113 HR 4411 RH: Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014 U.S. House of Representatives 2014-07-22 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IB Union Calendar No. 409 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4411 [Report No. 113–543, Part I] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 7, 2014 Mr. Meadows (for himself, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Royce, and Mr. Engel) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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 July 22, 2014 Additional sponsors: Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Salmon, Ms. Meng, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Cook, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Higgins, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Long, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Sessions, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Stivers, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Coble, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Mullin, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Latta, Mr. Sires, Mr. Holding, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Schock, Mr. Veasey, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Israel, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Gibbs, Ms. Titus, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Rush, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Lance, Mr. Williams, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Mr. Bera of California, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Messer, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Young of Indiana, Mr. Stockman, Mr. Joyce, Mr. Garcia, Mrs. Black, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costa, Mr. Courtney, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Womack, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Ruiz, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Mica, Mr. Huelskamp, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Hartzler, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Kildee, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Hall, Mr. Foster, Mr. Himes, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Perry, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Kline, Mr. Walden, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Barber, Mr. Harper, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Turner, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Harris, Mr. Daines, Mr. Serrano, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Barr, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Nunes, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Hanna, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Upton, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. O'Rourke, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Peters of Michigan, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Peters of California, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Rigell, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Southerland, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Latham, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Kingston, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Scalise, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Grimm, Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Aderholt, Ms. Esty, Mr. LoBiondo, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Coffman, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Reed, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Denham, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Woodall, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Hunter, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Stutzman, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Terry, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Levin, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Owens, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Lipinski, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Olson, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Delaney, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Renacci, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Enyart, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Takano, Mr. Barrow of Georgia, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Ross, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Flores, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Gerlach, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Honda, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Kind, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Polis, Mr. Hurt, Mr. Buchanan, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Tierney, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. McClintock, Mr. McAllister, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Vela, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Forbes, Ms. Bass, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Labrador, Ms. Chu, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Dent, Mr. Keating, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Holt, Mr. Posey, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Carney, Mr. Clawson of Florida, Mr. Hastings of Florida, and Mr. Cummings July 22, 2014 Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic July 22, 2014 The Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 7, 2014 A BILL To prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title and table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014. (b)

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. Sec. 2. Statement of policy. Title I—Prevention of access by Hezbollah to international financial and other institutions Sec. 101. Report on imposition of sanctions on certain satellite providers that carry al-Manar TV. Sec. 102. Sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage in certain transactions. Title II—Reports on designation of Hezbollah as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker and a significant transnational criminal organization Sec. 201. Report on designation of Hezbollah as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker. Sec. 202. Report on designation of Hezbollah as a significant transnational criminal organization. Sec. 203. Report on Hezbollah’s involvement in the trade of conflict diamonds. Sec. 204. Rewards for justice and Hezbollah’s fundraising, financing, and money laundering activities. Sec. 205. Report on activities of foreign governments to disrupt global logistics networks and fundraising, financing, and money laundering activities of Hezbollah. Sec. 206. Appropriate congressional committees defined. Title III—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 301. Rule of construction. Sec. 302. Regulatory authority. Sec. 303. Termination.

2.

Statement of policy

It shall be the policy of the United States to— (1)prevent Hezbollah’s global logistics and financial network from operating in order to curtail funding of its domestic and international activities; and (2)utilize all available diplomatic, legislative, and executive avenues to combat the global criminal activities of Hezbollah as a means to block that organization’s ability to fund its global terrorist activities.

July 22, 2014 Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an amendment July 22, 2014 The Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed