ating in the region. Such diplomatic engagement may in-
clude— 
(1) efforts to target and expose illicit networks, 
arrest perpetrators, freeze assets, and attack Iran 
and Hizballah’s use of illicit networks using inter-
national trade and banking systems; 
(2) efforts to revoke or deny visas from those 
implicated in Hizballah activity in the region, includ-
ing lawyers, accountants, business partners, and 
service providers and politicians who knowingly fa-
cilitate or fail to take measures to counter 
Hizballah’s illicit finance in their own jurisdictions; 
(3) efforts to assist willing nations with the de-
velopment of counter-organized crime legislation, the 
strengthening of financial investigative capacity, and 
a fully-vetted counter-organized crime judicial model 
in places plagued with corruption; and 
(4) efforts to persuade governments in the re-
gion to list Hizballah as a terrorist organization. 
(b) MULTILATERAL ENGAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Title I of the Hizballah 
International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 
(Public Law 114–102; 129 Stat. 2206; 50 U.S.C. 
1701 note) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘SEC. 103. DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES. 
‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
‘‘(1) the designation of Hizballah as a terrorist 
organization by the Gulf Cooperation Council rep-
resents a positive step; and 
‘‘(2) the United States should provide necessary 
technical and other advice to the states of the Gulf 
Cooperation Council to enhance the effectiveness of 
that designation. 
‘‘(b) DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
President shall instruct— 
‘‘(1) the United States Permanent Representa-
tive to the Organization of American States to work 
to secure support at the Organization of American 
States for a resolution that would declare Hizballah 
as a terrorist organization and address Hizballah’s 
illicit networks operating in the region; 
‘‘(2) the United States Ambassador to the Or-
ganization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 
(OSCE) to work to secure a report on compliance by 
participating states with OSCE Decision Number 
1063, the ‘Consolidated Framework for the Fight 
Against Terrorism’, in regard to Hizballah, with 
particular focus on the mandate to ‘suppress the fi-
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nancing of terrorism, including its links with money- 
laundering and illegal economic activities’, especially 
as it relates transatlantic relations, including with 
Latin America and the Caribbean; and 
‘‘(3) United States diplomats to work with 
international forums, including the Financial Action 
Task Force, to identify government entities within 
Latin America and the Caribbean that provide sup-
port, facilitation, or assistance to individuals affili-
ated with Hizballah in the Western Hemisphere. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this section, and every 180 days thereafter 
for a period not to exceed 3 years, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a report describing efforts of the 
United States Permanent Representative to the Organiza-
tion of American States with respect to matters described 
in subsection (b)(1), efforts of the United States Ambas-
sador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation 
in Europe with respect to the matters described in sub-
section (b)(2), and efforts by United States diplomats with 
respect to the matters described in subsection (b)(3).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for the Hizballah International Financing Pre-
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vention Act of 2015 is amended by inserting after 
the item related to section 102 the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 103. Diplomatic initiatives.’’. 
SEC. 7. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT BRIEFINGS. 
The Secretary of State provide to the relevant con-
gressional committees annual briefings that review De-
partment of State efforts to implement the strategy to pre-
vent hostile activities by Iran and disrupt and degrade 
Hizballah’s illicit networks in the Western Hemisphere 
under section 5 and United States bilateral and multilat-
eral engagement with respect to Hizballah in the Western 
Hemisphere in accordance with section 6 and the amend-
ments made by section 6. 
SEC. 8. 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 implementa-
tion 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 sub-
section (a), the President shall notify the relevant congres-
sional committees of the proposed regulations and the pro-
visions of this Act that the regulations are implementing. 
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SEC. 9. SUNSET. 
This Act shall terminate on the date that is 30 days 
after the date on which the President certifies to Congress 
that Hizballah meets the requirements described in section 
303 of Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 
of 2015 (Public Law 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
Æ 
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