115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 722 

AN ACT 

To provide congressional review and to counter Iranian and 

Russian governments’ aggression. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017’’. 

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

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric Iranian 

threats in the Middle East and North Africa. 

Sec. 4. Imposition of additional sanctions in response to Iran’s ballistic missile 

program. 

Sec. 5. Imposition of terrorism-related sanctions with respect to the IRGC. 

Sec. 6. Imposition of additional sanctions with respect to persons responsible 

for human rights abuses. 

Sec. 7. Enforcement of arms embargos. 

Sec. 8. Review of applicability of sanctions relating to Iran’s support for terrorism and its ballistic missile program. 

Sec. 9. Report on coordination of sanctions between the United States and the 

European Union. 

Sec. 10. Report on United States citizens detained by Iran. 

Sec. 11. Exceptions for national security and humanitarian assistance; rule of 

construction. 

Sec. 12. 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 I—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 II—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 13662. 

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. 
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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 III—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 I—NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COMBATING TERRORIST AND OTHER

ILLICIT FINANCING

Sec. 261. Development of national strategy. 

Sec. 262. Contents of national strategy. 
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PART II—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 III—DEFINITIONS

Sec. 281. Definitions. 

Subtitle D—Rule of Construction 

Sec. 291. Rule of construction. 

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

Atlantic Treaty. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—The 

4 term ‘‘act of international terrorism’’ has the mean5 ing given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanc6 tions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 

7 1701 note). 

8 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT9 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

11 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 

12 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

13 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per14 son’’ means a person that is not a United States 

15 person. 
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1 (4) IRANIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Iranian per2 son’’ means— 

3 (A) an individual who is a citizen or na4 tional of Iran; or 

5 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

6 Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of 

7 the Government of Iran. 

8 (5) IRGC.—The term ‘‘IRGC’’ means Iran’s Is9 lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 

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

11 the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 

12 Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 

13 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

14 (7) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

15 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

16 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law17 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

18 United States; or 

19 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

20 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

21 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

22 such an entity. 
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1 SEC. 3. REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING CONVEN2 TIONAL AND ASYMMETRIC IRANIAN THREATS 

3 IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA. 

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

5 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years there6 after, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, 

7 the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of Na8 tional Intelligence shall jointly develop and submit to the 

9 appropriate congressional committees a strategy for deter10 ring conventional and asymmetric Iranian activities and 

11 threats that directly threaten the United States and key 

12 allies in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. 

13 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 

14 (a) shall include at a minimum the following: 

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

16 United States objectives, plans, and means for coun17 tering Iran’s destabilizing activities, including identi18 fication of countries that share the objective of coun19 tering Iran’s destabilizing activities. 

20 (2) A summary of the capabilities and contribu21 tions of individual countries to shared efforts to 

22 counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, and a sum23 mary of additional actions or contributions that each 

24 country could take to further contribute. 

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

26 capabilities and an assessment of Iran’s plans to up-
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1 grade its conventional force capabilities, including its 

2 acquisition, development, and deployment of ballistic 

3 and cruise missile capabilities, unmanned aerial vehi4 cles, and maritime offensive and anti-access or area 

5 denial capabilities. 

6 (4) An assessment of Iran’s chemical and bio7 logical weapons capabilities and an assessment of 

8 Iranian plans to upgrade its chemical or biological 

9 weapons capabilities. 

10 (5) An assessment of Iran’s asymmetric activi11 ties in the region, including— 

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

13 the IRGC, including the Quds Force; 

14 (B) the size, capabilities, and activities of 

15 Iran’s cyber operations; 

16 (C) the types and amount of support, in17 cluding funding, lethal and nonlethal contribu18 tions, and training, provided to Hezbollah, 

19 Hamas, special groups in Iraq, the regime of 

20 Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Houthi fighters in 

21 Yemen, and other violent groups across the 

22 Middle East; and 

23 (D) the scope and objectives of Iran’s in24 formation operations and use of propaganda. 
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1 (6) A summary of United States actions, unilat2 erally and in cooperation with foreign governments, 

3 to counter destabilizing Iranian activities, includ4 ing— 

5 (A) interdiction of Iranian lethal arms 

6 bound for groups designated as foreign terrorist 

7 organizations under section 219 of the Immi8 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 

9 (B) Iran’s interference in international 

10 commercial shipping lanes; 

11 (C) attempts by Iran to undermine or sub12 vert internationally recognized governments in 

13 the Middle East region; and 

14 (D) Iran’s support for the regime of 

15 Bashar al-Assad in Syria, including— 

16 (i) financial assistance, military equip17 ment and personnel, and other support 

18 provided to that regime; and 

19 (ii) support and direction to other 

20 armed actors that are not Syrian or Ira21 nian and are acting on behalf of that re22 gime. 

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

24 subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

25 may include a classified annex. 
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1 SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS IN RE2 SPONSE TO IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE PRO3 GRAM. 

4 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con5 gress that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary 

6 of State should continue to implement Executive Order 

7 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 

8 of weapons of mass destruction delivery system 

9 proliferators and their supporters). 

10 (b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 

11 impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with re12 spect to any person that the President determines, on or 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act— 

14 (1) knowingly engages in any activity that ma15 terially contributes to the activities of the Govern16 ment of Iran with respect to its ballistic missile pro17 gram, or any other program in Iran for developing, 

18 deploying, or maintaining systems capable of deliv19 ering weapons of mass destruction, including any ef20 forts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, 

21 transport, transfer, or use such capabilities; 

22 (2) is a successor entity to a person referred to 

23 in paragraph (1); 

24 (3) owns or controls or is owned or controlled 

25 by a person referred to in paragraph (1); 
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1 (4) forms an entity with the purpose of evading 

2 sanctions that would otherwise be imposed pursuant 

3 to paragraph (3); 

4 (5) is acting for or on behalf of a person re5 ferred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or 

6 (6) knowingly provides or attempts to provide 

7 financial, material, technological, or other support 

8 for, or goods or services in support of, a person re9 ferred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5). 

10 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de11 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

12 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

13 shall block, in accordance with the International 

14 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 

15 et seq.), all transactions in all property and interests 

16 in property of any person subject to subsection (b) 

17 if such property and interests in property are in the 

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

19 or come within the possession or control of a United 

20 States person. 

21 (2) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.—The 

22 Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec23 retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 

24 United States, any person subject to subsection (b) 

25 that is an alien. 
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1 (d) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 

2 violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub3 section (c)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued 

4 to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the pen5 alties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 

6 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

7 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 

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

9 (e) REPORT ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAN’S BAL10 LISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

12 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

13 every 180 days thereafter, the President shall sub14 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

15 report describing each person that— 

16 (A) has, during the period specified in 

17 paragraph (2), conducted any activity that has 

18 materially contributed to the activities of the 

19 Government of Iran with respect to its ballistic 

20 missile program, or any other program in Iran 

21 for developing, deploying, or maintaining sys22 tems capable of delivering weapons of mass de23 struction, including any efforts to manufacture, 

24 acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or 

25 use such capabilities; 
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1 (B) is a successor entity to a person re2 ferred to in subparagraph (A); 

3 (C) owns or controls or is owned or con4 trolled by a person referred to in subparagraph 

5 (A); 

6 (D) forms an entity with the purpose of 

7 evading sanctions that could be imposed as a 

8 result of a relationship described in subpara9 graph (C); 

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

11 referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or 

12 (D); or 

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

14 or attempted to provide, during the period spec15 ified in paragraph (2), financial, material, tech16 nological, or other support for, or goods or serv17 ices in support of, any material contribution to 

18 a program described in subparagraph (A) car19 ried out by a person described in subparagraph 

20 (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E). 

