Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017
This bill amends the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 to impose specified sanctions on: (1) foreign persons that knowingly assist in or provide support for fund raising or recruitment activities for Hizballah; (2) agencies of foreign governments that provide Hizballah with financial support, arms, or other assistance (export license requirements are included in addition to sanctions if such government is a state sponsor of terrorism); and (3) Hizballah, including by reason of Hizballah's significant transnational criminal activities.
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that sanctions should be placed on financial institutions that serve Lebanese government officials affiliated with Hizballah.
The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 is amended to sanction foreign financial institutions that facilitate efforts by Iran or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to aid Hizballah.
The bill prescribes reporting requirements or reporting modifications with respect to: (1) foreign persons that knowingly assist or provide significant financial, material, or technological support for foreign persons assisting Hizballah; (2) financial institutions that are owned or organized under the laws of state sponsors of terrorism; (3) Hizballah's racketeering activities; (4) combating illicit tobacco trafficking networks used by Hizballah and other foreign terrorist organizations to finance their operations; (5) the estimated net worth of senior Hizballah officials and how these funds were acquired and used; and (6) countries that support Hizballah or in which Hizballah maintains important logistics networks or financial networks and steps such countries are taking to disrupt such networks.
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[H.R. 3329 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3329
To amend the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015
to impose additional sanctions with respect to Hizballah, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 20, 2017
Mr. Royce of California (for himself and Mr. Engel) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the
Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015
to impose additional sanctions with respect to Hizballah, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Hizballah
International Financing Prevention Amendments 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 activities for Hizballah.
Sec. 102. Modification of report with respect to financial institutions
that engage 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.
TITLE II--NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING AND SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL
ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH
Sec. 201. Blocking of property 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 ACCESS BY HIZBALLAH TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 101. MANDATORY SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FUNDRAISING AND
RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES 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 ACTIVITIES FOR HIZBALLAH.
``(a) In General.--The President shall impose the sanctions
described in subsection (b) with respect to any foreign person that the
President determines knowingly assists, sponsors, or, provides
significant financial, material, or technological support for--
``(1) Bayt al-Mal, Jihad al-Bina, the Islamic Resistance
Support Association, the Foreign Relations Department of
Hizballah, the External Security Organization of Hizballah, or
any successor or affiliate thereof;
``(2) al-Manar TV, al Nour Radio, or the Lebanese Media
Group, or any successor or affiliate thereof;
``(3) a foreign person determined by the President to be
engaged in fundraising or recruitment activities 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 requirements of section 202 of such Act (50
U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the extent necessary
to block and prohibit all transactions in all property
and interests in property of a foreign 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, admission, or
parole.--
``(i) Visas, admission, or parole.--An
alien who the President determines 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 Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
``(ii) Current visas revoked.--
``(I) In general.--The issuing
consular officer, the Secretary 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 periods not to
exceed 180 days, waive the imposition of sanctions under this
section with respect to a foreign person or foreign persons if
the President certifies to the appropriate congressional
committees that such waiver is in the national security
interests of the United States.
``(2) Consultation.--
``(A) Before waiver exercised.--Before a waiver
under paragraph (1) takes effect with respect to a
foreign person, the President shall notify and brief
the appropriate congressional committees on the status
of the involvement of the foreign person in activities
described in subsection (a).
``(B) After waiver exercised.--Not later than 90
days after the issuance of a waiver under paragraph (1)
with respect to a foreign person, and every 120 days
thereafter while the waiver remains in effect, the
President shall brief the appropriate congressional
committees on the status of the involvement of the
foreign person in activities described in subsection
(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 congressional committees a report that
lists the foreign persons that the President has credible evidence
knowingly assists, sponsors, or provides significant financial,
material, or technological support for the foreign persons described in
paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (a).
``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Admitted; alien.--The terms `admitted' and `alien'
have meanings given those terms in section 101 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).
``(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
`appropriate congressional committees' means--
``(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the
Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on the
Judiciary, and the Committee on Financial Services of
the House of Representatives; and
``(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.
``(3) Entity.--The term `entity' means a partnership,
association, corporation, or other organization, group, or
subgroup.
``(4) Fundraising or recruitment activities.--The term
`fundraising or recruitment activities' includes online
fundraising and other online commercial activities, or other
means of such fundraising, 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 individual or
entity.
