H.R. 4411 — 113th Congress

Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014

Originated in the House · Introduced Apr 7, 2014 · International Affairs

Latest action

Jul 23, 2014

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

CRS summary

As of Jul 22, 2014

Passed House amended

Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) States that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) prevent Hezbollah's global logistics and financial network from operating in order to curtail funding of its domestic and international activities; and (2) utilize diplomatic, legislative, and executive avenues to combat Hezbollah's criminal activities in order to block that organization's ability to fund its global terrorist activities.

Title I: Prevention of Access by Hezbollah to International Financial and Other Institutions - (Sec. 101) Directs the President to report to Congress identifying: (1) satellite, broadcast, Internet, or other providers that knowingly transmit the content of al-Manar TV and its affiliates; and (2) the identity of those providers that have or have not been sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order 13224.

(Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to prohibit or impose strict conditions on the opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent account or a payable-through account by a foreign financial institution that knowingly:

  • facilitates a transaction or transactions for Hezbollah, or for a person acting on behalf of, or owned or controlled by Hezbollah;
  • engages in money laundering to carry out such an activity;
  • facilitates a significant transaction or provides significant financial services to carry out such an activity; or
  • facilitates any of these activities, conspires to facilitate or participate in such an activity, or is owned or controlled by a foreign financial institution that knowingly engages in such an activity.

Applies specified penalties under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for violations of this Act.

Authorizes the Secretary to waive the application of a prohibition for up to 180 days (with renewable 180-day waivers) if in U.S. national security interests, and with congressional notification.

Directs the Secretary to identify to Congress every 180 days each foreign central bank that carries out a prohibited activity.

Exempts from sanctions a foreign financial institution that is no longer engaging in a prohibited activity or is taking significant steps toward terminating such activity.

Title II: Reports on Designation of Hezbollah as a Significant Foreign Narcotics Trafficker and a Significant Transnational Criminal Organization - (Sec. 201) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Hezbollah meets the criteria for designation as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, and (2) the President should designate Hezbollah as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker.

Directs the President to report to Congress on whether Hezbollah meets or does not meet the criteria for such designation.

(Sec. 202) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Hezbollah meets the criteria for designation as a significant transnational criminal organization under Executive Order No. 13581, and (2) the President should designate Hezbollah as a significant transnational criminal organization.

Directs the President to report to Congress on whether Hezbollah meets or does not meet the criteria for such designation.

(Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress detailing Hezbollah's involvement in the trade in rough diamonds outside of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.

(Sec. 204) Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress regarding actions taken through the Department's rewards program to obtain information on Hezbollah's fund raising, financing, and money laundering activities.

(Sec. 205) Directs the President to report to Congress regarding: (1) countries that support Hezbollah, in which Hezbollah maintains important portions of its global logistics networks, or in which Hezbollah conducts significant fund raising, financing, or money laundering activities; and (2) an assessment of whether a country is taking adequate measures to disrupt Hezbollah's networks and activities within that country.

Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 301) Declares that nothing in this Act shall apply to authorized U.S. intelligence activities.

(Sec. 302) Directs the President to promulgate implementing regulations.

(Sec. 303) Amends the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009 to reduce specified funding for Pakistan through FY2014.

(Sec. 304) States that this Act shall cease to be in effect 30 days after the President certifies to Congress that Hezbollah:

  • is no longer designated as a foreign terrorist organization;
  • is no longer listed in the Annex to Executive Order 13224 (blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit or support terrorism); and
  • poses no significant threat to U.S. national security, interests, or allies.