21 (2) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified 

22 in this paragraph is— 

23 (A) in the case of the first report sub24 mitted under paragraph (1), the period begin-
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1 ning January 1, 2016, and ending on the date 

2 the report is submitted; and 

3 (B) in the case of a subsequent such re4 port, the 180-day period preceding the submis5 sion of the report. 

6 (3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 

7 by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

8 form but may include a classified annex. 

9 SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF TERRORISM-RELATED SANCTIONS 

10 WITH RESPECT TO THE IRGC. 

11 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find12 ings: 

13 (1) The IRGC is subject to sanctions pursuant 

14 to Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; re15 lating to blocking property of weapons of mass de16 struction delivery system proliferators and their sup17 porters), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac18 countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 

19 8501 et seq.), Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 

20 1701 note; relating to blocking property of certain 

21 persons with respect to serious human rights abuses 

22 by the Government of Iran), and Executive Order 

23 13606 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 

24 the property and suspending entry into the United 

25 States of certain persons with respect to grave 
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1 human rights abuses by the Governments of Iran 

2 and Syria via information technology). 

3 (2) The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps– 

4 Quds Force (in this section referred to as the 

5 ‘‘IRGC–QF’’) is the primary arm of the Government 

6 of Iran for executing its policy of supporting ter7 rorist and insurgent groups. The IRGC–QF provides 

8 material, logistical assistance, training, and financial 

9 support to militants and terrorist operatives 

10 throughout the Middle East and South Asia and was 

11 designated for the imposition of sanctions by the 

12 Secretary of Treasury pursuant to Executive Order 

13 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 

14 property and prohibiting transactions with persons 

15 who commit, threaten to commit, or support ter16 rorism) in October 2007 for its support of terrorism. 

17 (3) The IRGC, not just the IRGC–QF, is re18 sponsible for implementing Iran’s international pro19 gram of destabilizing activities, support for acts of 

20 international terrorism, and ballistic missile pro21 gram. 

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

23 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi24 dent shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) 
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1 with respect to the IRGC and foreign persons that are 

2 officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC. 

3 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de4 scribed in this subsection are sanctions applicable with re5 spect to a foreign person pursuant to Executive Order 

6 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 

7 and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, 

8 threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 

9 SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RE10 SPECT TO PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR 

11 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 

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

13 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

14 the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con15 gressional committees a list of each person the Secretary 

16 determines, based on credible evidence, on or after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act— 

18 (1) is responsible for extrajudicial killings, tor19 ture, or other gross violations of internationally rec20 ognized human rights committed against individuals 

21 in Iran who seek— 

22 (A) to expose illegal activity carried out by 

23 officials of the Government of Iran; or 

24 (B) to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote 

25 internationally recognized human rights and 
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1 freedoms, such as the freedoms of religion, ex2 pression, association, and assembly, and the 

3 rights to a fair trial and democratic elections; 

4 or 

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

6 person in a matter relating to an activity described 

7 in paragraph (1). 

8 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, in ac10 cordance with the International Emergency Eco11 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block 

12 all transactions in all property and interests in prop13 erty of a person on the list required by subsection 

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

15 the United States, come within the United States, or 

16 are or come within the possession or control of a 

17 United States person. 

18 (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at19 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

20 violation of paragraph (1) or any regulation, license, 

21 or order issued to carry out paragraph (1) shall be 

22 subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 

23 and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer24 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 
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1 same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 

2 act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

3 SEC. 7. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGOS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

5 (d), the President shall impose the sanctions described in 

6 subsection (b) with respect to any person that the Presi7 dent determines— 

8 (1) knowingly engages in any activity that ma9 terially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer 

10 directly or indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use 

11 in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armored 

12 combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, com13 bat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or 

14 missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the 

15 United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or 

16 related materiel, including spare parts; or 

17 (2) knowingly provides to Iran any technical 

18 training, financial resources or services, advice, other 

19 services or assistance related to the supply, sale, 

20 transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms 

21 and related materiel described in paragraph (1). 

22 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

23 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

24 shall block, in accordance with the International 

25 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
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1 et seq.), all transactions in all property and interests 

2 in property of any person subject to subsection (a) 

3 if such property and interests in property are in the 

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

5 or come within the possession or control of a United 

6 States person. 

7 (2) EXCLUSION FROM UNITED STATES.—The 

8 Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec9 retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 

10 United States, any person subject to subsection (a) 

11 that is an alien. 

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

13 violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub14 section (b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued 

15 to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the pen16 alties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 

17 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

18 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 

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

20 (d) EXCEPTION.—The President is not required to 

21 impose sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a 

22 person for engaging in an activity described in that sub23 section if the President certifies to the appropriate con24 gressional committees that— 
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1 (1) permitting the activity is in the national se2 curity interest of the United States; 

3 (2) Iran no longer presents a significant threat 

4 to the national security of the United States and to 

5 the allies of the United States; and 

6 (3) the Government of Iran has ceased pro7 viding operational or financial support for acts of 

8 international terrorism and no longer satisfies the 

9 requirements for designation as a state sponsor of 

10 terrorism. 

11 (e) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—In 

12 this section, the term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means 

13 a country the government of which the Secretary of State 

14 has determined to be a government that has repeatedly 

15 provided support for acts of international terrorism for 

16 purposes of— 

17 (1) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administra18 tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)(1)(A)) (as con19 tinued in effect pursuant to the International Emer20 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

21 seq.)); 

22 (2) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance 

23 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 

24 (3) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control 

25 Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 
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1 (4) any other provision of law. 

2 SEC. 8. REVIEW OF APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS RELAT3 ING TO IRAN’S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM 

4 AND ITS BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM. 

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

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall con7 duct a review of all persons on the list of specially des8 ignated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the 

9 Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 

10 Treasury for activities relating to Iran— 

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

12 that conduct relates to— 

13 (A) any activity that materially contributes 

14 to the activities of the Government of Iran with 

15 respect to its ballistic missile program; or 

16 (B) support by the Government of Iran for 

17 acts of international terrorism; and 

18 (2) to determine the applicability of sanctions 

19 with respect to such persons under— 

20 (A) Executive Order 13382 (50 U.S.C. 

21 1701 note; relating to blocking property of 

22 weapons of mass destruction delivery system 

23 proliferators and their supporters); or 

24 (B) Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 

25 1701 note; relating to blocking property and 
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1 prohibiting transactions with persons who com2 mit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 

3 (b) IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS.—If the Presi4 dent determines under subsection (a) that sanctions under 

5 an Executive Order specified in paragraph (2) of that sub6 section are applicable with respect to a person, the Presi7 dent shall— 

8 (1) impose sanctions with respect to that person 

9 pursuant to that Executive Order; or 

10 (2) exercise the waiver authority provided under 

11 section 12. 

