,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdca  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ab1
 #bjah,mr4 ,perdue 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,cruz1 and ,mr4 ,rubio7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to impose sanctions with       
respect to certain militias in ,iraq    
that are backed by the ,government of   
,iran4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,iranian ,proxies       
,terrorist ,sanctions ,act4  #b4        
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,as-,saib ,ahl al-,haq 7referred 
to in this section as ,,aah7 is an      
,iraqi paramilitary group that was      
founded in #bjjf4  7#b7 ,harakat        
,hizballah al-,nujaba 7referred to in   
this section as ,nujaba7 is an          
affiliated faction of ,,aah and the     
,united ,states-designated foreign      
terrorist organization ,kata'ib         
,hizballah1 which was formed in #bjac4  

7#c7 ,,aah and ,nujaba receive training1
 funding1 and arms from the ,iranian    
,islamic ,revolutionary ,guard ,corps   
,quds ,force and are mentored by        
,lebanese ,hizballah4  7#d7 ,,aah       
leader1 ,qais ,khazali1 has pledged     
allegiance to ,iran's ,supreme ,leader  
,ali ,khamenei4  7#e7 ,,aah conducted   
numerous attacks against the ,united    
,states and coalition forces in ,iraq   
between its inception in #bjjf and the  
,united ,states withdrawal from ,iraq in
 ,december #bjaa1 including an attack on
 ,january #bj1 #bjjg on the ,karbala    
,provincial ,headquarters1 which        
resulted in the killing of ,captain     
,brian ,s4 ,freeman1 ,first ,lieutenant 
,jacob ,n4 ,fritz1 ,specialist ,jonathan
 ,b4 ,chism1 ,private ,first ,class     
,shawn ,p4 ,falter1 and ,private ,first 
,class ,jonathon ,m4 ,millican4  7#f7   
,,aah and ,nujaba deploy forces to      
,syria to fight on behalf of the ,bashar
 al-,assad regime1 including            
participating in the #bjaf siege of     

,aleppo where the ,united ,nations ,high
 ,commissioner for ,human ,rights       
alleges pro-government ,iraqi militia   
groups executed dozens of civilians4    
7#g7 ,in #bjae1 ,human ,rights ,watch   
alleged ,,aah participated in forced    
evictions1 kidnappings1 and             
extrajudicial killings of ,sunni and    
,kurdish civilians in areas liberated   
from the ,islamic ,state4  7#h7 ,nujaba 
is led by ,akram al-,kabi1 who-- 7,a7   
was designated by the ,department of the
 ,treasury under ,executive ,order      
#acdch for threatening the peace and    
stability of ,iraq2  7,b7 according to  
the ,united ,states ,government1        
participated in multiple mortar and     
rocket attacks on the ,international    
,zone1 or ,green ,zone1 in ,baghdad in  
early #bjjh2 and  7,c7 along with other 
,nujaba commanders1 has claimed to      
follow orders from ,iran's ,supreme     
,leader ,ali ,khamenei and declared     
support for ,lebanese ,hizballah in     
,march #bjaf4  7#i7 ,in #bjag1 a ,nujaba

 spokesman declared that ,nujaba had    
formed a unit tasked to liberate the    
,golan ,heights from ,israeli control4  
,reports indicate that ,nujaba is       
playing a key role in securing a land   
route between ,iran and ,lebanon to     
provide military aid to ,lebanese       
,hezbollah4  #c4 ,imposition of         
sanctions with respect to certain       
militias in ,iraq that are backed by the
 ,government of ,iran  7a7 ,imposition  
of sanctions  7#a7 ,in general          
,beginning on the date that is #ij days 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,president shall block and    
prohibit1 pursuant to the ,international
 ,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej 
,u4,s4,c4 #agja et seq471 all           
transactions in all property and        
interests in property of ,as-,saib ,ahl 
al-,haq1 ,harakat ,hizballah al-,nujaba1
 and any foreign person that the        
,president determines is an official1   
agent1 or affiliate of1 or owned or     
controlled by1 ,as-,saib ,ahl al-,haq or

 ,harakat ,hizballah al-,nujaba1 if such
 property and interests in property are 
in the ,united ,states1 come within the 
,united ,states1 or are or come within  
the possession or control of a ,united  
,states person4  7#b7 ,exception ,the   
requirement to impose sanctions under   
paragraph 7#a7 shall not include the    
requirement or the authority to impose  
sanctions on the importation of goods   
7as defined in section #af of the       
,export ,administration ,act of #aigi   
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #dfah7 7as continued in  
effect pursuant to the ,international   
,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #agja et seq47774  7#c7       
,united states person defined ,in this  
subsection1 the term ,united ,states    
person means-- 7,a7 a ,united ,states   
citizen or an alien lawfully admitted   
for permanent residence to the ,united  
,states2 or  7,b7 an entity organized   
under the laws of the ,united ,states or
 of any jurisdiction within the ,united 
,states1 including a foreign branch of  

such an entity4  7b7 ,report required   
7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj   
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 and annually thereafter1 the 
,president shall submit a report that   
includes a detailed list of entities in 
which there is a reasonable basis to    
determine that ,iran's ,islamic         
,revolutionary ,guard ,corps has an     
ownership interest of not less than #cc 
percent to--  7,a7 the ,committee on    
,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs 
of the ,senate2  7,b7 the ,committee on 
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate2     
7,c7 the ,committee on ,financial       
,services of the ,house of              
,representatives2 and  7,d7 the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the  
,house of ,representatives4  7#b7 ,form 
,the report required under paragraph    
7#a7 shall be submitted in unclassified 
form1 but may include a classified      
annex4