I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9646 
To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to support the Armed Forces 
of Lebanon, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024 
Mr. STEUBE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to support the 
Armed Forces of Lebanon, 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 ‘‘Preventing Armed 
Groups from Engaging in Radicalism’’ or the ‘‘PAGER 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR 
THE LEBANESE ARMED FORCES. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed-
eral funds are authorized to be appropriated or otherwise 
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made available to the Armed Forces of Lebanon until the 
date on which the Secretary of State certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees that— 
(1) the Government of Lebanon, including the 
Chamber of Deputies, no longer recognizes the legit-
imacy as political parties of, nor permits its min-
isters or other cabinet-level officials to be from or 
claim alliance with— 
(A) Hezbollah; 
(B) Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc; and 
(C) Amal; 
(2) Hezbollah no longer maintains any presence 
in Lebanon pursuant to action of the Lebanese 
Armed Forces and internal security forces to imple-
ment the clauses of United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1559 (2004), which calls for the ‘‘dis-
banding and disarmament of all Lebanese and non- 
Lebanese militias’’; 
(3) such implementation of United Nations Se-
curity Council Resolution 1559 includes the expul-
sion of Hezbollah forces from known strongholds; 
(4) the Lebanese Armed Forces and internal se-
curity forces have established an increased presence 
in areas known to be Hezbollah strongholds in order 
to prevent a resurgence of Hezbollah; 
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(5) the Lebanese Armed Forces do not main-
tain any coordination or support with Hezbollah or 
any other group designated by the United States as 
a foreign terrorist organization that has a presence 
in Lebanon as of the date of such certification; 
(6) the Lebanese Armed Forces do not main-
tain any coordination with or receive support from 
the Government of Iran; 
(7) any military aid previously received from 
Iran, whether in the form of weapons, ammunition, 
munitions, or equipment, is destroyed or disarmed; 
and 
(8) Lebanese courts and military tribunals 
under the jurisdiction of the Lebanese Armed Forces 
dismiss all charges and arrest warrants against 
American citizens who have advocated against 
Hezbollah’s influence over the Government of Leb-
anon, including American journalists who have ap-
peared on Israeli news media or invited Israeli 
guests on their media programs. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES SUPPORT TO THE 
UNITED 
NATIONS 
DEVELOPMENT 
PRO-
GRAMME. 
No Federal funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available to the United Nations Develop-
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ment Programme may be obligated or expended to support 
any livelihood support programs making assistance avail-
able to members of the Lebanese armed forces or the Leb-
anese internal security forces. 
SEC. 4. REPORT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Sec-
retary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of De-
fense and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the influences of Hezbollah and the Govern-
ment of Iran throughout the Government of Lebanon, in-
cluding the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. 
SEC. 5. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
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