meaning given that term in section 1010.605 of 
title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
successor regulation). 
SEC. 204. REPORT ON COMBATING THE ILLICIT TOBACCO 
TRAFFICKING 
NETWORKS 
USED 
BY 
HIZBALLAH AND OTHER FOREIGN TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
combating the illicit tobacco trafficking networks used by 
Hizballah and other foreign terrorist organizations to fi-
nance their operations, as described in the report submitted 
to Congress in December 2015 by the Department of State, 
the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, 
the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department 
of Health and Human Services entitled, ‘‘The Global Illicit 
Trade in Tobacco: A Threat to National Security.’’. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of the steps to be taken by Fed-
eral agencies to combat the illicit tobacco trafficking 
networks used by Hizballah, other foreign terrorist or-
ganizations, and other illicit actors. 
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(2) A description of the steps to be taken to en-
gage State and local law enforcement authorities in 
efforts to combat illicit tobacco trafficking networks 
operating within the United States. 
(3) A description of the steps to be taken to en-
gage foreign government law enforcement and intel-
ligence authorities in efforts to combat illicit tobacco 
trafficking networks operating outside the United 
States. 
(4) Recommendations for legislative or adminis-
trative action needed to address the threat of illicit to-
bacco trafficking networks. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on Home-
land Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Bank-
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ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate. 
TITLE III—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, pre-
scribe regulations as necessary for the implementation of 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 
(b) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 10 days 
before the prescription of regulations under subsection (a), 
the President shall brief the appropriate congressional com-
mittees of the proposed regulations and the provisions of 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act that the 
regulations are implementing. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate. 
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SEC. 302. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES; JUDICIAL RE-
VIEW; EXEMPTIONS. 
(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), as amended by sections 103 
and 105 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 105. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES; JUDICIAL RE-
VIEW; EXEMPTIONS; RULE OF CONSTRUC-
TION. 
‘‘(a) 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 sections 101 and 103. 
‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-
sections (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, con-
spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pre-
scribed to carry out section 101 or 103 to the same extent 
that such penalties apply to a person that commits an un-
lawful act described in subsection (a) of such section 206. 
‘‘(c) PROCEDURES FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CLASSI-
FIED INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a finding, or a prohibi-
tion, condition, or penalty imposed as a result of any 
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such finding, is based on classified information (as 
defined in section 1(a) of the Classified Information 
Procedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.)) and a court reviews 
the finding or the imposition of the prohibition, con-
dition, or penalty, the President may submit such in-
formation to the court ex parte and in camera. 
‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to confer or imply any 
right to judicial review of any finding under section 
101 or 103 or any prohibition, condition, or penalty 
imposed as a result of any such finding. 
‘‘(d) EXEMPTIONS.—The following activities shall be 
exempt from sections 101 and 103: 
‘‘(1) Any authorized intelligence, law enforce-
ment, or national security activities of the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) Any transaction necessary to comply with 
United States obligations under the Agreement be-
tween the United Nations and the United States of 
America regarding the Headquarters of the United 
States, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and en-
tered into force November 21, 1947, or under the Con-
vention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 
24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, or 
any other United States international agreement. 
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