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Roll-call votes

1 on record

Jul 22, 2014 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Full roll call

Passed (404–0)

1 of 432 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea404: 219 R · 182 D · 1 I · 1 L

MemberPartyState
CANTOR, EricVA
Terri A. SewellDemocratAL
Ann KirkpatrickDemocratAZ
Raúl M. GrijalvaDemocratAZ
Ron BarberDemocratAZ
Adam B. SchiffDemocratCA
Alan S. LowenthalDemocratCA
Ami BeraDemocratCA
Barbara LeeDemocratCA
Brad ShermanDemocratCA
Doris O. MatsuiDemocratCA
Eric SwalwellDemocratCA
George MillerDemocratCA
Gloria Negrete McLeodDemocratCA
Grace F. NapolitanoDemocratCA
Henry A. WaxmanDemocratCA
Jackie SpeierDemocratCA
Janice HahnDemocratCA
Jerry McNerneyDemocratCA
Jim CostaDemocratCA
John GaramendiDemocratCA
Juan VargasDemocratCA
Judy ChuDemocratCA
Julia BrownleyDemocratCA
Karen BassDemocratCA
Linda T. SánchezDemocratCA
Lois CappsDemocratCA
Loretta SanchezDemocratCA
Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocratCA
Mark TakanoDemocratCA
Maxine WatersDemocratCA
Mike ThompsonDemocratCA
Nancy PelosiDemocratCA
Raul RuizDemocratCA
Sam FarrDemocratCA
Scott H. PetersDemocratCA
Susan A. DavisDemocratCA
Tony CárdenasDemocratCA
Xavier BecerraDemocratCA
Zoe LofgrenDemocratCA
Diana DeGetteDemocratCO
Ed PerlmutterDemocratCO
Jared PolisDemocratCO
Elizabeth H. EstyDemocratCT
James A. HimesDemocratCT
Joe CourtneyDemocratCT
John B. LarsonDemocratCT
Rosa L. DeLauroDemocratCT
Alan GraysonDemocratFL
Alcee L. HastingsDemocratFL
Corrine BrownDemocratFL
Frederica S. WilsonDemocratFL
Joe GarciaDemocratFL
Kathy CastorDemocratFL
Lois FrankelDemocratFL
Patrick MurphyDemocratFL
Theodore E. DeutchDemocratFL
David ScottDemocratGA
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.DemocratGA
John BarrowDemocratGA
John LewisDemocratGA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DemocratGA
Tulsi GabbardDemocratHI
Bruce L. BraleyDemocratIA
David LoebsackDemocratIA
Bradley Scott SchneiderDemocratIL
Cheri BustosDemocratIL
Daniel LipinskiDemocratIL
Janice D. SchakowskyDemocratIL
Mike QuigleyDemocratIL
Robin L. KellyDemocratIL
Tammy DuckworthDemocratIL
William L. EnyartDemocratIL
André CarsonDemocratIN
Peter J. ViscloskyDemocratIN
John A. YarmuthDemocratKY
Cedric L. RichmondDemocratLA
James P. McGovernDemocratMA
John F. TierneyDemocratMA
Joseph P. Kennedy IIIDemocratMA
Katherine M. ClarkDemocratMA
Michael E. CapuanoDemocratMA
Richard E. NealDemocratMA
Stephen F. LynchDemocratMA
William R. KeatingDemocratMA
C. A. Dutch RuppersbergerDemocratMD
Chris Van HollenDemocratMD
Donna F. EdwardsDemocratMD
Elijah E. CummingsDemocratMD
John K. DelaneyDemocratMD
John P. SarbanesDemocratMD
Steny H. HoyerDemocratMD
Chellie PingreeDemocratME
Michael H. MichaudDemocratME
Daniel T. KildeeDemocratMI
John Conyers, Jr.DemocratMI
John D. DingellDemocratMI
Sander M. LevinDemocratMI
Betty McCollumDemocratMN
Collin C. PetersonDemocratMN
Keith EllisonDemocratMN
Richard M. NolanDemocratMN