12 SEC. 9. REPORT ON COORDINATION OF SANCTIONS BE13 TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EURO14 PEAN UNION. 

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

16 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 

17 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

18 congressional committees a report that includes the fol19 lowing: 

20 (1) A description of each instance, during the 

21 period specified in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) in which the United States has im23 posed sanctions with respect to a person for ac24 tivity related to the proliferation of weapons of 

25 mass destruction or delivery systems for such 
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1 weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of inter2 national terrorism by Iran, or human rights 

3 abuses in Iran, but in which the European 

4 Union has not imposed corresponding sanctions; 

5 and 

6 (B) in which the European Union has im7 posed sanctions with respect to a person for ac8 tivity related to the proliferation of weapons of 

9 mass destruction or delivery systems for such 

10 weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of inter11 national terrorism by Iran, or human rights 

12 abuses in Iran, but in which the United States 

13 has not imposed corresponding sanctions. 

14 (2) An explanation for the reason for each dis15 crepancy between sanctions imposed by the Euro16 pean Union and sanctions imposed by the United 

17 States described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 

18 paragraph (1). 

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

20 subsection is— 

21 (1) in the case of the first report submitted 

22 under subsection (a), the period beginning on the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the 

24 date the report is submitted; and 
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1 (2) in the case of a subsequent such report, the 

2 180-day period preceding the submission of the re3 port. 

4 (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub5 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

6 include a classified annex. 

7 SEC. 10. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS DETAINED 

8 BY IRAN. 

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

10 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 

11 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

12 congressional committees a report on United States citi13 zens, including United States citizens who are also citizens 

14 of other countries, detained by Iran or groups supported 

15 by Iran that includes— 

16 (1) information regarding any officials of the 

17 Government of Iran involved in any way in the de18 tentions; and 

19 (2) a summary of efforts the United States 

20 Government has taken to secure the swift release of 

21 those United States citizens. 

22 (b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub23 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

24 may include a classified annex. 
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1 SEC. 11. EXCEPTIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND HU2 MANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; RULE OF CON3 STRUCTION. 

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

5 exempt from sanctions under sections 4, 5, 6, and 7: 

6 (1) Any activity subject to the reporting re7 quirements under title V of the National Security 

8 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or to any au9 thorized intelligence activities of the United States. 

10 (2) The admission of an alien to the United 

11 States if such admission is necessary to comply with 

12 United States obligations under the Agreement be13 tween the United Nations and the United States of 

14 America regarding the Headquarters of the United 

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

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

17 Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 

18 April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 

19 1967, or other applicable international obligations of 

20 the United States. 

21 (3) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction 

22 for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medi23 cine, or medical devices to Iran or for the provision 

24 of humanitarian assistance to the people of Iran, in25 cluding engaging in a financial transaction relating 

26 to humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian pur-
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1 poses or transporting goods or services that are nec2 essary to carry out operations relating to humani3 tarian assistance or humanitarian purposes. 

4 (b) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF

5 GOODS.—A requirement or the authority to block and pro6 hibit all transactions in all property and interests in prop7 erty under section 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 shall not include the 

8 authority to impose sanctions with respect to the importa9 tion of goods. 

10 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Except as provided in sub11 section (b), the President may exercise all authorities pro12 vided under sections 203 and 205 of the International 

13 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 

14 1704) to carry out this Act. 

15 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

16 (other than subsection (b)) shall be construed to limit the 

17 authority of the President under the International Emer18 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 

19 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term 

21 ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning given 

22 that term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade 

23 Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 

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

25 given that term in section 16 of the Export Adminis-
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1 tration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued 

2 in effect pursuant to the International Emergency 

3 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)). 

4 (3) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical de5 vice’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in 

6 section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos7 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

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

9 meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the 

10 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

11 321). 

12 SEC. 12. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY. 

13 (a) CASE-BY-CASE WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, 

15 on a case-by-case basis and for a period of not more 

16 than 180 days, a requirement under section 4, 5, 6, 

17 7, or 8 to impose or maintain sanctions with respect 

18 to a person, and may waive the continued imposition 

19 of such sanctions, not less than 30 days after the 

20 President determines and reports to the appropriate 

21 congressional committees that it is vital to the na22 tional security interests of the United States to 

23 waive such sanctions. 

24 (2) RENEWAL OF WAIVERS.—The President 

25 may, on a case-by-case basis, renew a waiver under 
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1 paragraph (1) for an additional period of not more 

2 than 180 days if, not later than 15 days before that 

3 waiver expires, the President makes the determina4 tion and submits to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees a report described in paragraph (1). 

6 (3) SUCCESSIVE RENEWAL.—The renewal au7 thority provided under paragraph (2) may be exer8 cised for additional successive periods of not more 

9 than 180 days if the President follows the proce10 dures set forth in paragraph (2), and submits the 

11 report described in paragraph (1), for each such re12 newal. 

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

14 submitted under subsection (a) in connection with a waiv15 er of sanctions under section 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 with respect 

16 to a person, or the renewal of such a waiver, shall in17 clude— 

18 (1) a specific and detailed rationale for the de19 termination that the waiver is vital to the national 

20 security interests of the United States; 

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

22 the person being subject to sanctions; 

23 (3) an explanation of any efforts made by the 

24 United States, as applicable, to secure the coopera25 tion of the government with primary jurisdiction 
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1 over the person or the location where the activity de2 scribed in paragraph (2) occurred in terminating or, 

3 as appropriate, penalizing the activity; and 

4 (4) an assessment of the significance of the ac5 tivity described in paragraph (2) in contributing to 

6 the ability of Iran to threaten the interests of the 

7 United States or allies of the United States, develop 

8 systems capable of delivering weapons of mass de9 struction, support acts of international terrorism, or 

10 violate the human rights of any person in Iran. 

11 (c) EFFECT OF REPORT ON WAIVER.—If the Presi12 dent submits a report under subsection (a) in connection 

13 with a waiver of sanctions under section 4, 5, 6, 7, or 

14 8 with respect to a person, or the renewal of such a waiver, 

15 the President shall not be required to impose or maintain 

16 sanctions under section 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8, as applicable, with 

17 respect to the person described in the report during the 

18 30-day period referred to in subsection (a). 
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1 TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RE2 SPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FED3 ERATION AND COMBATING 

4 TERRORISM AND ILLICIT FI5 NANCING 

6 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

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

8 Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017’’. 

9 Subtitle A—Sanctions and Other 

10 Measures With Respect to the 

11 Russian Federation 

12 SEC. 211. FINDINGS. 

13 Congress makes the following findings: 

14 (1) On March 6, 2014, President Barack 

15 Obama issued Executive Order 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 

16 13493; relating to blocking property of certain per17 sons contributing to the situation in Ukraine), which 

18 authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in con19 sultation with the Secretary of State, to impose 

20 sanctions on those determined to be undermining 

21 democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine or 

22 threatening the peace, security, stability, sov23 ereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine. Presi24 dent Obama subsequently issued Executive Order 

25 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to blocking 
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1 property of additional persons contributing to the 

2 situation in Ukraine) and Executive Order 13662 

3 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating to blocking property 

4 of additional persons contributing to the situation in 

5 Ukraine) to expand sanctions on certain persons 

6 contributing to the situation in Ukraine. 

