section. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section: 
(A) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT
ACCOUNT; PAYABLE- 
THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘‘account’’, ‘‘correspondent 
account’’, 
and 
‘‘payable-through 
account’’ 
have 
the 
meanings given those terms in section 5318A of title 31, 
United States Code. 
(B) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES.—The 
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Financial Services of the House of Represent-
atives; and 
(ii) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate. 
(C) FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘financial 
institution’’ means a financial institution specified in 
subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), 
(K), (M), (N), (P), (R), (T), (Y), or (Z) of section 5312(a)(2) 
of title 31, United States Code. 
(D) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘for-
eign financial institution’’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(E) HIZBALLAH.—The term ‘‘Hizballah’’ means—
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(i) the entity known as Hizballah and designated 
by the Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist 
organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or 
(ii) any person— 
(I) the property or interests in property of 
which are blocked pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.); and 
(II) who is identified on the list of specially 
designated nationals and blocked persons main-
tained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of 
the Department of the Treasury as an agent, 
instrumentality, or affiliate of Hizballah. 
(F) MONEY
LAUNDERING.—The term ‘‘money laun-
dering’’ includes the movement of illicit cash or cash equiva-
lent proceeds into, out of, or through a country, or into, 
out of, or through a financial institution. 
(2) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—The President may further define 
the terms used in this section in the regulations prescribed 
under this section. 
TITLE II—REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS ON 
NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING AND SIG-
NIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL 
ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH 
SEC. 201. REPORT AND BRIEFING ON NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING BY 
HIZBALLAH. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a 
report on the activities of Hizballah related to narcotics traf-
ficking worldwide. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form to the greatest extent possible, 
but may include a classified annex. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the submission 
of the report required by subsection (a), the President shall provide 
to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a 
briefing on— 
(1) the report; 
(2) procedures for designating Hizballah as a significant 
foreign narcotics trafficker under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin 
Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.); and 
(3) Government-wide efforts to combat the narcotics traf-
ficking activities of Hizballah. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership’’ means—
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(1) the Speaker, the minority leader, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the majority leader, the minority leader, the Committee 
on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Finance, the Committee 
on the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 202. REPORT AND BRIEFING ON SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL 
CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a 
report on the significant transnational criminal activities of 
Hizballah, including human trafficking. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form to the greatest extent possible, 
but may include a classified annex. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the submission 
of the report required by subsection (a), the President shall provide 
to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a 
briefing on— 
(1) the report; 
(2) procedures for designating Hizballah as a significant 
transnational criminal organization under Executive Order 
13581 (75 Fed. Reg. 44,757); and 
(3) Government-wide efforts to combat the transnational 
criminal activities of Hizballah. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership’’ means— 
(1) the Speaker, the minority leader, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the majority leader, the minority leader, the Committee 
on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Finance, the Committee 
on the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 203. REWARDS FOR JUSTICE AND HIZBALLAH’S FUNDRAISING, 
FINANCING, AND MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that details actions 
taken by the Department of State through the Department of State 
rewards program under section 36 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act (22 U.S.C. 2708) to obtain information on fund-
raising, financing, and money laundering activities of Hizballah 
and its agents and affiliates. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 
State shall provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional
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committees on the status of the actions described in subsection 
(a). 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 
on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
SEC. 204. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS TO 
DISRUPT GLOBAL LOGISTICS NETWORKS AND FUND-
RAISING, FINANCING, AND MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVI-
TIES OF HIZBALLAH. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
includes— 
(A) a list of countries that support Hizballah or in 
which Hizballah maintains important portions of its global 
logistics networks; 
(B) with respect to each country on the list required 
by subparagraph (A)— 
(i) an assessment of whether the government of 
the country is taking adequate measures to disrupt 
the global logistics networks of Hizballah within the 
territory of the country; and 
(ii) in the case of a country the government of 
which is not taking adequate measures to disrupt such 
networks— 
(I) an assessment of the reasons that govern-
ment is not taking such adequate measures; and 
(II) a description of measures being taken by 
the United States to encourage that government 
to improve measures to disrupt such networks; 
(C) a list of countries in which Hizballah, or any of 
its agents or affiliates, conducts significant fundraising, 
financing, or money laundering activities; 
(D) with respect to each country on the list required 
by subparagraph (C)— 
(i) an assessment of whether the government of 
the country is taking adequate measures to disrupt 
the fundraising, financing, or money laundering activi-
ties of Hizballah and its agents and affiliates within 
the territory of the country; and 
(ii) in the case of a country the government of 
which is not taking adequate measures to disrupt such 
activities— 
(I) an assessment of the reasons that govern-
ment is not taking such adequate measures; and 
(II) a description of measures being taken by 
the United States to encourage that government 
to improve measures to disrupt such activities; 
and 
(E) a list of methods that Hizballah, or any of its 
agents or affiliates, utilizes to raise or transfer funds,
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including trade-based money laundering, the use of foreign 
exchange houses, and free-trade zones. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form to the greatest extent possible, 
and may contain a classified annex. 
(3) GLOBAL LOGISTICS NETWORKS OF HIZBALLAH.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘global logistics networks of Hizballah’’, 
‘‘global logistics networks’’, or ‘‘networks’’ means financial, 
material, or technological support for, or financial or other 
services in support of, Hizballah. 
(b) BRIEFING ON HIZBALLAH’S ASSETS AND ACTIVITIES RELATED 
TO FUNDRAISING, FINANCING, AND MONEY LAUNDERING WORLD-
WIDE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State, 
the Secretary of the Treasury, and the heads of other applicable 
Federal departments and agencies shall provide to the appropriate 
congressional committees a briefing on the disposition of Hizballah’s 
assets and activities related to fundraising, financing, and money 
laundering worldwide. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Financial Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall 
apply to the authorized intelligence activities of the United States. 
SEC. 302. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, promulgate regulations 
as necessary for the implementation of this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act. 
(b) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not less than 10 days before 
the promulgation of regulations under subsection (a), the President 
shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of the pro-
posed regulations and the provisions of this Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act that the regulations are implementing. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 
on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
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SEC. 303. TERMINATION. 
This Act shall terminate on the date that is 30 days after 
the date on which the President certifies to Congress that 
Hizballah— 
(1) is no longer designated as a foreign terrorist organiza-
tion pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and 
(2) is no longer designated for the imposition of sanctions 
pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 
persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.