In the Senate of the United States, 
November 17, 2015. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2297) entitled ‘‘An Act to prevent Hezbollah and 
associated entities from gaining access to international finan-
cial and other institutions, and for other purposes.’’, do pass 
with the following 
AMENDMENTS: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 
2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Statement of policy. 
TITLE I—PREVENTION OF ACCESS BY HIZBALLAH TO 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS 
Sec. 101. Report on imposition of sanctions on certain satellite providers that 
carry al-Manar TV.
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Sec. 102. Sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage in certain 
transactions. 
TITLE II—REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS ON NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING 
AND SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF 
HIZBALLAH 
Sec. 201. Report and briefing on narcotics trafficking by Hizballah. 
Sec. 202. Report and briefing on significant transnational criminal activities of 
Hizballah. 
Sec. 203. Rewards for Justice and Hizballah’s fundraising, financing, and money 
laundering activities. 
Sec. 204. Report on activities of foreign governments to disrupt global logistics 
networks and fundraising, financing, and money laundering ac-
tivities of Hizballah. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 301. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 302. Regulatory authority. 
Sec. 303. Termination. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to— 
(1) prevent Hizballah’s global logistics and fi-
nancial network from operating in order to curtail 
funding of its domestic and international activities; 
and 
(2) utilize all available diplomatic, legislative, 
and executive avenues to combat the global criminal 
activities of Hizballah as a means to block that orga-
nization’s ability to fund its global terrorist activi-
ties.
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TITLE I—PREVENTION OF AC-
CESS 
BY 
HIZBALLAH 
TO 
INTERNATIONAL 
FINANCIAL 
AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 101. REPORT ON IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CER-
TAIN SATELLITE PROVIDERS THAT CARRY AL- 
MANAR TV. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership 
a report on the following: 
(1) The activities of all satellite, broadcast, 
Internet, or other providers that have knowingly en-
tered into a contractual relationship with al-Manar 
TV, and any affiliates or successors thereof. 
(2) With respect to all providers described in 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) an identification of those providers that 
have been sanctioned pursuant to 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); and 
(B) an identification of those providers that 
have not been sanctioned pursuant to Executive
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Order 13224 and, with respect to each such pro-
vider, any information indicating that the pro-
vider has knowingly entered into a contractual 
relationship with al-Manar TV, and any affili-
ates or successors of al-Manar TV. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form to the 
greatest extent possible, but may include a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND 
LEADERSHIP DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees and leadership’’ means— 
(1) the Speaker, the minority leader, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Finan-
cial Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the majority leader, the minority leader, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 102. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FINANCIAL INSTI-
TUTIONS THAT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANS-
ACTIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITIONS AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT 
TO CERTAIN ACCOUNTS HELD BY FOREIGN FINANCIAL IN-
STITUTIONS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall prescribe regulations to prohibit, or impose 
strict conditions on, the opening or maintaining in 
the United States of a correspondent account or a 
payable-through account by a foreign financial insti-
tution that the President determines, on or after such 
date of enactment, engages in an activity described in 
paragraph (2). 
(2) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—A foreign financial 
institution engages in an activity described in this 
paragraph if the foreign financial institution— 
(A) knowingly facilitates a significant 
transaction or transactions for Hizballah; 
(B) knowingly facilitates a significant 
transaction or transactions of a person identified 
on the list of specially designated nationals and 
blocked persons maintained by the Office of For-
eign Assets Control of the Department of the 
Treasury and the property and interests in 
property of which are blocked pursuant to the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for acting on behalf of 
or at the direction of, or being owned or con-
trolled by, Hizballah;