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Whereas Lebanon hosts an estimated 1,500,000 refugees, the 
highest refugee-per-capita ratio in the world, despite chal-
lenges within its own social and economic sectors; 
Whereas Hezbollah’s multipronged circumvention of legiti-
mate government functions has contributed to endemic 
corruption and rampant mismanagement by parties in 
Lebanon; 
Whereas the mismanagement and corruption has driven Leb-
anon to the brink of economic collapse, with one of the 
highest rates of public debt, food insecurity, and hyper-
inflation in the world; 
Whereas Iran undermines Lebanon’s sovereignty and its his-
tory as a United States partner and democratic actor in 
the Middle East; 
Whereas Iran’s terrorist proxy Hezbollah violates United Na-
tions Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006), stokes 
sectarian violence, destabilizes the Lebanese economy, 
and supports corruption and violence within Lebanon and 
seeks to destroy the pursuit of peace throughout the re-
gion; 
Whereas, on August 4, 2020, 2,750 tons of ammonium ni-
trate detonated at the Port of Beirut, killing approxi-
mately 200 people and injuring thousands more; 
Whereas the dangerous and highly explosive material had 
been unsafely stored at the Port of Beirut since 2014, 
despite repeated warnings over the threat the stockpile 
posed to the surrounding civilian population; 
Whereas the explosions destroyed vast swaths of infrastruc-
ture across Beirut and displaced up to 300,000 people; 
Whereas the explosions destroyed or damaged the entire Port 
of Beirut, through which Lebanon imports the bulk of its 
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food, including the destruction of approximately 120,000 
metric tons of desperately needed food stocks, according 
to the United Nations; 
Whereas the United States Government has longstanding 
concerns about Hezbollah’s use of and influence over the 
Beirut Port as a transit and storage point for its ter-
rorist enterprise; 
Whereas the people of Lebanon across the political spectrum 
have renewed demands for a meaningful change in Leb-
anon’s political leadership, government accountability, 
and transparency; 
Whereas the need for humanitarian aid and food assistance 
continues and there is a rise in public protests to support 
the ongoing needs of the people of Lebanon; 
Whereas the country of Lebanon is on the brink of economic 
collapse and remains in a months-long government for-
mation stalemate; and 
Whereas a secure Lebanon with a credible, transparent, gov-
ernment accountable to the Lebanese people and free 
from Iranian and Hezbollah interference and based on 
the rule of law and democratic principles is in the inter-
ests of the Lebanese people, the United States, and 
United States partners and allies: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses continued solidarity with the Leb-
anese people following the devastating explosions at 
the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, and the con-
tinued efforts to form a stable, independent, and 
democratic Lebanon; 
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(2) calls on the Government of Lebanon to ad-
vance the interests of the people of Lebanon by root-
ing out corruption in government, executing struc-
tural reforms and anticorruption measures, and 
working with international financial institutions like 
the International Monetary Fund and World Bank 
to undertake necessary reforms in order to stabilize 
the economy; 
(3) supports the right of the people of Lebanon 
to engage in peaceful demonstration and assembly to 
achieve accountability in government, democratic po-
litical representation, increased civil rights, and 
anticorruption reforms; 
(4) calls on the Government of Lebanon to ad-
dress the root causes of instability and mismanage-
ment that allowed the tragic August 4 blast to take 
place, including by responding to calls for account-
ability and reform by the people of Lebanon; 
(5) calls on the Lebanese Government, includ-
ing the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), to take all 
appropriate action to fully implement United Na-
tions Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006) and 
any successor resolutions and to secure the safety, 
freedom of movement, and access for United Nations 
Interim Force troops in Lebanon; 
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(6) recognizes the LAF as the sole institution 
entrusted with the defense of the sovereignty of Leb-
anon and supports United States partnerships with 
the LAF to counter terrorist groups such as 
Hezbollah, ISIS, and al-Qaida in Lebanon; 
(7) supports United States efforts to provide 
emergency humanitarian relief in concert with other 
governments and international partners; 
(8) affirms that United States assistance should 
be delivered directly to the Lebanese people through 
properly vetted channels, organizations, and individ-
uals, without risk of diversion to terrorist groups; 
and 
(9) calls on the Government of Lebanon to con-
duct a credible, impartial, and transparent investiga-
tion into the cause of, and responsibility for, the Au-
gust 4 explosions, and include impartial inter-
national experts as part of the investigation team. 
Æ 
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