SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amend-
ments Act of 2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—PREVENTION OF ACCESS BY HIZBALLAH TO 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS 
Sec. 101. Mandatory sanctions with respect to fundraising and recruitment ac-
tivities for Hizballah. 
Sec. 102. Modification of report with respect to financial institutions that en-
gage in certain transactions. 
Sec. 103. Sanctions against foreign states that support Hizballah. 
Sec. 104. Prohibitions and conditions with respect to certain accounts held by 
foreign financial institutions. 
Sec. 105. United States strategy to prevent hostile activities by Iran and dis-
rupt and degrade Hizballah’s illicit networks in the Western 
Hemisphere. 
TITLE II—NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING AND SIGNIFICANT 
TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH 
Sec. 201. Blocking of property of affiliated networks of Hizballah. 
Sec. 202. Report on racketeering activities engaged in by Hizballah. 
Sec. 203. Modification of report on activities of foreign governments to disrupt 
global logistics networks and fundraising, financing, and money 
laundering activities of Hizballah. 
Sec. 204. Report on combating the illicit tobacco trafficking networks used by 
Hizballah and other foreign terrorist organizations. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 301. Regulatory authority. 
Sec. 302. Implementation; penalties; judicial review; exemptions.
TITLE I—PREVENTION OF AC-
CESS 
BY 
HIZBALLAH 
TO 
INTERNATIONAL 
FINANCIAL 
AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 101. MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
FUNDRAISING AND RECRUITMENT ACTIVI-
TIES FOR HIZBALLAH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the Hizballah 
International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public 
Law 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 101. MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
FUNDRAISING AND RECRUITMENT ACTIVI-
TIES FOR HIZBALLAH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, on or after 
the date of the enactment of this section, impose the sanc-
tions described in subsection (b) with respect to any for-
eign person that the President determines knowingly as-
sists, sponsors, or, provides significant financial, material, 
or technological support for— 
‘‘(1) Bayt al-Mal, Jihad al-Bina, the Islamic 
Resistance Support Association, the Foreign Rela-
tions Department of Hizballah, the External Secu-
rity Organization of Hizballah, or any successor or 
affiliate thereof;
‘‘(2) al-Manar TV, al Nour Radio, or the Leba-
nese Media Group, or any successor or affiliate 
thereof; 
‘‘(3) a foreign person determined by the Presi-
dent to be engaged in fundraising or recruitment ac-
tivities for Hizballah; or 
‘‘(4) a foreign person owned or controlled by a 
foreign person described in paragraph (1), (2), or 
(3). 
‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 
this subsection are the following: 
‘‘(A) ASSET BLOCKING.—The exercise of 
all powers granted to the President by the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the re-
quirements of section 202 of such Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the extent nec-
essary to block and prohibit all transactions in 
all property and interests in property of a for-
eign person determined by the President to be 
subject to subsection (a) if such property and 
interests in property are in the United States, 
come within the United States, or are or come
within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
‘‘(B) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, AD-
MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 
‘‘(i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 
An alien who the Secretary of State or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security (or des-
ignee of one of such Secretaries) deter-
mines is subject to subsection (a) is— 
‘‘(I) inadmissible to the United 
States; 
‘‘(II) ineligible to receive a visa 
or other documentation to enter the 
United States; and 
‘‘(III) otherwise ineligible to be 
admitted or paroled into the United 
States or to receive any other benefit 
under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 
‘‘(ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—The Sec-
retary of State or the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall revoke any 
visa or other entry documentation 
issued to an alien who the President
determines is subject to subsection 
(a), regardless of when issued. 
‘‘(II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.— 
A revocation under subclause (I) shall 
take effect immediately and shall 
automatically cancel any other valid 
visa or entry documentation that is in 
the possession of the alien. 
‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for 
in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 
attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of regulations prescribed under paragraph 
(1)(A) to the same extent that such penalties apply 
to a person that commits an unlawful act described 
in subsection (a) of such section 206. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 
all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section. 
