PUBLIC LAW 115–44—AUG. 2, 2017 

COUNTERING AMERICA’S ADVERSARIES 

THROUGH SANCTIONS ACT 

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131 STAT. 886 PUBLIC LAW 115–44—AUG. 2, 2017 

Public Law 115–44 

115th Congress 

An Act 

To provide congressional review and to counter aggression by the Governments 

of Iran, the Russian Federation, and North Korea, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering 

America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act’’. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 

is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN 

Sec. 101. Short title. 

Sec. 102. Definitions. 

Sec. 103. Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric Iranian 

threats in the Middle East and North Africa. 

Sec. 104. Imposition of additional sanctions in response to Iran’s ballistic missile 

program. 

Sec. 105. Imposition of terrorism-related sanctions with respect to the IRGC. 

Sec. 106. Imposition of additional sanctions with respect to persons responsible for 

human rights abuses. 

Sec. 107. Enforcement of arms embargos. 

Sec. 108. Review of applicability of sanctions relating to Iran’s support for terrorism and its ballistic missile program. 

Sec. 109. Report on coordination of sanctions between the United States and the 

European Union. 

Sec. 110. Report on United States citizens detained by Iran. 

Sec. 111. Exceptions for national security and humanitarian assistance; rule of construction. 

Sec. 112. Presidential waiver authority. 

TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND 

COMBATING TERRORISM AND ILLICIT FINANCING 

Sec. 201. Short title. 

Subtitle A—Sanctions and Other Measures With Respect to the Russian Federation 

Sec. 211. Findings. 

Sec. 212. Sense of Congress. 

PART 1—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Sec. 215. Short title. 

Sec. 216. Congressional review of certain actions relating to sanctions imposed with 

respect to the Russian Federation. 

PART 2—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Sec. 221. Definitions. 

Sec. 222. Codification of sanctions relating to the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 223. Modification of implementation of Executive Order No. 13662. 

22 USC 9401 

note. 

Countering 

America’s 

Adversaries 

Through 

Sanctions Act. 

Aug. 2, 2017 

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Sec. 224. Imposition of sanctions with respect to activities of the Russian Federation undermining cybersecurity. 

Sec. 225. Imposition of sanctions relating to special Russian crude oil projects. 

Sec. 226. Imposition of sanctions with respect to Russian and other foreign financial institutions. 

Sec. 227. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to significant corruption 

in the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 228. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to certain transactions 

with foreign sanctions evaders and serious human rights abusers in the 

Russian Federation. 

Sec. 229. Notifications to Congress under Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014. 

Sec. 230. Standards for termination of certain sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 231. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons engaging in transactions 

with the intelligence or defense sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 232. Sanctions with respect to the development of pipelines in the Russian 

Federation. 

Sec. 233. Sanctions with respect to investment in or facilitation of privatization of 

state-owned assets by the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 234. Sanctions with respect to the transfer of arms and related materiel to 

Syria. 

Sec. 235. Sanctions described. 

Sec. 236. Exceptions, waiver, and termination. 

Sec. 237. Exception relating to activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

Sec. 238. Rule of construction. 

PART 3—REPORTS

Sec. 241. Report on oligarchs and parastatal entities of the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 242. Report on effects of expanding sanctions to include sovereign debt and derivative products. 

Sec. 243. Report on illicit finance relating to the Russian Federation. 

Subtitle B—Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia 

Sec. 251. Findings. 

Sec. 252. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 253. Statement of policy. 

Sec. 254. Coordinating aid and assistance across Europe and Eurasia. 

Sec. 255. Report on media organizations controlled and funded by the Government 

of the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 256. Report on Russian Federation influence on elections in Europe and Eurasia. 

Sec. 257. Ukranian energy security. 

Sec. 258. Termination. 

Sec. 259. Appropriate congressional committees defined. 

Subtitle C—Combating Terrorism and Illicit Financing 

PART 1—NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COMBATING TERRORIST AND OTHER ILLICIT

FINANCING

Sec. 261. Development of national strategy. 

Sec. 262. Contents of national strategy. 

PART 2—ENHANCING ANTITERRORISM TOOLS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Sec. 271. Improving antiterror finance monitoring of funds transfers. 

Sec. 272. Sense of Congress on international cooperation regarding terrorist financing intelligence. 

Sec. 273. Examining the counter-terror financing role of the Department of the 

Treasury in embassies. 

Sec. 274. Inclusion of Secretary of the Treasury on the National Security Council. 

Sec. 275. Inclusion of all funds. 

PART 3—DEFINITIONS

Sec. 281. Definitions. 

Subtitle D—Rule of Construction 

Sec. 291. Rule of construction. 

Sec. 292. Sense of Congress on the strategic importance of Article 5 of the North 

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TITLE III—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA 

Sec. 301. Short title. 

Sec. 302. Definitions. 

Subtitle A—Sanctions to Enforce and Implement United Nations Security Council 

Sanctions Against North Korea 

Sec. 311. Modification and expansion of requirements for the designation of persons. 

Sec. 312. Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts. 

Sec. 313. Limitations on foreign assistance to noncompliant governments. 

Sec. 314. Amendments to enhance inspection authorities. 

Sec. 315. Enforcing compliance with United Nations shipping sanctions against 

North Korea. 

Sec. 316. Report on cooperation between North Korea and Iran. 

Sec. 317. Report on implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions 

by other governments. 

Sec. 318. Briefing on measures to deny specialized financial messaging services to 

designated North Korean financial institutions. 

Subtitle B—Sanctions With Respect to Human Rights Abuses by the Government 

of North Korea 

Sec. 321. Sanctions for forced labor and slavery overseas of North Koreans. 

Sec. 322. Modifications to sanctions suspension and waiver authorities. 

Sec. 323. Reward for informants. 

Sec. 324. Determination on designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. 

Subtitle C—General Authorities 

Sec. 331. Authority to consolidate reports. 

Sec. 332. Rule of construction. 

Sec. 333. Regulatory authority. 

Sec. 334. Limitation on funds. 

TITLE I—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

IRAN 

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Iran’s Destabilizing 

Activities Act of 2017’’. 

SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

In this title: 

(1) ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘act of 

international terrorism’’ has the meaning given that term in 

section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104– 

172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 

‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ has the meaning given 

that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 

(Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign person’’ means 

a person that is not a United States person. 

(4) IRANIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Iranian person’’ means— 

(A) an individual who is a citizen or national of Iran; 

or 

(B) an entity organized under the laws of Iran or 

otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government 

of Iran. 

(5) IRGC.—The term ‘‘IRGC’’ means Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

22 USC 9401 

note. 

22 USC 9401 

note. 

Countering Iran’s 

Destabilizing 

Activities Act of 

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(6) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has the meaning 

given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 

1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

(7) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 

admitted for permanent residence to the United States; 

or 

(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United 

States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, 

including a foreign branch of such an entity. 

SEC. 103. REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING CONVENTIONAL 

AND ASYMMETRIC IRANIAN THREATS IN THE MIDDLE 

EAST AND NORTH AFRICA. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the 

Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly 

develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

and leadership a strategy for deterring conventional and asymmetric 

Iranian activities and threats that directly threaten the United 

States and key allies in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. 

(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection (a) shall 

include at a minimum the following: 

(1) A summary of the near- and long-term United States 

objectives, plans, and means for countering Iran’s destabilizing 

activities, including identification of countries that share the 

objective of countering Iran’s destabilizing activities. 

(2) A summary of the capabilities and contributions of 

individual countries to shared efforts to counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, and a summary of additional actions or contributions that each country could take to further contribute. 

(3) An assessment of Iran’s conventional force capabilities 

and an assessment of Iran’s plans to upgrade its conventional 

force capabilities, including its acquisition, development, and 

deployment of ballistic and cruise missile capabilities, 

unmanned aerial vehicles, and maritime offensive and antiaccess or area denial capabilities. 

(4) An assessment of Iran’s chemical and biological weapons 

capabilities and an assessment of Iranian plans to upgrade 

its chemical or biological weapons capabilities. 

(5) An assessment of Iran’s asymmetric activities in the 

region, including— 

(A) the size, capabilities, and activities of the IRGC, 

including the Quds Force; 

(B) the size, capabilities, and activities of Iran’s cyber 

operations; 

(C) the types and amount of support, including funding, 

lethal and nonlethal contributions, and training, provided 

to Hezbollah, Hamas, special groups in Iraq, the regime 

of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Houthi fighters in Yemen, 

and other violent groups across the Middle East; and 

(D) the scope and objectives of Iran’s information operations and use of propaganda. 

Summaries. 

Assessments. 

Deadlines. 

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(6) A summary of United States actions, unilaterally and 

in cooperation with foreign governments, to counter destabilizing Iranian activities, including— 

(A) interdiction of Iranian lethal arms bound for groups 

designated as foreign terrorist organizations under section 

219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 

(B) Iran’s interference in international commercial 

shipping lanes; 

(C) attempts by Iran to undermine or subvert internationally recognized governments in the Middle East 

region; and 

(D) Iran’s support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad 

in Syria, including— 

(i) financial assistance, military equipment and 

personnel, and other support provided to that regime; 

and 

(ii) support and direction to other armed actors 

that are not Syrian or Iranian and are acting on behalf 

of that regime. 

(c) FORM OF STRATEGY.—The strategy required by subsection 

(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 

classified annex. 

(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP

DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 

committees and leadership’’ means— 

(1) the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; 

and 

(2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee 

on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 

the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of 

the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 104. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS IN RESPONSE TO 

IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM. 

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State should 

continue to implement Executive Order No. 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 

note; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass destruction 

delivery system proliferators and their supporters). 

(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall impose the 

sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to any person 

that the President determines, on or after the date of the enactment 

of this Act— 

(1) knowingly engages in any activity that materially 

contributes to the activities of the Government of Iran with 

respect to its ballistic missile program, or any other program 

in Iran for developing, deploying, or maintaining systems 

capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction, including 

any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, 

transfer, or use such capabilities; 

(2) is a successor entity to a person referred to in paragraph 

(1); 

(3) owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a person 

referred to in paragraph (1); 

President. 

Determination. 

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(4) forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanctions 

that would otherwise be imposed pursuant to paragraph (3); 

(5) is acting for or on behalf of a person referred to in 

paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or 

(6) knowingly provides or attempts to provide financial, 

material, technological, or other support for, or goods or services 

in support of, a person referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), 

(4) or (5). 

(c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: 

(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President shall block, 

in accordance with the International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), all transactions in all 

property and interests in property of any person subject to 

subsection (b) if such property and interests in property are 

in the United States, come within the United States, or are 

or come within the possession or control of a United States 

person. 

(2) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.—The Secretary of 

State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland 

Security shall exclude from the United States, any person subject to subsection (b) that is an alien. 

(d) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, 

conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (c)(1) or 

any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that subsection 

shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and 

(c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 

Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 

an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

(e) REPORT ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE

PROGRAM.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, 

the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

committees a report describing each person that— 

(A) has, during the period specified in paragraph (2), 

conducted any activity that has materially contributed to 

the activities of the Government of Iran with respect to 

its ballistic missile program, or any other program in Iran 

for developing, deploying, or maintaining systems capable 

of delivering weapons of mass destruction, including any 

efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, 

transfer, or use such capabilities; 

(B) is a successor entity to a person referred to in 

subparagraph (A); 

(C) owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a 

person referred to in subparagraph (A); 

(D) forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanctions that could be imposed as a result of a relationship 

described in subparagraph (C); 

(E) is acting for or on behalf of a person referred 

to in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or 

(F) is known or believed to have provided, or attempted 

to provide, during the period specified in paragraph (2), 

financial, material, technological, or other support for, or 

goods or services in support of, any material contribution 

to a program described in subparagraph (A) carried out 

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by a person described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), 

or (E). 

(2) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in this paragraph is— 

(A) in the case of the first report submitted under 

paragraph (1), the period beginning January 1, 2016, and 

ending on the date the report is submitted; and 

(B) in the case of a subsequent such report, the 180- 

day period preceding the submission of the report. 

(3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by paragraph 

(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 

a classified annex. 

SEC. 105. IMPOSITION OF TERRORISM-RELATED SANCTIONS WITH 

RESPECT TO THE IRGC. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

(1) The IRGC is subject to sanctions pursuant to Executive 

Order No. 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 

property of weapons of mass destruction delivery system 

proliferators and their supporters), the Comprehensive Iran 

Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 

U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), Executive Order No. 13553 (50 U.S.C. 

1701 note; relating to blocking property of certain persons 

with respect to serious human rights abuses by the Government 

of Iran), and Executive Order No. 13606 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 

relating to blocking the property and suspending entry into 

the United States of certain persons with respect to grave 

human rights abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria 

via information technology). 

(2) The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force 

(in this section referred to as the ‘‘IRGC–QF’’) is the primary 

arm of the Government of Iran for executing its policy of 

supporting terrorist and insurgent groups. The IRGC–QF provides material, logistical assistance, training, and financial support to militants and terrorist operatives throughout the Middle 

East and South Asia and was designated for the imposition 

of sanctions by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to 

Executive Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 

blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons 

who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism) in 

October 2007 for its support of terrorism. 

(3) The IRGC, not just the IRGC–QF, is responsible for 

implementing Iran’s international program of destabilizing 

activities, support for acts of international terrorism, and ballistic missile program. 

(b) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 days after 

the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 

the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to the IRGC 

and foreign persons that are officials, agents, or affiliates of the 

IRGC. 

(c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this subsection are sanctions applicable with respect to a foreign person 

pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 

relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 

Effective date. 

President. 

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SEC. 106. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 

of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

a list of each person the Secretary determines, based on credible 

evidence, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act— 

(1) is responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other 

gross violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against individuals in Iran who seek— 

(A) to expose illegal activity carried out by officials 

of the Government of Iran; or 

(B) to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote internationally recognized human rights and freedoms, such as the 

freedoms of religion, expression, association, and assembly, 

and the rights to a fair trial and democratic elections; 

or 

(2) acts as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign person 

in a matter relating to an activity described in paragraph 

(1). 

(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, in accordance with 

the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.), block all transactions in all property and interests 

in property of a person on the list required by subsection 

(a) if such property and interests in property are in the United 

States, come within the United States, or are or come within 

the possession or control of a United States person. 

(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, 

conspires to violate, or causes a violation of paragraph (1) 

or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out paragraph (1) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent 

as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

SEC. 107. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGOS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (d), the 

President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 

with respect to any person that the President determines— 

(1) knowingly engages in any activity that materially 

contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or indirectly 

to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any 

battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large caliber artillery 

systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles 

or missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the United 

Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or related materiel, 

including spare parts; or 

(2) knowingly provides to Iran any technical training, financial resources or services, advice, other services or assistance 

related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, 

or use of arms and related materiel described in paragraph 

(1). 

(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President shall block, 

in accordance with the International Emergency Economic 

President. 

President. 

Determination. 

22 USC 9406. 

Deadline. 

Lists. 

Determination. 

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Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), all transactions in all 

property and interests in property of any person subject to 

subsection (a) if such property and interests in property are 

in the United States, come within the United States, or are 

or come within the possession or control of a United States 

person. 

(2) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.—The Secretary of 

State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland 

Security shall exclude from the United States, any person subject to subsection (a) that is an alien. 

(c) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, 

conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (b)(1) or 

any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that subsection 

shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and 

(c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 

Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 

an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

(d) EXCEPTION.—The President is not required to impose sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a person for engaging 

in an activity described in that subsection if the President certifies 

to the appropriate congressional committees that— 

(1) permitting the activity is in the national security 

interest of the United States; 

(2) Iran no longer presents a significant threat to the 

national security of the United States and to the allies of 

the United States; and 

(3) the Government of Iran has ceased providing operational or financial support for acts of international terrorism 

and no longer satisfies the requirements for designation as 

a state sponsor of terrorism. 

(e) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—In this section, 

the term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined to be a 

government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism for purposes of— 

(1) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act of 

1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)(1)(A)) (as continued in effect pursuant 

to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.)); 

(2) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

(22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 

(3) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

2780(d)); or 

(4) any other provision of law. 

SEC. 108. REVIEW OF APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO 

IRAN’S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM AND ITS BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the President shall conduct a review 

of all persons on the list of specially designated nationals and 

blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 

of the Department of the Treasury for activities relating to Iran— 

(1) to assess the conduct of such persons as that conduct 

relates to— 

Deadline. 

President. 

Assessment. 

22 USC 9407. 

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(A) any activity that materially contributes to the 

activities of the Government of Iran with respect to its 

ballistic missile program; or 

(B) support by the Government of Iran for acts of 

international terrorism; and 

(2) to determine the applicability of sanctions with respect 

to such persons under— 

(A) Executive Order No. 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 

relating to blocking property of weapons of mass destruction delivery system proliferators and their supporters); 

or 

(B) Executive Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 

relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions 

with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 

terrorism). 

