BANNED in Latin America Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4665 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4665

To require the Secretary of State to submit a strategy to Congress for
countering Iranian and Hezbollah influence operations in Latin America.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 2, 2026

  Mr. Curtis introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL

To require the Secretary of State to submit a strategy to Congress for
countering 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 TITLES.

    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 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.
    (b) Contents of Strategy.--The strategy required under subsection
(a) 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.
    (c) Form.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form and may include a classified annex.
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