Stop Sending American Taxpayer Money To Governments Controlled By Terrorists Act of 2020

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3691 To prohibit the provision of United States Government assistance to any Lebanese government that is influenced or controlled by Hezbollah. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 12, 2020 Mr. CRUZ introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To prohibit the provision of United States Government as- sistance to any Lebanese government that is influenced or controlled by Hezbollah. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Sending Amer- 4 ican Taxpayer Money To Governments Controlled By Ter- 5 rorists Act of 2020’’. 6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE TO ENTITIES CON- 7 TROLLED OR INFLUENCED BY HEZBOLLAH. 8 Notwithstanding the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 9 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and section 23 of the Arms Ex- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:16 May 26, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3691.IS S3691 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3691 IS port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), the United States 1 Government may not provide assistance to any Lebanese 2 government— 3 (1) of which Hezbollah is a member; 4 (2) over which Hezbollah exercises undue influ- 5 ence; or 6 (3) in which a ministry, agency, or instrumen- 7 tality of that government is effectively controlled by 8 Hezbollah. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:16 May 26, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3691.IS S3691 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS