IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 834 
Urging the governments of Europe and the European Union to designate 
Hizballah as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions, and urging 
the President to provide information about Hizballah to the European 
allies of the United States and to support the Government of Bulgaria 
in investigating the July 18, 2012, terrorist attack in Burgas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 17, 2012 
Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. DEUTCH) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Urging the governments of Europe and the European Union 
to designate Hizballah as a terrorist organization and 
impose sanctions, and urging the President to provide 
information about Hizballah to the European allies of 
the United States and to support the Government of 
Bulgaria in investigating the July 18, 2012, terrorist 
attack in Burgas. 
Whereas the Department of State has designated Hizballah 
as a foreign terrorist organization since October 1997; 
Whereas the United States Government designated Hizballah 
a specially designated terrorist organization in January 
1995 and a ‘‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’’ pur-
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suant to Executive Order 13224 (66 Fed. Reg. 49079) 
in October 2001; 
Whereas Hizballah was established in 1982 through the di-
rect sponsorship and support of Iran’s Islamic Revolu-
tionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force and, as a pri-
mary terrorist proxy of Iran, continues to receive train-
ing, weapons, and explosives, as well as political, diplo-
matic, monetary, and organizational aid, from Iran; 
Whereas Hizballah has been implicated in multiple acts of 
terrorism over the past 30 years, including the bombings 
in Lebanon in 1983 of the United States Embassy, the 
United States Marine barracks, and the French Army 
barracks, the airline hijackings and the kidnapping of 
European, American, and other Western hostages in the 
1980s and 1990s, and support for the Khobar Towers at-
tack in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 Americans in 1996; 
Whereas, according to the 2011 Country Reports on Ter-
rorism issued by the Department of State, ‘‘Since at least 
2004, Hizballah has provided training to select Iraqi Shia 
militants, including on the construction and use of impro-
vised explosive devices (IEDs) that can penetrate heavily- 
armored vehicles.’’; 
Whereas, in 2007, a senior Hizballah operative, Ali Mussa 
Daqduq, was captured in Iraq with detailed documents 
that discussed tactics to attack Iraqi and coalition forces, 
and has been directly implicated in a terrorist attack that 
resulted in the murder of 5 members of the United 
States Armed Forces; 
Whereas Hizballah has been implicated in the terrorist at-
tacks in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the Israeli Embassy 
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in 1992 and the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association 
in 1994; 
Whereas Hizballah has been implicated in acts of terrorism 
and extrajudicial violence in Lebanon, including the as-
sassination of political opponents; 
Whereas, in June 2011, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, an 
international tribunal for the prosecution of those respon-
sible for the February 14, 2005, assassination of former 
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, issued arrest war-
rants against 4 senior Hizballah members, including its 
top military commander, Mustafa Badr al-Din, identified 
as the primary suspect in the assassination; 
Whereas, according to the 2011 Country Reports on Ter-
rorism issued by the Department of State, Hizballah is 
‘‘the likely perpetrator’’ of 2 bomb attacks that wounded 
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) 
peacekeepers in Lebanon during 2011; 
Whereas, according to the October 18, 2012, report of the 
Secretary-General of the United Nations to the United 
Nations Security Council on the implementation of Secu-
rity Council Resolution 1559 (2004) (in this preamble re-
ferred to as the ‘‘October 18 Report’’), ‘‘The mainte-
nance by Hizbullah of sizeable sophisticated military ca-
pabilities outside the control of the Government of Leb-
anon . . . creates an atmosphere of intimidation in the 
country[,] . . . puts Lebanon in violation of its obligations 
under Resolution 1559 (2004)[,] and constitutes a threat 
to regional peace and stability.’’; 
Whereas, on July 12, 2006, Hizballah engaged in an 
unprovoked attack on Israel that instigated the 2006 
Israel-Hizballah War, in which Hizballah deliberately tar-
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geted Israeli civilians and utilized innocent Lebanese as 
human shields in violation of international norms; 
Whereas, since the 2006 conflict, Iran and Syria have pro-
vided substantial assistance to Hizballah to rebuild its 
stockpile of tens of thousands of rockets, including so-
phisticated long-range weapons that can strike deep into 
Israeli territory; 
Whereas John Brennan, Assistant to the President for 
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, stated on Oc-
tober 26, 2012, that Hizballah’s ‘‘social and political ac-
tivities must not obscure [its] true nature or prevent us 
from seeing it for what it is—an international terrorist 
organization actively supported by Iran’s Islamic Revolu-
tionary Guards Corps–Quds Force’’; 
