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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 30, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:H.R. 8445.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1.[Page H5105]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Hezbollah Money Laundering Prevention Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill establishes measures to deter money laundering by Hezbollah in Lebanon and Latin America.</p> <p>Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must prohibit or place conditions on the opening or maintaining of certain correspondent or payable-through accounts by the Central Bank of Syria if Treasury determines that certain jurisdictions in Lebanon or areas in Latin America are jurisdictions of primary money laundering concern.</p> <p>Further, the President must sanction certain senior foreign political figures or foreign persons that the President determines have knowingly provided material support to or engaged in a significant transaction with Hezbollah.</p>]]></text>
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