,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afcg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ac1 #bjba
 ,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,cotton1 and ,mr4 ,tillis7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs 
,a ,,bill  ,to impose certain measures  
with respect to ,hizballah-dominated    
areas in ,lebanon and to impose         
sanctions with respect to senior foreign
 political figures in ,lebanon          
supporting ,hizballah4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,hizballah ,money ,laundering           
,prevention ,act of #bjba4  #b4         
,measures with respect to               
,hizballah-dominated areas in ,lebanon  
7a7 ,determination regarding            
jurisdictions of ,lebanon  7#a7 ,in     
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of the ,treasury shall   
determine1 under section #ecah;,a of    

title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1       
whether reasonable grounds exist for    
concluding that any of the jurisdictions
 of ,lebanon described in paragraph 7#b7
 are jurisdictions of primary money     
laundering concern4  7#b7 ,jurisdictions
 described ,the jurisdictions of        
,lebanon described in this paragraph are
 the following3 7,a7 ,the ,nabatieh     
,governorate4  7,b7 ,the ,haret ,hreik  
municipality in the ,baabda district in 
the ,dahieh suburbs south of ,beirut4   
7,c7 ,the ,chiyah municipality in the   
,baabda district in the western suburbs 
of ,beirut4  7,d7 ,the ,hadeth ,beirut  
municipality in the ,baabda district in 
the suburbs of ,beirut4  7,e7 ,the      
,hermel district in the ,baalbek-,hermel
 ,governorate4  7,f7 ,the ,baalbek and  
,temnin el-,foka municipalities in the  
,baalbe-,hermel ,governorate4  7,g7 ,the
 ,tyre district in the ,south           
,governorate4  7b7 ,prohibitions or     
conditions on opening or maintaining    
certain correspondent or                

payable-,through accounts ,if the       
,secretary of the ,treasury determines  
under subsection 7a7 that reasonable    
grounds exist for concluding that any   
jurisdiction described in that          
subsection 7a7 is a jurisdiction of     
primary money laundering concern1 the   
,secretary1 in consultation with the    
,federal functional regulators 7as      
defined in section #eji of the          
,gramm-,leach-,bliley ,act 7#ae         
,u4,s4,c4 #fhji771 shall impose the     
special measures described in section   
#ecah;,a7b77#e7 of title #ca1 ,united   
,states ,code1 with respect to the      
,central ,bank of ,syria4  7c7 ,report  
required  7#a7 ,in general ,not later   
than #ij days after making a            
determination under subsection 7a7 with 
respect to whether a jurisdiction is a  
jurisdiction of primary money laundering
 concern1 the ,secretary of the         
,treasury shall submit to the           
appropriate congressional committees a  
report that includes the reasons for the

 determination4  7#b7 ,form ,a report   
required by paragraph 7#a7 shall be     
submitted in unclassified form but may  
include a classified annex4  7#c7       
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this subsection1 the term   
appropriate congressional committees    
means--  7,a7 the ,committee on ,foreign
 ,relations and the ,committee on       
,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs 
of the ,senate2 and  7,b7 the ,committee
 on ,foreign ,affairs and the ,committee
 on ,financial ,services of the ,house  
of ,representatives4  #c4 ,sanctions    
with respect to senior foreign political
 figures in ,lebanon supporting         
,hizballah  7a7 ,in general ,the        
,president shall impose the sanctions   
described in section #abfc7;b7 of the   
,global ,magnitsky ,human ,rights       
,accountability ,act 7subtitle ,f of    
title ,,xii of ,public ,law #aad-cbh2   
#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bfef note7 with respect  
to each individual on the list required 
by subsection 7b74  7b7 ,list  7#a7 ,in 

general ,not later than #abj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,president shall submit to the      
appropriate congressional committees a  
list of individuals who are senior      
foreign political figures in ,lebanon   
that the ,president determines--  7,a7  
have knowingly provided material support
 to or engaged in a significant         
transaction with ,hizballah2 or  7,b7   
meet the criteria for the imposition of 
sanctions under--  7i7 the ,hizballah   
,international ,financing ,prevention   
,act of #bjae 7,public ,law #aad-ajb2   
#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja note72 or  7ii7 the 
,global ,magnitsky ,human ,rights and   
,accountability ,act 7subtitle ,f of    
title ,,xii of ,public ,law #aad-cbh2   
#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bfef note74  7#b7 ,form  
,the list required by paragraph 7#a7    
shall be submitted in unclassified form 
but may contain a classified annex4  7c7
 ,exception to comply with ,united      
,nations ,headquarters ,agreement2      
,enforcement ,subsections 7e7 and 7f7 of

 section #abfc of the ,global ,magnitsky
 ,human ,rights ,accountability ,act    
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bfef note7 apply with   
respect to the imposition of sanctions  
under this section to the same extent as
 such subsections apply with respect to 
the imposition of sanctions under such  
section #abfc4  7d7 ,waiver ,the        
,president may waive the imposition of  
sanctions under subsection 7a7 with     
respect to an individual if the         
,president-- 7#a7 determines that such a
 waiver is in the national interests of 
the ,united ,states2 and  7#b7 submits  
to the appropriate congressional        
committees notice of1 and a             
justification for1 the waiver4  7e7     
,regulatory ,authority ,the ,president  
shall issue such regulations1 licenses1 
and orders as are necessary to carry out
 this section4  7f7 ,exception relating 
to importation of goods  7#a7 ,in       
general ,the authorities and            
requirements to impose sanctions under  
this section shall not include the      

authority or requirement to impose      
sanctions on the importation of goods4  
7#b7 ,good defined ,in this subsection1 
the term good means any article1 natural
 or man-made substance1 material1 supply
 or manufactured product1 including     
inspection and test equipment1 and      
excluding technical data4  7g7          
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations and the ,committee on        
,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs 
of the ,senate2 and  7#b7 the ,committee
 on ,foreign ,affairs and the ,committee
 on ,financial ,services of the ,house  
of ,representatives4