‘‘(d) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, for pe-
riods not to exceed 180 days, waive the imposition 
of sanctions under this section with respect to a for-
eign person or foreign persons if the President cer-
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
that such waiver is in the national security interests 
of the United States. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.— 
‘‘(A) BEFORE
WAIVER
EXERCISED.—Be-
fore a waiver under paragraph (1) takes effect 
with respect to a foreign person, the President 
shall notify and brief the appropriate congres-
sional committees on the status of the involve-
ment of the foreign person in activities de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) AFTER
WAIVER
EXERCISED.—Not 
later than 90 days after the issuance of a waiv-
er under paragraph (1) with respect to a for-
eign person, and every 120 days thereafter 
while the waiver remains in effect, the Presi-
dent shall brief the appropriate congressional 
committees on the status of the involvement of 
the foreign person in activities described in sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of the Hizballah International Financing 
Prevention Amendments Act of 2017, and every 180 days 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate
‘‘(3) ENTITY.—The term ‘entity’— 
‘‘(A) means a partnership, association, cor-
poration, or other organization, group, or sub-
group; and 
‘‘(B) includes a governmental entity 
‘‘(4) FUNDRAISING OR RECRUITMENT ACTIVI-
TIES.—The term ‘fundraising or recruitment activi-
ties’ includes online fundraising and other online 
commercial activities, or other means of such fund-
raising, recruitment, and retention, as determined by 
the President. 
‘‘(5) HIZBALLAH.—The term ‘Hizballah’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 102(f). 
‘‘(6) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ means an in-
dividual or entity. 
‘‘(7) UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The term 
‘United States person’ means a United States cit-
izen, permanent resident alien, entity organized 
under the laws of the United States (including for-
eign branches), or a person in the United States.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 
of 2015 is amended by striking the item relating to section 
101 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 101. Mandatory sanctions with respect to fundraising and recruitment 
activities for Hizballah.’’.
SEC. 102. MODIFICATION OF REPORT WITH RESPECT TO FI-
NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ENGAGE IN 
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 102 of 
the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 
2015 (Public Law 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) REPORT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ORGA-
NIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF STATE SPONSORS OF TER-
RORISM.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Hizballah 
International Financing Prevention Amendments 
Act of 2017, and annually thereafter for a period 
not to exceed 3 years, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate a report that— 
‘‘(A) identifies each foreign financial insti-
tution described in paragraph (2) that the 
President determines engages in one or more 
activities described in subsection (a)(2); 
‘‘(B) provides a detailed description of 
each such activity; and
‘‘(C) contains a determination with respect 
to each such foreign financial institution that is 
identified under subparagraph (A) as engaging 
in one or more activities described in subsection 
(a)(2) as to whether or not such foreign finan-
cial institution is in violation of Executive 
Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relat-
ing to blocking property and prohibiting trans-
actions with persons who commit, threaten to 
commit, or support terrorism) or section 2339B 
of title 18, United States Code, by reason of en-
gaging in one or more such activities. 
‘‘(2) FOREIGN
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION
DE-
SCRIBED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A foreign financial in-
stitution described in this paragraph is a for-
eign financial institution— 
‘‘(i) that, wherever located, is— 
‘‘(I) organized under the laws of 
a state sponsor of terrorism or any ju-
risdiction within a state sponsor of 
terrorism; 
‘‘(II) owned or controlled by the 
government of a state sponsor of ter-
rorism;
‘‘(III) located in the territory of 
a state sponsor of terrorism; or 
‘‘(IV) owned or controlled by a 
foreign financial institution described 
in subclause (I), (II), or (III); and 
‘‘(ii) the capitalization of which ex-
ceeds $10,000,000. 
