Sec. 6. United States bilateral and multilateral engagement on Hizballah in the Western Hemisphere
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall instruct the Secretary of State to prioritize United States diplomatic engagement with countries in the Western Hemisphere to increase cooperation and build governments’ capacity to prevent hostile activities by Iran and disrupt and degrade Hizballah’s illicit networks operating in the region. Such diplomatic engagement may include— efforts to target and expose illicit networks, arrest perpetrators, freeze assets, and attack Iran and Hizballah’s use of illicit networks using international trade and banking systems; efforts to revoke or deny visas from those implicated in Hizballah activity in the region, including lawyers, accountants, business partners, and service providers and politicians who knowingly facilitate or fail to take measures to counter Hizballah’s illicit finance in their own jurisdictions; efforts to assist willing nations with the development of counter-organized crime legislation, the strengthening of financial investigative capacity, and a fully-vetted counter-organized crime judicial model in places plagued with corruption; and efforts to persuade governments in the region to list Hizballah as a terrorist organization.
Title I of the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–102 ; 129 Stat. 2206; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: It is the sense of Congress that— the designation of Hizballah as a terrorist organization by the Gulf Cooperation Council represents a positive step; and the United States should provide necessary technical and other advice to the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council to enhance the effectiveness of that designation.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the President shall instruct— the United States Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States to work to secure support at the Organization of American States for a resolution that would declare Hizballah as a terrorist organization and address Hizballah’s illicit networks operating in the region; the United States Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE)to work to secure a report on compliance by participating states with OSCE Decision Number 1063, the Consolidated Framework for the Fight Against Terrorism , in regard to Hizballah, with particular focus on the mandate to suppress the financing of terrorism, including its links with money-laundering and illegal economic activities , especially as it relates transatlantic relations, including with Latin America and the Caribbean; and United States diplomats to work with international forums, including the Financial Action Task Force, to identify government entities within Latin America and the Caribbean that provide support, facilitation, or assistance to individuals affiliated with Hizballah in the Western Hemisphere. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, and every 180 days thereafter for a period not to exceed 3 years, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report describing efforts of the United States Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States with respect to matters described in subsection (b)(1), efforts of the United States Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe with respect to the matters described in subsection (b)(2), and efforts by United States diplomats with respect to the matters described in subsection (b)(3). . The table of contents for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 is amended by inserting after the item related to section 102 the following new item: Sec. 103. Diplomatic initiatives. .
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Sec. 6
United States bilateral and multilateral engagement on Hizballah in the Western Hemisphere
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