7 (2) On December 18, 2014, the Ukraine Free8 dom Support Act of 2014 was enacted (Public Law 

9 113–272; 22 U.S.C. 8921 et seq.), which includes 

10 provisions directing the President to impose sanc11 tions on foreign persons that the President deter12 mines to be entities owned or controlled by the Gov13 ernment of the Russian Federation or nationals of 

14 the Russian Federation that manufacture, sell, 

15 transfer, or otherwise provide certain defense articles 

16 into Syria. 

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

18 Executive Order 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; relat19 ing to blocking the property of certain persons en20 gaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled activi21 ties), which authorizes the Secretary of the Treas22 ury, in consultation with the Attorney General and 

23 the Secretary of State, to impose sanctions on per24 sons determined to be engaged in malicious cyber25 hacking. 
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1 (4) On July 26, 2016, President Obama ap2 proved a Presidential Policy Directive on United 

3 States Cyber Incident Coordination, which states, 

4 ‘‘certain cyber incidents that have significant im5 pacts on an entity, our national security, or the 

6 broader economy require a unique approach to re7 sponse efforts’’. 

8 (5) On December 29, 2016, President Obama 

9 issued an annex to Executive Order 13694, which 

10 authorized sanctions on the following entities and in11 dividuals: 

12 (A) The Main Intelligence Directorate 

13 (also known as Glavnoe Razvedyvatel’noe 

14 Upravlenie or the GRU) in Moscow, Russian 

15 Federation. 

16 (B) The Federal Security Service (also 

17 known as Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti or 

18 the FSB) in Moscow, Russian Federation. 

19 (C) The Special Technology Center (also 

20 known as STLC, Ltd. Special Technology Cen21 ter St. Petersburg) in St. Petersburg, Russian 

22 Federation. 

23 (D) Zorsecurity (also known as Esage 

24 Lab) in Moscow, Russian Federation. 
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1 (E) The autonomous noncommercial orga2 nization known as the Professional Association 

3 of Designers of Data Processing Systems (also 

4 known as ANO PO KSI) in Moscow, Russian 

5 Federation. 

6 (F) Igor Valentinovich Korobov. 

7 (G) Sergey Aleksandrovich Gizunov. 

8 (H) Igor Olegovich Kostyukov. 

9 (I) Vladimir Stepanovich Alexseyev. 

10 (6) On January 6, 2017, an assessment of the 

11 United States intelligence community entitled, ‘‘As12 sessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent 

13 U.S. Elections’’ stated, ‘‘Russian President Vladimir 

14 Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed 

15 at the United States presidential election.’’ The as16 sessment warns that ‘‘Moscow will apply lessons 

17 learned from its Putin-ordered campaign aimed at 

18 the U.S. Presidential election to future influence ef19 forts worldwide, including against U.S. allies and 

20 their election processes’’. 

21 SEC. 212. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

22 It is the sense of Congress that the President— 

23 (1) should engage to the fullest extent possible 

24 with partner governments with regard to closing 

25 loopholes, including the allowance of extended pre-
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1 payment for the delivery of goods and commodities 

2 and other loopholes, in multilateral and unilateral 

3 restrictive measures against the Russian Federation, 

4 with the aim of maximizing alignment of those 

5 measures; and 

6 (2) should increase efforts to vigorously enforce 

7 compliance with sanctions in place as of the date of 

8 the enactment of this Act with respect to the Rus9 sian Federation in response to the crisis in eastern 

10 Ukraine, cyber intrusions and attacks, and human 

11 rights violators in the Russian Federation. 

12 PART I—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF SANC13 TIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE RUS14 SIAN FEDERATION 

15 SEC. 215. SHORT TITLE. 

16 The part may be cited as the ‘‘Russia Sanctions Re17 view Act of 2017’’. 

18 SEC. 216. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS 

19 RELATING TO SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RE20 SPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

21 (a) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF PROPOSED AC22 TION.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

24 provision of law, before taking any action described 

25 in paragraph (2), the President shall submit to the 
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1 appropriate congressional committees and leadership 

2 a report that describes the proposed action and the 

3 reasons for that action. 

4 (2) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—An action described in 

6 this paragraph is— 

7 (i) an action to terminate the applica8 tion of any sanctions described in subpara9 graph (B); 

10 (ii) with respect to sanctions described 

11 in subparagraph (B) imposed by the Presi12 dent with respect to a person, an action to 

13 waive the application of those sanctions 

14 with respect to that person; or 

15 (iii) a licensing action that signifi16 cantly alters United States’ foreign policy 

17 with regard to the Russian Federation. 

18 (B) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanc19 tions described in this subparagraph are— 

20 (i) sanctions provided for under— 

21 (I) this title or any provision of 

22 law amended by this title, including 

23 the Executive Orders codified under 

24 section 222; 
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1 (II) the Support for the Sov2 ereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and 

3 Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 

4 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.); or 

5 (III) the Ukraine Freedom Sup6 port Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8921 et 

7 seq.); and 

8 (ii) the prohibition on access to the 

9 properties of the Government of the Rus10 sian Federation located in Maryland and 

11 New York that the President ordered va12 cated on December 29, 2016. 

13 (3) DESCRIPTION OF TYPE OF ACTION.—Each 

14 report submitted under paragraph (1) with respect 

15 to an action described in paragraph (2) shall include 

16 a description of whether the action— 

17 (A) is not intended to significantly alter 

18 United States foreign policy with regard to the 

19 Russian Federation; or 

20 (B) is intended to significantly alter 

21 United States foreign policy with regard to the 

22 Russian Federation. 

23 (4) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL MATTER.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each report submitted 

25 under paragraph (1) that relates to an action 
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1 that is intended to significantly alter United 

2 States foreign policy with regard to the Russian 

3 Federation shall include a description of— 

4 (i) the significant alteration to United 

5 States foreign policy with regard to the 

6 Russian Federation; 

7 (ii) the anticipated effect of the action 

8 on the national security interests of the 

9 United States; and 

10 (iii) the policy objectives for which the 

11 sanctions affected by the action were ini12 tially imposed. 

13 (B) REQUESTS FROM BANKING AND FI14 NANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEES.—The Com15 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

16 of the Senate or the Committee on Financial 

17 Services of the House of Representatives may 

18 request the submission to the Committee of the 

19 matter described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of sub20 paragraph (A) with respect to a report sub21 mitted under paragraph (1) that relates to an 

22 action that is not intended to significantly alter 

23 United States foreign policy with regard to the 

24 Russian Federation. 

25 (b) PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—During the period of 30 cal2 endar days beginning on the date on which the 

3 President submits a report under subsection 

4 (a)(1)— 

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

6 an action that is not intended to significantly 

7 alter United States foreign policy with regard 

8 to the Russian Federation, the Committee on 

9 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 

10 Senate and the Committee on Financial Serv11 ices of the House of Representatives should, as 

12 appropriate, hold hearings and briefings and 

13 otherwise obtain information in order to fully 

14 review the report; and 

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

16 an action that is intended to significantly alter 

17 United States foreign policy with regard to the 

18 Russian Federation, the Committee on Foreign 

19 Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 

20 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

21 should, as appropriate, hold hearings and brief22 ings and otherwise obtain information in order 

23 to fully review the report. 

