Strategic Lebanon Security Reporting Act

Strategic Lebanon Security Reporting Act

This bill requires the Department of State to provide Congress with a report addressing security in Lebanon. Specifically, the report must include details regarding

• the extent of Iranian and Syrian influence in Lebanon,
  
• the capability of the Lebanese Armed Forces,
  
• Lebanese Armed Forces' actions to prevent the forced return of refugees to Syria,
  
• Hezbollah's influence on governmental and financial institutions in Lebanon, and
• implementation activities related to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 and successor resolutions.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4929 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4929

   To require the Secretary of State to submit a report on security 
              threats in Lebanon, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2023

   Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Issa, Ms. Sherrill, and Mr. Garbarino) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of State to submit a report on security 
              threats in Lebanon, 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strategic Lebanon Security Reporting 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDRESSING SECURITY THREATS IN LEBANON.

    (a) Report on the Lebanese Armed Forces, Implementation of United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, and Addressing Security 
Threats in Lebanon.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report--
            (1) identifying the extent of Hezbollah's influence within 
        the legislative, judicial, and financial institutions of 
        Lebanon;
            (2) describing military activities conducted by the 
        Lebanese Armed Forces (referred to in this section as the 
        ``LAF'') to fully implement and comply with United Nations 
        Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1701 (2006) and successor 
        resolutions;
            (3) describing the extent of Iranian and Syrian influence 
        in Lebanon, as well as the capability of Hezbollah with respect 
        to its stockpile of weapons;
            (4) describing the capability of the LAF with respect to 
        defending Lebanon's border from threats from Syria; and
            (5) describing the steps taken by the LAF to prevent 
        refoulement of Syrians back to Syria and the gross violations 
        of internationally recognized human rights associated with the 
        forced return of refugees to Syria.
    (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in an unclassified form but may contain a classified annex if the 
Secretary of State determines such is appropriate and if such 
classified annex is transmitted separately from the unclassified 
report.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate.
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