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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 5892. Mr. THUNE (for Mr. Curtis) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Thune to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1270A. STRATEGY TO COUNTER IRANIAN AND HEZBOLLAH
INFLUENCE OPERATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA.
(a) Short Titles.—This section may be cited as the
“Barring Adversarial Networks and Notorious Extremist
Destabilizers in Latin America Act” or the “BANNED in Latin
America Act”.
(b) Strategy Required.—Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State
shall submit a comprehensive strategy to the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives for countering Iran's
and Hezbollah's propaganda, missionary networks, and
influence operations in Latin America.
(c) Contents of Strategy.—The strategy required under
subsection (b) shall include—
(1) measures that address the proliferation of Iranian
cultural centers in Latin America that promote Iranian
ideology, including diplomatic efforts to limit their
operations, sanctions on affiliated entities, and public
diplomacy to expose their activities;
(2) actions that restrict the travel and activities of
Iranian emissaries, including diplomats, cultural attaches,
and other agents who facilitate propaganda, radicalization,
and terror-supporting networks in Latin America, through visa
denials, sanctions, or other travel restrictions;
(3) initiatives that strengthen the capacity of United
States intelligence agencies to identify, monitor, and
disrupt Iran's and Hezbollah's networks, including their
cooperation academic institutions and nongovernmental
organizations in Latin America;
(4) a framework for taking actions, similar to those
implemented against Al-Manar and Press TV, to disrupt Iran's
HispanTV and Hezbollah's Al Mayadeen Espanol platforms,
including sanctions, designations, and cooperation with
regional partners to limit their broadcasting reach and
digital presence; and
(5) a plan to address Iran's Al Mustafa International
University network and its affiliated entities, including by
designating them as foreign terrorist organizations or
specially designated global terrorists, as appropriate, due
to their respective roles in radicalization and recruitment
for Iran's ideological and terrorist objectives.
(d) Form.—The strategy required under subsection (b) shall
be submitted in unclassified form and may include a
classified annex.