Timothy J. WalzDemocratMN
Emanuel CleaverDemocratMO
Wm. Lacy ClayDemocratMO
Bennie G. ThompsonDemocratMS
David E. PriceDemocratNC
G. K. ButterfieldDemocratNC
Ann M. KusterDemocratNH
Carol Shea-PorterDemocratNH
Albio SiresDemocratNJ
Bill Pascrell, Jr.DemocratNJ
Donald M. Payne, Jr.DemocratNJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.DemocratNJ
Rush HoltDemocratNJ
Ben Ray LujánDemocratNM
Michelle Lujan GrishamDemocratNM
Dina TitusDemocratNV
Brian HigginsDemocratNY
Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratNY
Carolyn McCarthyDemocratNY
Charles B. RangelDemocratNY
Daniel B. MaffeiDemocratNY
Eliot L. EngelDemocratNY
Grace MengDemocratNY
Gregory W. MeeksDemocratNY
Hakeem S. JeffriesDemocratNY
Jerrold NadlerDemocratNY
José E. SerranoDemocratNY
Joseph CrowleyDemocratNY
Louise McIntosh SlaughterDemocratNY
Nita M. LoweyDemocratNY
Nydia M. VelázquezDemocratNY
Paul TonkoDemocratNY
Sean Patrick MaloneyDemocratNY
Steve IsraelDemocratNY
Timothy H. BishopDemocratNY
William L. OwensDemocratNY
Yvette D. ClarkeDemocratNY
Joyce BeattyDemocratOH
Marcia L. FudgeDemocratOH
Marcy KapturDemocratOH
Tim RyanDemocratOH
Earl BlumenauerDemocratOR
Kurt SchraderDemocratOR
Peter A. DeFazioDemocratOR
Suzanne BonamiciDemocratOR
Allyson Y. SchwartzDemocratPA
Chaka FattahDemocratPA
Matt CartwrightDemocratPA
Michael F. DoyleDemocratPA
Robert A. BradyDemocratPA
David N. CicillineDemocratRI
James R. LangevinDemocratRI
James E. ClyburnDemocratSC
Jim CooperDemocratTN
Steve CohenDemocratTN
Al GreenDemocratTX
Beto O’RourkeDemocratTX
Eddie Bernice JohnsonDemocratTX
Filemon VelaDemocratTX
Gene GreenDemocratTX
Henry CuellarDemocratTX
Joaquin CastroDemocratTX
Lloyd DoggettDemocratTX
Marc A. VeaseyDemocratTX
Pete P. GallegoDemocratTX
Rubén HinojosaDemocratTX
Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratTX
Jim MathesonDemocratUT
Gerald E. ConnollyDemocratVA
James P. MoranDemocratVA
Robert C. "Bobby" ScottDemocratVA
Peter WelchDemocratVT
Adam SmithDemocratWA
Derek KilmerDemocratWA
Jim McDermottDemocratWA
Rick LarsenDemocratWA
Suzan K. DelBeneDemocratWA
Gwen MooreDemocratWI
Mark PocanDemocratWI
Ron KindDemocratWI
Nick J. Rahall IIDemocratWV
Kyrsten SinemaIndependentAZ
Justin AmashLibertarianMI
Don YoungRepublicanAK
Bradley ByrneRepublicanAL
Martha RobyRepublicanAL
Mike RogersRepublicanAL
Mo BrooksRepublicanAL
Robert B. AderholtRepublicanAL
Eric A. "Rick" CrawfordRepublicanAR
Steve WomackRepublicanAR
Tim GriffinRepublicanAR
Tom CottonRepublicanAR
David SchweikertRepublicanAZ
Matt SalmonRepublicanAZ
Paul A. GosarRepublicanAZ
Trent FranksRepublicanAZ
Dana RohrabacherRepublicanCA
Darrell IssaRepublicanCA
David G. ValadaoRepublicanCA
Devin NunesRepublicanCA
Doug LaMalfaRepublicanCA
Duncan HunterRepublicanCA
Edward R. RoyceRepublicanCA
Howard P. "Buck" McKeonRepublicanCA
Jeff DenhamRepublicanCA
Ken CalvertRepublicanCA
Kevin McCarthyRepublicanCA
Paul CookRepublicanCA
Tom McClintockRepublicanCA
Cory GardnerRepublicanCO
Doug LambornRepublicanCO
