I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3342 
To impose sanctions on foreign persons that are responsible for gross viola-
tions of internationally recognized human rights by reason of the use 
by Hizballah of civilians as human shields, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2017 
Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. ROYCE of California, Mr. ROS-
KAM, and Mr. ENGEL) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
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 purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sanctioning 
Hizballah’s Illicit Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Human shields are civilians, prisoners of 
war, and other noncombatants whose presence is de-
signed to protect combatants and military objects 
from attack, and the use of human shields violates 
international law. 
(2) Throughout the 2006 conflict with the State 
of Israel, Hizballah forces utilized human shields to 
protect themselves from counterattacks by Israeli 
forces, including storing weapons inside civilian 
homes and firing rockets from inside populated civil-
ian areas. 
(3) Hizballah has rearmed to include an arsenal 
of over 150,000 missiles, and other destabilizing 
weapons provided by the Syrian and Iranian govern-
ments, which are concealed in Shiite villages in 
southern Lebanon, often beneath civilian infrastruc-
ture. 
(4) Hizballah is legally required to disarm 
under both United Nations Security Council Resolu-
tion 1701 (2006) and the Taif Agreement (1989). 
(5) Hizballah maintains an armed military force 
within Lebanon’s sovereign territory in direct viola-
tion of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 
1559 (2004) and 1680 (2006), thus preventing Leb-
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anon from exerting its lawful control over its inter-
nationally recognized borders. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to consider 
the use of human shields by Hizballah as a gross violation 
of internationally recognized human rights, to officially 
and publicly condemn the use of innocent civilians as 
human shields by Hizballah, and to take effective action 
against those that engage in the grave breach of inter-
national law through the use of human shields. 
SEC. 4. UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. 
The President should direct the United States Per-
manent Representative to the United Nations to use the 
voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
United Nations Security Council to secure support for a 
resolution that would impose multilateral sanctions 
against Hizballah for its use of civilians as human shields. 
SEC. 5. IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN PERSONS THAT ARE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR GROSS VIOLATIONS OF 
INTERNATIONALLY 
RECOGNIZED 
HUMAN 
RIGHTS BY REASON OF USE BY HIZBALLAH 
OF CIVILIANS AS HUMAN SHIELDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc-
tions described in subsection (c) with respect to each per-
son on the list required under subsection (b). 
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