,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ai1 #bjba,mr4
 ,steube 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,wilson of  
,south ,carolina1 and ,mr4 ,banks7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs1 and in addition to the        
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
impose sanctions with respect to        
,kata'ib ,sayyid al-,shuhada4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,sanctioning ,iranian-,backed       
,militia ,terrorists ,act4  #b4         
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,kata'ib ,sayyid al-,shuhada      
7,,kss7 is an ,iranian-backed ,iraqi    
militia founded in #bjjc by ,abu        
,mustafa al-,sheibani1 who was          
sanctioned on ,january #i1 #bjjh1 by the

 ,department of the ,treasury for       
threatening the peace and stability of  
,iraq and the ,government of ,iraq4     
,sheibani led a network which according 
to the ,department of the ,treasury     
conducted improvised explosive device   
attacks against ,united ,states soldiers
 in ,baghdad4  7#b7 ,,kss openly        
recognizes the ,iranian ,supreme ,leader
 ,ali ,khamanei as its spiritual leader4
  7#c7 ,,kss is provided training1      
funding1 and arms by ,iran's ,islamic   
,revolutionary ,guard ,corps 7,,irgc7   
and ,,irgc-,quds ,forces and works      
closely with ,kata'ib ,hezbollah 7,,kh71
 ,lebanese ,hezbollah1 and ,asa'ib ,ahl 
al-,haq 7,,aah71 all of which have been 
designated as ,foreign ,terrorist       
,organizations by the ,department of    
,state4  7#d7 ,,kss has fought under the
 command of former ,,irgc-,quds ,forces 
commander ,qassem ,soleimani4 ,the      
militia has members who operate as a    
unit of the ,popular ,mobilization      
,forces 7,,pmf71 which is a formal part 

of the ,iraqi federal government under  
the authority of the ,prime ,minister of
 ,iraq and which receives funding from  
the ,iraqi federal government1 including
 salaries4  7#e7 ,since its founding    
,,kss has deployed forces to ,syria to  
engaged in military operations          
supporting the ,government of ,syria1   
including offensives in ,daraa1         
,quneitera1 the ,damascus suburbs1 and  
the ,aleppo countryside4  7#f7 ,in      
#bjae1 ,,kss threatened to strike and   
destroy ,saudi ,arabia1 saying in a     
statement3 ,we in the ,sayyid al        
,shuhada ,battalion consider ,saudi     
interests a legitimate and permissible  
target on all levels1 and we will strike
 and destroy them whenever it pleases   
us44  7#g7 ,in ,august #bjai1 ,abu ,alaa
 al-,wala'i1 a leader of ,,kss1 said    
that ,all ,americans will be held       
hostage by the resistance factions in   
the event of a war44  7#h7 ,on ,february
 #ad1 #bjbj1 the ,department of ,state  
announced that sanctions were imposed on

 ,,kss pursuant to section #c of the    
,iran1 ,north ,korea1 and ,syria        
,nonproliferation ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4   
#agja note7 for engaging in illicit arms
 transfers to or acquisition from ,iran4
  7#i7 ,on ,february #be1 #bjba1        
,president ,biden ordered airstrikes    
against infrastructure utilized by      
,iranian-backed militias in eastern     
,syria in response to attacks against   
,united ,states personnel in ,iraq4     
,according to the ,department of        
,defense's statement on ,february #be1  
#bjba1 the strikes destroyed multiple   
facilities located at a border control  
point used by a number of               
,iranian-backed militant groups1        
including ,kait'ib ,hezbollah 7,,kh7 and
 ,kait'ib ,sayyid al-,shuhada 7,,kss744 
#c4 ,imposition of sanctions  7a7 ,in   
general ,the ,president shall impose the
 sanctions described in subsection 7b7  
with respect to-- 7#a7 ,kata'ib ,sayyid 
al-,shuhada2 and  7#b7 any foreign      
person that is a member1 agent1 or      

affiliate of1 or owned or controlled by1
 ,kata'ib ,sayyid al-,shuhada4  7b7     
,sanctions described ,the sanctions     
described in this subsection are-- 7#a7 
sanctions applicable with respect to a  
foreign person pursuant to section      
#gdab7;b7 of the ,caesar ,syria         
,civilian ,protection ,act of #bjai 7#bb
 ,u4,s4,c4 #hgia note72 and  7#b7       
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