24 (2) EXCEPTION.—The period for congressional 

25 review under paragraph (1) of a report required to 
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1 be submitted under subsection (a)(1) shall be 60 cal2 endar days if the report is submitted on or after 

3 July 10 and on or before September 7 in any cal4 endar year. 

5 (3) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING INITIAL

6 CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD.—Notwithstanding 

7 any other provision of law, during the period for 

8 congressional review provided for under paragraph 

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

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

11 including any additional period for such review as 

12 applicable under the exception provided in paragraph 

13 (2), the President may not take that action unless 

14 a joint resolution of approval with respect to that ac15 tion is enacted in accordance with subsection (c). 

16 (4) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING PRESI17 DENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION

18 OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro19 vision of law, if a joint resolution of disapproval re20 lating to a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 

21 proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) 

22 passes both Houses of Congress in accordance with 

23 subsection (c), the President may not take that ac24 tion for a period of 12 calendar days after the date 

25 of passage of the joint resolution of disapproval. 
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1 (5) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING CONGRES2 SIONAL RECONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION

3 OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro4 vision of law, if a joint resolution of disapproval re5 lating to a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 

6 proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) 

7 passes both Houses of Congress in accordance with 

8 subsection (c), and the President vetoes the joint 

9 resolution, the President may not take that action 

10 for a period of 10 calendar days after the date of 

11 the President’s veto. 

12 (6) EFFECT OF ENACTMENT OF A JOINT RESO13 LUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any 

14 other provision of law, if a joint resolution of dis15 approval relating to a report submitted under sub16 section (a)(1) proposing an action described in sub17 section (a)(2) is enacted in accordance with sub18 section (c), the President may not take that action. 

19 (c) JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF DISAPPROVAL OR AP20 PROVAL DEFINED.—In this subsection: 

21 (1) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.—The 

22 term ‘‘joint resolution of approval’’ means only a 

23 joint resolution of either House of Congress— 

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

25 resolution approving the President’s proposal to 
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1 take an action relating to the application of cer2 tain sanctions with respect to the Russian Fed3 eration.’’; and 

4 (B) the sole matter after the resolving 

5 clause of which is the following: ‘‘Congress ap6 proves of the action relating to the application 

7 of sanctions imposed with respect to the Rus8 sian Federation proposed by the President in 

9 the report submitted to Congress under section 

10 216(a)(1) of the Russia Sanctions Review Act 

11 of 2017 on lllllll relating to 

12 llllllll.’’, with the first blank space 

13 being filled with the appropriate date and the 

14 second blank space being filled with a short de15 scription of the proposed action. 

16 (2) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—The 

17 term ‘‘joint resolution of disapproval’’ means only a 

18 joint resolution of either House of Congress— 

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

20 resolution disapproving the President’s proposal 

21 to take an action relating to the application of 

22 certain sanctions with respect to the Russian 

23 Federation.’’; and 

24 (B) the sole matter after the resolving 

25 clause of which is the following: ‘‘Congress dis-
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1 approves of the action relating to the applica2 tion of sanctions imposed with respect to the 

3 Russian Federation proposed by the President 

4 in the report submitted to Congress under sec5 tion 216(a)(1) of the Russia Sanctions Review 

6 Act of 2017 on lllllll relating to 

7 llllllll.’’, with the first blank space 

8 being filled with the appropriate date and the 

9 second blank space being filled with a short de10 scription of the proposed action. 

11 (3) INTRODUCTION.—During the period of 30 

12 calendar days provided for under subsection (b)(1), 

13 including any additional period as applicable under 

14 the exception provided in subsection (b)(2), a joint 

15 resolution of approval or joint resolution of dis16 approval may be introduced— 

17 (A) in the House of Representatives, by 

18 the majority leader or the minority leader; and 

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

20 (or the majority leader’s designee) or the mi21 nority leader (or the minority leader’s des22 ignee). 

23 (4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP24 RESENTATIVES.— 
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1 (A) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If a 

2 committee of the House of Representatives to 

3 which a joint resolution of approval or joint res4 olution of disapproval has been referred has not 

5 reported the joint resolution within 10 calendar 

6 days after the date of referral, that committee 

7 shall be discharged from further consideration 

8 of the joint resolution. 

9 (B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

10 Beginning on the third legislative day after 

11 each committee to which a joint resolution of 

12 approval or joint resolution of disapproval has 

13 been referred reports the joint resolution to the 

14 House or has been discharged from further con15 sideration of the joint resolution, it shall be in 

16 order to move to proceed to consider the joint 

17 resolution in the House. All points of order 

18 against the motion are waived. Such a motion 

19 shall not be in order after the House has dis20 posed of a motion to proceed on the joint reso21 lution. The previous question shall be consid22 ered as ordered on the motion to its adoption 

23 without intervening motion. The motion shall 

24 not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the 
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1 vote by which the motion is disposed of shall 

2 not be in order. 

3 (C) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution 

4 of approval or joint resolution of disapproval 

5 shall be considered as read. All points of order 

6 against the joint resolution and against its con7 sideration are waived. The previous question 

8 shall be considered as ordered on the joint reso9 lution to final passage without intervening mo10 tion except 2 hours of debate equally divided 

11 and controlled by the sponsor of the joint reso12 lution (or a designee) and an opponent. A mo13 tion to reconsider the vote on passage of the 

14 joint resolution shall not be in order. 

15 (5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

16 (A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso17 lution of approval or joint resolution of dis18 approval introduced in the Senate shall be— 

19 (i) referred to the Committee on 

20 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs if 

21 the joint resolution relates to a report 

22 under section 216 A3 that is described as 

23 an action that is not intended to signifi24 cantly alter United States foreign policy 
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1 with regard to the Russian Federation; 

2 and 

3 (ii) referred to the Committee on For4 eign Relations if the joint resolution relates 

5 to a report under section 216 A3 that is 

6 described as an action that is intended to 

7 significantly alter United States foreign 

8 policy with respect to the Russian Federa9 tion. 

10 (B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 

11 committee to which a joint resolution of ap12 proval or joint resolution of disapproval was re13 ferred has not reported the joint resolution 

14 within 10 calendar days after the date of refer15 ral of the joint resolution, that committee shall 

16 be discharged from further consideration of the 

17 joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be 

18 placed on the appropriate calendar. 

19 (C) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

20 Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing 

21 Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any time 

22 after the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

23 Urban Affairs or the Committee on Foreign Re24 lations, as the case may be, reports a joint reso25 lution of approval or joint resolution of dis-
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1 approval to the Senate or has been discharged 

2 from consideration of such a joint resolution 

3 (even though a previous motion to the same ef4 fect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed 

5 to the consideration of the joint resolution, and 

6 all points of order against the joint resolution 

7 (and against consideration of the joint resolu8 tion) are waived. The motion to proceed is not 

9 debatable. The motion is not subject to a mo10 tion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the 

11 vote by which the motion is agreed to or dis12 agreed to shall not be in order. 

13 (D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE14 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 

15 relating to the application of the rules of the 

16 Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re17 lating to a joint resolution of approval or joint 

18 resolution of disapproval shall be decided with19 out debate. 