(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS.—If the President determines under subsection (a) that sanctions under an Executive order 

specified in paragraph (2) of that subsection are applicable with 

respect to a person, the President shall— 

(1) impose sanctions with respect to that person pursuant 

to that Executive order; or 

(2) exercise the waiver authority provided under section 

112. 

SEC. 109. REPORT ON COORDINATION OF SANCTIONS BETWEEN THE 

UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the 

President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

a report that includes the following: 

(1) A description of each instance, during the period specified in subsection (b)— 

(A) in which the United States has imposed sanctions 

with respect to a person for activity related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems 

for such weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of international terrorism by Iran, or human rights abuses in 

Iran, but in which the European Union has not imposed 

corresponding sanctions; and 

(B) in which the European Union has imposed sanctions with respect to a person for activity related to the 

proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or delivery 

systems for such weapons to or by Iran, support for acts 

of international terrorism by Iran, or human rights abuses 

in Iran, but in which the United States has not imposed 

corresponding sanctions. 

(2) An explanation for the reason for each discrepancy 

between sanctions imposed by the European Union and sanctions imposed by the United States described in subparagraphs 

(A) and (B) of paragraph (1). 

(b) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in this subsection 

is— 

(1) in the case of the first report submitted under subsection 

(a), the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 

Act and ending on the date the report is submitted; and 

(2) in the case of a subsequent such report, the 180-day 

period preceding the submission of the report. 

President. 

22 USC 9408. 

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(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by subsection (a) 

shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 

annex. 

SEC. 110. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS DETAINED BY IRAN. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the 

President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

and leadership a report on United States citizens, including United 

States citizens who are also citizens of other countries, detained 

by Iran or groups supported by Iran that includes— 

(1) information regarding any officials of the Government 

of Iran involved in any way in the detentions; and 

(2) a summary of efforts the United States Government 

has taken to secure the swift release of those United States 

citizens. 

(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by subsection (a) 

shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 

annex. 

(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP

DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 

committees and leadership’’ means— 

(1) the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; 

and 

(2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee 

on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 

the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of 

the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 111. EXCEPTIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND HUMANITARIAN 

ASSISTANCE; RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The following activities shall be exempt from 

sanctions under sections 104, 105, 106, and 107: 

(1) Any activity subject to the reporting requirements under 

title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 

et seq.), or to any authorized intelligence activities of the United 

States. 

(2) The admission of an alien to the United States if such 

admission is necessary to comply with United States obligations 

under the Agreement between the United Nations and the 

United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the 

United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 

entered into force November 21, 1947, or under the Convention 

on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and 

entered into force March 19, 1967, or other applicable international obligations of the United States. 

(3) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction for the 

sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical 

devices to Iran or for the provision of humanitarian assistance 

to the people of Iran, including engaging in a financial transaction relating to humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian 

purposes or transporting goods or services that are necessary 

to carry out operations relating to humanitarian assistance 

or humanitarian purposes. 

Exemptions. 

22 USC 9410. 

Summary. 

President. 

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(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry 

out this Act. 

(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 

(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘agricultural 

commodity’’ has the meaning given that term in section 102 

of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 

(2) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning given that 

term in section 16 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 

(50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

seq.)). 

(3) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical device’’ has the 

meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in section 201 of the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

(4) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has the meaning given 

the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

SEC. 112. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY. 

(a) CASE-BY-CASE WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, on a caseby-case basis and for a period of not more than 180 days, 

a requirement under section 104, 105, 106, 107, or 108 to 

impose or maintain sanctions with respect to a person, and 

may waive the continued imposition of such sanctions, not 

less than 30 days after the President determines and reports 

to the appropriate congressional committees that it is vital 

to the national security interests of the United States to waive 

such sanctions. 

(2) RENEWAL OF WAIVERS.—The President may, on a caseby-case basis, renew a waiver under paragraph (1) for an additional period of not more than 180 days if, not later than 

15 days before that waiver expires, the President makes the 

determination and submits to the appropriate congressional 

committees a report described in paragraph (1). 

(3) SUCCESSIVE RENEWAL.—The renewal authority provided 

under paragraph (2) may be exercised for additional successive 

periods of not more than 180 days if the President follows 

the procedures set forth in paragraph (2), and submits the 

report described in paragraph (1), for each such renewal. 

(b) CONTENTS OF WAIVER REPORTS.—Each report submitted 

under subsection (a) in connection with a waiver of sanctions under 

section 104, 105, 106, 107, or 108 with respect to a person, or 

the renewal of such a waiver, shall include— 

(1) a specific and detailed rationale for the determination 

that the waiver is vital to the national security interests of 

the United States; 

(2) a description of the activity that resulted in the person 

being subject to sanctions; 

(3) an explanation of any efforts made by the United States, 

as applicable, to secure the cooperation of the government 

with primary jurisdiction over the person or the location where 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

Time periods. 

Determinations. 

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the activity described in paragraph (2) occurred in terminating 

or, as appropriate, penalizing the activity; and 

(4) an assessment of the significance of the activity 

described in paragraph (2) in contributing to the ability of 

Iran to threaten the interests of the United States or allies 

of the United States, develop systems capable of delivering 

weapons of mass destruction, support acts of international terrorism, or violate the human rights of any person in Iran. 

(c) EFFECT OF REPORT ON WAIVER.—If the President submits 

a report under subsection (a) in connection with a waiver of sanctions under section 104, 105, 106, 107, or 108 with respect to 

a person, or the renewal of such a waiver, the President shall 

not be required to impose or maintain sanctions under section 

104, 105, 106, 107, or 108, as applicable, with respect to the person 

described in the report during the 30-day period referred to in 

subsection (a). 

TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT 

TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND 

COMBATING TERRORISM AND ILLICIT 

FINANCING 

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Russian Influence 

in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017’’. 

Subtitle A—Sanctions and Other Measures 

With Respect to the Russian Federation 

SEC. 211. FINDINGS. 

Congress makes the following findings: 

(1) On March 6, 2014, President Barack Obama issued 

Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to 

blocking property of certain persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine), which authorizes the Secretary of the 

Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to impose 

sanctions on those determined to be undermining democratic 

processes and institutions in Ukraine or threatening the peace, 

security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of 

Ukraine. President Obama subsequently issued Executive 

Order No. 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to blocking 

property of additional persons contributing to the situation 

in Ukraine) and Executive Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 

16169; relating to blocking property of additional persons 

contributing to the situation in Ukraine) to expand sanctions 

on certain persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine. 

(2) On December 18, 2014, the Ukraine Freedom Support 

Act of 2014 was enacted (Public Law 113–272; 22 U.S.C. 8921 

et seq.), which includes provisions directing the President to 

impose sanctions on foreign persons that the President determines to be entities owned or controlled by the Government 

22 USC 9501. 

22 USC 9501 

note. 

Countering 

Russian 

Influence in 

Europe and 

Eurasia Act of 

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of the Russian Federation or nationals of the Russian Federation that manufacture, sell, transfer, or otherwise provide certain defense articles into Syria. 

(3) On April 1, 2015, President Obama issued Executive 

Order No. 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; relating to blocking 

the property of certain persons engaging in significant malicious 

cyber-enabled activities), which authorizes the Secretary of the 

Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the 

Secretary of State, to impose sanctions on persons determined 

to be engaged in malicious cyber-hacking. 

(4) On July 26, 2016, President Obama approved a Presidential Policy Directive on United States Cyber Incident 

Coordination, which states, ‘‘certain cyber incidents that have 

significant impacts on an entity, our national security, or the 

broader economy require a unique approach to response efforts’’. 

(5) On December 29, 2016, President Obama issued an 

annex to Executive Order No. 13694, which authorized sanctions on the following entities and individuals: 

(A) The Main Intelligence Directorate (also known as 

Glavnoe Razvedyvatel’noe Upravlenie or the GRU) in 

Moscow, Russian Federation. 

(B) The Federal Security Service (also known as 

Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti or the FSB) in Moscow, 

Russian Federation. 

(C) The Special Technology Center (also known as 

STLC, Ltd. Special Technology Center St. Petersburg) in 

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. 

(D) Zorsecurity (also known as Esage Lab) in Moscow, 

Russian Federation. 

(E) The autonomous noncommercial organization 

known as the Professional Association of Designers of Data 

Processing Systems (also known as ANO PO KSI) in 

Moscow, Russian Federation. 

(F) Igor Valentinovich Korobov. 

(G) Sergey Aleksandrovich Gizunov. 

(H) Igor Olegovich Kostyukov. 

(I) Vladimir Stepanovich Alexseyev. 

(6) On January 6, 2017, an assessment of the United States 

intelligence community entitled, ‘‘Assessing Russian Activities 

and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections’’ stated, ‘‘Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 

aimed at the United States presidential election.’’ The assessment warns that ‘‘Moscow will apply lessons learned from its 

Putin-ordered campaign aimed at the U.S. Presidential election 

to future influence efforts worldwide, including against U.S. 

allies and their election processes’’. 

SEC. 212. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

It is the sense of Congress that the President— 

(1) should continue to uphold and seek unity with European 

and other key partners on sanctions implemented against the 

Russian Federation, which have been effective and instrumental in countering Russian aggression in Ukraine; 

(2) should engage to the fullest extent possible with partner 

governments with regard to closing loopholes, including the 

allowance of extended prepayment for the delivery of goods 

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and commodities and other loopholes, in multilateral and unilateral restrictive measures against the Russian Federation, 

with the aim of maximizing alignment of those measures; and 

(3) should increase efforts to vigorously enforce compliance 

with sanctions in place as of the date of the enactment of 

this Act with respect to the Russian Federation in response 

to the crisis in eastern Ukraine, cyber intrusions and attacks, 

and human rights violators in the Russian Federation. 

PART 1—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

SEC. 215. SHORT TITLE. 

This part may be cited as the ‘‘Russia Sanctions Review Act 

of 2017’’. 

SEC. 216. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS RELATING 

TO SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN 

FEDERATION. 

(a) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF PROPOSED ACTION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, before taking any action described in paragraph (2), the 

President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a report that describes the proposed action 

and the reasons for that action. 

(2) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—An action described in this paragraph is— 

(i) an action to terminate the application of any 

sanctions described in subparagraph (B); 

(ii) with respect to sanctions described in subparagraph (B) imposed by the President with respect to 

a person, an action to waive the application of those 

sanctions with respect to that person; or 

(iii) a licensing action that significantly alters 

United States’ foreign policy with regard to the Russian 

Federation. 

(B) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 

in this subparagraph are— 

(i) sanctions provided for under— 

(I) this title or any provision of law amended 

by this title, including the Executive orders codified under section 222; 

(II) the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, 

Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act 

of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.); or 

(III) the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 

(22 U.S.C. 8921 et seq.); and 

(ii) the prohibition on access to the properties of 

the Government of the Russian Federation located in 

Maryland and New York that the President ordered 

vacated on December 29, 2016. 

(3) DESCRIPTION OF TYPE OF ACTION.—Each report submitted under paragraph (1) with respect to an action described 

President. 

Reports. 

22 USC 9511. 

22 USC 9501 

note. 

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in paragraph (2) shall include a description of whether the 

action— 

(A) is not intended to significantly alter United States 

foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation; or 

(B) is intended to significantly alter United States 

foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation. 

(4) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL MATTER.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Each report submitted under paragraph (1) that relates to an action that is intended to 

significantly alter United States foreign policy with regard 

to the Russian Federation shall include a description of— 

(i) the significant alteration to United States foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation; 

(ii) the anticipated effect of the action on the 

national security interests of the United States; and 

(iii) the policy objectives for which the sanctions 

affected by the action were initially imposed. 

(B) REQUESTS FROM BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

COMMITTEES.—The Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs of the Senate or the Committee on Financial 

Services of the House of Representatives may request the 

submission to the Committee of the matter described in 

clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (A) with respect to 

a report submitted under paragraph (1) that relates to 

an action that is not intended to significantly alter United 

States foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation. 

(5) CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.— 

Proprietary information that can be associated with a particular 

person with respect to an action described in paragraph (2) 

may be included in a report submitted under paragraph (1) 

only if the appropriate congressional committees and leadership 

provide assurances of confidentiality, unless such person otherwise consents in writing to such disclosure. 

(6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Paragraph (2)(A)(iii) shall not 

be construed to require the submission of a report under paragraph (1) with respect to the routine issuance of a license 

that does not significantly alter United States foreign policy 

with regard to the Russian Federation. 

(b) PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—During the period of 30 calendar days 

beginning on the date on which the President submits a report 

under subsection (a)(1)— 

(A) in the case of a report that relates to an action 

that is not intended to significantly alter United States 

foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation, the 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 

the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of 

the House of Representatives should, as appropriate, hold 

hearings and briefings and otherwise obtain information 

in order to fully review the report; and 

(B) in the case of a report that relates to an action 

that is intended to significantly alter United States foreign 

policy with regard to the Russian Federation, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

should, as appropriate, hold hearings and briefings and 

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otherwise obtain information in order to fully review the 

report. 

(2) EXCEPTION.—The period for congressional review under 

paragraph (1) of a report required to be submitted under subsection (a)(1) shall be 60 calendar days if the report is submitted 

on or after July 10 and on or before September 7 in any 

calendar year. 

(3) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING INITIAL CONGRESSIONAL

REVIEW PERIOD.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

during the period for congressional review provided for under 

paragraph (1) of a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 

proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2), including 

any additional period for such review as applicable under the 

exception provided in paragraph (2), the President may not 

take that action unless a joint resolution of approval with 

respect to that action is enacted in accordance with subsection 

(c). 

(4) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING PRESIDENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a joint resolution of 

disapproval relating to a report submitted under subsection 

(a)(1) proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) passes 

both Houses of Congress in accordance with subsection (c), 

the President may not take that action for a period of 12 

calendar days after the date of passage of the joint resolution 

of disapproval. 

(5) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING CONGRESSIONAL

RECONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a joint resolution 

of disapproval relating to a report submitted under subsection 

(a)(1) proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) passes 

both Houses of Congress in accordance with subsection (c), 

and the President vetoes the joint resolution, the President 

may not take that action for a period of 10 calendar days 

after the date of the President’s veto. 

(6) EFFECT OF ENACTMENT OF A JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a 

joint resolution of disapproval relating to a report submitted 

under subsection (a)(1) proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) is enacted in accordance with subsection (c), the 

President may not take that action. 

(c) JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF DISAPPROVAL OR APPROVAL

DEFINED.—In this subsection: 

(1) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.—The term ‘‘joint resolution of approval’’ means only a joint resolution of either 

House of Congress— 

(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A joint resolution 

approving the President’s proposal to take an action 

relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect 

to the Russian Federation.’’; and 

(B) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which 

is the following: ‘‘Congress approves of the action relating 

to the application of sanctions imposed with respect to 

the Russian Federation proposed by the President in the 

report submitted to Congress under section 216(a)(1) of 

the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017 on lllllll 

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being filled with the appropriate date and the second blank 

space being filled with a short description of the proposed 

action. 

(2) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—The term ‘‘joint 

resolution of disapproval’’ means only a joint resolution of either 

House of Congress— 

(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A joint resolution 

disapproving the President’s proposal to take an action 

relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect 

to the Russian Federation.’’; and 

(B) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which 

is the following: ‘‘Congress disapproves of the action 

relating to the application of sanctions imposed with respect 

to the Russian Federation proposed by the President in 

the report submitted to Congress under section 216(a)(1) 

of the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017 on 

lllllll relating to llllllll.’’, with the first 

blank space being filled with the appropriate date and 

the second blank space being filled with a short description 

of the proposed action. 

(3) INTRODUCTION.—During the period of 30 calendar days 

provided for under subsection (b)(1), including any additional 

period as applicable under the exception provided in subsection 

(b)(2), a joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of disapproval may be introduced— 

(A) in the House of Representatives, by the majority 

leader or the minority leader; and 

(B) in the Senate, by the majority leader (or the 

majority leader’s designee) or the minority leader (or the 

minority leader’s designee). 

(4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

If a committee of the House of Representatives to which a 

joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of disapproval 

has been referred has not reported the joint resolution within 

10 calendar days after the date of referral, that committee 

shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution. 

(5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

(A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint resolution of 

approval or joint resolution of disapproval introduced in 

the Senate shall be— 

(i) referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

and Urban Affairs if the joint resolution relates to 

a report under subsection (a)(3)(A) that relates to an 

action that is not intended to significantly alter United 

States foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation; and 

(ii) referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

if the joint resolution relates to a report under subsection (a)(3)(B) that relates to an action that is 

intended to significantly alter United States foreign 

policy with respect to the Russian Federation. 

