Sec. 103. Sanctions against foreign states that support Hizballah

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Title I of the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–102 ; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this section, and as appropriate thereafter, the President shall impose the sanctions described in paragraph

(3)with respect to any agency or instrumentality of a foreign state described in paragraph (2). An agency or instrumentality of a foreign state described in this paragraph is an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state that the President determines has, on or after the date of the enactment of this section, knowingly provided significant financial or material support for, or arms or related material to— Hizballah; or an entity owned or controlled by Hizballah. The sanctions described in this paragraph are the exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the requirements of section 202 of such Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 ) shall not apply) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person. In the case of an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state that engages in the activities described in subsection

(a)that is an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state described in paragraph (2), the President shall, pursuant to section 6 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)), require a license under the Export Administration Regulations to export or re-export to that foreign state any item designated by the Secretary of Commerce as EAR 99 , other than food, medicine, medical devices, or similarly licensed items. A foreign state described in this paragraph is a foreign state that— the President determines has, on or after the date of the enactment of this section, knowingly provided significant financial or material support for, or arms or related material to— Hizballah; or an entity owned or controlled by Hizballah; and is a state sponsor of terrorism. The President may, for periods not to exceed 180 days, waive the imposition of sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign state or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that such waiver is vital to the national security interests of the United States. Before a waiver under paragraph

(1)takes effect with respect to a foreign state or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state, the President shall notify and brief the appropriate congressional committees on the status of the involvement of the foreign state in activities described in subsection (b)(2) or involvement of the agency or instrumentality of a foreign state in activities described in subsection (a)(2), as the case may be. Not later than 90 days after the issuance of a waiver under paragraph

(1)with respect to a foreign state or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state, and every 120 days thereafter while the waiver remains in effect, the President shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the status of the involvement of the foreign state in activities described in subsection (b)(2) or involvement of the agency or instrumentality of a foreign state in activities described in subsection (a)(2), as the case may be. In this section: The terms agency or instrumentality of a foreign state and foreign state have the meanings given those terms in section 1603 of title 28, United States Code. The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. The term arms or related material means— nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological weapons or materials or components of such weapons; ballistic or cruise missile weapons or materials or components of such weapons; destabilizing numbers and types of advanced conventional weapons; defense articles or defense services, as those terms are defined in paragraphs

(3)and (4), respectively, of section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2794 ); defense information, as that term is defined in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2403 ); or items designated by the President for purposes of the United States Munitions List under section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1) ). The term Export Administration Regulations means subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The term Hizballah has the meaning given that term in section 102(f). In this paragraph, the term state sponsor of terrorism means a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined is a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism for purposes of— section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 ( 50 U.S.C. 4605(j) ) (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)); section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2371 ); section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2780 ); or any other provision of law. . The table of contents for the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 102 the following new item: Sec. 103. Sanctions against foreign states that support Hizballah. .

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