‘‘(B) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.—In 
this paragraph, the term ‘state sponsor of ter-
rorism’ means a country the government of 
which the Secretary of State has determined is 
a government that has repeatedly provided sup-
port for acts of international terrorism for pur-
poses of— 
‘‘(i) section 6(j) of the Export Admin-
istration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)) 
(as continued in effect pursuant to the 
International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)); 
‘‘(ii) section 620A of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 
‘‘(iii) section 40 of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 
‘‘(iv) any other provision of law.’’.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that— 
(1) all countries should designate the entirety of 
Hizballah as a terrorist organization; and 
(2) the notion of separate Hizballah political 
and military ‘‘wings’’ is an artificial construct that 
attempts to legitimize Hizballah members of par-
liament and Hizballah cabinet officials who are 
complicit in Hizballah’s use of violence and coercion 
against its political opponents. 
(c) 
MODIFICATION
OF
DEFINITION
OF 
HIZBALLAH.—Clause (ii) of section 102(f)(1)(E) of the 
Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 
(Public Law 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(I)’’ and inserting ‘‘(I)(aa)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(II)’’ and inserting ‘‘(bb)’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘of Hizballah.’’ and inserting 
‘‘of Hizballah; or’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(II) who the President deter-
mines is an agent or affiliate of, or is 
owned or controlled by Hizballah.’’. 
(d) REPORT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall transmit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report that contains a descrip-
tion of any sanctions described in section 102 of the 
Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 
2015 (Public Law 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 
apply with respect to a foreign financial institution 
by reason of engaging in an activity described in 
subsection (a)(2) of such section with a member of 
the Lebanese parliament or any cabinet official of 
the Lebanese Republic who is a member of 
Hizballah or identifies as such. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by this sub-
section shall be transmitted in unclassified form but 
may include a classified annex. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Appropriations, the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Com-
mittee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Appropriations, the Select 
Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 103. SANCTIONS AGAINST FOREIGN STATES THAT SUP-
PORT HIZBALLAH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Hizballah Inter-
national Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 
114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 103. SANCTIONS AGAINST FOREIGN STATES THAT 
SUPPORT HIZBALLAH. 
‘‘(a) SANCTIONS AGAINST CERTAIN AGENCIES AND 
INSTRUMENTALITIES OF FOREIGN STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, and 
as appropriate thereafter, the President shall impose 
the sanctions described in paragraph (3) with re-
spect to any agency or instrumentality of a foreign 
state described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) 
AGENCY
OR
INSTRUMENTALITY
DE-
SCRIBED.—An agency or instrumentality of a for-
eign state described in this paragraph is an agency 
or instrumentality of a foreign state that the Presi-
dent determines has, on or after the date of the en-
actment of this section, knowingly— 
‘‘(A) directly or indirectly conducted com-
bat operations with, or supported combat oper-
ations of, Hizballah or an entity owned or con-
trolled by Hizballah; or 
‘‘(B) directly or indirectly provided signifi-
cant financial or material support for, or sig-
nificant arms or related material to, Hizballah 
or an entity owned or controlled by Hizballah. 
‘‘(3) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions 
described in this paragraph are the exercise of all 
powers granted to the President by the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.) (except that the requirements of section 202 
of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the 
extent necessary to block and prohibit all trans-
actions in all property and interests in property of 
an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state if 
such property and interests in property are in the 
United States, come within the United States, or are 
or come within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
‘‘(b) SANCTIONS AGAINST STATE SPONSORS OF TER-
RORISM.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an agency or 
instrumentality of a foreign state that engages in 
the activities described in subsection (a) that is an 
agency or instrumentality of a foreign state de-
scribed in paragraph (3), the President shall, pursu-
ant to section 6 of the Export Administration Act of 
1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)), require a license under the 
Export Administration Regulations to export or re- 
export to that foreign state any item designated by 
the Secretary of Commerce as ‘EAR 99’, other than 
food, medicine, medical devices, or similarly licensed 
items. 