(B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the committee to 

which a joint resolution of approval or joint resolution 

of disapproval was referred has not reported the joint resolution within 10 calendar days after the date of referral 

of the joint resolution, that committee shall be discharged 

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from further consideration of the joint resolution and the 

joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

(C) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Notwithstanding 

Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in 

order at any time after the Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs or the Committee on Foreign 

Relations, as the case may be, reports a joint resolution 

of approval or joint resolution of disapproval to the Senate 

or has been discharged from consideration of such a joint 

resolution (even though a previous motion to the same 

effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the 

consideration of the joint resolution, and all points of order 

against the joint resolution (and against consideration of 

the joint resolution) are waived. The motion to proceed 

is not debatable. The motion is not subject to a motion 

to postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 

the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in 

order. 

(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.—Appeals 

from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application 

of the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to the 

procedure relating to a joint resolution of approval or joint 

resolution of disapproval shall be decided without debate. 

(E) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.—Debate in the 

Senate of any veto message with respect to a joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of disapproval, including 

all debatable motions and appeals in connection with the 

joint resolution, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally 

divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader 

and the minority leader or their designees. 

(6) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

(A) TREATMENT OF SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION IN

HOUSE.—In the House of Representatives, the following 

procedures shall apply to a joint resolution of approval 

or a joint resolution of disapproval received from the Senate 

(unless the House has already passed a joint resolution 

relating to the same proposed action): 

(i) The joint resolution shall be referred to the 

appropriate committees. 

(ii) If a committee to which a joint resolution has 

been referred has not reported the joint resolution 

within 2 calendar days after the date of referral, that 

committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution. 

(iii) Beginning on the third legislative day after 

each committee to which a joint resolution has been 

referred reports the joint resolution to the House or 

has been discharged from further consideration thereof, 

it shall be in order to move to proceed to consider 

the joint resolution in the House. All points of order 

against the motion are waived. Such a motion shall 

not be in order after the House has disposed of a 

motion to proceed on the joint resolution. The previous 

question shall be considered as ordered on the motion 

to its adoption without intervening motion. The motion 

shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the 

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vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be 

in order. 

(iv) The joint resolution shall be considered as 

read. All points of order against the joint resolution 

and against its consideration are waived. The previous 

question shall be considered as ordered on the joint 

resolution to final passage without intervening motion 

except 2 hours of debate equally divided and controlled 

by the sponsor of the joint resolution (or a designee) 

and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on 

passage of the joint resolution shall not be in order. 

(B) TREATMENT OF HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION IN

SENATE.— 

(i) If, before the passage by the Senate of a joint 

resolution of approval or joint resolution of disapproval, 

the Senate receives an identical joint resolution from 

the House of Representatives, the following procedures 

shall apply: 

(I) That joint resolution shall not be referred 

to a committee. 

(II) With respect to that joint resolution— 

(aa) the procedure in the Senate shall be 

the same as if no joint resolution had been 

received from the House of Representatives; 

but 

(bb) the vote on passage shall be on the 

joint resolution from the House of Representatives. 

(ii) If, following passage of a joint resolution of 

approval or joint resolution of disapproval in the 

Senate, the Senate receives an identical joint resolution 

from the House of Representatives, that joint resolution 

shall be placed on the appropriate Senate calendar. 

(iii) If a joint resolution of approval or a joint 

resolution of disapproval is received from the House, 

and no companion joint resolution has been introduced 

in the Senate, the Senate procedures under this subsection shall apply to the House joint resolution. 

(C) APPLICATION TO REVENUE MEASURES.—The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in the House of 

Representatives to a joint resolution of approval or joint 

resolution of disapproval that is a revenue measure. 

(7) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE.— 

This subsection is enacted by Congress— 

(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and 

as such is deemed a part of the rules of each House, 

respectively, and supersedes other rules only to the extent 

that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 

(B) with full recognition of the constitutional right 

of either House to change the rules (so far as relating 

to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same 

manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any 

other rule of that House. 

(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP

DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 

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(1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 

the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the majority and 

minority leaders of the Senate; and 

(2) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs, and the Speaker, the majority leader, and 

the minority leader of the House of Representatives. 

PART 2—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

SEC. 221. DEFINITIONS. 

In this part: 

(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 

‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and 

(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 

on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and 

Means of the House of Representatives. 

(2) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning given that 

term in section 16 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 

(50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

seq.)). 

(3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term 

‘‘international financial institution’’ has the meaning given that 

term in section 1701(c) of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)). 

(4) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with respect to 

conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person 

has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, 

the circumstance, or the result. 

(5) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or 

entity. 

(6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 

admitted for permanent residence to the United States; 

or 

(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United 

States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, 

including a foreign branch of such an entity. 

SEC. 222. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE RUSSIAN 

FEDERATION. 

(a) CODIFICATION.—United States sanctions provided for in 

Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to blocking 

property of certain persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine), 

Executive Order No. 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to blocking 

property of additional persons contributing to the situation in 

Ukraine), Executive Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating 

to blocking property of additional persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine), Executive Order No. 13685 (79 Fed. Reg. 77357; 

relating to blocking property of certain persons and prohibiting 

certain transactions with respect to the Crimea region of Ukraine), 

Executive Order No. 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; relating to blocking 

President. 

Waiver authority. 

Determination. 

Certification. 

22 USC 9522. 

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the property of certain persons engaging in significant malicious 

cyber-enabled activities), and Executive Order No. 13757 (82 Fed. 

Reg. 1; relating to taking additional steps to address the national 

emergency with respect to significant malicious cyber-enabled activities), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment 

of this Act, including with respect to all persons sanctioned under 

such Executive orders, shall remain in effect except as provided 

in subsection (b). 

(b) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS.—Subject to section 

216, the President may terminate the application of sanctions 

described in subsection (a) that are imposed on a person in connection with activity conducted by the person if the President submits 

to the appropriate congressional committees a notice that— 

(1) the person is not engaging in the activity that was 

the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant verifiable 

steps toward stopping the activity; and 

(2) the President has received reliable assurances that 

the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject to 

sanctions described in subsection (a) in the future. 

(c) APPLICATION OF NEW CYBER SANCTIONS.—The President 

may waive the initial application under subsection (a) of sanctions 

with respect to a person under Executive Order No. 13694 or 

13757 only if the President submits to the appropriate congressional 

committees— 

(1) a written determination that the waiver— 

(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 

United States; or 

(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 

(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 

Federation has made significant efforts to reduce the number 

and intensity of cyber intrusions conducted by that Government. 

(d) APPLICATION OF NEW UKRAINE-RELATED SANCTIONS.—The 

President may waive the initial application under subsection (a) 

of sanctions with respect to a person under Executive Order No. 

13660, 13661, 13662, or 13685 only if the President submits to 

the appropriate congressional committees— 

(1) a written determination that the waiver— 

(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 

United States; or 

(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 

(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 

Federation is taking steps to implement the Minsk Agreement 

to address the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in 

Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of 

Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, 

which was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any successor 

agreements that are agreed to by the Government of Ukraine. 

SEC. 223. MODIFICATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 

NO. 13662. 

(a) DETERMINATION THAT CERTAIN ENTITIES ARE SUBJECT TO

SANCTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury may determine that 

a person meets one or more of the criteria in section 1(a) of Executive Order No. 13662 if that person is a state-owned entity operating 

in the railway or metals and mining sector of the economy of 

the Russian Federation. 

Deadlines. 

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(b) MODIFICATION OF DIRECTIVE 1 WITH RESPECT TO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ECONOMY.— 

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 

Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall modify Directive 1 (as 

amended), dated September 12, 2014, issued by the Office of Foreign 

Assets Control under Executive Order No. 13662, or any successor 

directive (which shall be effective beginning on the date that is 

60 days after the date of such modification), to ensure that the 

directive prohibits the conduct by United States persons or persons 

within the United States of all transactions in, provision of financing 

for, and other dealings in new debt of longer than 14 days maturity 

or new equity of persons determined to be subject to the directive, 

their property, or their interests in property. 

(c) MODIFICATION OF DIRECTIVE 2 WITH RESPECT TO THE

ENERGY SECTOR OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ECONOMY.—Not later 

than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

Secretary of the Treasury shall modify Directive 2 (as amended), 

dated September 12, 2014, issued by the Office of Foreign Assets 

Control under Executive Order No. 13662, or any successor directive 

(which shall be effective beginning on the date that is 60 days 

after the date of such modification), to ensure that the directive 

prohibits the conduct by United States persons or persons within 

the United States of all transactions in, provision of financing 

for, and other dealings in new debt of longer than 60 days maturity 

of persons determined to be subject to the directive, their property, 

or their interests in property. 

(d) MODIFICATION OF DIRECTIVE 4.—Not later than 90 days 

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

Treasury shall modify Directive 4, dated September 12, 2014, issued 

by the Office of Foreign Assets Control under Executive Order 

No. 13662, or any successor directive (which shall be effective 

beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of such 

modification), to ensure that the directive prohibits the provision, 

exportation, or reexportation, directly or indirectly, by United States 

persons or persons within the United States, of goods, services 

(except for financial services), or technology in support of exploration 

or production for new deepwater, Arctic offshore, or shale projects— 

(1) that have the potential to produce oil; and 

(2) that involve any person determined to be subject to 

the directive or the property or interests in property of such 

a person who has a controlling interest or a substantial noncontrolling ownership interest in such a project defined as 

not less than a 33 percent interest. 

SEC. 224. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ACTIVITIES 

OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION UNDERMINING CYBERSECURITY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 60 days after 

the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall— 

(1) impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with 

respect to any person that the President determines— 

(A) knowingly engages in significant activities undermining cybersecurity against any person, including a democratic institution, or government on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation; or 

President. 

Determination. 

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(B) is owned or controlled by, or acts or purports to 

act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a person 

described in subparagraph (A); 

(2) impose five or more of the sanctions described in section 

235 with respect to any person that the President determines 

knowingly materially assists, sponsors, or provides financial, 

material, or technological support for, or goods or services 

(except financial services) in support of, an activity described 

in paragraph (1)(A); and 

(3) impose three or more of the sanctions described in 

section 4(c) of the of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 

2014 (22 U.S.C. 8923(c)) with respect to any person that the 

President determines knowingly provides financial services in 

support of an activity described in paragraph (1)(A). 

(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this 

subsection are the following: 

(1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The exercise of all powers granted 

to the President by the International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary 

to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and 

interests in property of a person determined by the President 

to be subject to subsection (a)(1) if such property and interests 

in property are in the United States, come within the United 

States, or are or come within the possession or control of 

a United States person. 

(2) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES AND REVOCATION

OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION.—In the case of an alien 

determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a)(1), 

denial of a visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, 

the alien, and revocation in accordance with section 221(i) 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of 

any visa or other documentation of the alien. 

(c) APPLICATION OF NEW CYBER SANCTIONS.—The President 

may waive the initial application under subsection (a) of sanctions 

with respect to a person only if the President submits to the 

appropriate congressional committees— 

(1) a written determination that the waiver— 

(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 

United States; or 

(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 

(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 

Federation has made significant efforts to reduce the number 

and intensity of cyber intrusions conducted by that Government. 

(d) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES UNDERMINING CYBERSECURITY

DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘significant activities undermining cybersecurity’’ includes— 

(1) significant efforts— 

(A) to deny access to or degrade, disrupt, or destroy 

an information and communications technology system or 

network; or 

(B) to exfiltrate, degrade, corrupt, destroy, or release 

information from such a system or network without 

authorization for purposes of— 

(i) conducting influence operations; or 

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(ii) causing a significant misappropriation of funds, 

economic resources, trade secrets, personal identifications, or financial information for commercial or 

competitive advantage or private financial gain; 

(2) significant destructive malware attacks; and 

(3) significant denial of service activities. 

SEC. 225. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO SPECIAL RUSSIAN 

CRUDE OIL PROJECTS. 

Section 4(b)(1) of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 

(22 U.S.C. 8923(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘on and after the 

date that is 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

the President may impose’’ and inserting ‘‘on and after the date 

that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of the Countering 

Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017, the President 

shall impose, unless the President determines that it is not in 

the national interest of the United States to do so,’’. 

SEC. 226. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO RUSSIAN AND 

OTHER FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 

Section 5 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (22 

U.S.C. 8924) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘may impose’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 

impose, unless the President determines that it is not 

in the national interest of the United States to do so,’’; 

and 

(B) by striking ‘‘on or after the date of the enactment 

of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘on or after the date of the 

enactment of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe 

and Eurasia Act of 2017’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘may impose’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 

impose, unless the President determines that it is not 

in the national interest of the United States to do so,’’; 

and 

(B) by striking ‘‘on or after the date that is 180 days 

after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting 

‘‘on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of 

the enactment of the Countering Russian Influence in 

Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017’’. 

SEC. 227. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

SIGNIFICANT CORRUPTION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

Section 9 of the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8908(a)) is 

amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

‘‘is authorized and encouraged to’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; 

and 

(B) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘President determines is’’ and 

inserting ‘‘President determines is, on or after the date 

of the enactment of the Countering Russian Influence 

in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017,’’; and 

(ii) by inserting ‘‘or elsewhere’’ after ‘‘in the Russian Federation’’; 

President. 

Determinations. 

President. 

Determination. 

Effective dates. 

Time period. 

President. 

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(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); 

(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘The President’’ and 

inserting ‘‘except as provided in subsection (d), the President’’; 

and 

(4) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 

‘‘(d) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may 

waive the initial application of sanctions under subsection (b) with 

respect to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate 

congressional committees— 

‘‘(1) a written determination that the waiver— 

‘‘(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 

United States; or 

‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this Act; and 

‘‘(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 

Federation is taking steps to implement the Minsk Agreement 

to address the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in 

Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of 

Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, 

which was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any successor 

agreements that are agreed to by the Government of Ukraine.’’. 

SEC. 228. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH FOREIGN SANCTIONS 

EVADERS AND SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS IN THE 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, 

Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 

U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 10. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS THAT EVADE 

SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the sanctions 

described in subsection (b) with respect to a foreign person if 

the President determines that the foreign person knowingly, on 

or after the date of the enactment of the Countering Russian 

Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017— 

‘‘(1) materially violates, attempts to violate, conspires to 

violate, or causes a violation of any license, order, regulation, 

or prohibition contained in or issued pursuant to any covered 

Executive order, this Act, or the Ukraine Freedom Support 

Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8921 et seq.); or 

‘‘(2) facilitates a significant transaction or transactions, 

including deceptive or structured transactions, for or on behalf 

of— 

‘‘(A) any person subject to sanctions imposed by the 

United States with respect to the Russian Federation; or 

‘‘(B) any child, spouse, parent, or sibling of an individual described in subparagraph (A). 

‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this 

subsection are the exercise of all powers granted to the President 

by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all 

transactions in all property and interests in property of a person 

determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a) if such 

property and interests in property are in the United States, come 

President. 

Determinations. 

22 USC 8909. 

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within the United States, or are or come within the possession 

or control of a United States person. 

‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all 

authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 

205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out subsection (b). 

‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection 

(b) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out 

subsection (b) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in 

subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent 

as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

‘‘(d) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may 

waive the initial application of sanctions under subsection (b) with 

respect to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate 

congressional committees— 

‘‘(1) a written determination that the waiver— 

‘‘(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 

United States; or 

‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this Act; 

‘‘(2) in the case of sanctions imposed under this section 

in connection with a covered Executive order described in 

subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of subsection (f)(1), a certification that the Government of the Russian Federation is taking 

steps to implement the Minsk Agreement to address the 

ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, Belarus, 

on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, 

France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, which was agreed 

to on September 5, 2014, and any successor agreements that 

are agreed to by the Government of Ukraine; and 

‘‘(3) in the case of sanctions imposed under this section 

in connection with a covered Executive order described in subparagraphs (E) or (F) of subsection (f)(1), a certification that 

the Government of the Russian Federation has made significant 

efforts to reduce the number and intensity of cyber intrusions 

conducted by that Government. 

‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017, the President may terminate the application of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person 

if the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees— 

‘‘(1) a notice of and justification for the termination; and 

‘‘(2) a notice that— 

‘‘(A) the person is not engaging in the activity that 

was the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant 

verifiable steps toward stopping the activity; and 

‘‘(B) the President has received reliable assurances that 

the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject 

to sanctions under subsection (a) in the future. 

‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

‘‘(1) COVERED EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term ‘covered Executive order’ means any of the following: 

Notices. 

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‘‘(A) Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13493; 

relating to blocking property of certain persons contributing 

to the situation in Ukraine). 

‘‘(B) Executive Order No. 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; 

relating to blocking property of additional persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine). 