20 (E) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MES21 SAGES.—Debate in the Senate of any veto mes22 sage with respect to a joint resolution of ap23 proval or joint resolution of disapproval, includ24 ing all debatable motions and appeals in con25 nection with the joint resolution, shall be lim-
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1 ited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, 

2 and controlled by, the majority leader and the 

3 minority leader or their designees. 

4 (6) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE

5 OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

6 (A) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY

7 OTHER HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one 

8 House of a joint resolution of approval or joint 

9 resolution of disapproval of that House, that 

10 House receives an identical joint resolution 

11 from the other House, the following procedures 

12 shall apply: 

13 (i) The joint resolution of the other 

14 House shall not be referred to a com15 mittee. 

16 (ii) With respect to the joint resolu17 tion of the House receiving the joint reso18 lution from the other House— 

19 (I) the procedure in that House 

20 shall be the same as if no joint resolu21 tion had been received from the other 

22 House; but 

23 (II) the vote on passage shall be 

24 on the joint resolution of the other 

25 House. 
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1 (B) TREATMENT OF A JOINT RESOLUTION

2 OF OTHER HOUSE.—If one House fails to intro3 duce a joint resolution of approval or joint reso4 lution of disapproval, a joint resolution of ap5 proval or joint resolution of disapproval of the 

6 other House shall be entitled to expedited pro7 cedures in that House under this subsection. 

8 (C) TREATMENT OF HOUSE JOINT RESO9 LUTION IN SENATE.—If, following passage of a 

10 joint resolution of approval or joint resolution 

11 of disapproval in the Senate, the Senate re12 ceives an identical joint resolution from the 

13 House of Representatives, that joint resolution 

14 shall be placed on the appropriate Senate cal15 endar. 

16 (D) APPLICATION TO REVENUE MEAS17 URES.—The provisions of this paragraph shall 

18 not apply in the House of Representatives to a 

19 joint resolution of approval or joint resolution 

20 of disapproval that is a revenue measure. 

21 (7) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

22 AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by Con23 gress— 

24 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 

25 of the Senate and the House of Representa-
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1 tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part 

2 of the rules of each House, respectively, but ap3 plicable only with respect to the procedure to be 

4 followed in that House in the case of a joint 

5 resolution of approval or joint resolution of dis6 approval, and supersedes other rules only to the 

7 extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; 

8 and 

9 (B) with full recognition of the constitu10 tional right of either House to change the rules 

11 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

12 House) at any time, in the same manner, and 

13 to the same extent as in the case of any other 

14 rule of that House. 

15 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

16 AND LEADERSHIP DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

17 ‘‘appropriate congressional committees and leadership’’ 

18 means— 

19 (1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

20 Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

21 and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; 

22 and 

23 (2) the Committee on Financial Services, the 

24 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Speaker, the 
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1 majority leader, and the minority leader of the 

2 House of Representatives. 

3 PART II—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 

4 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

5 SEC. 221. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this part: 

7 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT8 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com9 mittees’’ means— 

10 (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

11 and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 

12 Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the 

13 Senate; and 

14 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

15 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com16 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 

17 Representatives. 

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

19 given that term in section 16 of the Export Adminis20 tration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued 

21 in effect pursuant to the International Emergency 

22 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)). 

23 (3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITU24 TION.—The term ‘‘international financial institu25 tion’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
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1 1701(c) of the International Financial Institutions 

2 Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)). 

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

4 respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 

5 means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 

6 have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 

7 result. 

8 (5) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in9 dividual or entity. 

10 (6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

11 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

12 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law13 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

14 United States; or 

15 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

16 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

17 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

18 such an entity. 

19 SEC. 222. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE 

20 RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

21 (a) CODIFICATION.—United States sanctions pro22 vided for in Executive Order 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13493; 

23 relating to blocking property of certain persons contrib24 uting to the situation in Ukraine), Executive Order 13661 

25 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to blocking property of ad-
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1 ditional persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine), 

2 Executive Order 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating to 

3 blocking property of additional persons contributing to the 

4 situation in Ukraine), Executive Order 13685 (79 Fed. 

5 Reg. 77357; relating to blocking property of certain per6 sons and prohibiting certain transactions with respect to 

7 the Crimea region of Ukraine), Executive Order 13694 

8 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; relating to blocking the property 

9 of certain persons engaging in significant malicious cyber10 enabled activities), and Executive Order 13757 (82 Fed. 

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

12 national emergency with respect to significant malicious 

13 cyber-enabled activities), as in effect on the day before the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, including with respect 

15 to all persons sanctioned under such Executive Orders, 

16 shall remain in effect except as provided in subsection (b). 

17 (b) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS.—Subject 

18 to section 216, the President may terminate the applica19 tion of sanctions described in subsection (a) that are im20 posed on a person in connection with activity conducted 

21 by the person if the President submits to the appropriate 

22 congressional committees a notice that— 

23 (1) the person is not engaging in the activity 

24 that was the basis for the sanctions or has taken 
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1 significant verifiable steps toward stopping the activ2 ity; and 

3 (2) the President has received reliable assur4 ances that the person will not knowingly engage in 

5 activity subject to sanctions described in subsection 

6 (a) in the future. 

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

8 President may waive the initial application under sub9 section (a) of sanctions with respect to a person under 

10 Executive Order 13694 or 13757 only if the President 

11 submits to the appropriate congressional committees— 

12 (1) a written determination that the waiver— 

13 (A) is in the vital national security inter14 ests of the United States; or 

15 (B) will further the enforcement of this 

16 title; and 

17 (2) a certification that the Government of the 

18 Russian Federation has made significant efforts to 

19 reduce the number and intensity of cyber intrusions 

20 conducted by that Government. 

21 (d) APPLICATION OF NEW UKRAINE-RELATED SANC22 TIONS.—The President may waive the initial application 

23 under subsection (a) of sanctions with respect to a person 

24 under Executive Order 13660, 13661, 13662, or 13685 
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1 only if the President submits to the appropriate congres2 sional committees— 

3 (1) a written determination that the waiver— 

4 (A) is in the vital national security inter5 ests of the United States; or 

6 (B) will further the enforcement of this 

7 title; and 

8 (2) a certification that the Government of the 

9 Russian Federation is taking steps to implement the 

10 Minsk Agreement to address the ongoing conflict in 

11 eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, Belarus, on Feb12 ruary 11, 2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, 

13 France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, which 

14 was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any suc15 cessor agreements that are agreed to by the Govern16 ment of Ukraine. 

17 SEC. 223. MODIFICATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECU18 TIVE ORDER 13662. 

19 (a) DETERMINATION THAT CERTAIN ENTITIES ARE

20 SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

21 may determine that a person meets one or more of the 

22 criteria in section 1(a) of Executive Order 13662 if that 

23 person is a state-owned entity operating in the railway, 

24 shipping, or metals and mining sector of the economy of 

25 the Russian Federation. 
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1 (b) MODIFICATION OF DIRECTIVE 1 WITH RESPECT

2 TO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR OF THE RUSSIAN

3 FEDERATION ECONOMY.—The Director of the Office of 

4 Foreign Assets Control shall modify Directive 1 (as 

5 amended), dated September 12, 2014, issued by the Office 

6 of Foreign Assets Control under Executive Order 13662, 

7 or any successor directive, to ensure that the directive pro8 hibits the conduct by United States persons or persons 

9 within the United States of all transactions in, provision 

10 of financing for, and other dealings in new debt of longer 

11 than 14 days maturity or new equity of persons deter12 mined to be subject to the directive, their property, or 

13 their interests in property. 