``(7) United states person.--The term `United States
person' means a United States citizen, permanent resident
alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States
(including foreign 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 FINANCIAL 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 Organized Under the Laws of
State Sponsors of Terrorism.--
``(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 three years, the President shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a report that--
``(A) identifies each foreign financial institution
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 financial institution is in
violation of 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) by reason of engaging in
one or more such activities.
``(2) Foreign financial institution described.--
``(A) In general.--A foreign financial institution
described in this paragraph is a foreign financial
institution--
``(i) that, wherever located, is--
``(I) organized under the laws of a
state sponsor of terrorism or any
jurisdiction within a state sponsor of
terrorism;
``(II) owned or controlled by the
government of a state sponsor of
terrorism;
``(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 exceeds
$10,000,000.
``(B) State sponsor of terrorism.--In this
paragraph, the term `state sponsor of terrorism' means
a country the government of which the Secretary of
State has determined is a government that has
repeatedly provided support for acts of international
terrorism for purposes of--
``(i) section 6(j) of the Export
Administration 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
Assistance 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 the
President should apply the sanctions contained in section 102 of the
Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act with respect to
foreign financial institutions that engage in prohibited activities
described in such section with respect to any member of parliament or
any cabinet official of the Lebanese Republic who is a member of
Hizballah, or any affiliate of Hizballah.
SEC. 103. SANCTIONS AGAINST FOREIGN STATES THAT SUPPORT HIZBALLAH.
(a) In General.--Title I of the Hizballah International 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 120 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 respect to any agency or instrumentality
of a foreign state described in paragraph (2).
``(2) Agency or instrumentality described.--An agency or
instrumentality of a foreign state described in this paragraph
is an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state that the
President determines has, on or after the date of the enactment
of this section, knowingly provided significant financial or
material support for, or arms or related material to--
``(A) Hizballah; or
``(B) 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 transactions 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 Terrorism.--
``(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 described in paragraph (2),
the President shall, pursuant to section 6 of the Export
Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to
the International 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) 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 material 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 periods not to
exceed 180 days, waive the imposition of sanctions under this
section with respect to a foreign state or an agency or
instrumentality of a foreign state if the President certifies
to the appropriate congressional committees that such waiver is
vital to the national security interests of the United States.
``(2) Consultation.--
``(A) Before waiver exercised.--Before 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 congressional committees on the status of
the involvement of the foreign state in activities
described in subsection (b)(2) or involvement of the
agency or instrumentality of a foreign state in
activities described in subsection (a)(2), as the case
may be.
``(B) After waiver exercised.--Not later than 90
days after the issuance of a waiver under paragraph (1)
with respect to a foreign state or an agency or
instrumentality of a foreign state, and every 120 days
thereafter while the waiver remains in effect, the
President shall brief the appropriate congressional
committees on the status of the involvement of the
foreign state in activities described in subsection
(b)(2) or involvement of the agency or instrumentality
of a foreign state in activities described in
subsection (a)(2), as the case may be.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Agency or instrumentality of a foreign state; foreign
state.--The terms `agency or instrumentality of a foreign
state' and `foreign state' have the meanings given those terms
in section 1603 of title 28, United States Code.
``(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
`appropriate congressional committees' means--
``(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the
Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Ways
and Means, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives; and
``(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.
``(3) Arms or related material.--The term `arms or related
material' means--
``(A) nuclear, biological, chemical, or
radiological 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);
``(E) defense information, as that term is defined
in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2403); or
``(F) items designated by the President for
purposes of the United States Munitions List under
section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)).
``(4) Export administration regulations.--The term `Export
Administration Regulations' 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 Secretary of State has determined is a
government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of
international terrorism for purposes of--
``(A) section 6(j) of the Export Administration 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.));
``(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371);
``(C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control 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.''.
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 before ``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,''.
TITLE II--NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING AND SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL
ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH
SEC. 201. BLOCKING OF PROPERTY 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 HIZBALLAH.
``(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this section, and as appropriate thereafter, the President
shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to
Hizballah, including by reason of Hizballah's significant transnational
criminal activities.