‘‘(2) AUDITING REQUIREMENTS.—In the case of 
an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state that 
engages in the activities described in subsection (a) 
that is an agency or instrumentality of a foreign 
state described in paragraph (3), or the Government 
of the Russian Federation if the President deter-
mines such Government is engaged in the activities 
described in subsection (a), the President shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that United States persons, 
and foreign persons subject to United States ju-
risdiction, exercise enhanced due diligence in
the jurisdiction of that foreign state to ensure 
such persons do not directly or indirectly fi-
nance Hizballah or engage in transactions with 
foreign persons that directly or indirectly fi-
nance Hizballah; 
‘‘(B) ensure that United States persons, 
and foreign persons subject to United States ju-
risdiction, maintain— 
‘‘(i) internal controls to prevent such 
persons from engaging in a transaction or 
transactions with Hizballah; and 
‘‘(ii) full compliance with relevant 
laws and regulations; 
‘‘(C) ensure that United States persons, 
and foreign persons subject to United States ju-
risdiction, engage an auditor to perform due 
diligence to ascertain whether— 
‘‘(i) the internal controls of such per-
son are effective; and 
‘‘(ii) any transactions of such person 
are 
directly 
or 
indirectly 
financing 
Hizballah; and 
‘‘(D) ensure the accuracy of the inde-
pendent private sector audits and other due 
diligence processes by providing recommenda-
tions for the processes used to carry out such 
audits, including to— 
‘‘(i) improve the accuracy of such au-
dits; and 
‘‘(ii) establish standards of best prac-
tices. 
‘‘(3) FOREIGN STATE DESCRIBED.—A foreign 
state described in this paragraph is a foreign state 
that— 
‘‘(A) the President determines has, on or 
after the date of the enactment of this section, 
knowingly provided significant financial or ma-
terial support for, or arms or related material 
to— 
‘‘(i) Hizballah; or 
‘‘(ii) an entity owned or controlled by 
Hizballah; and 
‘‘(B) is a state sponsor of terrorism. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, for pe-
riods not to exceed 180 days, waive the imposition 
of sanctions under this section with respect to a for-
eign state or an agency or instrumentality of a for-
eign state if the President certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees that such waiver is
vital to the national security interests of the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.— 
‘‘(A) BEFORE
WAIVER
EXERCISED.—Be-
fore a waiver under paragraph (1) takes effect 
with respect to a foreign state or an agency or 
instrumentality of a foreign state, the President 
shall notify and brief the appropriate congres-
sional committees on the status of the involve-
ment of the foreign state in activities described 
in subsection (b)(3) or involvement of the agen-
cy or instrumentality of a foreign state in ac-
tivities described in subsection (a)(2), as the 
case may be. 
‘‘(B) AFTER
WAIVER
EXERCISED.—Not 
later than 90 days after the issuance of a waiv-
er under paragraph (1) with respect to a for-
eign state or an agency or instrumentality of a 
foreign state, and every 120 days thereafter 
while the waiver remains in effect, the Presi-
dent shall brief the appropriate congressional 
committees on the status of the involvement of 
the foreign state in activities described in sub-
section (b)(3) or involvement of the agency or 
instrumentality of a foreign state in activities
described in subsection (a)(2), as the case may 
be. 
‘‘(d) REPORT ON SUPPLY CHAIN OF HIZBALLAH’S 
MISSILE PRODUCTION FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees and the Committee on Appro-
priations and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Appropriations and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate on a report that 
contains the following: 
‘‘(A) An analysis of the foreign and domes-
tic supply chain that significantly facilitates, 
supports, or otherwise aids Hizballah’s acquisi-
tion or development of missile production facili-
ties. 
‘‘(B) A description of the geographic dis-
tribution of the foreign and domestic supply 
chain described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) An assessment of the provision of 
goods, services, or technology transferred to 
Hizballah by the Government of Iran or its af-
filiates to indigenously manufacture or other-
wise produce missiles. 
‘‘(D) An identification of foreign persons 
that have, on or after the date of the enactment 
of this subsection, and based on credible evi-
dence— 
‘‘(i) knowingly provided significant fi-
nancial or material support for, or signifi-
cant arms or related material to, Hizballah 
or an entity owned or controlled by 
Hizballah; or 
‘‘(ii) knowingly facilitated the transfer 
of significant arms or related materiel to 
Hizballah utilizing commercial aircraft or 
air carriers. 
