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119th Congress(2025-2026)
BANNED in Latin America Act
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H. R. 4531 (Introduced-in-House)


119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4531


To require a strategy to counter Iranian and Hezbollah influence operations in Latin America.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 17, 2025

Mr. Shreve (for himself, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Huizenga, Ms. Salazar, and Mr. Messmer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL

To require a strategy to counter Iranian and Hezbollah influence operations in Latin America.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Barring Adversarial Networks and Notorious Extremist Destabilizers in Latin America Act” or the “BANNED in Latin America Act”.

SEC. 2. Strategy to counter Iranian and Hezbollah influence operations in Latin America.

(a) Strategy required.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive strategy to counter Iran’s and Hezbollah’s propaganda, missionary networks, and influence operations in Latin America.

(b) Contents of strategy.—The strategy required by subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1) Measures to 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 to 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 to 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.

(5) A plan to address Iran’s Al Mustafa International University network and its affiliated entities, including their designations as foreign terrorist organizations or specially designated global terrorists, as appropriate, due to their role in radicalization and recruitment for Iran’s ideological and terrorist objectives.

(c) Form.—The strategy required by subsection (a) shall be transmitted in unclassified form and may include a classified annex.

(d) Appropriate congressional committee defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and

(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.