Mike CoffmanRepublicanCO
Scott R. TiptonRepublicanCO
Ander CrenshawRepublicanFL
Bill PoseyRepublicanFL
Curt ClawsonRepublicanFL
Daniel WebsterRepublicanFL
David W. JollyRepublicanFL
Dennis A. RossRepublicanFL
Gus M. BilirakisRepublicanFL
Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublicanFL
Jeff MillerRepublicanFL
John L. MicaRepublicanFL
Mario Diaz-BalartRepublicanFL
Richard B. NugentRepublicanFL
Ron DeSantisRepublicanFL
Steve Southerland IIRepublicanFL
Ted S. YohoRepublicanFL
Thomas J. RooneyRepublicanFL
Vern BuchananRepublicanFL
Austin ScottRepublicanGA
Doug CollinsRepublicanGA
Lynn A. WestmorelandRepublicanGA
Paul C. BrounRepublicanGA
Rob WoodallRepublicanGA
Tom GravesRepublicanGA
Tom PriceRepublicanGA
Steve KingRepublicanIA
Tom LathamRepublicanIA
Michael K. SimpsonRepublicanID
Raúl R. LabradorRepublicanID
Aaron SchockRepublicanIL
Adam KinzingerRepublicanIL
John ShimkusRepublicanIL
Peter J. RoskamRepublicanIL
Randy HultgrenRepublicanIL
Rodney DavisRepublicanIL
Jackie WalorskiRepublicanIN
Larry BucshonRepublicanIN
Luke MesserRepublicanIN
Marlin A. StutzmanRepublicanIN
Susan W. BrooksRepublicanIN
Todd RokitaRepublicanIN
Todd YoungRepublicanIN
Kevin YoderRepublicanKS
Lynn JenkinsRepublicanKS
Tim HuelskampRepublicanKS
Andy BarrRepublicanKY
Brett GuthrieRepublicanKY
Ed WhitfieldRepublicanKY
Harold RogersRepublicanKY
Thomas MassieRepublicanKY
Bill CassidyRepublicanLA
Charles W. Boustany Jr.RepublicanLA
John FlemingRepublicanLA
Steve ScaliseRepublicanLA
Vance M. McAllisterRepublicanLA
Andy HarrisRepublicanMD
Bill HuizengaRepublicanMI
Candice S. MillerRepublicanMI
Dan BenishekRepublicanMI
Dave CampRepublicanMI
Fred UptonRepublicanMI
Kerry L. BentivolioRepublicanMI
Tim WalbergRepublicanMI
Erik PaulsenRepublicanMN
John KlineRepublicanMN
Michele BachmannRepublicanMN
Ann WagnerRepublicanMO
Billy LongRepublicanMO
Blaine LuetkemeyerRepublicanMO
Jason SmithRepublicanMO
Vicky HartzlerRepublicanMO
Gregg HarperRepublicanMS
Steven M. PalazzoRepublicanMS
Steve DainesRepublicanMT
George HoldingRepublicanNC
Howard CobleRepublicanNC
Mark MeadowsRepublicanNC
Patrick T. McHenryRepublicanNC
Renee L. EllmersRepublicanNC
Richard HudsonRepublicanNC
Robert PittengerRepublicanNC
Virginia FoxxRepublicanNC
Walter B. JonesRepublicanNC
Kevin CramerRepublicanND
Adrian SmithRepublicanNE
Jeff FortenberryRepublicanNE
Lee TerryRepublicanNE
Christopher H. SmithRepublicanNJ
Frank A. LoBiondoRepublicanNJ
Jon RunyanRepublicanNJ
Leonard LanceRepublicanNJ
Rodney P. FrelinghuysenRepublicanNJ
Scott GarrettRepublicanNJ
Stevan PearceRepublicanNM
Joseph J. HeckRepublicanNV
Mark E. AmodeiRepublicanNV
Chris CollinsRepublicanNY
Christopher P. GibsonRepublicanNY
Michael G. GrimmRepublicanNY
Peter T. KingRepublicanNY
Richard L. HannaRepublicanNY
Tom ReedRepublicanNY
Bill JohnsonRepublicanOH
Bob GibbsRepublicanOH
Brad R. WenstrupRepublicanOH
David P. JoyceRepublicanOH
James B. RenacciRepublicanOH
Jim JordanRepublicanOH
Michael R. TurnerRepublicanOH
Patrick J. TiberiRepublicanOH
