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(C) NOTIFICATION
TO
CONGRESS.—Not 
later than 10 days before the promulgation of 
regulations under subparagraph (B), the Presi-
dent shall brief the appropriate congressional 
committees on the proposed regulations and the 
provisions of this section that the regulations 
are implementing. 
(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section may be construed to limit the authority of 
the President pursuant to the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.) or any other relevant provision of law. 
(d) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of sanctions under this section for periods not to ex-
ceed 120 days with respect to a foreign person, or an agen-
cy or instrumentality of a foreign state, if the President 
reports to the appropriate congressional committees that 
such waiver is vital to the national security interests of 
the United States. 
(e) EXEMPTIONS.—Any activity subject to the report-
ing requirements under title V of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or to any authorized 
intelligence activities of the United States. 
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SEC. 6. REPORT. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report con-
taining a determination on whether each person described 
in subsection (b) meets the criteria described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B) of section 5(b)(1). 
(b) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—The persons described in 
this subsection are the following: 
(1) The Secretary General of Hizballah. 
(2) Members of the Hizballah Politburo. 
(3) Any other senior members of Hizballah or 
other associated entities that the President deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
(4) Any person, or agency or instrumentality of 
a foreign state that the President determines pro-
vides material support to Hizballah that supports its 
use of civilians as human shields. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
(1) FORM.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may contain a classified annex. 
(2) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified 
portion of such report shall be made available to the 
public and posted on the internet website of the De-
partment of State— 
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(A) in English, Farsi, Arabic, and Azeri; 
and 
(B) in pre-compressed, easily downloadable 
versions that are made available in all appro-
priate formats. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given such terms in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101). 
(2) AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF A FOR-
EIGN STATE.—The term ‘‘agency or instrumentality 
of a foreign state’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 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 Financial Services, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, the Committee on 
the Judiciary, and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 
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Relations, the Committee on Finance, the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate. 
(4) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means any citizen or national of a foreign 
country, or any entity not organized solely under the 
laws of the United States or existing solely in the 
United States. 
(5) FOREIGN STATE.—The term ‘‘foreign state’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 1603(a) 
of title 28, United States Code. 
(6) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means any United States 
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized 
under the laws of the United States (including for-
eign branches), or any person in the United States. 
(7) 
HIZBALLAH.—The 
term 
‘‘Hizballah’’ 
means— 
(A) the entity known as Hizballah 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— 
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(i) the property or interests in prop-
erty 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 spe-
cially designated nationals and blocked 
persons maintained by the Office of For-
eign Assets Control of the Department of 
the Treasury as an agent, instrumentality, 
or affiliate of Hizballah. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 25, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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