‘‘(E) A description of the steps that the 
President is taking to disrupt the foreign and 
domestic supply chain described in subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may contain a classified annex. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF A FOR-
EIGN STATE; FOREIGN STATE.—The terms ‘agency
or instrumentality of a foreign state’ and ‘foreign 
state’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 1603 of title 28, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
the Committee on Financial Services, the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, the Committee on 
the Judiciary, the Committee on Appropria-
tions, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 
and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs, the Committee on Finance, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 
Appropriations, and the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate. 
‘‘(3) ARMS OR RELATED MATERIAL.—The term 
‘arms or related material’ means— 
‘‘(A) nuclear, biological, chemical, or radio-
logical weapons or materials or components of 
such weapons;
‘‘(B) ballistic or cruise missile weapons or 
materials or components of such weapons; 
‘‘(C) destabilizing numbers and types of 
advanced conventional weapons; 
‘‘(D) defense articles or defense services, 
as those terms are defined in paragraphs (3) 
and (4), respectively, of section 47 of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794); or 
‘‘(E) defense information, as that term is 
defined in section 644 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403). 
‘‘(4) 
EXPORT
ADMINISTRATION
REGULA-
TIONS.—The term ‘Export Administration Regula-
tions’ means subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, 
Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act). 
‘‘(5) HIZBALLAH.—The term ‘Hizballah’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 102(f). 
‘‘(6) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘state sponsor of terrorism’ 
means a country the government of which the Sec-
retary of State has determined is a government that 
has repeatedly provided support for acts of inter-
national terrorism for purposes of—
‘‘(A) section 6(j) of the Export Adminis-
tration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)) (as 
continued in effect pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)); 
‘‘(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 
‘‘(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 
‘‘(D) any other provision of law.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 
of 2015 is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 102 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 103. Sanctions against foreign states that support Hizballah.’’. 
(c) REPORT ON SIGNIFICANT MATERIAL SUPPORT 
AND ARMS OR RELATED MATERIEL PROVIDED BY THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO HIZBALLAH.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report that contains the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A description of significant material 
support and arms or related material that the 
Government of the Russian Federation has, on
or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
knowingly, directly or indirectly, provided to 
Hizballah or an entity owned or controlled by 
Hizballah. 
(B) An analysis of the extent to which 
Russian strategic weapons deployed in Syria, 
including air defense systems, have provided 
protection for Hizballah fighters in Syria. 
(C) An assessment of whether Russian 
counter-proliferation safeguards can ensure that 
any arms or related materiel described in sub-
paragraph (A) will not be used against Israel in 
the future. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
include a classified annex. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 103 of the Hizballah Inter-
national Financing Prevention Act of 2015, as 
added by this section. 
(B) ARMS OR RELATED MATERIAL.—The 
term ‘‘arms or related material’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 103 of the 
Hizballah International Financing Prevention 
Act of 2015, as added by this section. 
SEC. 104. PROHIBITIONS AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT 
TO CERTAIN ACCOUNTS HELD BY FOREIGN 
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 104(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Comprehensive Iran 
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 
(22 U.S.C. 8513(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting be-
fore ‘‘or support for acts of international terrorism’’ the 
following ‘‘, including Hizballah (as defined in section 
102(f)(1)(E) of the Hizballah International Financing 
Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 
1701 note)), and any affiliates or successors thereof,’’. 
