Requires the Secretary of State to submit a strategy to Congress within 180 days of enactment for countering Iranian and Hezbollah influence operations in Latin America.

Official title: BANNED in Latin America Act

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Senate

Introduced 02-JUN-2026

Referred 02-JUN-2026

Approved by committee 17-JUN-2026

Reported 27-JUL-2026

On the calendar 27-JUL-2026

Key points

Requires the strategy to go to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee, in unclassified form with an optional classified annex.
Calls for initiatives to identify, monitor, and disrupt Iranian and Hezbollah networks, including their ties to academic institutions and nongovernmental organizations in Latin America.
Requires a framework to disrupt Hezbollah's Al Mayadeen Espanol broadcasting and a plan to expose Iran's Al Mustafa International University network.
Covers efforts against drug and contraband smuggling, money laundering, illicit gold mining in Venezuela, and Hezbollah-linked falsified identity documents.

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

International Affairs

Sponsor John R. Curtis (R-UT) Cosponsors · 0

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