‘‘(C) Executive Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; 

relating to blocking property of additional persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine). 

‘‘(D) Executive Order No. 13685 (79 Fed. Reg. 77357; 

relating to blocking property of certain persons and prohibiting certain transactions with respect to the Crimea region 

of Ukraine). 

‘‘(E) Executive Order No. 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; 

relating to blocking the property of certain persons 

engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities), 

relating to the Russian Federation. 

‘‘(F) Executive Order No. 13757 (82 Fed. Reg. 1; 

relating to taking additional steps to address the national 

emergency with respect to significant malicious cyberenabled activities), relating to the Russian Federation. 

‘‘(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign person’ has the 

meaning given such term in section 595.304 of title 31, Code 

of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment 

of this section). 

‘‘(3) STRUCTURED.—The term ‘structured’, with respect to 

a transaction, has the meaning given the term ‘structure’ in 

paragraph (xx) of section 1010.100 of title 31, Code of Federal 

Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 

‘‘SEC. 11. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN 

RIGHTS ABUSES. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the sanctions 

described in subsection (b) with respect to a foreign person if 

the President determines that the foreign person, based on credible 

information, on or after the date of the enactment of this section— 

‘‘(1) is responsible for, complicit in, or responsible for 

ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission 

of serious human rights abuses in any territory forcibly occupied 

or otherwise controlled by the Government of the Russian Federation; 

‘‘(2) materially assists, sponsors, or provides financial, 

material, or technological support for, or goods or services to, 

a foreign person described in paragraph (1); or 

‘‘(3) is owned or controlled by, or acts or purports to act 

for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a foreign person 

described in paragraph (1). 

‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

‘‘(1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The exercise of all powers granted 

to the President by the International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary 

to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and 

interests in property of a person determined by the President 

to be subject to subsection (a) if such property and interests 

in property are in the United States, come within the United 

President. 

Determinations. 

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States, or are or come within the possession or control of 

a United States person. 

‘‘(2) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES AND REVOCATION

OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION.—In the case of an alien 

determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a), 

denial of a visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, 

the alien, and revocation in accordance with section 221(i) 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of 

any visa or other documentation of the alien. 

‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may 

waive the initial application of sanctions under subsection (b) with 

respect to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate 

congressional committees— 

‘‘(1) a written determination that the waiver— 

‘‘(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 

United States; or 

‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this Act; and 

‘‘(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 

Federation has made efforts to reduce serious human rights 

abuses in territory forcibly occupied or otherwise controlled 

by that Government. 

‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all 

authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 

205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out subsection (b)(1). 

‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection 

(b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out 

subsection (b)(1) shall be subject to the penalties set forth 

in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same 

extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described 

in subsection (a) of that section. 

‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of Russia Sanctions 

Review Act of 2017, the President may terminate the application 

of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person if the 

President submits to the appropriate congressional committees— 

‘‘(1) a notice of and justification for the termination; and 

‘‘(2) a notice— 

‘‘(A) that— 

‘‘(i) the person is not engaging in the activity that 

was the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant 

verifiable steps toward stopping the activity; and 

‘‘(ii) the President has received reliable assurances 

that the person will not knowingly engage in activity 

subject to sanctions under subsection (a) in the future; 

or 

‘‘(B) that the President determines that insufficient 

basis exists for the determination by the President under 

subsection (a) with respect to the person.’’. 

(b) DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—Section 2(2) of the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, 

Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 

U.S.C. 8901(2)) is amended— 

Notices. 

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(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘the Committee on 

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,’’ before ‘‘the Committee 

on Foreign Relations’’; and 

(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘the Committee on 

Financial Services’’ before ‘‘the Committee on Foreign Affairs’’. 

SEC. 229. NOTIFICATIONS TO CONGRESS UNDER UKRAINE FREEDOM 

SUPPORT ACT OF 2014. 

(a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO DEFENSE AND ENERGY SECTORS

OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.—Section 4 of the Ukraine Freedom 

Support Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8923) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections 

(h) and (i), respectively; 

(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 

‘‘(g) NOTIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS TO CONGRESS.— ‘‘(1) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall notify 

the appropriate congressional committees in writing not later 

than 15 days after imposing sanctions with respect to a foreign 

person under subsection (a) or (b). 

‘‘(2) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO RUSSIAN

PRODUCERS, TRANSFERORS, OR BROKERS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.— Subject to section 216 of the Russia Sanctions Review Act 

of 2017, the President may terminate the imposition of sanctions under subsection (a)(2) with respect to a foreign person 

if the President submits to the appropriate congressional 

committees— 

‘‘(A) a notice of and justification for the termination; 

and 

‘‘(B) a notice that— 

‘‘(i) the foreign person is not engaging in the 

activity that was the basis for the sanctions or has 

taken significant verifiable steps toward stopping the 

activity; and 

‘‘(ii) the President has received reliable assurances 

that the foreign person will not knowingly engage in 

activity subject to sanctions under subsection (a)(2) 

in the future.’’; and 

(3) in subparagraph (B)(ii) of subsection (a)(3), by striking 

‘‘subsection (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (i)’’. 

(b) SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN FINANCIAL

INSTITUTIONS.—Section 5 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 

2014 (22 U.S.C. 8924) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 

(f) and (g), respectively; 

(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: 

‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS ON IMPOSITION OF SANC- TIONS.—The President shall notify the appropriate congressional 

committees in writing not later than 15 days after imposing sanctions with respect to a foreign financial institution under subsection 

(a) or (b).’’; and 

(3) in subsection (g), as redesignated by paragraph (1), 

by striking ‘‘section 4(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(i)’’. 

SEC. 230. STANDARDS FOR TERMINATION OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS 

WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

(a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO UNDERMINING THE PEACE, SECURITY, STABILITY, SOVEREIGNTY, OR TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF

UKRAINE.—Section 8 of the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and 

President. 

Notices. 

Deadline. 

Notices. 

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Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8907) is 

amended— 

(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and 

(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 

‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017, the President may terminate the application of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person 

if the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a notice that— 

‘‘(1) the person is not engaging in the activity that was 

the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant verifiable 

steps toward stopping the activity; and 

‘‘(2) the President has received reliable assurances that 

the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject to 

sanctions under subsection (a) in the future.’’. 

(b) SANCTIONS RELATING TO CORRUPTION.—Section 9 of the 

Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of 

Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8908) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and 

(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 

‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017, the President may terminate the application of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person 

if the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a notice that— 

‘‘(1) the person is not engaging in the activity that was 

the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant verifiable 

steps toward stopping the activity; and 

‘‘(2) the President has received reliable assurances that 

the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject to 

sanctions under subsection (a) in the future.’’. 

SEC. 231. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS 

ENGAGING IN TRANSACTIONS WITH THE INTELLIGENCE 

OR DEFENSE SECTORS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 days 

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 

impose five or more of the sanctions described in section 235 with 

respect to a person the President determines knowingly, on or 

after such date of enactment, engages in a significant transaction 

with a person that is part of, or operates for or on behalf of, 

the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian 

Federation, including the Main Intelligence Agency of the General 

Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or the Federal 

Security Service of the Russian Federation. 

(b) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may waive 

the initial application of sanctions under subsection (a) with respect 

to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees— 

(1) a written determination that the waiver— 

(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 

United States; or 

(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 

(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 

Federation has made significant efforts to reduce the number 

Certification. 

Determination. 

Waiver authority. 

Effective date. 

Determination. 

President. 

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and intensity of cyber intrusions conducted by that Government. 

(c) DELAY OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President may 

delay the imposition of sanctions under subsection (a) with respect 

to a person if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional 

committees, not less frequently than every 180 days while the 

delay is in effect, that the person is substantially reducing the 

number of significant transactions described in subsection (a) in 

which that person engages. 

(d) REQUIREMENT TO ISSUE GUIDANCE.—Not later than 60 days 

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 

issue regulations or other guidance to specify the persons that 

are part of, or operate for or on behalf of, the defense and intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation. 

(e) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, 

conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (a) or any 

regulation, license, or order issued to carry out subsection (a) shall 

be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 

of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 

Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 

an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

SEC. 232. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIPELINES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, in coordination with allies 

of the United States, may impose five or more of the sanctions 

described in section 235 with respect to a person if the President 

determines that the person knowingly, on or after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, makes an investment described in subsection (b) or sells, leases, or provides to the Russian Federation, 

for the construction of Russian energy export pipelines, goods, services, technology, information, or support described in subsection 

(c)— 

(1) any of which has a fair market value of $1,000,000 

or more; or 

(2) that, during a 12-month period, have an aggregate 

fair market value of $5,000,000 or more. 

(b) INVESTMENT DESCRIBED.—An investment described in this 

subsection is an investment that directly and significantly contributes to the enhancement of the ability of the Russian Federation 

to construct energy export pipelines. 

(c) GOODS, SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION, OR SUPPORT

DESCRIBED.—Goods, services, technology, information, or support 

described in this subsection are goods, services, technology, information, or support that could directly and significantly facilitate the 

maintenance or expansion of the construction, modernization, or 

repair of energy export pipelines by the Russian Federation. 

SEC. 233. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO INVESTMENT IN OR FACILITATION OF PRIVATIZATION OF STATE-OWNED ASSETS BY THE 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose five or more 

of the sanctions described in section 235 if the President determines 

that a person, with actual knowledge, on or after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, makes an investment of $10,000,000 

or more (or any combination of investments of not less than 

$1,000,000 each, which in the aggregate equals or exceeds 

President. 

Determination. 

22 USC 9527. 

Time period. 

President. 

Coordination. 

Determination. 

Effective date. 

22 USC 9526. 

Deadline. 

Regulations. 

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$10,000,000 in any 12-month period), or facilitates such an investment, if the investment directly and significantly contributes to 

the ability of the Russian Federation to privatize state-owned assets 

in a manner that unjustly benefits— 

(1) officials of the Government of the Russian Federation; 

or 

(2) close associates or family members of those officials. 

(b) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may waive 

the initial application of sanctions under subsection (a) with respect 

to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees— 

(1) a written determination that the waiver— 

(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 

United States; or 

(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 

(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 

Federation is taking steps to implement the Minsk Agreement 

to address the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in 

Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of 

Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, 

which was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any successor 

agreements that are agreed to by the Government of Ukraine. 

SEC. 234. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSFER OF ARMS 

AND RELATED MATERIEL TO SYRIA. 

(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose on a foreign 

person the sanctions described in subsection (b) if the President 

determines that such foreign person has, on or after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, knowingly exported, transferred, 

or otherwise provided to Syria significant financial, material, 

or technological support that contributes materially to the 

ability of the Government of Syria to— 

(A) acquire or develop chemical, biological, or nuclear 

weapons or related technologies; 

(B) acquire or develop ballistic or cruise missile 

capabilities; 

(C) acquire or develop destabilizing numbers and types 

of advanced conventional weapons; 

(D) acquire significant defense articles, defense services, or defense information (as such terms are defined 

under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 

seq.)); or 

(E) acquire items designated by the President for purposes of the United States Munitions List under section 

38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

2778(a)(1)). 

(2) APPLICABILITY TO OTHER FOREIGN PERSONS.—The sanctions described in subsection (b) shall also be imposed on any 

foreign person that— 

(A) is a successor entity to a foreign person described 

in paragraph (1); or 

(B) is owned or controlled by, or has acted for or 

on behalf of, a foreign person described in paragraph (1). 

(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be imposed on 

a foreign person described in subsection (a) are the following: 

Determination. 

President. 

22 USC 9528. 

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(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President shall exercise 

all powers granted by the International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the requirements of section 202 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not 

apply) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of the foreign 

person if such property and interests in property are in the 

United States, come within the United States, or are or come 

within the possession or control of a United States person. 

(2) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

(A) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES.—If the foreign person is an individual, the Secretary of State shall 

deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 

shall exclude from the United States, the foreign person. 

(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

(i) IN GENERAL.—The issuing consular officer, the 

Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) shall 

revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued 

to the foreign person regardless of when issued. 

(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A revocation under 

clause (i) shall take effect immediately and shall automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the possession of the foreign person. 

(c) WAIVER.—Subject to section 216, the President may waive 

the application of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to 

a person if the President determines that such a waiver is in 

the national security interest of the United States. 

(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) FINANCIAL, MATERIAL, OR TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT.— 

The term ‘‘financial, material, or technological support’’ has 

the meaning given such term in section 542.304 of title 31, 

Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 

(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign person’’ has the 

meaning given such term in section 594.304 of title 31, Code 

of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation 

or ruling). 

(3) SYRIA.—The term ‘‘Syria’’ has the meaning given such 

term in section 542.316 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations 

(or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 

SEC. 235. SANCTIONS DESCRIBED. 

(a) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be imposed with 

respect to a person under section 224(a)(2), 231(b), 232(a), or 233(a) 

are the following: 

(1) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ASSISTANCE FOR EXPORTS TO SANCTIONED PERSONS.—The President may direct the Export-Import 

Bank of the United States not to give approval to the issuance 

of any guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or participation 

in the extension of credit in connection with the export of 

any goods or services to the sanctioned person. 

(2) EXPORT SANCTION.—The President may order the 

United States Government not to issue any specific license 

and not to grant any other specific permission or authority 

President. 

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to export any goods or technology to the sanctioned person 

under— 

(A) the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 

4601 et seq.) (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 

et seq.)); 

(B) the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 

seq.); 

(C) the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 

et seq.); or 

(D) any other statute that requires the prior review 

and approval of the United States Government as a condition for the export or reexport of goods or services. 

(3) LOANS FROM UNITED STATES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 

The President may prohibit any United States financial institution from making loans or providing credits to the sanctioned 

person totaling more than $10,000,000 in any 12-month period 

unless the person is engaged in activities to relieve human 

suffering and the loans or credits are provided for such activities. 

(4) LOANS FROM INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 

The President may direct the United States executive director 

to each international financial institution to use the voice and 

vote of the United States to oppose any loan from the international financial institution that would benefit the sanctioned 

person. 

(5) PROHIBITIONS ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The following prohibitions may be imposed against the sanctioned 

person if that person is a financial institution: 

(A) PROHIBITION ON DESIGNATION AS PRIMARY

DEALER.—Neither the Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System nor the Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York may designate, or permit the continuation of any 

prior designation of, the financial institution as a primary 

dealer in United States Government debt instruments. 

(B) PROHIBITION ON SERVICE AS A REPOSITORY OF

GOVERNMENT FUNDS.—The financial institution may not 

serve as agent of the United States Government or serve 

as repository for United States Government funds. 

The imposition of either sanction under subparagraph (A) or 

(B) shall be treated as one sanction for purposes of subsection 

(b), and the imposition of both such sanctions shall be treated 

as two sanctions for purposes of subsection (b). 

(6) PROCUREMENT SANCTION.—The United States Government may not procure, or enter into any contract for the 

procurement of, any goods or services from the sanctioned 

person. 

(7) FOREIGN EXCHANGE.—The President may, pursuant to 

such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any 

transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in which the sanctioned person 

has any interest. 

(8) BANKING TRANSACTIONS.—The President may, pursuant 

to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit 

any transfers of credit or payments between financial institutions or by, through, or to any financial institution, to the 

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extent that such transfers or payments are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and involve any interest of the 

sanctioned person. 

(9) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The President may, pursuant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit 

any person from— 

(A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using, transferring, 

withdrawing, transporting, importing, or exporting any 

property that is subject to the jurisdiction of the United 

States and with respect to which the sanctioned person 

has any interest; 

(B) dealing in or exercising any right, power, or privilege with respect to such property; or 

(C) conducting any transaction involving such property. 

(10) BAN ON INVESTMENT IN EQUITY OR DEBT OF SANCTIONED

PERSON.—The President may, pursuant to such regulations or 

guidelines as the President may prescribe, prohibit any United 

States person from investing in or purchasing significant 

amounts of equity or debt instruments of the sanctioned person. 

(11) EXCLUSION OF CORPORATE OFFICERS.—The President 

may direct the Secretary of State to deny a visa to, and the 

Secretary of Homeland Security to exclude from the United 

States, any alien that the President determines is a corporate 

officer or principal of, or a shareholder with a controlling 

interest in, the sanctioned person. 

(12) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.—The 

President may impose on the principal executive officer or 

officers of the sanctioned person, or on persons performing 

similar functions and with similar authorities as such officer 

or officers, any of the sanctions under this subsection. 

(b) SANCTIONED PERSON DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

‘‘sanctioned person’’ means a person subject to sanctions under 

section 224(a)(2), 231(b), 232(a), or 233(a). 

SEC. 236. EXCEPTIONS, WAIVER, AND TERMINATION. 

(a) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of this part and amendments 

made by this part shall not apply with respect to the following: 

(1) Activities subject to the reporting requirements under 

title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 

et seq.), or any authorized intelligence activities of the United 

States. 

