the Intelligence Community, and USAGM, to 
ensure a comprehensive and unified approach in 
supporting the Iraqi people’s pursuit of inde-
pendence from domination by the regime in 
Iran and its puppet militias in Iraq. 
(c) FORM.—The strategy required under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 60 
days after the date on which the strategy required by sub-
section (a) is developed, the task force shall submit to 
Congress a plan for implementing the strategy. 
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF THE IRAN’S PUPPET MILITIAS IN 
IRAQ AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) DESIGNATION AS FTO.—No later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall designate as a foreign terrorist organization 
pursuant to section 219(a) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189a) each of the following: 
(1) Abu Fadl al-Abbas Brigades. 
(2) Badr Corps. 
(3) Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba. 
(4) The Popular Mobilization Forces (Al-Hashd 
al-Sha’bi). 
(5) Kata’ib al-Imam Ali. 
(6) Kata’ib Jund al-Imam. 
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(7) Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada. 
(8) Sarraya al-Jihad. 
(9) Sarraya al-Khorasani. 
(10) The Islamic Resistance of Iraq. 
(11) Any foreign entity or organization that is 
an agent of, affiliated with, or owned or controlled 
by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 
SEC. 5. FUNDING LIMITATION OF IRANIAN BACKED PUP-
PET MILITIAS IN IRAQ. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed-
eral department or agency, including the Department of 
State and the Department of Defense, may obligate or ex-
pend any Federal funds to support, directly or indirectly, 
any militia or organization described in subsection (4)(a) 
of this Act, or any person who is a member of such militia 
or organization. 
SEC. 6. PROHIBITION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no Federal department or agency, including 
the Department of State and the Department of Defense, 
may obligate or expend any Federal funds to the Federal 
Government of Iraq. 
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition described in sub-
section (a) may be waived if the President certifies that 
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Iraq is no longer supporting or sponsoring Iranian backed 
puppet militia or if the President certifies that Iraq is tak-
ing significant demonstrated steps to remove Iranian 
backed puppet militias from its security forces and the 
President certifies that the waiver is in the national secu-
rity interest of the United States. 
(c) ANNUAL REVIEW.—Iraq’s support to Iranian 
backed puppet militias shall be reviewed annually by the 
Department of Defense annually in accordance with this 
section, in addition the prohibition in subsection(a) shall 
be reviewed annually by the Department of Defense to en-
sure the funds prohibited do not compromise the national 
security interests of the United States or Iraq. 
SEC. 7. SANCTIONS ON AGENTS AND FACILITATORS OF IRA-
NIAN 
BACKED 
PUPPET 
MILITIAS 
DESTA-
BILIZING IRAQ. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Treasury shall 
issue a report describing Iran’s puppets in Iraq including 
political figures, members of the judiciary, puppet militias, 
financiers, and facilitators of Iran and its puppet militias 
in Iraq. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall include former Iraqi Prime Minister 
Nouri al-Maliki, Al-Rafidain Bank, the State Organization 
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for Marketing of Oil in Iraq, Badr Corps leader Hadi al- 
Ameri, Iraqi National Security Adviser Qais al-Araji, Iraqi 
Military Chief of Staff Abdul Rashid Yar Allah, and Iraqi 
Federal Supreme Court President Jassem Abboud as part 
of the report described in subsection (a). 
(c) SANCTIONS.—The Secretary of Treasury shall im-
pose sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13438 (50 
U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of certain 
persons who threaten stabilization efforts in Iraq) on all 
persons described in the report described in subsection(a). 
(d) FORM.—The strategy required under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may con-
tain a classified annex if necessary. 
SEC. 8. PROHIBITION ON THE IMPORTATION OF LIQUEFIED 
NATURAL GAS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT OF IRAQ FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF 
IRAN. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law the Sec-
retary of Treasury shall impose sanctions prohibiting the 
Government of Iraq or any private entity within Iraq from 
importing liquefied natural gas from the Government of 
Iran or any private entity within Iran. 
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