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To require the Secretary of State to submit a strategy to Congress for countering Iranian and Hezbollah influence operations in Latin America.
Summary
- Requires the Secretary of State to submit a comprehensive strategy within 180 days to counter Iranian and Hezbollah influence operations, propaganda, and networks in Latin America.
- Directs the strategy to address Iranian cultural centers in Latin America through diplomatic efforts, sanctions, and public diplomacy to expose their activities and ideological promotion.
- Requires the strategy to include actions restricting travel and activities of Iranian diplomats, cultural attaches, and agents facilitating propaganda and radicalization in Latin America.
- Directs the strategy to strengthen intelligence capacity to identify, monitor, and disrupt Iranian and Hezbollah networks operating through academic institutions and nongovernmental organizations in Latin America.
- Requires the strategy to include a framework for disrupting Iranian HispanTV and Hezbollah's Al Mayadeen Espanol media platforms through sanctions, designations, and regional partner cooperation.
- Directs the strategy to address Iran's Al Mustafa International University network through potential designation as foreign terrorist organizations or specially designated global terrorists.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] (R-UT)
Actions (3)
- Jun 17, 2026 Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. · senate
- Jun 2, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · senate
- Jun 2, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
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
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. <all>
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