(2) The admission of an alien to the United States if such 

admission is necessary to comply with United States obligations 

under the Agreement between the United Nations and the 

United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the 

United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 

entered into force November 21, 1947, under the Convention 

on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and 

entered into force March 19, 1967, or under other international 

agreements. 

(b) WAIVER OF SANCTIONS THAT ARE IMPOSED.—Subject to section 216, if the President imposes sanctions with respect to a 

person under this part or the amendments made by this part, 

the President may waive the application of those sanctions if the 

President determines that such a waiver is in the national security 

interest of the United States. 

Determination. 

President. 

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(c) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216, the President may 

terminate the application of sanctions under section 224, 231, 232, 

233, or 234 with respect to a person if the President submits 

to the appropriate congressional committees— 

(1) a notice of and justification for the termination; and 

(2) a notice that— 

(A) the person is not engaging in the activity that 

was the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant 

verifiable steps toward stopping the activity; and 

(B) the President has received reliable assurances that 

the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject 

to sanctions under this part in the future. 

SEC. 237. EXCEPTION RELATING TO ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL 

AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amendments made by this 

Act shall not apply with respect to activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to authorize the imposition of any sanction or other condition, limitation, restriction, or 

prohibition, that directly or indirectly impedes the supply by any 

entity of the Russian Federation of any product or service, or 

the procurement of such product or service by any contractor or 

subcontractor of the United States or any other entity, relating 

to or in connection with any space launch conducted for— 

(1) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; 

or 

(2) any other non-Department of Defense customer. 

SEC. 238. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

Nothing in this part or the amendments made by this part 

shall be construed— 

(1) to supersede the limitations or exceptions on the use 

of rocket engines for national security purposes under section 

1608 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 

113–291; 128 Stat. 3626; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note), as amended 

by section 1607 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1100) and 

section 1602 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2582); or 

(2) to prohibit a contractor or subcontractor of the Department of Defense from acquiring components referred to in such 

section 1608. 

PART 3—REPORTS 

SEC. 241. REPORT ON OLIGARCHS AND PARASTATAL ENTITIES OF THE 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary 

of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

a detailed report on the following: 

(1) Senior foreign political figures and oligarchs in the 

Russian Federation, including the following: 

Consultation. 

22 USC 9532. 

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(A) An identification of the most significant senior foreign political figures and oligarchs in the Russian Federation, as determined by their closeness to the Russian regime 

and their net worth. 

(B) An assessment of the relationship between individuals identified under subparagraph (A) and President 

Vladimir Putin or other members of the Russian ruling 

elite. 

(C) An identification of any indices of corruption with 

respect to those individuals. 

(D) The estimated net worth and known sources of 

income of those individuals and their family members 

(including spouses, children, parents, and siblings), 

including assets, investments, other business interests, and 

relevant beneficial ownership information. 

(E) An identification of the non-Russian business affiliations of those individuals. 

(2) Russian parastatal entities, including an assessment 

of the following: 

(A) The emergence of Russian parastatal entities and 

their role in the economy of the Russian Federation. 

(B) The leadership structures and beneficial ownership 

of those entities. 

(C) The scope of the non-Russian business affiliations 

of those entities. 

(3) The exposure of key economic sectors of the United 

States to Russian politically exposed persons and parastatal 

entities, including, at a minimum, the banking, securities, 

insurance, and real estate sectors. 

(4) The likely effects of imposing debt and equity restrictions on Russian parastatal entities, as well as the anticipated 

effects of adding Russian parastatal entities to the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 

by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department 

of the Treasury. 

(5) The potential impacts of imposing secondary sanctions 

with respect to Russian oligarchs, Russian state-owned enterprises, and Russian parastatal entities, including impacts on 

the entities themselves and on the economy of the Russian 

Federation, as well as on the economies of the United States 

and allies of the United States. 

(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under subsection 

(a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may contain 

a classified annex. 

(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 

‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and 

(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 

on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and 

Means of the House of Representatives. 

(2) SENIOR FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURE.—The term ‘‘senior 

foreign political figure’’ has the meaning given that term in 

section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or 

any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 

Assessment. 

Estimate. 

Assessment. 

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SEC. 242. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF EXPANDING SANCTIONS TO 

INCLUDE SOVEREIGN DEBT AND DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary 

of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

a report describing in detail the potential effects of expanding 

sanctions under Directive 1 (as amended), dated September 12, 

2014, issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control under Executive 

Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating to blocking property 

of additional persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine), 

or any successor directive, to include sovereign debt and the full 

range of derivative products. 

(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under subsection 

(a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may contain 

a classified annex. 

(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 

this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 

means— 

(1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 

the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 

Finance of the Senate; and 

(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and Means 

of the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 243. REPORT ON ILLICIT FINANCE RELATING TO THE RUSSIAN 

FEDERATION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 

enactment of this Act, and not later than the end of each 1- 

year period thereafter until 2021, the Secretary of the Treasury 

shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

describing interagency efforts in the United States to combat illicit 

finance relating to the Russian Federation. 

(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 

contain a summary of efforts by the United States to do the following: 

(1) Identify, investigate, map, and disrupt illicit financial 

flows linked to the Russian Federation if such flows affect 

the United States financial system or those of major allies 

of the United States. 

(2) Conduct outreach to the private sector, including 

information sharing efforts to strengthen compliance efforts 

by entities, including financial institutions, to prevent illicit 

financial flows described in paragraph (1). 

(3) Engage and coordinate with allied international partners on illicit finance, especially in Europe, to coordinate efforts 

to uncover and prosecute the networks responsible for illicit 

financial flows described in paragraph (1), including examples 

of that engagement and coordination. 

(4) Identify foreign sanctions evaders and loopholes within 

the sanctions regimes of foreign partners of the United States. 

(5) Expand the number of real estate geographic targeting 

orders or other regulatory actions, as appropriate, to degrade 

illicit financial activity relating to the Russian Federation in 

relation to the financial system of the United States. 

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(6) Provide support to counter those involved in illicit 

finance relating to the Russian Federation across all appropriate law enforcement, intelligence, regulatory, and financial 

authorities of the Federal Government, including by imposing 

sanctions with respect to or prosecuting those involved. 

(7) In the case of the Department of the Treasury and 

the Department of Justice, investigate or otherwise develop 

major cases, including a description of those cases. 

(c) BRIEFING.—After submitting a report under this section, 

the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide briefings to the appropriate congressional committees with respect to that report. 

(d) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall coordinate with the Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary 

of State in preparing each report under this section. 

(e) FORM.—Each report submitted under this section shall be 

submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. 

(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 

‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and 

(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 

on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and 

Means of the House of Representatives. 

(2) ILLICIT FINANCE.—The term ‘‘illicit finance’’ means the 

financing of terrorism, narcotics trafficking, or proliferation, 

money laundering, or other forms of illicit financing domestically or internationally, as defined by the President. 

Subtitle B—Countering Russian Influence 

in Europe and Eurasia 

SEC. 251. FINDINGS. 

Congress makes the following findings: 

(1) The Government of the Russian Federation has sought 

to exert influence throughout Europe and Eurasia, including 

in the former states of the Soviet Union, by providing resources 

to political parties, think tanks, and civil society groups that 

sow distrust in democratic institutions and actors, promote 

xenophobic and illiberal views, and otherwise undermine European unity. The Government of the Russian Federation has 

also engaged in well-documented corruption practices as a 

means toward undermining and buying influence in European 

and Eurasian countries. 

(2) The Government of the Russian Federation has largely 

eliminated a once-vibrant Russian-language independent media 

sector and severely curtails free and independent media within 

the borders of the Russian Federation. Russian-language media 

organizations that are funded and controlled by the Government 

of the Russian Federation and disseminate information within 

and outside of the Russian Federation routinely traffic in antiWestern disinformation, while few independent, fact-based 

media sources provide objective reporting for Russian-speaking 

audiences inside or outside of the Russian Federation. 

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(3) The Government of the Russian Federation continues 

to violate its commitments under the Memorandum on Security 

Assurances in connection with Ukraine’s Accession to the 

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at 

Budapest December 5, 1994, and the Conference on Security 

and Co-operation in Europe Final Act, concluded at Helsinki 

August 1, 1975 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Helsinki Final 

Act’’), which laid the ground-work for the establishment of 

the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, of 

which the Russian Federation is a member, by its illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, its illegal occupation of South Ossetia 

and Abkhazia in Georgia in 2008, and its ongoing destabilizing 

activities in eastern Ukraine. 

(4) The Government of the Russian Federation continues 

to ignore the terms of the August 2008 ceasefire agreement 

relating to Georgia, which requires the withdrawal of Russian 

Federation troops, free access by humanitarian groups to the 

regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and monitoring of the 

conflict areas by the European Union Monitoring Mission. 

(5) The Government of the Russian Federation is failing 

to comply with the terms of the Minsk Agreement to address 

the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, 

Belarus, on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, 

Russia, France, and Germany, as well as the Minsk Protocol, 

which was agreed to on September 5, 2014. 

(6) The Government of the Russian Federation is— 

(A) in violation of the Treaty between the United States 

of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 

on the Elimination of their Intermediate-Range and 

Shorter-Range Missiles, signed at Washington December 

8, 1987, and entered into force June 1, 1988 (commonly 

known as the ‘‘INF Treaty’’); and 

(B) failing to meet its obligations under the Treaty 

on Open Skies, done at Helsinki March 24, 1992, and 

entered into force January 1, 2002 (commonly known as 

the ‘‘Open Skies Treaty’’). 

SEC. 252. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) the Government of the Russian Federation bears responsibility for the continuing violence in Eastern Ukraine, 

including the death on April 24, 2017, of Joseph Stone, a 

citizen of the United States working as a monitor for the 

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe; 

(2) the President should call on the Government of the 

Russian Federation— 

(A) to withdraw all of its forces from the territories 

of Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova; 

(B) to return control of the borders of those territories 

to their respective governments; and 

(C) to cease all efforts to undermine the popularly 

elected governments of those countries; 

(3) the Government of the Russian Federation has applied, 

and continues to apply, to the countries and peoples of Georgia 

and Ukraine, traditional uses of force, intelligence operations, 

and influence campaigns, which represent clear and present 

threats to the countries of Europe and Eurasia; 

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(4) in response, the countries of Europe and Eurasia should 

redouble efforts to build resilience within their institutions, 

political systems, and civil societies; 

(5) the United States supports the institutions that the 

Government of the Russian Federation seeks to undermine, 

including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union; 

(6) a strong North Atlantic Treaty Organization is critical 

to maintaining peace and security in Europe and Eurasia; 

(7) the United States should continue to work with the 

European Union as a partner against aggression by the Government of the Russian Federation, coordinating aid programs, 

development assistance, and other counter-Russian efforts; 

(8) the United States should encourage the establishment 

of a commission for media freedom within the Council of 

Europe, modeled on the Venice Commission regarding rule 

of law issues, that would be chartered to provide governments 

with expert recommendations on maintaining legal and regulatory regimes supportive of free and independent media and 

an informed citizenry able to distinguish between fact-based 

reporting, opinion, and disinformation; 

(9) in addition to working to strengthen the North Atlantic 

Treaty Organization and the European Union, the United 

States should work with the individual countries of Europe 

and Eurasia— 

(A) to identify vulnerabilities to aggression, 

disinformation, corruption, and so-called hybrid warfare 

by the Government of the Russian Federation; 

(B) to establish strategic and technical plans for 

addressing those vulnerabilities; 

(C) to ensure that the financial systems of those countries are not being used to shield illicit financial activity 

by officials of the Government of the Russian Federation 

or individuals in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle 

who have been enriched through corruption; 

(D) to investigate and prosecute cases of corruption 

by Russian actors; and 

(E) to work toward full compliance with the Convention 

on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (commonly referred to as 

the ‘‘Anti-Bribery Convention’’) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; and 

(10) the President of the United States should use the 

authority of the President to impose sanctions under— 

(A) the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability 

Act of 2012 (title IV of Public Law 112–208; 22 U.S.C. 

5811 note); and 

(B) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability 

Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 

U.S.C. 2656 note). 

SEC. 253. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

The United States, consistent with the principle of ex injuria 

jus non oritur, supports the policy known as the ‘‘Stimson Doctrine’’ 

and thus does not recognize territorial changes effected by force, 

including the illegal invasions and occupations of Abkhazia, South 

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SEC. 254. COORDINATING AID AND ASSISTANCE ACROSS EUROPE AND 

EURASIA. 

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 

to be appropriated for the Countering Russian Influence Fund 

$250,000,000 for fiscal years 2018 and 2019. 

(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Countering Russian Influence Fund shall be used to effectively implement, prioritized in 

the following order and subject to the availability of funds, the 

following goals: 

(1) To assist in protecting critical infrastructure and electoral mechanisms from cyberattacks in the following countries: 

(A) Countries that are members of the North Atlantic 

Treaty Organization or the European Union that the Secretary of State determines— 

(i) are vulnerable to influence by the Russian Federation; and 

(ii) lack the economic capability to effectively 

respond to aggression by the Russian Federation without the support of the United States. 

(B) Countries that are participating in the enlargement 

process of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the 

European Union, including Albania, Bosnia and 

Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Kosovo, Serbia, 

and Ukraine. 

(2) To combat corruption, improve the rule of law, and 

otherwise strengthen independent judiciaries and prosecutors 

general offices in the countries described in paragraph (1). 

(3) To respond to the humanitarian crises and instability 

caused or aggravated by the invasions and occupations of 

Georgia and Ukraine by the Russian Federation. 

(4) To improve participatory legislative processes and legal 

education, political transparency and competition, and compliance with international obligations in the countries described 

in paragraph (1). 

(5) To build the capacity of civil society, media, and other 

nongovernmental organizations countering the influence and 

propaganda of the Russian Federation to combat corruption, 

prioritize access to truthful information, and operate freely 

in all regions in the countries described in paragraph (1). 

(6) To assist the Secretary of State in executing the functions specified in section 1287(b) of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 

22 U.S.C. 2656 note) for the purposes of recognizing, understanding, exposing, and countering propaganda and 

disinformation efforts by foreign governments, in coordination 

with the relevant regional Assistant Secretary or Assistant 

Secretaries of the Department of State. 

(c) REVISION OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH AMOUNTS MAY BE

USED.—The Secretary of State may modify the goals described 

in subsection (b) if, not later than 15 days before revising such 

a goal, the Secretary notifies the appropriate congressional committees of the revision. 

(d) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, acting 

through the Coordinator of United States Assistance to Europe 

and Eurasia (authorized pursuant to section 601 of the Support 

for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 

Consultation. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

Determination. 

Country listings. 

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5461) and section 102 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging 

Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 

(22 U.S.C. 5812)), and in consultation with the Administrator 

for the United States Agency for International Development, 

the Director of the Global Engagement Center of the Department of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, coordinate and carry out activities to 

achieve the goals described in subsection (b). 

(2) METHOD.—Activities to achieve the goals described in 

subsection (b) shall be carried out through— 

(A) initiatives of the United States Government; 

(B) Federal grant programs such as the Information 

Access Fund; or 

(C) nongovernmental or international organizations, 

such as the Organization for Security and Co-operation 

in Europe, the National Endowment for Democracy, the 

Black Sea Trust, the Balkan Trust for Democracy, the 

Prague Civil Society Centre, the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, the European Endowment for Democracy, and 

related organizations. 

(3) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1 of each year, 

the Secretary of State, acting through the Coordinator of 

United States Assistance to Europe and Eurasia, shall 

submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

report on the programs and activities carried out to achieve 

the goals described in subsection (b) during the preceding 

fiscal year. 

(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subparagraph 

(A) shall include, with respect to each program or activity 

described in that subparagraph— 

(i) the amount of funding for the program or 

activity; 

(ii) the goal described in subsection (b) to which 

the program or activity relates; and 

(iii) an assessment of whether or not the goal 

was met. 

(e) COORDINATION WITH GLOBAL PARTNERS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to maximize cost efficiency, eliminate duplication, and speed the achievement of the goals 

described in subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall ensure 

coordination with— 

(A) the European Union and its institutions; 

(B) the governments of countries that are members 

of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the European 

Union; and 

(C) international organizations and quasi-governmental funding entities that carry out programs and activities that seek to accomplish the goals described in subsection (b). 

(2) REPORT BY SECRETARY OF STATE.—Not later than April 

1 of each year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 

appropriate congressional committees a report that includes— 

(A) the amount of funding provided to each country 

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(i) the European Union or its institutions; 

(ii) the government of each country that is a 

member of the European Union or the North Atlantic 

Treaty Organization; and 

(iii) international organizations and quasi-governmental funding entities that carry out programs and 

activities that seek to accomplish the goals described 

in subsection (b); and 

(B) an assessment of whether the funding described 

in subparagraph (A) is commensurate with funding provided by the United States for those goals. 