SEC. 105. UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO PREVENT HOSTILE 
ACTIVITIES BY IRAN AND DISRUPT AND DE-
GRADE HIZBALLAH’S ILLICIT NETWORKS IN 
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a strategy to prevent hostile activities by Iran and disrupt 
and degrade Hizballah’s illicit networks in the Western 
Hemisphere that—
(1) identifies Department of State priorities, in 
coordination with other executive branch agencies, 
for defining United States policy to protect United 
States interests from Iranian and Hizballah threats 
in the Western Hemisphere; 
(2) coordinates with other executive branch 
agencies to ensure that information-sharing, inter-
dictions, arrests, investigations, indictments, sanc-
tions, and designations related to Hizballah individ-
uals or networks in the Western Hemisphere are in-
tegrated, coordinated, and publicly communicated by 
the United States in a manner that supports United 
States interests; 
(3) describes Iranian and Hizballah activities in 
the Western Hemisphere, their relationships with 
transnational criminal organizations in the region, 
their use of the region’s commodities trade to engage 
in illicit activities, and their use of Latin American 
and Caribbean visas, including through Citizenship 
by Investment Programs to seek admittance into the 
United States, as well as a plan to address any secu-
rity vulnerabilities to the United States; 
(4) includes a review of all relevant United 
States sanctions that relate to Hizballah’s activities 
in Latin America and the Caribbean and an assess-
ment of their use, effectiveness, and any capability 
gaps; 
(5) includes a review of the use of the Depart-
ment of State’s rewards program under section 36 
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act (22 
U.S.C. 2708) to obtain information related to Latin 
America-based Hizballah operatives and illicit net-
works and an assessment of the effectiveness of this 
program for targeting Hizballah in the Western 
Hemisphere; 
(6) includes a review of all relevant United 
States sanctions on financial institutions in Latin 
America and the Caribbean that engage in activities 
outlined by section 102 of Hizballah International 
Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 114– 
102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) and an assessment of the 
use of the authorities outlined, their effectiveness, 
and recommendations for improvement; 
(7) describes Hizballah criminal support net-
works, including country facilitation, in the Western 
Hemisphere and outlines a United States approach 
to partners in the region to address those illicit net-
works and build country capacity to combat the 
transnational criminal activities of Hizballah; and
(8) includes a review of the actions of govern-
ments in the Western Hemisphere to identify, inves-
tigate, and prosecute Latin America-based Hizballah 
operatives, and enforce sanctions either personally or 
to their business interests of Latin America-based 
Hizballah operatives as well as recommendations for 
United States action towards governments who 
refuse to impose sanctions or who willingly facilitate 
Latin America-based Hizballah illicit activities. 
(b) FORM.—The strategy required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form to the greatest ex-
tent possible but may include a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(d) DIPLOMATIC 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), as amended by section 103 of this Act, 
is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 104. DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES. 
‘‘Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, the President shall instruct— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of State to increase coopera-
tion with countries in the Western Hemisphere to 
assist in strengthening the capacity of governments 
to prevent hostile activity by Iran and disrupt and 
degrade Hizballah’s illicit networks operating in the 
region, including diplomatic engagement that in-
volves— 
‘‘(A) efforts to target and expose illicit net-
works, arrest perpetrators, freeze assets, and 
attack Iran and Hizballah’s use of illicit net-
works using international trade and banking 
systems; 
‘‘(B) efforts to revoke or deny visas from 
those implicated in Hizballah’s activity in the 
region, including lawyers, accountants, business 
partners, service providers, and politicians who
knowingly facilitate or fail to take measures to 
counter Hizballah’s illicit finance in their own 
jurisdictions; 
‘‘(C) efforts to assist willing nations with 
the development of counter-organized crime leg-
islation, the strengthening of financial inves-
tigative capacity, and a fully-vetted counter-or-
ganized crime judicial model in places plagued 
with corruption; and 
‘‘(D) efforts to persuade governments in 
the region to list Hizballah as a terrorist orga-
nization; 
‘‘(2) 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; 
‘‘(3) 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-
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 
‘‘(4) 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.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for the Hizballah International Financing Pre-
vention Act of 2015 is amended by inserting after 
the item related to section 103 the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 104. Diplomatic initiatives.’’. 
