(C) An assessment of whether Russian 
counter-proliferation safeguards can ensure that 
any arms or related materiel described in sub-
paragraph (A) will not be used against Israel in 
the future. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
include a classified annex. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(B) ARMS
OR
RELATED
MATERIAL.—The 
term ‘‘arms or related material’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 103 of the 
Hizballah International Financing Prevention 
Act of 2015, as added by this section. 
SEC. 104. PROHIBITIONS AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT 
TO CERTAIN ACCOUNTS HELD BY FOREIGN 
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 104(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Comprehensive Iran 
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 
U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting before 
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‘‘or support for acts of international terrorism’’ the fol-
lowing ‘‘, including Hizballah (as defined in section 
102(f)(1)(E) of the Hizballah International Financing Pre-
vention Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 
note)), and any affiliates or successors thereof,’’. 
SEC. 105. UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO PREVENT HOSTILE 
ACTIVITIES BY IRAN AND DISRUPT AND DE-
GRADE HIZBALLAH’S ILLICIT NETWORKS IN 
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a 
strategy to prevent hostile activities by Iran and disrupt 
and degrade Hizballah’s illicit networks in the Western 
Hemisphere that— 
(1) identifies Department of State priorities, in 
coordination with other executive branch agencies, for 
defining United States policy to protect United States 
interests from Iranian and Hizballah threats in the 
Western Hemisphere; 
(2) coordinates with other executive branch agen-
cies to ensure that information-sharing, interdictions, 
arrests, investigations, indictments, sanctions, and 
designations related to Hizballah individuals or net-
works in the Western Hemisphere are integrated, co-
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ordinated, and publicly communicated by the United 
States in a manner that supports United States in-
terests; 
(3) describes Iranian and Hizballah activities in 
the Western Hemisphere, their relationships with 
transnational criminal organizations in the region, 
their use of the region’s commodities trade to engage 
in illicit activities, and their use of Latin American 
and Caribbean visas, including through Citizenship 
by Investment Programs to seek admittance into the 
United States, as well as a plan to address any secu-
rity vulnerabilities to the United States; 
(4) includes a review of all relevant United 
States sanctions that relate to Hizballah’s activities 
in Latin America and the Caribbean and an assess-
ment of their use, effectiveness, and any capability 
gaps; 
(5) includes a review of the use of the Depart-
ment of State’s rewards program under section 36 of 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act (22 
U.S.C. 2708) to obtain information related to Latin 
America-based Hizballah operatives and illicit net-
works and an assessment of the effectiveness of this 
program for targeting Hizballah in the Western 
Hemisphere; 
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(6) includes a review of all relevant United 
States sanctions on financial institutions in Latin 
America and the Caribbean that engage in activities 
outlined by section 102 of Hizballah International Fi-
nancing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 114– 
102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) and an assessment of the 
use of the authorities outlined, their effectiveness, and 
recommendations for improvement; 
(7) describes Hizballah criminal support net-
works, including country facilitation, in the Western 
Hemisphere and outlines a United States approach to 
partners in the region to address those illicit networks 
and 
build 
country 
capacity 
to 
combat 
the 
transnational criminal activities of Hizballah; and 
(8) includes a review of the actions of govern-
ments in the Western Hemisphere to identify, inves-
tigate, and prosecute Latin America-based Hizballah 
operatives, and enforce sanctions either personally or 
to their business interests of Latin America-based 
Hizballah operatives as well as recommendations for 
United States action towards governments who refuse 
to impose sanctions or who willingly facilitate Latin 
America-based Hizballah illicit activities. 
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(b) FORM.—The strategy required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form to the greatest extent 
possible but may include a classified annex. 
(c) DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Hizballah Inter-
national Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public 
Law 114–102; 129 Stat. 2206; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), 
as amended by section 103 of this Act, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 104. DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES. 
‘‘Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this section, the President shall instruct— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of State to increase coopera-
tion with countries in the Western Hemisphere to as-
sist in strengthening the capacity of governments to 
prevent hostile activity by Iran and disrupt and de-
grade Hizballah’s illicit networks operating in the re-
gion, including diplomatic engagement that in-
volves— 
‘‘(A) efforts to target and expose illicit net-
works, arrest perpetrators, freeze assets, and at-
tack Iran and Hizballah’s use of illicit networks 
using international trade and banking systems; 
‘‘(B) efforts to revoke or deny visas from 
those implicated in Hizballah’s activity in the 
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