``(b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are sanctions applied with respect to a foreign person
pursuant to Executive Order 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 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 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 ENGAGED 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 ENGAGED 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 annually thereafter for the following 5
years, the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the
Department of Justice and the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement
Administration, in coordination with the Secretary 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 committees.--The term
`appropriate congressional committees' means--
``(A) the Committee on the Judiciary and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives; and
``(B) the Committee on the Judiciary and the
Committee on Foreign Relations 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 GLOBAL LOGISTICS NETWORKS AND FUNDRAISING,
FINANCING, AND MONEY LAUNDERING 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 amended--
(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 following 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, business
partnerships and joint ventures, and other investments 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 expressly
consent to, or with knowledge allow, tolerate, or
disregard the use of their territory by Hizballah to
carry out terrorist activities, including training,
financing, and recruitment;
``(G) a description of the total aggregate revenues
and remittances that Hizballah receives 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 activities; and
``(ii) a list of Hizballah's expenditures,
including expenditures for ongoing military
operations, social networks, and external
operations; and
``(H) a survey of national and transnational legal
measures available to target Hizballah's financial
networks.''.
(b) Report on Estimated Net Worth of Senior Hizballah Members.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than
annually thereafter for the following 2 years, the President
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report that contains--
(A) the estimated total net worth of each
individual described in paragraph (2); and
(B) a description of how funds of each individual
described in paragraph (2) were acquired, and how such
funds have been used or employed.
(2) Individuals described.--The individuals described in
this paragraph are the following:
(A) The Secretary General of Hizballah.
(B) Members of the Hizballah Politburo.
(C) Any other individual that the President
determines is a senior foreign political figure of
Hizballah, is associated with Hizballah, or otherwise
provides significant support to Hizballah.
(3) Form of report; public availability.--
(A) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1)
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain
a classified annex.
(B) Public availability.--The unclassified portion
of the report required under paragraph (1) shall be
made available to the public and posted on the website
of the Department of State and all United States
Embassy websites.
(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
the Committee on Financial Services of the
House of Representatives; and
(ii) the Committee on Foreign Relations and
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate.
(B) Funds.--The term ``funds'' means--
(i) cash;
(ii) equity;
(iii) any other intangible asset the value
of which is derived from a contractual claim,
including bank deposits, bonds, stocks, a
security (as defined in section 2(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77b(a))), or
a security or an equity security (as those
terms are defined in section 3(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.
78c(a))); and
(iv) anything else of value that the
Secretary determines to be appropriate.
(C) Senior foreign political figure.--The term
``senior foreign political figure'' has the 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 finance 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 required by subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) A description of the steps to be taken by Federal
agencies to combat the illicit tobacco trafficking networks
used by Hizballah, other foreign terrorist organizations, and
other illicit actors.
(2) A description of the steps to be taken to engage 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 engage
foreign government law enforcement and intelligence authorities
in efforts to combat illicit tobacco trafficking networks
operating outside the United States.
(4) Recommendations for legislative or administrative
action needed to address the threat of illicit tobacco
trafficking networks.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland 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 Banking, 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, prescribe 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 committees 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 Defined.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
SEC. 302. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES; JUDICIAL REVIEW; EXEMPTIONS.
(a) In General.--Title I of the Hizballah International Financing
Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-102; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), as
amended by section 103 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the
end the following:
``SEC. 104. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES; JUDICIAL REVIEW; EXEMPTIONS;
RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
``(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 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 to carry out section 101 or 103 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) Procedures for Judicial Review of Classified Information.--
``(1) In general.--If a finding, or a prohibition,
condition, or penalty imposed as a result of any 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, condition, or penalty, the President may submit
such information 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 enforcement, or
national security activities of the United States.
``(2) Any transaction necessary to comply with United
States obligations under the Agreement between the United
Nations and the United States of America regarding the
Headquarters of the United States, signed at Lake Success June
26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, or under
the Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24,
1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, or any other
United States international treaties.
``(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in section 101 or 103 shall be
construed to limit the authority of the President under the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or
under 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 103, as added by section 103(b) of
this Act, the following new item:
``Sec. 104. Implementation; penalties; judicial review; exemptions;
rule of construction.''.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 115-366, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 115-366, Part I.
Committee on Financial Services discharged.
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Committee on Financial Services discharged.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 268.
Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8183-8191)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3329.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8184-8188)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8184-8188)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 253.