WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Rep. Mark Meadows (R-North Carolina) has introduced a bill to choke off funds going to the terrorist group Hezbollah. He writes:
“The Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act (H.R. 4411) broadens financial sanctions against the group, targets its propaganda television station al-Manar, and urges the president to define Hezbollah as a ‘global drug kingpin,’ giving the administration another weapon to cripple Hezbollah’s operations. The bill also codifies into law the policy of the United States to prevent Hezbollah’s global logistics and financial network from operating.
“This legislation requires individuals and entities that knowingly do business with Hezbollah to cease or be frozen out of U.S. financial operations. We must send the message to these individuals that as long as they continue to knowingly do business with Hezbollah, they are as culpable for attacks against innocent civilians as the terrorist group itself.
“Additionally, this legislation requires the president to report to Congress within 30 days of the bill’s enactment to determine whether Hezbollah meets the criteria to be designated a Significant Foreign Narcotics Trafficker as well as a Transnational Criminal Organization. These two important classifications will ensure that Hezbollah and its associates are denied access to the U.S. financial system. ”
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Preceding provided by the Republican Jewish Coalition