(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

construed to apply to or limit United States foreign assistance 

not provided using amounts available in the Countering Russian 

Influence Fund. 

(g) ENSURING ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR GOVERNANCE ACTIVI- TIES.—In order to ensure that the United States Government is 

properly focused on combating corruption, improving rule of law, 

and building the capacity of civil society, media, and other nongovernmental organizations in countries described in subsection 

(b)(1), the Secretary of State shall establish a pilot program for 

Foreign Service officer positions focused on governance and 

anticorruption activities in such countries. 

SEC. 255. REPORT ON MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS CONTROLLED AND 

FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President 

shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

that includes a description of media organizations that are controlled and funded by the Government of the Russian Federation, 

and any affiliated entities, whether operating within or outside 

the Russian Federation, including broadcast and satellite-based 

television, radio, Internet, and print media organizations. 

(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by subsection (a) 

shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 

annex. 

SEC. 256. REPORT ON RUSSIAN FEDERATION INFLUENCE ON ELECTIONS IN EUROPE AND EURASIA. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President 

shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and 

leadership a report on funds provided by, or funds the use of 

which was directed by, the Government of the Russian Federation 

or any Russian person with the intention of influencing the outcome 

of any election or campaign in any country in Europe or Eurasia 

during the preceding year, including through direct support to 

any political party, candidate, lobbying campaign, nongovernmental 

organization, or civic organization. 

(b) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by subsection (a) 

shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 

annex. 

(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees and 

leadership’’ means— 

President. 

22 USC 9545. 

President. 

22 USC 9544. 

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(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 

Appropriations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and 

the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; and 

(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 

on Financial Services, the Committee on Armed Services, 

the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on 

Appropriations, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Speaker, the majority leader, and the 

minority leader of the House of Representatives. 

(2) RUSSIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Russian person’’ means— 

(A) an individual who is a citizen or national of the 

Russian Federation; or 

(B) an entity organized under the laws of the Russian 

Federation or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the 

Government of the Russian Federation. 

SEC. 257. UKRANIAN ENERGY SECURITY. 

(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the United 

States— 

(1) to support the Government of Ukraine in restoring 

its sovereign and territorial integrity; 

(2) to condemn and oppose all of the destabilizing efforts 

by the Government of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in 

violation of its obligations and international commitments; 

(3) to never recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea 

by the Government of the Russian Federation or the separation 

of any portion of Ukrainian territory through the use of military 

force; 

(4) to deter the Government of the Russian Federation 

from further destabilizing and invading Ukraine and other 

independent countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the 

Caucuses; 

(5) to assist in promoting reform in regulatory oversight 

and operations in Ukraine’s energy sector, including the 

establishment and empowerment of an independent regulatory 

organization; 

(6) to encourage and support fair competition, market 

liberalization, and reliability in Ukraine’s energy sector; 

(7) to help Ukraine and United States allies and partners 

in Europe reduce their dependence on Russian energy 

resources, especially natural gas, which the Government of 

the Russian Federation uses as a weapon to coerce, intimidate, 

and influence other countries; 

(8) to work with European Union member states and European Union institutions to promote energy security through 

developing diversified and liberalized energy markets that provide diversified sources, suppliers, and routes; 

(9) to continue to oppose the NordStream 2 pipeline given 

its detrimental impacts on the European Union’s energy security, gas market development in Central and Eastern Europe, 

and energy reforms in Ukraine; and 

(10) that the United States Government should prioritize 

the export of United States energy resources in order to create 

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American jobs, help United States allies and partners, and 

strengthen United States foreign policy. 

(b) PLAN TO PROMOTE ENERGY SECURITY IN UKRAINE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in coordination 

with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Secretary of Energy, shall work 

with the Government of Ukraine to develop a plan to increase 

energy security in Ukraine, increase the amount of energy 

produced in Ukraine, and reduce Ukraine’s reliance on energy 

imports from the Russian Federation. 

(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan developed under paragraph (1) 

shall include strategies for market liberalization, effective regulation and oversight, supply diversification, energy reliability, 

and energy efficiency, such as through supporting— 

(A) the promotion of advanced technology and modern 

operating practices in Ukraine’s oil and gas sector; 

(B) modern geophysical and meteorological survey work 

as needed followed by international tenders to help attract 

qualified investment into exploration and development of 

areas with untapped resources in Ukraine; 

(C) a broadening of Ukraine’s electric power transmission interconnection with Europe; 

(D) the strengthening of Ukraine’s capability to maintain electric power grid stability and reliability; 

(E) independent regulatory oversight and operations 

of Ukraine’s gas market and electricity sector; 

(F) the implementation of primary gas law including 

pricing, tariff structure, and legal regulatory implementation; 

(G) privatization of government owned energy companies through credible legal frameworks and a transparent 

process compliant with international best practices; 

(H) procurement and transport of emergency fuel supplies, including reverse pipeline flows from Europe; 

(I) provision of technical assistance for crisis planning, 

crisis response, and public outreach; 

(J) repair of infrastructure to enable the transport 

of fuel supplies; 

(K) repair of power generating or power transmission 

equipment or facilities; and 

(L) improved building energy efficiency and other measures designed to reduce energy demand in Ukraine. 

(3) REPORTS.— 

(A) IMPLEMENTATION OF UKRAINE FREEDOM SUPPORT

ACT OF 2014 PROVISIONS.—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 report detailing the status of implementing the provisions required under section 7(c) of the Ukraine Freedom 

Support Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8926(c)), including detailing 

the plans required under that section, the level of funding 

that has been allocated to and expended for the strategies 

set forth under that section, and progress that has been 

made in implementing the strategies developed pursuant 

to that section. 

(B) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 

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thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the plan 

developed under paragraph (1), the level of funding that 

has been allocated to and expended for the strategies set 

forth in paragraph (2), and progress that has been made 

in implementing the strategies. 

(C) BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary of State, or a designee 

of the Secretary, shall brief the appropriate congressional 

committees not later than 30 days after the submission 

of each report under subparagraph (B). In addition, the 

Department of State shall make relevant officials available 

upon request to brief the appropriate congressional committees on all available information that relates directly or 

indirectly to Ukraine or energy security in Eastern Europe. 

(D) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘‘appropriate 

congressional committees’’ means— 

(i) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

(ii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

(c) SUPPORTING EFFORTS OF COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND EURASIA

TO DECREASE THEIR DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN SOURCES OF

ENERGY.— 

(1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

(A) The Government of the Russian Federation uses 

its strong position in the energy sector as leverage to 

manipulate the internal politics and foreign relations of 

the countries of Europe and Eurasia. 

(B) This influence is based not only on the Russian 

Federation’s oil and natural gas resources, but also on 

its state-owned nuclear power and electricity companies. 

(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 

(A) the United States should assist the efforts of the 

countries of Europe and Eurasia to enhance their energy 

security through diversification of energy supplies in order 

to lessen dependencies on Russian Federation energy 

resources and state-owned entities; and 

(B) the Export-Import Bank of the United States and 

the Overseas Private Investment Corporation should play 

key roles in supporting critical energy projects that contribute to that goal. 

(3) USE OF COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Amounts in the Countering Russian Influence Fund pursuant to section 254 shall be used 

to provide technical advice to countries described in subsection 

(b)(1) of such section designed to enhance energy security and 

lessen dependence on energy from Russian Federation sources. 

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 

to be appropriated for the Department of State a total of $30,000,000 

for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 to carry out the strategies set 

forth in subsection (b)(2) and other activities under this section 

related to the promotion of energy security in Ukraine. 

(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

construed as affecting the responsibilities required and authorities 

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provided under section 7 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act 

of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8926). 

SEC. 258. TERMINATION. 

The provisions of this subtitle shall terminate on the date 

that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 259. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED. 

Except as otherwise provided, in this subtitle, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on 

Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and 

the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

Financial Services, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

of the House of Representatives. 

Subtitle C—Combating Terrorism and 

Illicit Financing 

PART 1—NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COMBATING TERRORIST AND OTHER ILLICIT FINANCING 

SEC. 261. DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting through the Secretary, 

shall, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary 

of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of 

National Intelligence, the Director of the Office of Management 

and Budget, and the appropriate Federal banking agencies and 

Federal functional regulators, develop a national strategy for combating the financing of terrorism and related forms of illicit finance. 

(b) TRANSMITTAL TO CONGRESS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 

the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive 

national strategy developed in accordance with subsection (a). 

(2) UPDATES.—Not later than January 31, 2020, and 

January 31, 2022, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

congressional committees updated versions of the national 

strategy submitted under paragraph (1). 

(c) SEPARATE PRESENTATION OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL.—Any 

part of the national strategy that involves information that is 

properly classified under criteria established by the President shall 

be submitted to Congress separately in a classified annex and, 

if requested by the chairman or ranking member of one of the 

appropriate congressional committees, as a briefing at an appropriate level of security. 

SEC. 262. CONTENTS OF NATIONAL STRATEGY. 

The strategy described in section 261 shall contain the following: 

Deadlines. 

Consultation. 

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(1) EVALUATION OF EXISTING EFFORTS.—An assessment of 

the effectiveness of and ways in which the United States is 

currently addressing the highest levels of risk of various forms 

of illicit finance, including those identified in the documents 

entitled ‘‘2015 National Money Laundering Risk Assessment’’ 

and ‘‘2015 National Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment’’, published by the Department of the Treasury and a description 

of how the strategy is integrated into, and supports, the broader 

counter terrorism strategy of the United States. 

(2) GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND PRIORITIES.—A comprehensive, 

research-based, long-range, quantifiable discussion of goals, 

objectives, and priorities for disrupting and preventing illicit 

finance activities within and transiting the financial system 

of the United States that outlines priorities to reduce the 

incidence, dollar value, and effects of illicit finance. 

(3) THREATS.—An identification of the most significant 

illicit finance threats to the financial system of the United 

States. 

(4) REVIEWS AND PROPOSED CHANGES.—Reviews of enforcement efforts, relevant regulations and relevant provisions of 

law and, if appropriate, discussions of proposed changes determined to be appropriate to ensure that the United States pursues coordinated and effective efforts at all levels of government, and with international partners of the United States, 

in the fight against illicit finance. 

(5) DETECTION AND PROSECUTION INITIATIVES.—A description of efforts to improve, as necessary, detection and prosecution of illicit finance, including efforts to ensure that— 

(A) subject to legal restrictions, all appropriate data 

collected by the Federal Government that is relevant to 

the efforts described in this section be available in a timely 

fashion to— 

(i) all appropriate Federal departments and agencies; and 

(ii) as appropriate and consistent with section 314 

of the International Money Laundering Abatement and 

Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 (31 U.S.C. 5311 

note), to financial institutions to assist the financial 

institutions in efforts to comply with laws aimed at 

curbing illicit finance; and 

(B) appropriate efforts are undertaken to ensure that 

Federal departments and agencies charged with reducing 

and preventing illicit finance make thorough use of publicly 

available data in furtherance of this effort. 

(6) THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE FINANCIAL SECTOR IN PREVENTION OF ILLICIT FINANCE.—A discussion of ways to enhance 

partnerships between the private financial sector and Federal 

departments and agencies with regard to the prevention and 

detection of illicit finance, including— 

(A) efforts to facilitate compliance with laws aimed 

at stopping such illicit finance while maintaining the 

effectiveness of such efforts; and 

(B) providing guidance to strengthen internal controls 

and to adopt on an industry-wide basis more effective policies. 

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(7) ENHANCEMENT OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERA- TION.—A discussion of ways to combat illicit finance by 

enhancing— 

(A) cooperative efforts between and among Federal, 

State, and local officials, including State regulators, State 

and local prosecutors, and other law enforcement officials; 

and 

(B) cooperative efforts with and between governments 

of countries and with and between multinational institutions with expertise in fighting illicit finance, including 

the Financial Action Task Force and the Egmont Group 

of Financial Intelligence Units. 

(8) TREND ANALYSIS OF EMERGING ILLICIT FINANCE

THREATS.—A discussion of and data regarding trends in illicit 

finance, including evolving forms of value transfer such as 

so-called cryptocurrencies, other methods that are computer, 

telecommunications, or Internet-based, cyber crime, or any 

other threats that the Secretary may choose to identify. 

(9) BUDGET PRIORITIES.—A multiyear budget plan that 

identifies sufficient resources needed to successfully execute 

the full range of missions called for in this section. 

(10) TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS.—An analysis of current 

and developing ways to leverage technology to improve the 

effectiveness of efforts to stop the financing of terrorism and 

other forms of illicit finance, including better integration of 

open-source data. 

PART 2—ENHANCING ANTITERRORISM TOOLS 

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

SEC. 271. IMPROVING ANTITERROR FINANCE MONITORING OF FUNDS 

TRANSFERS. 

(a) STUDY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—To improve the ability of the Department 

of the Treasury to better track cross-border fund transfers 

and identify potential financing of terrorist or other forms 

of illicit finance, the Secretary shall carry out a study to 

assess— 

(A) the potential efficacy of requiring banking regulators to establish a pilot program to provide technical 

assistance to depository institutions and credit unions that 

wish to provide account services to money services 

businesses serving individuals in Somalia; 

(B) whether such a pilot program could be a model 

for improving the ability of United States persons to make 

legitimate funds transfers through transparent and easily 

monitored channels while preserving strict compliance with 

the Bank Secrecy Act (Public Law 91–508; 84 Stat. 1114) 

and related controls aimed at stopping money laundering 

and the financing of terrorism; and 

(C) consistent with current legal requirements 

regarding confidential supervisory information, the potential impact of allowing money services businesses to share 

certain State examination information with depository 

institutions and credit unions, or whether another appropriate mechanism could be identified to allow a similar 

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and credit unions a better understanding of whether an 

individual money services business is adequately meeting 

its anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing 

obligations to combat money laundering, the financing of 

terror, or related illicit finance. 

(2) PUBLIC INPUT.—The Secretary should solicit and consider public input as appropriate in developing the study 

required under subsection (a). 

(b) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date of the 

enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on 

Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Financial 

Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

Representatives a report that contains all findings and determinations made in carrying out the study required under subsection 

(a). 

SEC. 272. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 

REGARDING TERRORIST FINANCING INTELLIGENCE. 

It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary, acting through 

the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, should 

intensify work with foreign partners to help the foreign partners 

develop intelligence analytic capacities, in a financial intelligence 

unit, finance ministry, or other appropriate agency, that are— 

(1) commensurate to the threats faced by the foreign 

partner; and 

(2) designed to better integrate intelligence efforts with 

the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing 

regimes of the foreign partner. 

SEC. 273. EXAMINING THE COUNTER-TERROR FINANCING ROLE OF 

THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY IN EMBASSIES. 

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services and 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

a report that contains— 

(1) a list of the United States embassies in which a fulltime Department of the Treasury financial attache ́ is stationed 

and a description of how the interests of the Department of 

the Treasury relating to terrorist financing and money laundering are addressed (via regional attache ́s or otherwise) at 

United States embassies where no such attache ́s are present; 

(2) a list of the United States embassies at which the 

Department of the Treasury has assigned a technical assistance 

advisor from the Office of Technical Assistance of the Department of the Treasury; 

(3) an overview of how Department of the Treasury financial attache ́s and technical assistance advisors assist in efforts 

to counter illicit finance, to include money laundering, terrorist 

financing, and proliferation financing; and 

(4) an overview of patterns, trends, or other issues identified by the Department of the Treasury and whether resources 

are sufficient to address these issues. 

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SEC. 274. INCLUSION OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ON THE 

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(c)(1) of the National Security 

Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(c)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the 

Secretary of the Treasury,’’ before ‘‘and such other officers’’. 

(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The amendment made by subsection (a) may not be construed to authorize the National Security 

Council to have a professional staff level that exceeds the limitation 

set forth under section 101(e)(3) of the National Security Act of 

1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(e)(3)). 

SEC. 275. INCLUSION OF ALL FUNDS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5326 of title 31, United States Code, 

is amended— 

(1) in the heading of such section, by striking ‘‘coin and 

currency’’; 

(2) in subsection (a)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘subtitle and’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle 

or to’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘United States 

coins or currency (or such other monetary instruments 

as the Secretary may describe in such order)’’ and inserting 

‘‘funds (as the Secretary may describe in such order),’’; 

and 

(3) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘coins or currency 

(or monetary instruments)’’ and inserting ‘‘funds’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘coins or currency 

(or such other monetary instruments as the Secretary may 

describe in the regulation or order)’’ and inserting ‘‘funds 

(as the Secretary may describe in the regulation or order)’’. 

