[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3691 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3691

To prohibit the provision of United States Government assistance to any 
   Lebanese government that is influenced or controlled by Hezbollah.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 12, 2020

   Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the provision of United States Government assistance to any 
   Lebanese government that is influenced or controlled by Hezbollah.

    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 ``Stop Sending American Taxpayer Money 
To Governments Controlled By Terrorists Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE TO ENTITIES CONTROLLED OR INFLUENCED 
              BY HEZBOLLAH.

    Notwithstanding the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 
et seq.) and section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2763), the United States Government may not provide assistance to any 
Lebanese government--
            (1) of which Hezbollah is a member;
            (2) over which Hezbollah exercises undue influence; or
            (3) in which a ministry, agency, or instrumentality of that 
        government is effectively controlled by Hezbollah.
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