,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #i1 #bjai   
,mr4 ,wilson of ,south ,carolina 7for   
himself1 ,mr4 ,sherman1 ,mr4 ,chabot1   
and ,mr4 ,suozzi7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to impose terrorism-related    
sanctions with respect to ,as-,saib ,ahl
 ,al-,haq and ,harakat ,hizballah       
,al-,nujaba1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,iranian ,proxies ,terrorist    
,sanctions ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,findings
 ,congress finds the following3  7#a7   
,as-,saib ,ahl al-,haq 7,,aah7 is an    
,iraqi paramilitary group founded in    
#bjjf4 ,harakat ,hizballah al-,nujaba   
7,nujaba7 is an affiliated faction of   
,,aah and the ,united ,states-designated
 foreign terrorist organization ,kata'ib
 ,hizballah that was formed in #bjac4   
7#b7 ,,aah and ,nujaba are provided     
training1 funding1 and arms by the      

,iranian ,islamic ,revolutionary ,guard 
,corps 7,,irgc71 ,,irgc-,quds ,force1   
and mentored by ,lebanese ,hizballah4   
,,aah leader1 ,qais ,khazali1 has       
pledged allegiance to ,iran's ,supreme  
,leader ,ali ,khamenei4  7#c7 ,,aah     
conducted numerous attacks against the  
,united ,states and coalition forces in 
,iraq between its inception in #bjjf and
 the ,united ,states withdrawal in      
,december #bjaa4 ,this includes the     
,january #bj1 #bjjg1 attack on the      
,karbala ,provincial ,headquarters that 
resulted in the killing of ,,cpt ,brian 
,s4 ,freeman1 #a,,lt ,jacob ,n4 ,fritz1 
,,spc ,jonathan ,b4 ,chism1 ,,pfc ,shawn
 ,p4 ,falter1 and ,,pfc ,jonathon ,m4   
,millican--four of whom were abducted   
and later executed4  7#d7 ,,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#e7 ,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#f7 ,nujaba is led by ,akram  
al-,kabi1 who was designated by the     
,department of the ,treasury under      
,executive ,order #acdch for threatening
 the peace and stability of ,iraq4      
,according to the ,united ,states       
,government1 ,kabi participated in      
multiple mortar and rocket attacks on   
the ,international ,zone1 or ,green     
,zone1 in ,baghdad in early #bjjh4 ,kabi
 and other ,nujaba commanders have      
claimed they follow orders from ,iran's 
,supreme ,leader ,ali ,khamenei and     
declared in ,march #bjaf support for    
,lebanese ,hizballah4  7#g7 ,in #bjag1 a
 ,nujaba spokesman declared that it had 
formed a unit tasked to liberate the    
,golan ,heights from ,israeli control   

and reports indicate the group 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  7a7 ,in general ,beginning on
 the date that is #ij days after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act1 the 
,president shall impose the sanctions   
described in subsection 7c7 with respect
 to ,as-,saib ,ahl al-,haq 7,,aah71     
,harakat ,hizballah al-,nujaba          
7,nujaba71 and foreign persons that are 
officials1 agents1 or affiliates of     
,,aah or ,nujaba4  7b7 ,determination   
with respect to certain individuals     
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,president shall  
submit to the ,committee on ,foreign    
,affairs of the ,house of               
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate a    
determination1 including a detailed     
justification1 on whether any of the    
individuals described in paragraph 7#b7 
meets the criteria for the application  

of sanctions described in subsection    
7a74  7#b7 ,individuals described ,the  
individuals described in this paragraph 
are the following3  7,a7 ,qais          
al-,khazali4  7,b7 ,laith al-,khazali4  
7,c7 ,akram ,abbas al-,kaabi4  7,d7     
,shibl al-,zaydi4  7,e7 ,kazim al-,ta'i4
  7,f7 ,hamid al-,jazairi4  7,g7 ,ali   
al-,yasiri4  7c7 ,sanctions described   
,the sanctions described in this        
subsection are sanctions applicable with
 respect to a foreign person pursuant to
 ,executive ,order #acbbd 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4
 #agja note2 relating to blocking       
property and prohibiting transactions   
with persons who commit1 threaten to    
commit1 or support terrorism74  #d4     
,watchlists  7a7 ,in general ,the       
,secretary of ,state shall annually     
establish1 maintain1 and publish a      
global list of armed groups1 militias1  
or proxy forces receiving logistical1   
military1 or financial assistance from  
the ,,irgc or over which the ,,irgc     
exerts any form of control or influence4

  7b7 ,publication ,the lists required  
under subsection 7a7 shall be published 
as part of the ,department of ,state's  
,annual ,country ,reports on ,terrorism1
 beginning with the first such ,country 
,reports published after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act4  7c7 ,form ,if 
the ,secretary of ,state determines that
 such is appropriate1 the ,secretary    
may1 not later than #cj days after      
publication of the annual ,country      
,reports on ,terrorism referred to in   
subsection 7b71 submit to the ,committee
 on ,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of  
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate a    
classified annex4