14 (c) MODIFICATION OF DIRECTIVE 2 WITH RESPECT

15 TO THE ENERGY SECTOR OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

16 ECONOMY.—The Director of the Office of Foreign Assets 

17 Control shall modify Directive 2 (as amended), dated Sep18 tember 12, 2014, issued by the Office of Foreign Assets 

19 Control under Executive Order 13662, or any successor 

20 directive, to ensure that the directive prohibits the conduct 

21 by United States persons or persons within the United 

22 States of all transactions in, provision of financing for, 

23 and other dealings in new debt of longer than 30 days 

24 maturity of persons determined to be subject to the direc25 tive, their property, or their interests in property. 
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1 (d) MODIFICATION OF DIRECTIVE 4.—The Director 

2 of the Office of Foreign Assets Control shall modify Direc3 tive 4, dated September 12, 2014, issued by the Office 

4 of Foreign Assets Control under Executive Order 13662, 

5 or any successor directive, to ensure that the directive pro6 hibits the provision, exportation, or reexportation, directly 

7 or indirectly, by United States persons or persons within 

8 the United States, of goods, services (except for financial 

9 services), or technology in support of exploration or pro10 duction for deepwater, Arctic offshore, or shale projects— 

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

12 (2) in which a Russian energy firm is involved; 

13 and 

14 (3) that involve any person determined to be 

15 subject to the directive or the property or interests 

16 in property of such a person. 

17 SEC. 224. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

18 ACTIVITIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

19 UNDERMINING CYBERSECURITY. 

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

21 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi22 dent shall— 

23 (1) impose the sanctions described in subsection 

24 (b) with respect to any person that the President de25 termines— 
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1 (A) knowingly engages in significant activi2 ties undermining cybersecurity against any per3 son, including a democratic institution, or gov4 ernment on behalf of the Government of the 

5 Russian Federation; or 

6 (B) is owned or controlled by, or acts or 

7 purports to act for or on behalf of, directly or 

8 indirectly, a person described in subparagraph 

9 (A); 

10 (2) impose 5 or more of the sanctions described 

11 in section 235 with respect to any person that the 

12 President determines knowingly materially assists, 

13 sponsors, or provides financial, material, or techno14 logical support for, or goods or services (except fi15 nancial services) in support of, an activity described 

16 in paragraph (1)(A); and 

17 (3) impose 3 or more of the sanctions described 

18 in section 4(c) of the of the Ukraine Freedom Sup19 port Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8923(c)) with respect 

20 to any person that the President determines know21 ingly provides financial services in support of an ac22 tivity described in paragraph (1)(A). 

23 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de24 scribed in this subsection are the following: 
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1 (1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The exercise of all pow2 ers granted to the President by the International 

3 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 

4 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit 

5 all transactions in all property and interests in prop6 erty of a person determined by the President to be 

7 subject to subsection (a)(1) if such property and in8 terests in property are in the United States, come 

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

10 possession or control of a United States person. 

11 (2) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES

12 AND REVOCATION OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTA13 TION.—In the case of an alien determined by the 

14 President to be subject to subsection (a)(1), denial 

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

16 of, the alien, and revocation in accordance with sec17 tion 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

18 (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any visa or other documenta19 tion of the alien. 

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

21 President may waive the initial application under sub22 section (a) of sanctions with respect to a person only if 

23 the President submits to the appropriate congressional 

24 committees— 

25 (1) a written determination that the waiver— 
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1 (A) is in the vital national security inter2 ests of the United States; or 

3 (B) will further the enforcement of this 

4 title; and 

5 (2) a certification that the Government of the 

6 Russian Federation has made significant efforts to 

7 reduce the number and intensity of cyber intrusions 

8 conducted by that Government. 

9 (d) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES UNDERMINING CYBER10 SECURITY DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘signifi11 cant activities undermining cybersecurity’’ includes— 

12 (1) significant efforts— 

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

14 or destroy an information and communications 

15 technology system or network; or 

16 (B) to exfiltrate, degrade, corrupt, destroy, 

17 or release information from such a system or 

18 network without authorization for purposes 

19 of— 

20 (i) conducting influence operations; or 

21 (ii) causing a significant misappro22 priation of funds, economic resources, 

23 trade secrets, personal identifications, or 

24 financial information for commercial or 
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1 competitive advantage or private financial 

2 gain; 

3 (2) significant destructive malware attacks; and 

4 (3) significant denial of service activities. 

5 SEC. 225. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO SPE6 CIAL RUSSIAN CRUDE OIL PROJECTS. 

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

8 of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8923(b)(1)) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘on and after the date that is 45 days after the date of 

10 the enactment of this Act, the President may impose’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘on and after the date that is 30 days after the 

12 date of the enactment of the Countering Russian Influence 

13 in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017, the President shall 

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

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

16 SEC. 226. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

17 RUSSIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN FINANCIAL 

18 INSTITUTIONS. 

19 Section 5 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 

20 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8924) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘may impose’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘shall impose, unless the President deter24 mines that it is not in the national interest of 

25 the United States to do so,’’; and 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘on or after the date of the 

2 enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘on or 

3 after the date of the enactment of the Coun4 tering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia 

5 Act of 2017’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (b)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘may impose’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘shall impose, unless the President deter9 mines that it is not in the national interest of 

10 the United States to do so,’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘on or after the date that 

12 is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

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

14 that is 30 days after the date of the enactment 

15 of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe 

16 and Eurasia Act of 2017’’. 

17 SEC. 227. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH 

18 RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT CORRUPTION IN 

19 THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

20 Section 9 of the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, 

21 and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 

22 8908(a)) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 by striking ‘‘is authorized and encouraged to’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘shall’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘President determines 

6 is’’ and inserting ‘‘President determines is, 

7 on or after the date of the enactment of 

8 the Countering Russian Influence in Eu9 rope and Eurasia Act of 2017,’’; and 

10 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or elsewhere’’ after 

11 ‘‘in the Russian Federation’’; 

12 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub13 section (e); 

14 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘The Presi15 dent’’ and inserting ‘‘except as provided in sub16 section (d), the President’’; and 

17 (4) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The Presi20 dent may waive the initial application of sanctions under 

21 subsection (b) with respect to a person only if the Presi22 dent submits to the appropriate congressional commit23 tees— 

24 ‘‘(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
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1 ‘‘(A) is in the vital national security inter2 ests of the United States; or 

3 ‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this 

4 Act; and 

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

6 Russian Federation is taking steps to implement the 

7 Minsk Agreement to address the ongoing conflict in 

8 eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, Belarus, on Feb9 ruary 11, 2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, 

10 France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, which 

11 was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any suc12 cessor agreements that are agreed to by the Govern13 ment of Ukraine.’’. 