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for chapter 

53 of title 31, United States Code, is amended in the item relating 

to section 5326 by striking ‘‘coin and currency’’. 

PART 3—DEFINITIONS 

SEC. 281. DEFINITIONS. 

In this subtitle— 

(1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 

means— 

(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, Committee 

on Armed Services, Committee on the Judiciary, Committee 

on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the 

Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

(B) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select Committee on 

Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 

(2) the term ‘‘appropriate Federal banking agencies’’ has 

the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Federal Deposit 

Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); 

(3) the term ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act’’ means— 

(A) section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1829b); 

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(B) chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91–508 (12 U.S.C. 

1951 et seq.); and 

(C) subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United 

States Code; 

(4) the term ‘‘Federal functional regulator’’ has the meaning 

given that term in section 509 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act 

(15 U.S.C. 6809); 

(5) the term ‘‘illicit finance’’ means the financing of terrorism, narcotics trafficking, or proliferation, money laundering, 

or other forms of illicit financing domestically or internationally, 

as defined by the President; 

(6) the term ‘‘money services business’’ has the meaning 

given the term under section 1010.100 of title 31, Code of 

Federal Regulations; 

(7) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the 

Treasury; and 

(8) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several States, 

the District of Columbia, and each territory or possession of 

the United States. 

Subtitle D—Rule of Construction 

SEC. 291. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this title 

(other than sections 216 and 236(b)) shall be construed to limit 

the authority of the President under the International Emergency 

Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 

SEC. 292. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF 

ARTICLE 5 OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

(1) The principle of collective defense of the North Atlantic 

Treaty Organization (NATO) is immortalized in Article 5 of 

the North Atlantic Treaty in which members pledge that ‘‘an 

armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North 

America shall be considered an attack against them all’’. 

(2) For almost 7 decades, the principle of collective defense 

has effectively served as a strategic deterrent for the member 

nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and provided 

stability throughout the world, strengthening the security of 

the United States and all 28 other member nations. 

(3) Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks 

in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, the Alliance 

agreed to invoke Article 5 for the first time, affirming its 

commitment to collective defense. 

(4) Countries that are members of the North Atlantic 

Treaty Organization have made historic contributions and sacrifices while combating terrorism in Afghanistan through the 

International Security Assistance Force and the Resolute Support Mission. 

(5) The recent attacks in the United Kingdom underscore 

the importance of an international alliance to combat hostile 

nation states and terrorist groups. 

(6) At the 2014 NATO summit in Wales, the member 

countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization decided 

that all countries that are members of NATO would spend 

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an amount equal to 2 percent of their gross domestic product 

on defense by 2024. 

(7) Collective defense unites the 29 members of the North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization, each committing to protecting 

and supporting one another from external adversaries, which 

bolsters the North Atlantic Alliance. 

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress— 

(1) to express the vital importance of Article 5 of the 

North Atlantic Treaty, the charter of the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization, as it continues to serve as a critical deterrent 

to potential hostile nations and terrorist organizations; 

(2) to remember the first and only invocation of Article 

5 by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in support of 

the United States after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 

2001; 

(3) to affirm that the United States remains fully committed 

to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and will honor its 

obligations enshrined in Article 5; and 

(4) to condemn any threat to the sovereignty, territorial 

integrity, freedom, or democracy of any country that is a 

member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

TITLE III—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT 

TO NORTH KOREA 

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act’’. 

SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 

(a) AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS IN THE NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS AND POLICY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2016.— 

(1) APPLICABLE EXECUTIVE ORDER.—Section 3(1)(A) of the 

North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 

(22 U.S.C. 9202(1)(A)) is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘or Executive Order 13694’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Executive Order No. 13694’’; and 

(B) by inserting ‘‘or Executive Order No. 13722 (50 

U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking the property of the 

Government of North Korea and the Workers’ Party of 

Korea, and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect 

to North Korea),’’ before ‘‘to the extent’’. 

(2) APPLICABLE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION.—Section 3(2)(A) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 

Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202(2)(A)) is amended 

by striking ‘‘or 2094 (2013)’’ and inserting ‘‘2094 (2013), 2270 

(2016), or 2321 (2016)’’. 

(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—Section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202) 

is amended— 

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (14) as 

paragraphs (6) through (15), respectively; and 

(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 

paragraph: 

‘‘(5) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign person’ means— 

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‘‘(A) an individual who is not a United States citizen 

or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to 

the United States; or 

‘‘(B) an entity that is not a United States person.’’. 

(4) LUXURY GOODS.—Paragraph (9) of section 3 of the North 

Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 

9202), as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this subsection, 

is amended— 

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 

the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(C) also includes any items so designated under an 

applicable United Nations Security Council resolution.’’. 

(5) NORTH KOREAN PERSON.—Section 3 of the North Korea 

Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 

9202), as amended by paragraph (3) of this subsection, is further amended— 

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (13) through (15) as 

paragraphs (14) through (16), respectively; and 

(B) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following 

new paragraph: 

‘‘(13) NORTH KOREAN PERSON.—The term ‘North Korean 

person’ means— 

‘‘(A) a North Korean citizen or national; or 

‘‘(B) an entity owned or controlled by the Government 

of North Korea or by a North Korean citizen or national.’’. 

(b) DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ACT.—In this title: 

(1) APPLICABLE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION; LUXURY GOODS.—The terms ‘‘applicable United Nations 

Security Council resolution’’ and ‘‘luxury goods’’ have the 

meanings given those terms, respectively, in section 3 of the 

North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 

(22 U.S.C. 9202), as amended by subsection (a). 

(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES; GOVERNMENT OF NORTH KOREA; UNITED STATES PERSON.—The terms 

‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’, ‘‘Government of North 

Korea’’, and ‘‘United States person’’ have the meanings given 

those terms, respectively, in section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202). 

(3) FOREIGN PERSON; NORTH KOREAN PERSON.—The terms 

‘‘foreign person’’ and ‘‘North Korean person’’ have the meanings 

given those terms, respectively, in paragraph (5) and paragraph 

(13) of section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 

Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202(5) and 9202(13)), 

as added by subsection (a). 

(4) PROHIBITED WEAPONS PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘prohibited 

weapons program’’ means— 

(A) any program related to the development of nuclear, 

chemical, or biological weapons, and their means of 

delivery, including ballistic missiles; and 

(B) any program to develop related materials with 

respect to a program described in subparagraph (A). 

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Subtitle A—Sanctions to Enforce and Implement United Nations Security Council 

Sanctions Against North Korea 

SEC. 311. MODIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR 

THE DESIGNATION OF PERSONS. 

(a) EXPANSION OF MANDATORY DESIGNATIONS.—Section 104(a) 

of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 

(22 U.S.C. 9214(a)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting ‘‘or 

any defense article or defense service (as such terms are defined 

in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794));’’; 

(2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (15); 

(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following new paragraphs: 

‘‘(10) knowingly, directly or indirectly, purchases or otherwise acquires from North Korea any significant amounts of 

gold, titanium ore, vanadium ore, copper, silver, nickel, zinc, 

or rare earth minerals; 

‘‘(11) knowingly, directly or indirectly, sells or transfers 

to North Korea any significant amounts of rocket, aviation, 

or jet fuel (except for use by a civilian passenger aircraft outside 

North Korea, exclusively for consumption during its flight to 

North Korea or its return flight); 

‘‘(12) knowingly, directly or indirectly, provides significant 

amounts of fuel or supplies, provides bunkering services, or 

facilitates a significant transaction or transactions to operate 

or maintain, a vessel or aircraft that is designated under an 

applicable Executive order or an applicable United Nations 

Security Council resolution, or that is owned or controlled by 

a person designated under an applicable Executive order or 

applicable United Nations Security Council resolution; 

‘‘(13) knowingly, directly or indirectly, insures, registers, 

facilitates the registration of, or maintains insurance or a registration for, a vessel owned or controlled by the Government 

of North Korea, except as specifically approved by the United 

Nations Security Council; 

‘‘(14) knowingly, directly or indirectly, maintains a correspondent account (as defined in section 201A(d)(1)) with any 

North Korean financial institution, except as specifically 

approved by the United Nations Security Council; or’’; and 

(4) in paragraph (15), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘(9)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘(14)’’. 

(b) EXPANSION OF ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY DESIGNATIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(b)(1) of the North Korea 

Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 

9214(b)(1)) is amended— 

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘pursuant to an 

applicable United Nations Security Council resolution;’’ and 

inserting the following: ‘‘pursuant to— 

‘‘(i) an applicable United Nations Security Council 

resolution; 

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(B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

end; 

(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 

the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

(D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: 

‘‘(D) knowingly, directly or indirectly, purchased or 

otherwise acquired from the Government of North Korea 

significant quantities of coal, iron, or iron ore, in excess 

of the limitations provided in applicable United Nations 

Security Council resolutions; 

‘‘(E) knowingly, directly or indirectly, purchased or 

otherwise acquired significant types or amounts of textiles 

from the Government of North Korea; 

‘‘(F) knowingly facilitated a significant transfer of funds 

or property of the Government of North Korea that materially contributes to any violation of an applicable United 

National Security Council resolution; 

‘‘(G) knowingly, directly or indirectly, facilitated a 

significant transfer to or from the Government of North 

Korea of bulk cash, precious metals, gemstones, or other 

stores of value not described under subsection (a)(10); 

‘‘(H) knowingly, directly or indirectly, sold, transferred, 

or otherwise provided significant amounts of crude oil, 

condensates, refined petroleum, other types of petroleum 

or petroleum byproducts, liquified natural gas, or other 

natural gas resources to the Government of North Korea 

(except for heavy fuel oil, gasoline, or diesel fuel for 

humanitarian use or as excepted under subsection (a)(11)); 

‘‘(I) knowingly, directly or indirectly, engaged in, facilitated, or was responsible for the online commercial activities of the Government of North Korea, including online 

gambling; 

‘‘(J) knowingly, directly or indirectly, purchased or 

otherwise acquired fishing rights from the Government 

of North Korea; 

‘‘(K) knowingly, directly or indirectly, purchased or 

otherwise acquired significant types or amounts of food 

or agricultural products from the Government of North 

Korea; 

‘‘(L) knowingly, directly or indirectly, engaged in, facilitated, or was responsible for the exportation of workers 

from North Korea in a manner intended to generate significant revenue, directly or indirectly, for use by the Government of North Korea or by the Workers’ Party of Korea; 

‘‘(M) knowingly conducted a significant transaction or 

transactions in North Korea’s transportation, mining, 

energy, or financial services industries; or 

‘‘(N) except as specifically approved by the United 

Nations Security Council, and other than through a correspondent account as described in subsection (a)(14), 

knowingly facilitated the operation of any branch, subsidiary, or office of a North Korean financial institution.’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by paragraph 

(1) take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and 

apply with respect to conduct described in subparagraphs (D) 

through (N) of section 104(b)(1) of the North Korea Sanctions 

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and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016, as added by paragraph 

(1), engaged in on or after such date of enactment. 

(c) MANDATORY AND DISCRETIONARY ASSET BLOCKING.—Section 

104(c) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 

of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214(c)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘of a designated person’’ and inserting ‘‘of 

a person designated under subsection (a)’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) MANDATORY ASSET BLOCKING.—The President’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(2) DISCRETIONARY ASSET BLOCKING.—The President may 

also exercise such powers, in the same manner and to the 

same extent described in paragraph (1), with respect to a person 

designated under subsection (b).’’. 

(d) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL PERSONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 

the appropriate congressional committees a report including 

a determination as to whether reasonable grounds exist, and 

an explanation of the reasons for any determination that such 

grounds do not exist, to designate, pursuant to section 104 

of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 

of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214), as amended by this section, each 

of the following: 

(A) The Korea Shipowners’ Protection and Indemnity 

Association, a North Korean insurance company, with 

respect to facilitating imports, exports, and reexports of 

arms and related materiel to and from North Korea, or 

for other activities prohibited by such section 104. 

(B) Chinpo Shipping Company (Private) Limited, a 

Singapore corporation, with respect to facilitating imports, 

exports, and reexports of arms and related materiel to 

and from North Korea. 

(C) The Central Bank of the Democratic People’s 

Republic of Korea, with respect to the sale of gold to, 

the receipt of gold from, or the import or export of gold 

by the Government of North Korea. 

(D) Kumgang Economic Development Corporation 

(KKG), with respect to being an entity controlled by Bureau 

39 of the Workers’ Party of the Government of North Korea. 

(E) Sam Pa, also known as Xu Jinghua, Xu Songhua, 

Sa Muxu, Samo, Sampa, or Sam King, and any entities 

owned or controlled by such individual, with respect to 

transactions with KKG. 

(F) The Chamber of Commerce of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, with respect to the exportation 

of workers in violation of section 104(a)(5) or of section 

104(b)(1)(M) of such Act, as amended by subsection (b) 

of this section. 

(2) FORM.—The report submitted under paragraph (1) may 

contain a classified annex. 

SEC. 312. PROHIBITION ON INDIRECT CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the North Korea Sanctions and 

Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9221 et seq.) is amended 

by inserting after section 201 the following new section: 

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‘‘SEC. 201A. PROHIBITION ON INDIRECT CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNTS. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), if a 

United States financial institution has or obtains knowledge that 

a correspondent account established, maintained, administered, or 

managed by that institution for a foreign financial institution is 

being used by the foreign financial institution to provide significant 

financial services indirectly to any person, foreign government, or 

financial institution designated under section 104, the United States 

financial institution shall ensure that such correspondent account 

is no longer used to provide such services. 

‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—A United States financial institution is 

authorized to process transfers of funds to or from North Korea, 

or for the direct or indirect benefit of any person, foreign government, or financial institution that is designated under section 104, 

only if the transfer— 

‘‘(1) arises from, and is ordinarily incident and necessary 

to give effect to, an underlying transaction that has been 

authorized by a specific or general license issued by the Secretary of the Treasury; and 

‘‘(2) does not involve debiting or crediting a North Korean 

account. 

‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

‘‘(1) CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT.—The term ‘correspondent 

account’ has the meaning given that term in section 5318A 

of title 31, United States Code. 

‘‘(2) UNITED STATES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term 

‘United States financial institution’ means has the meaning 

given that term in section 510.310 of title 31, Code of Federal 

Regulations, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this 

section. 

‘‘(3) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘foreign 

financial institution’ has the meaning given that term in section 

1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 

on the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 

1(b) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 

of 2016 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

201 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 201A. Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts.’’. 

SEC. 313. LIMITATIONS ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO NONCOMPLIANT 

GOVERNMENTS. 

Section 203 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9223) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TRANSACTIONS IN

LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT’’ and inserting ‘‘TRANSACTIONS IN DEFENSE ARTICLES OR DEFENSE SERVICES’’; 

(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that provides lethal 

military equipment to the Government of North Korea’’ 

and inserting ‘‘that provides to or receives from the Government of North Korea a defense article or defense service, 

as such terms are defined in section 47 of the Arms Export 

Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794), if the President determines 

that a significant type or amount of such article or service 

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(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and inserting 

‘‘2 years’’; 

(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘or emergency’’ and 

inserting ‘‘maternal and child health, disease prevention and 

response, or’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(e) REPORT ON ARMS TRAFFICKING INVOLVING NORTH KOREA.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of the enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter 

for 5 years, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that specifically 

describes the compliance of foreign countries and other foreign 

jurisdictions with the requirement to curtail the trade described 

in subsection (b)(1). 

‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall 

be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified 

annex.’’. 

SEC. 314. AMENDMENTS TO ENHANCE INSPECTION AUTHORITIES. 

Title II of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement 

Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9221 et seq.), as amended by section 102 

of this Act, is further amended by striking section 205 and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘SEC. 205. ENHANCED INSPECTION AUTHORITIES. 

‘‘(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter for 

5 years, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report— 

‘‘(A) identifying the operators of foreign sea ports and 

airports that knowingly— 

‘‘(i) significantly fail to implement or enforce regulations to inspect ships, aircraft, cargo, or conveyances 

in transit to or from North Korea, as required by 

applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions; 

‘‘(ii) facilitate the transfer, transshipment, or 

conveyance of significant types or quantities of cargo, 

vessels, or aircraft owned or controlled by persons designated under applicable United Nations Security 

Council resolutions; or 

‘‘(iii) facilitate any of the activities described in 

section 104(a); 

‘‘(B) describing the extent to which the requirements 

of applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions 

to de-register any vessel owned, controlled, or operated 

by or on behalf of the Government of North Korea have 

been implemented by other foreign countries; 

‘‘(C) describing the compliance of the Islamic Republic 

of Iran with the sanctions mandated in applicable United 

Nations Security Council resolutions; 

‘‘(D) identifying vessels, aircraft, and conveyances 

owned or controlled by the Reconnaissance General Bureau 

of the Workers’ Party of Korea; and 

‘‘(E) describing the diplomatic and enforcement efforts 

by the President to secure the full implementation of the 

applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions, as 

described in subparagraphs (A) through (C). 

