This bill requires the Secretary of State to send a plan to Congress within 180 days. The plan must be a comprehensive strategy to counter Iran's and Hezbollah's propaganda, missionary networks, and influence operations in Latin America. The strategy must be submitted in unclassified form and may include a classified annex.
The bill lists specific topics the strategy must cover: measures to address Iranian cultural centers in Latin America; ways to restrict travel and activities of Iranian emissaries; steps to boost U.S. intelligence capacity to identify and disrupt networks; a framework to limit the reach of media platforms such as HispanTV and Al Mayadeen Espanol; and a plan to address the Al Mustafa International University network, including possible terrorist designations where appropriate.
If enacted, the State Department would be required to produce and share a written strategy with Congress within 180 days. The strategy could propose actions such as visa denials, sanctions, travel restrictions, media restrictions, intelligence cooperation, and designations of organizations. The bill itself requires the strategy to be written and delivered; it does not itself impose those actions.
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Proponents want a coordinated plan to identify and counter what the bill describes as Iranian and Hezbollah influence, propaganda, and recruitment efforts in Latin America. The bill directs the State Department to lay out diplomatic, sanctions, travel, intelligence, and media-related measures to address these concerns.
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