TITLE 
II—NARCOTICS 
TRAF-
FICKING 
AND 
SIGNIFICANT 
TRANSNATIONAL 
CRIMINAL 
ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH 
SEC. 201. BLOCKING OF PROPERTY OF AFFILIATED NET-
WORKS OF HIZBALLAH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 201 of the Hizballah 
International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public 
Law 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read 
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 201. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
AFFILIATED NETWORKS OF HIZBALLAH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, and as appro-
priate thereafter, the President shall impose the sanctions 
described in subsection (b) with respect to affiliated net-
works of Hizballah, including by reason of significant 
transnational criminal activities of such networks. 
‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are sanctions applied with re-
spect to a foreign person pursuant to Executive Order No. 
13581 (75 Fed. Reg. 44,757) (as such Executive order 
was in effect on the day before the date of the enactment 
of this section). 
‘‘(c) 
DEFINITION.—In 
this 
section, 
the 
term 
‘Hizballah’ has the meaning given such term in section 
102(f).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 
for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 
of 2015 is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to title II and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘TITLE 
II—IMPOSITION 
OF 
SANCTIONS 
WITH 
RESPECT 
TO 
AFFLIATED NETWORKS OF HIZBALLAH AND REPORTS AND 
BRIEFINGS ON NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING AND SIGNIFICANT 
TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH’’; 
and
(2) by striking the item relating to section 201 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 201. Imposition of sanctions with respect to affiliated networks of 
Hizballah.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section take effect on the date that is 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. REPORT ON RACKETEERING ACTIVITIES EN-
GAGED IN BY HIZBALLAH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the Hizballah 
International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public 
Law 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 202. REPORT ON RACKETEERING ACTIVITIES EN-
GAGED IN BY HIZBALLAH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of the Hizballah International 
Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017, and an-
nually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Depart-
ment of Justice and the Administrator of the Drug En-
forcement Administration, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and the heads of other applicable 
Federal agencies, shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the following:
‘‘(1) Activities that Hizballah, and agents and 
affiliates of Hizballah, have engaged in that are 
racketeering activities. 
‘‘(2) The extent to which Hizballah, and agents 
and affiliates of Hizballah, engage in a pattern of 
such racketeering activities. 
‘‘(b) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form 
but may contain a classified annex. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) HIZBALLAH.—The term ‘Hizballah’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 102(f). 
‘‘(3) 
RACKETEERING
ACTIVITY.—The 
term 
‘racketeering activity’ has the meaning given that
term in section 1961(1) of title 18, United States 
Code.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act 
of 2015 is amended by striking the item relating to section 
202 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 202. Report on racketeering activities engaged in by Hizballah.’’. 
SEC. 203. MODIFICATION OF REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS TO DISRUPT GLOB-
AL 
LOGISTICS 
NETWORKS 
AND 
FUND-
RAISING, FINANCING, AND MONEY LAUN-
DERING ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Section 
204(a)(1) 
of 
the 
Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 
(Public Law 114–102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the Hizballah 
International Financing Prevention Amendments 
Act of 2017, and annually thereafter for the fol-
lowing 5 years’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(3) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and free- 
trade zones.’’ and inserting ‘‘free-trade zones, busi-
ness partnerships and joint ventures, and other in-
vestments in small and medium-sized enterprises;’’; 
and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) a list of provinces, municipalities, and 
local governments outside of Lebanon that ex-
pressly consent to, or with knowledge allow, tol-
erate, or disregard the use of their territory by 
Hizballah to carry out terrorist activities, in-
cluding training, financing, and recruitment; 
‘‘(G) a description of the total aggregate 
revenues and remittances that Hizballah re-
ceives from the global logistics networks of 
Hizballah, including— 
‘‘(i) a list of Hizballah’s sources of 
revenue, including sources of revenue 
based on illicit activity, revenues from 
Iran, charities, and other business activi-
ties; and 
‘‘(ii) a list of Hizballah’s expenditures, 
including expenditures for ongoing military 
operations, social networks, and external 
operations; 
‘‘(H) 
a 
survey 
of 
national 
and 
transnational legal measures available to target 
Hizballah’s financial networks;