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‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall 

be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified 

annex. 

‘‘(b) SPECIFIC FINDINGS.—Each report required under subsection 

(a) shall include specific findings with respect to the following 

ports and airports: 

‘‘(1) The ports of Dandong, Dalian, and any other port 

in the People’s Republic of China that the President deems 

appropriate. 

‘‘(2) The ports of Abadan, Bandar-e-Abbas, Chabahar, 

Bandar-e-Khomeini, Bushehr Port, Asaluyeh Port, Kish, Kharg 

Island, Bandar-e-Lenge, and Khorramshahr, and Tehran Imam 

Khomeini International Airport, in the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

‘‘(3) The ports of Nakhodka, Vanino, and Vladivostok, in 

the Russian Federation. 

‘‘(4) The ports of Latakia, Banias, and Tartous, and 

Damascus International Airport, in the Syrian Arab Republic. 

‘‘(c) ENHANCED SECURITY TARGETING REQUIREMENTS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 

the Secretary of Homeland Security may, using a layered 

approach, require enhanced screening procedures to determine 

whether physical inspections are warranted of any cargo bound 

for or landed in the United States that— 

‘‘(A) has been transported through a sea port or airport 

the operator of which has been identified by the President 

in accordance with subsection (a)(1) as having repeatedly 

failed to comply with applicable United Nations Security 

Council resolutions; 

‘‘(B) is aboard a vessel or aircraft, or within a conveyance that has, within the last 365 days, entered the territory or waters of North Korea, or landed in any of the 

sea ports or airports of North Korea; or 

‘‘(C) is registered by a country or jurisdiction whose 

compliance has been identified by the President as deficient 

pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 

‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR FOOD, MEDICINE, AND HUMANITARIAN

SHIPMENTS.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any vessel, aircraft, or conveyance that has entered the territory or waters 

of North Korea, or landed in any of the sea ports or airports 

of North Korea, exclusively for the purposes described in section 

208(b)(3)(B), or to import food, medicine, or supplies into North 

Korea to meet the humanitarian needs of the North Korean 

people. 

‘‘(d) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE.—A vessel, aircraft, or conveyance used to facilitate any of the activities described in section 

104(a) under the jurisdiction of the United States may be seized 

and forfeited, or subject to forfeiture, under— 

‘‘(1) chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code; or 

‘‘(2) part V of title IV of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

1581 et seq.).’’. 

SEC. 315. ENFORCING COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS SHIPPING 

SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 

U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 

new section: 

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‘‘SEC. 16. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY AND OPERATION. 

‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this 

section, no vessel described in subsection (b) may enter or 

operate in the navigable waters of the United States or transfer 

cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the United 

States. 

‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS ON APPLICATION.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition under paragraph 

(1) shall not apply with respect to— 

‘‘(i) a vessel described in subsection (b)(1), if the 

Secretary of State determines that— 

‘‘(I) the vessel is owned or operated by or on 

behalf of a country the government of which the 

Secretary of State determines is closely cooperating 

with the United States with respect to implementing the applicable United Nations Security 

Council resolutions (as such term is defined in 

section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 

Enhancement Act of 2016); or 

‘‘(II) it is in the national security interest not 

to apply the prohibition to such vessel; or 

‘‘(ii) a vessel described in subsection (b)(2), if the 

Secretary of State determines that the vessel is no 

longer registered as described in that subsection. 

‘‘(B) NOTICE.—Not later than 15 days after making 

a determination under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 

of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

Foreign Relations and the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation of the Senate written notice 

of the determination and the basis upon which the determination was made. 

‘‘(C) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of State shall publish a notice in the Federal Register of each determination 

made under subparagraph (A). 

‘‘(b) VESSELS DESCRIBED.—A vessel referred to in subsection 

(a) is a foreign vessel for which a notice of arrival is required 

to be filed under section 4(a)(5), and that— 

‘‘(1) is on the most recent list of vessels published in Federal 

Register under subsection (c)(2); or 

‘‘(2) more than 180 days after the publication of such list, 

is knowingly registered, pursuant to the 1958 Convention on 

the High Seas entered into force on September 30, 1962, by 

a government the agents or instrumentalities of which are 

maintaining a registration of a vessel that is included on such 

list. 

‘‘(c) INFORMATION AND PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of the 

department in which the Coast Guard is operating, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall— 

‘‘(1) maintain timely information on the registrations of 

all foreign vessels over 300 gross tons that are known to be— 

‘‘(A) owned or operated by or on behalf of the Government of North Korea or a North Korean person; 

‘‘(B) owned or operated by or on behalf of any country 

in which a sea port is located, the operator of which the 

Time period. 

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Federal Register, 

publication. 

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President has identified in the most recent report submitted 

under section 205(a)(1)(A) of the North Korea Sanctions 

and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016; or 

‘‘(C) owned or operated by or on behalf of any country 

identified by the President as a country that has not complied with the applicable United Nations Security Council 

resolutions (as such term is defined in section 3 of such 

Act); and 

‘‘(2) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

of this section, and periodically thereafter, publish in the Federal Register a list of the vessels described in paragraph (1). 

‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF GOVERNMENTS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall notify each 

government, the agents or instrumentalities of which are 

maintaining a registration of a foreign vessel that is included 

on a list published under subsection (c)(2), not later than 30 

days after such publication, that all vessels registered under 

such government’s authority are subject to subsection (a). 

‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION.—In the case of a government that continues to maintain a registration for a vessel 

that is included on such list after receiving an initial notification under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall issue an additional 

notification to such government not later than 120 days after 

the publication of a list under subsection (c)(2). 

‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION OF VESSELS.—Upon receiving a notice of 

arrival under section 4(a)(5) from a vessel described in subsection 

(b), the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard 

is operating shall notify the master of such vessel that the vessel 

may not enter or operate in the navigable waters of the United 

States or transfer cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction 

of the United States, unless— 

‘‘(1) the Secretary of State has made a determination under 

subsection (a)(2); or 

‘‘(2) the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 

Guard is operating allows provisional entry of the vessel, or 

transfer of cargo from the vessel, under subsection (f). 

‘‘(f) PROVISIONAL ENTRY OR CARGO TRANSFER.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary of the 

department in which the Coast Guard is operating may allow provisional entry of, or transfer of cargo from, a vessel, if such entry 

or transfer is necessary for the safety of the vessel or persons 

aboard. 

‘‘(g) RIGHT OF INNOCENT PASSAGE AND RIGHT OF TRANSIT PASSAGE.—This section shall not be construed as authority to restrict 

the right of innocent passage or the right of transit passage as 

recognized under international law. 

‘‘(h) FOREIGN VESSEL DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘foreign vessel’ has the meaning given that term in section 110 of 

title 46, United States Code.’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(1) SPECIAL POWERS.—Section 4(b)(2) of the Ports and 

Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1223(b)(2)) is amended by 

inserting ‘‘or 16’’ after ‘‘section 9’’. 

(2) DENIAL OF ENTRY.—Section 13(e) of the Ports and 

Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1232(e)) is amended by 

striking ‘‘section 9’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9 or 16’’. 

22 USC 9241 

note. 

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Deadlines. 

Deadline. 

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SEC. 316. REPORT ON COOPERATION BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND 

IRAN. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, 

the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a report that includes— 

(1) an assessment of the extent of cooperation (including 

through the transfer of goods, services, technology, or intellectual property) between North Korea and Iran relating to their 

respective nuclear, ballistic missile development, chemical or 

biological weapons development, or conventional weapons programs; 

(2) the names of any Iranian or North Korean persons 

that have knowingly engaged in or directed— 

(A) the provision of material support to such programs; 

or 

(B) the exchange of information between North Korea 

and Iran with respect to such programs; 

(3) the names of any other foreign persons that have facilitated the activities described in paragraph (1); and 

(4) a determination whether any of the activities described 

in paragraphs (1) and (2) violate United Nations Security 

Council Resolution 2231 (2015). 

(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) shall be 

submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. 

(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP

DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 

committees and leadership’’ means— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the majority 

and minority leaders of the Senate; and 

(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

Financial Services, the Committee on Ways and Means, and 

the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of 

the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 317. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS BY OTHER GOVERNMENTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, 

the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a report that evaluates the degree to which 

the governments of other countries have knowingly failed to— 

(1) close the representative offices of persons designated 

under applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions; 

(2) expel any North Korean nationals, including diplomats, 

working on behalf of such persons; 

(3) prohibit the opening of new branches, subsidiaries, or 

representative offices of North Korean financial institutions 

within the jurisdictions of such governments; or 

(4) expel any representatives of North Korean financial 

institutions. 

(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) shall be 

submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. 

(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP

DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 

committees and leadership’’ means— 

President. 

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(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the majority 

and minority leaders of the Senate; and 

(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

Financial Services, the Committee on Ways and Means, and 

the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of 

the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 318. BRIEFING ON MEASURES TO DENY SPECIALIZED FINANCIAL 

MESSAGING SERVICES TO DESIGNATED NORTH KOREAN 

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for 5 

years, the President shall provide to the appropriate congressional 

committees a briefing that includes the following information: 

(1) A list of each person or foreign government the President has identified that directly provides specialized financial 

messaging services to, or enables or facilitates direct or indirect 

access to such messaging services for— 

(A) any North Korean financial institution (as such 

term is defined in section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions 

and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202)) 

designated under an applicable United Nations Security 

Council resolution; or 

(B) any other North Korean person, on behalf of such 

a North Korean financial institution. 

(2) A detailed assessment of the status of efforts by the 

Secretary of the Treasury to work with the relevant authorities 

in the home jurisdictions of such specialized financial messaging 

providers to end such provision or access. 

(b) FORM.—The briefing required under subsection (a) may 

be classified. 

Subtitle B—Sanctions With Respect to 

Human Rights Abuses by the Government of North Korea 

SEC. 321. SANCTIONS FOR FORCED LABOR AND SLAVERY OVERSEAS 

OF NORTH KOREANS. 

(a) SANCTIONS FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(b) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9241(b)) 

is amended— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the 

end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(3) a list of foreign persons that knowingly employ North 

Korean laborers, as described in section 104(b)(1)(M).’’. 

(2) ADDITIONAL DETERMINATIONS; REPORTS.—With respect 

to any country identified in section 302(b)(2) of the North 

Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 

9241(b)(2)), as amended by paragraph (1), the report required 

under section 302(a) of such Act shall— 

22 USC 9241 

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(A) include a determination whether each person 

identified in section 302(b)(3) of such Act (as amended 

by paragraph (1)) who is a national or a citizen of such 

identified country meets the criteria for sanctions under— 

(i) section 111 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7108) (relating to the prevention 

of trafficking in persons); or 

(ii) section 104(a) or 104(b)(1) of the North Korea 

Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 

U.S.C. 9214(a)), as amended by section 101 of this 

Act; 

(B) be included in the report required under section 

110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

(22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) (relating to the annual report on trafficking in persons); and 

(C) be considered in any determination that the government of such country has made serious and sustained 

efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons, 

as such term is defined for purposes of the Trafficking 

Victims Protection Act of 2000. 

(b) SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PERSONS THAT EMPLOY NORTH

KOREAN LABOR.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the North Korea Sanctions 

and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9241 et seq.) 

is amended by inserting after section 302 the following new 

sections: 

‘‘SEC. 302A. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION APPLICABLE TO GOODS 

MADE WITH NORTH KOREAN LABOR. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), any 

significant goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, 

or manufactured wholly or in part by the labor of North Korean 

nationals or citizens shall be deemed to be prohibited under section 

307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) and shall not be 

entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States. 

‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition described in subsection (a) 

shall not apply if the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that the goods, 

wares, articles, or merchandise described in such paragraph were 

not produced with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor 

under penal sanctions. 

‘‘SEC. 302B. SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PERSONS EMPLOYING NORTH 

KOREAN LABOR. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (c), the 

President shall designate any person identified under section 

302(b)(3) for the imposition of sanctions under subsection (b). 

‘‘(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the sanctions 

described in paragraph (2) with respect to any person designated under subsection (a). 

‘‘(2) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this 

paragraph are sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to block 

and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of a person designated under subsection (a), if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come 

Designation. 

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within the United States, or are or come within the possession 

or control of a United States person. 

‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person may not be designated under 

subsection (a) if the President certifies to the appropriate 

congressional committees that the President has received reliable assurances from such person that— 

‘‘(A) the employment of North Korean laborers does 

not result in the direct or indirect transfer of convertible 

currency, luxury goods, or other stores of value to the 

Government of North Korea; 

‘‘(B) all wages and benefits are provided directly to 

the laborers, and are held, as applicable, in accounts within 

the jurisdiction in which they reside in locally denominated 

currency; and 

‘‘(C) the laborers are subject to working conditions 

consistent with international standards. 

‘‘(2) RECERTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 

date on which the President transmits to the appropriate 

congressional committees an initial certification under paragraph (1), and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall— 

‘‘(A) transmit a recertification stating that the conditions described in such paragraph continue to be met; 

or 

‘‘(B) if such recertification cannot be transmitted, 

impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) beginning 

on the date on which the President determines that such 

recertification cannot be transmitted.’’. 

(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 

1(b) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement 

Act of 2016 is amended by inserting after the item relating 

to section 302 the following new items: 

‘‘Sec. 302A. Rebuttable presumption applicable to goods made with North Korean 

labor. 

‘‘Sec. 302B. Sanctions on foreign persons employing North Korean labor.’’. 

SEC. 322. MODIFICATIONS TO SANCTIONS SUSPENSION AND WAIVER 

AUTHORITIES. 

(a) EXEMPTIONS.—Section 208(a) of the North Korea Sanctions 

and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9228(a)) is amended 

in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’; and 

(2) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after ‘‘209,’’. 

(b) HUMANITARIAN WAIVER.—Section 208(b) of the North Korea 

Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 

9228(b)(1)) is amended— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’ in each place it appears; 

and 

(2) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after ‘‘209(b),’’ in each place 

it appears. 

(c) WAIVER.—Section 208(c) of the North Korea Sanctions and 

Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9228(c)) is amended 

in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’; and 

(2) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after ‘‘209(b),’’. 

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SEC. 323. REWARD FOR INFORMANTS. 

Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)), is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

(2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at the end 

and inserting a semicolon; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 

‘‘(11) the identification or location of any person who, while 

acting at the direction of or under the control of a foreign 

government, aids or abets a violation of section 1030 of title 

18, United States Code; or 

‘‘(12) the disruption of financial mechanisms of any person 

who has engaged in the conduct described in sections 104(a) 

or 104(b)(1) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2914(a) or (b)(1)).’’. 

SEC. 324. DETERMINATION ON DESIGNATION OF NORTH KOREA AS 

A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM. 

(a) DETERMINATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 

to the appropriate congressional committees a determination 

whether North Korea meets the criteria for designation as 

a state sponsor of terrorism. 

(2) FORM.—The determination required by paragraph (1) 

shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a 

classified annex, if appropriate. 

(b) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—For purposes of 

this section, the term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country 

the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, 

for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 

1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)) (as in effect pursuant to the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 620A of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of the Arms 

Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or any other provision of 

law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for 

acts of international terrorism. 

Subtitle C—General Authorities 

SEC. 331. AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE REPORTS. 

Any reports required to be submitted to the appropriate 

congressional committees under this title or any amendment made 

by this title that are subject to deadlines for submission consisting 

of similar units of time may be consolidated into a single report 

that is submitted to appropriate congressional committees pursuant 

to the earlier of such deadlines. The consolidated reports must 

contain all information required under this title or any amendment 

made by this title, in addition to all other elements mandated 

by previous law. 

SEC. 332. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit— 

(1) the authority or obligation of the President to apply 

the sanctions described in section 104 of the North Korea 

Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 

9214), as amended by section 311 of this Act, with regard 

22 USC 9202 

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3364: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017): 

July 25, considered and passed House. 

July 27, considered and passed Senate. 

DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2017): 

Aug. 2, Presidential statement. 

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to persons who meet the criteria for designation under such 

section, or in any other provision of law; or 

(2) the authorities of the President pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

seq.). 

SEC. 333. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, not later than 180 days 

after the date of the enactment of this Act, promulgate regulations 

as necessary for the implementation of this title and the amendments made by this title. 

(b) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not fewer than 10 days before 

the promulgation of a regulation under subsection (a), the President 

shall notify and provide to the appropriate congressional committees 

the proposed regulation, specifying the provisions of this title or 

the amendments made by this title that the regulation is implementing. 

SEC. 334. LIMITATION ON FUNDS. 

No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this title or of the amendments made by this title. Such 

requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized. 

Approved August 2, 2017. 

President. 

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