[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 160 (Thursday, October 5, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6369-S6372]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 1110. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr.
Crapo, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Perdue, Ms. Heitkamp,
Mr. Blunt, Mr. Tester, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Moran, Mr.
Gardner, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Rounds,
Mr. Heller, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Collins,
Mr. Cotton, Mr. Young, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Durbin, Ms.
Klobuchar, Mr. Coons, Mr. Casey, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. Manchin)) proposed
an amendment to the bill S. 1595, to amend the Hizballah International
Financing Prevention Act of 2015 to impose additional sanctions with
respect to Hizballah, and for other purposes; as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
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 agencies and instrumentalities of foreign
states that support Hizballah.
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.
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Regulatory authority.
Sec. 302. Exceptions.
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 provides
significant financial, material, or technological support
for--
``(1) Bayt al-Mal, Jihad al-Bina, the Islamic Resistance
Support Association, or any successor or affiliate thereof as
designated by the President;
``(2) al-Manar TV, al Nour Radio, or the Lebanese Media
Group, or any successor or affiliate thereof as designated by
the President;
``(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--
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``(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) Procedures for Judicial Review of Classified
Information.--
``(1) In general.--If a finding under this section, 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 this section or any prohibition,
condition, or penalty imposed as a result of any such
finding.
``(e) Waiver.--
``(1) In general.--The President may, for periods not to
exceed 180 days, waive the imposition of sanctions under this
section if the President certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that such waiver is in the national
security interests of the United States.
``(2) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the issuance
of a waiver under paragraph (1) with respect to a foreign
person, and every 180 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).
``(f) 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 for the
following 5 years, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that lists the
foreign persons that the President determines are described
in subsection (a).
``(g) 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
Finance, 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) Hizballah.--The term `Hizballah' has the meaning
given such term in section 102(f).
``(5) Person.--The term `person' means an individual or
entity.
``(6) 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.
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 every 180 days
thereafter for the following 5 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 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.''.
SEC. 103. SANCTIONS AGAINST AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES OF
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 AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES
OF FOREIGN STATES THAT SUPPORT HIZBALLAH.
``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this section, and as appropriate
thereafter, the President shall block and prohibit all
transactions in all property and interests in property of any
agency or instrumentality of a foreign state described in
subsection (b) 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) Agency or Instrumentality of a Foreign State
Described.--An agency or instrumentality of a foreign state
described in this subsection is an agency or instrumentality
of a foreign state that the President determines knowingly
provides significant financial, material, or technological
support for, goods or services to or in support of, or arms
or related material to--
``(1) Hizballah;
``(2) an entity owned or controlled by Hizballah; or
``(3) an entity that the President determines has acted for
or on behalf of Hizballah.
``(c) 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 subsection
(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.
``(d) 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.
``(e) Procedures for Judicial Review of Classified
Information.--
``(1) In general.--If a finding under this section, 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 this section or any prohibition,
condition, or penalty imposed as a result of any such
finding.
``(f) Waiver.--
``(1) In general.--The President may, for periods not to
exceed 180 days, waive the imposition of sanctions under this
section with
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respect to an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state if
the President certifies to the appropriate congressional
committees that such waiver is in the national security
interests of the United States.
``(2) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the issuance
of a waiver under paragraph (1) with respect to an agency or
instrumentality of a foreign state, and every 180 days
thereafter while the waiver remains in effect, the President
shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the
status of the involvement of the agency or instrumentality in
activities described in subsection (b).
``(g) 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) Hizballah.--The term `Hizballah' has the meaning
given that term in section 102(f).''.
(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 agencies and instrumentalities of foreign
states that support Hizballah.''.
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. BLOCKING OF PROPERTY OF HIZBALLAH.
``(a) Findings.--Congress finds that Hizballah conducts
narcotics trafficking and significant transnational criminal
activities.
``(b) Blocking of Property.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of the Hizballah International
Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017, and as
appropriate thereafter, the President shall block and
prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in
property of Hizballah 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.
``(c) 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 subsection
(b) to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person
that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of
such section 206.
``(d) 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.
``(e) Procedures for Judicial Review of Classified
Information.--
``(1) In general.--If a finding under this section, 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 this section or any prohibition,
condition, or penalty imposed as a result of any such
finding.
``(f) Waiver.--The President may, for periods not to exceed
180 days, waive the imposition of sanctions under this
section if the President certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that such waiver is in the national
security interests of the United States.
``(g) Definition.--In this section, the term `Hizballah'
has the meaning given that 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 RELATING TO 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. Blocking of property of Hizballah.''.
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 180 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 President shall 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, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Financial Services of
the House of Representatives; and
``(B) the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs 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 of the Hizballah International
Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-102; 50
U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)--
(A) 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'';
(B) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(C) 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
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(F) a list of jurisdictions outside of Lebanon that
expressly consent to, or with knowledge allow, 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.'';
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections
(c) and (d), respectively;
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
``(b) Enhanced Due Diligence.--
``(1) In general.--The President shall prescribe, as
necessary, enhanced due diligence policies, procedures, and
controls for United States financial institutions, and
foreign financial institutions maintaining correspondent
accounts or payable-through accounts with United States
financial institutions, that the President determines provide
significant financial services for persons and entities
operating in a jurisdiction included in the list required
under subsection (a)(1)(F) if the President determines and
reports to the appropriate congressional committees that it
is in the national security interest of the United States to
do so.
``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms
`correspondent account' and `payable-through account' have
the meanings given those terms in section 5318A of title 31,
United States Code.''; and
(4) in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (2) by
adding before the period at
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the end the following: ``and on any requirements for enhanced
due diligence prescribed under subsection (b)''.
(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) Any other individual that the President determines is a
senior foreign political figure of 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 in precompressed, easily downloadable versions
that are made available in all appropriate formats.
(4) Sources of information.--In preparing the report
required under paragraph (1), the President may use any
credible publication, database, or web-based resource, and
any credible information compiled by any government agency,
nongovernmental organization, or other entity provided to or
made available to the President.
(5) 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 of the
Treasury 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.
(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 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.
(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 used by Hizballah
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 used by Hizballah operating outside the United
States.
(4) Recommendations for legislative or administrative
action, as appropriate, 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) Notification to Congress.--Not later than 10 days
before the prescription of regulations under subsection (a),
the President shall notify the appropriate congressional
committees regarding 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. EXCEPTIONS.
(a) In General.--This Act and the amendments made by this
Act shall not apply to the following:
(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--
(A) the Agreement between the United Nations and the United
States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United
Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered
into force November 21, 1947;
(B) the Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna
April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967; or
(C) any other international treaty.
(b) Exception Relating to Importation of Goods.--The
authorities and requirements to impose sanctions under this
Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not include the
authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the
importation of goods.
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