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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4238 
To impose terrorism-related sanctions with respect to As-Saib Ahl Al-Haq 
and Harakat Hizballah Al-Nujaba, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 3, 2017 
Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. SHERMAN, and Mr. FRANKS of Arizona) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To impose terrorism-related sanctions with respect to As- 
Saib Ahl Al-Haq and Harakat Hizballah Al-Nujaba, 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 ‘‘Iranian Proxies Ter-
rorist Sanctions Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) As-Saib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) is an Iraqi para-
military group founded in 2006. Harakat Hizballah 
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al-Nujaba (Nujaba) is an affiliated faction of AAH 
and the United States-designated foreign terrorist 
organization Kata’ib Hizballah that was formed in 
2013. 
(2) AAH and Nujaba are provided training, 
funding, and arms by the Iranian Islamic Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps (IRGC), IRGC-Quds Force, 
and mentored by Lebanese Hizballah. AAH leader, 
Qais Khazali, has pledged allegiance to Iran’s Su-
preme Leader Ali Khamenei. 
(3) AAH conducted numerous attacks against 
the United States and coalition forces in Iraq be-
tween its inception in 2006 and the United States 
withdrawal in December 2011. This includes the 
January 20, 2007, attack on the Karbala Provincial 
Headquarters that resulted in the killing of CPT 
Brian S. Freeman, 1LT Jacob N. Fritz, SPC Jona-
than B. Chism, PFC Shawn P. Falter, and PFC 
Jonathon M. Millican—four of whom were abducted 
and later executed. 
(4) AAH and Nujaba deploy forces to Syria to 
fight on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad regime, in-
cluding participating in the 2016 siege of Aleppo 
where the United Nations High Commissioner for 
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Human Rights alleges pro-government Iraqi militia 
groups executed dozens of civilians. 
(5) In 2015, Human Rights Watch alleged 
AAH participated in forced evictions, kidnappings, 
and extrajudicial killings of Sunni and Kurdish civil-
ians in areas liberated from the Islamic State. 
(6) Nujaba is led by Akram al-Kabi, who was 
designated by the Department of the Treasury under 
Executive Order 13438 for threatening the peace 
and stability of Iraq. According to the United States 
Government, Kabi participated in multiple mortar 
and rocket attacks on the International Zone, or 
Green Zone, in Baghdad in early 2008. Kabi and 
other Nujaba commanders have claimed they follow 
orders from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei 
and declared in March 2016 support for Lebanese 
Hizballah. 
(7) In 2017, a Nujaba spokesman declared that 
it had formed a unit tasked to ‘‘liberate’’ the Golan 
Heights from Israeli control and reports indicate the 
group is playing a key role in securing a land route 
between Iran and Lebanon to provide military aid to 
Lebanese Hezbollah. 
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SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 
with respect to As-Saib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) and Harakat 
Hizballah al-Nujaba (Nujaba) and foreign persons that 
are officials, agents, or affiliates of AAH or Nujaba. 
(b) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are sanctions applicable with re-
spect to a foreign person 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). 
SEC. 4. WATCHLISTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall an-
nually establish, maintain, and publish a global list of 
armed groups, militias, or proxy forces receiving logistical, 
military, or financial assistance from the IRGC or over 
which the IRGC exerts any form of control or influence. 
(b) PUBLICATION.—The lists required under sub-
section (a) shall be published as part of the Department 
of State’s Annual Country Reports on Terrorism, begin-
ning with the first such Country Reports published after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) FORM.—If the Secretary of State determines that 
such is appropriate, the Secretary may, not later than 30 
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