I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1844 
To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to support the Armed Forces 
of Lebanon, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2025 
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, on and 
after the date that is 60 days after the date of the enact-
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ment of this Act, no Federal funds are authorized to be 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the armed 
forces of Lebanon until the date on which the Secretary 
of State certifies to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees 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 
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in areas known to be Hezbollah strongholds in order 
to prevent a resurgence of Hezbollah; 
(5) the Lebanese Armed Forces do not main-
tain any coordination, collaboration, or support with 
Hezbollah, its affiliates, or any other group des-
ignated by the United States as a foreign terrorist 
organization that has a presence in Lebanon as of 
the date of such certification; 
(6) no member of the Lebanese Armed Forces 
maintains any coordination with or receives any sup-
port, either directly or indirectly, from any entity or 
organization that is an agent of, affiliated with, or 
owned or controlled by the Iranian Regime or 
Hezbollah; 
(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-
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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. 
On and after the date that is 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds authorized 
to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
United Nations Development Programme may be obli-
gated or expended to support any livelihood support pro-
grams making assistance available to members of the Leb-
anese armed forces or the Lebanese internal security 
forces. 
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION AS GLOBAL TERRORIST. 
Suhil Bahij Gharab is designated as a specially des-
ignated global terrorist organization under Executive 
Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 
property and prohibiting transactions with persons who 
commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 
SEC. 5. 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 
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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. 6. 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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