Whereas David Cohen, Under Secretary of the Treasury for 
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, stated on August 
10, 2012, ‘‘Before al Qaeda’s attack on the U.S. on Sep-
tember 11, 2001, Hizballah was responsible for killing 
more Americans in terrorist attacks than any other ter-
rorist group’’; 
Whereas, according to a September 13, 2012, Department of 
the Treasury press release, ‘‘The last year has witnessed 
Hizballah’s most aggressive terrorist plotting outside the 
Middle East since the 1990s.’’; 
Whereas, since 2011, Hizballah has been implicated in 
thwarted terrorist plots in Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Thailand, 
and elsewhere; 
Whereas, on July 18, 2012, a suicide bomber attacked a bus 
in Burgas, Bulgaria, murdering 5 Israeli tourists and the 
Bulgarian bus driver in a terrorist attack that, according 
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to Mr. Brennan, ‘‘bore the hallmarks of a Hizballah at-
tack’’; 
Whereas Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has 
stated regarding the Burgas terrorist attack, ‘‘We have 
unquestionable, fully substantiated evidence that this was 
done by Hizballah backed by Iran.’’; 
Whereas Bulgaria is a member of the European Union and 
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); 
Whereas, according to the October 18 Report, ‘‘There have 
been 
credible 
reports 
suggesting 
involvement 
by 
Hizbullah and other Lebanese political forces in support 
of the parties in the conflict in Syria. . . . Such militant 
activities by Hizbullah in Syria contradict and undermine 
the disassociation policy of the Government of Lebanon, 
of which Hizbullah is a coalition member.’’; 
Whereas, on October 26, 2012, Mr. Brennan stated, ‘‘We 
have seen Hizballah training militants in Yemen and 
Syria, where it continues to provide material support to 
the regime of Bashar al Assad, in part to preserve its 
weapon supply lines.’’; 
Whereas, on August 10, 2012, the Department of the Treas-
ury designated Hizballah pursuant to Executive Order 
13582 (76 Fed. Reg. 52209), which targets those respon-
sible for human rights abuses in Syria, for providing sup-
port to the Government of Syria; 
Whereas, according to the Department of the Treasury, since 
early 2011, Hizballah ‘‘has provided training, advice and 
extensive logistical support to the Government of Syria’s 
increasingly ruthless effort to fight against the opposi-
tion’’ and has ‘‘directly trained Syrian government per-
sonnel inside Syria and has facilitated the training of 
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Syrian forces by Iran’s terrorism arm, the Islamic Revo-
lutionary Guards Corps–Qods Force’’; 
Whereas, on September 13, 2012, the Department of the 
Treasury designated the Secretary-General of Hizballah, 
Hassan Nasrallah, for overseeing ‘‘Hizballah’s efforts to 
help the Syrian regime’s violent crackdown on the Syrian 
civilian population’’; 
Whereas, on October 26, 2012, Mr. Brennan stated, ‘‘Even 
in Europe, many countries . . . have not yet designated 
Hizballah as a terrorist organization. Nor has the Euro-
pean Union. Let me be clear: failure to designate 
Hizballah as a terrorist organization makes it harder to 
defend our countries and protect our citizens. As a result, 
for example, countries that have arrested Hizballah sus-
pects for plotting in Europe have been unable to pros-
ecute them on terrorism charges’’; and 
Whereas, on October 26, 2012, Mr. Brennan called on the 
European Union to designate Hizballah as a terrorist or-
ganization, saying, ‘‘European nations are our most so-
phisticated and important counterterrorism partners, and 
together we must make it clear that we will not tolerate 
Hizballah’s criminal and terrorist activities.’’: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) urges the governments of Europe and the 
European Union to designate Hizballah as a ter-
rorist organization so that Hizballah cannot use the 
territories of the European Union for fundraising, 
recruitment, financing, logistical support, training, 
and propaganda; 
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(2) urges the governments of Europe and the 
European Union to impose sanctions on Hizballah 
for providing material support to Bashar al Assad’s 
ongoing campaign of violent repression against the 
people of Syria; 
(3) expresses support for the Government of 
Bulgaria as it conducts an investigation into the 
July 18, 2012, terrorist attack in Burgas, and ex-
presses hope that the investigation can be success-
fully concluded and that the perpetrators can be 
identified as quickly as possible; 
(4) urges the President to provide all necessary 
diplomatic, intelligence, and law enforcement sup-
port to the Government of Bulgaria to investigate 
the July 18, 2012, terrorist attack in Burgas; 
(5) reaffirms support for the Government of 
Bulgaria by the United States as a member of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and 
urges the United States, NATO, and the European 
Union to work with the Government of Bulgaria to 
safeguard its territory and citizens from the threat 
of terrorism; and 
(6) urges the President to make available to 
European allies and the European public informa-
tion about Hizballah’s terrorist activities, efforts to 
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subvert democracy within Lebanon, and provision of 
material support to Bashar al Assad’s campaign of 
violence in Syria. 
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