Robert E. LattaRepublicanOH
Steve ChabotRepublicanOH
Steve StiversRepublicanOH
Frank D. LucasRepublicanOK
James LankfordRepublicanOK
Jim BridenstineRepublicanOK
Markwayne MullinRepublicanOK
Tom ColeRepublicanOK
Greg WaldenRepublicanOR
Bill ShusterRepublicanPA
Charles W. DentRepublicanPA
Glenn ThompsonRepublicanPA
Joseph R. PittsRepublicanPA
Keith J. RothfusRepublicanPA
Lou BarlettaRepublicanPA
Michael G. FitzpatrickRepublicanPA
Mike KellyRepublicanPA
Patrick MeehanRepublicanPA
Scott PerryRepublicanPA
Tim MurphyRepublicanPA
Tom MarinoRepublicanPA
Jeff DuncanRepublicanSC
Joe WilsonRepublicanSC
Mark SanfordRepublicanSC
Mick MulvaneyRepublicanSC
Tom RiceRepublicanSC
Trey GowdyRepublicanSC
Kristi L. NoemRepublicanSD
Charles J. "Chuck" FleischmannRepublicanTN
David P. RoeRepublicanTN
Diane BlackRepublicanTN
John J. Duncan, Jr.RepublicanTN
Marsha BlackburnRepublicanTN
Stephen Lee FincherRepublicanTN
Bill FloresRepublicanTX
Blake FarentholdRepublicanTX
Jeb HensarlingRepublicanTX
Joe BartonRepublicanTX
John Abney CulbersonRepublicanTX
John R. CarterRepublicanTX
K. Michael ConawayRepublicanTX
Kay GrangerRepublicanTX
Kenny MarchantRepublicanTX
Kevin BradyRepublicanTX
Lamar SmithRepublicanTX
Louie GohmertRepublicanTX
Mac ThornberryRepublicanTX
Michael C. BurgessRepublicanTX
Michael T. McCaulRepublicanTX
Pete OlsonRepublicanTX
Pete SessionsRepublicanTX
Ralph M. HallRepublicanTX
Randy K. Weber, Sr.RepublicanTX
Randy NeugebauerRepublicanTX
Roger WilliamsRepublicanTX
Sam JohnsonRepublicanTX
Steve StockmanRepublicanTX
Ted PoeRepublicanTX
Jason ChaffetzRepublicanUT
Rob BishopRepublicanUT
Bob GoodlatteRepublicanVA
E. Scott RigellRepublicanVA
Frank R. WolfRepublicanVA
H. Morgan GriffithRepublicanVA
J. Randy ForbesRepublicanVA
Robert HurtRepublicanVA
Robert J. WittmanRepublicanVA
Cathy McMorris RodgersRepublicanWA
David G. ReichertRepublicanWA
Doc HastingsRepublicanWA
Jaime Herrera BeutlerRepublicanWA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.RepublicanWI
Paul D. RyanRepublicanWI
Reid J. RibbleRepublicanWI
Sean P. DuffyRepublicanWI
Thomas E. PetriRepublicanWI
David B. McKinleyRepublicanWV
Shelley Moore CapitoRepublicanWV
Cynthia M. LummisRepublicanWY

Not Voting28: 16 D · 12 R

MemberPartyState
Ed PastorDemocratAZ
Anna G. EshooDemocratCA
Jared HuffmanDemocratCA
Michael M. HondaDemocratCA
John C. Carney Jr.DemocratDE
Debbie Wasserman SchultzDemocratFL
Colleen HanabusaDemocratHI
Bill FosterDemocratIL
Bobby L. RushDemocratIL
Danny K. DavisDemocratIL
Luis V. GutiérrezDemocratIL
Niki TsongasDemocratMA
Gary C. PetersDemocratMI
Mike McIntyreDemocratNC
Steven HorsfordDemocratNV
Denny HeckDemocratWA
Spencer BachusRepublicanAL
Gary G. MillerRepublicanCA
John CampbellRepublicanCA
Jack KingstonRepublicanGA
Phil GingreyRepublicanGA
Mike PompeoRepublicanKS
Mike RogersRepublicanMI
Sam GravesRepublicanMO
Alan NunneleeRepublicanMS
Jim GerlachRepublicanPA
Scott DesJarlaisRepublicanTN
Chris StewartRepublicanUT

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