14 SEC. 228. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH 

15 RESPECT TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH 

16 FOREIGN SANCTIONS EVADERS AND SERIOUS 

17 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS IN THE RUSSIAN 

18 FEDERATION. 

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

20 Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine 

21 Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) is amended by add22 ing at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 10. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH 

2 RESPECT TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH 

3 PERSONS THAT EVADE SANCTIONS IMPOSED 

4 WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERA5 TION. 

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

7 sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to a for8 eign person if the President determines that the foreign 

9 person knowingly, on or after the date of the enactment 

10 of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eur11 asia Act of 2017— 

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

13 conspires to violate, or causes a violation of any li14 cense, order, regulation, or prohibition contained in 

15 or issued pursuant to any covered Executive order; 

16 or 

17 ‘‘(2) facilitates significant deceptive or struc18 tured transactions for or on behalf of— 

19 ‘‘(A) any person subject to sanctions im20 posed by the United States with respect to the 

21 Russian Federation; or 

22 ‘‘(B) any child, spouse, parent, or sibling 

23 of an individual described in subparagraph (A). 

24 ‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de25 scribed in this subsection are the exercise of all powers 

26 granted to the President by the International Emergency 
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1 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the ex2 tent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all 

3 property and interests in property of a person determined 

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

5 property and interests in property are in the United 

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

7 within the possession or control of a United States person. 

8 ‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may 

10 exercise all authorities provided to the President 

11 under sections 203 and 205 of the International 

12 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 

13 and 1704) to carry out subsection (b). 

14 ‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at15 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

16 violation of subsection (b) or any regulation, license, 

17 or order issued to carry out subsection (b) shall be 

18 subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 

19 and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer20 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 

21 same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 

22 act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

23 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The Presi24 dent may waive the initial application of sanctions under 

25 subsection (b) with respect to a person only if the Presi-
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1 dent submits to the appropriate congressional commit2 tees— 

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

4 ‘‘(A) is in the vital national security inter5 ests of the United States; or 

6 ‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this 

7 Act; 

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

9 section in connection with a covered Executive order 

10 described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of 

11 subsection (f)(1), a certification that the Govern12 ment of the Russian Federation is taking steps to 

13 implement the Minsk Agreement to address the on14 going conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, 

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

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

17 Protocol, which was agreed to on September 5, 

18 2014, and any successor agreements that are agreed 

19 to by the Government of Ukraine; and 

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

21 section in connection with a covered Executive order 

22 described in subparagraphs (E) or (F) of subsection 

23 (f)(1), a certification that the Government of the 

24 Russian Federation has made significant efforts to 
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1 reduce the number and intensity of cyber intrusions 

2 conducted by that Government. 

3 ‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the 

4 Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017, the President may 

5 terminate the application of sanctions under subsection 

6 (b) with respect to a person if the President submits to 

7 the appropriate congressional committees— 

8 ‘‘(1) a notice of and justification for the termi9 nation; and 

10 ‘‘(2) a notice that— 

11 ‘‘(A) the person is not engaging in the ac12 tivity that was the basis for the sanctions or 

13 has taken significant verifiable steps toward 

14 stopping the activity; and 

15 ‘‘(B) the President has received reliable as16 surances that the person will not knowingly en17 gage in activity subject to sanctions under sub18 section (a) in the future. 

19 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 ‘‘(1) COVERED EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term 

21 ‘covered Executive order’ means any of the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(A) Executive Order 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 

24 13493; relating to blocking property of certain 
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1 persons contributing to the situation in 

2 Ukraine). 

3 ‘‘(B) Executive Order 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 

4 15535; relating to blocking property of addi5 tional persons contributing to the situation in 

6 Ukraine). 

7 ‘‘(C) Executive Order 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 

8 16169; relating to blocking property of addi9 tional persons contributing to the situation in 

10 Ukraine). 

11 ‘‘(D) Executive Order 13685 (79 Fed. 

12 Reg. 77357; relating to blocking property of 

13 certain persons and prohibiting certain trans14 actions with respect to the Crimea region of 

15 Ukraine). 

16 ‘‘(E) Executive Order 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 

17 18077; relating to blocking the property of cer18 tain persons engaging in significant malicious 

19 cyber-enabled activities). 

20 ‘‘(F) Executive Order 13757 (82 Fed. Reg. 

21 1; relating to taking additional steps to address 

22 the national emergency with respect to signifi23 cant malicious cyber-enabled activities). 

24 ‘‘(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per25 son’ has the meaning given such term in section 
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1 595.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (as 

2 in effect on the date of the enactment of the Coun3 tering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act 

4 of 2017). 

5 ‘‘(3) STRUCTURED.—The term ‘structured’, 

6 with respect to a transaction, has the meaning given 

7 the term ‘structure’ in paragraph (xx) of section 

8 1010.100 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations 

9 (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 

10 ‘‘SEC. 11. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH 

11 RESPECT TO TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS 

12 RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 

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

14 sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to a for15 eign person if the President determines that the foreign 

16 person, based on credible information, on or after the date 

17 of the enactment of the Countering Russian Influence in 

18 Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017— 

19 ‘‘(1) is responsible for, complicit in, or respon20 sible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, 

21 the commission of serious human rights abuses in 

22 any territory forcibly occupied or otherwise con23 trolled by the Government of the Russian Federa24 tion; 
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1 ‘‘(2) materially assists, sponsors, or provides fi2 nancial, material, or technological support for, or 

3 goods or services to, a foreign person described in 

4 paragraph (1); or 

5 ‘‘(3) is owned or controlled by, or acts or pur6 ports to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, 

7 a foreign person described in paragraph (1). 

8 ‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

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

10 powers granted to the President by the International 

11 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 

12 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit 

13 all transactions in all property and interests in prop14 erty of a person determined by the President to be 

15 subject to subsection (a) if such property and inter16 ests in property are in the United States, come with17 in the United States, or are or come within the pos18 session or control of a United States person. 

19 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES

20 AND REVOCATION OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTA21 TION.—In the case of an alien determined by the 

22 President to be subject to subsection (a), denial of 

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

24 the alien, and revocation in accordance with section 

25 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
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1 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any visa or other documentation 

2 of the alien. 

3 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The Presi4 dent may waive the initial application of sanctions under 

5 subsection (b) with respect to a person only if the Presi6 dent submits to the appropriate congressional commit7 tees— 

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

9 ‘‘(A) is in the vital national security inter10 ests of the United States; or 

11 ‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this 

12 Act; and 

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

14 Russian Federation has made efforts to reduce seri15 ous human rights abuses in territory forcibly occu16 pied or otherwise controlled by that Government. 

17 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may 

19 exercise all authorities provided to the President 

20 under sections 203 and 205 of the International 

21 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 

22 and 1704) to carry out subsection (b)(1). 

23 ‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at24 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

25 violation of subsection (b)(1) or any regulation, li-
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1 cense, or order issued to carry out subsection (b)(1) 

2 shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub3 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter4 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

5 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that 

6 commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) 

7 of that section. 

8 ‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the 

9 Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017, the President may 

10 terminate the application of sanctions under subsection 

11 (b) with respect to a person if the President submits to 

12 the appropriate congressional committees— 

13 ‘‘(1) a notice of and justification for the termi14 nation; and 

15 ‘‘(2) a notice— 

16 ‘‘(A) that— 

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

18 activity that was the basis for the sanc19 tions or has taken significant verifiable 

20 steps toward stopping the activity; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) the President has received reli22 able assurances that the person will not 

23 knowingly engage in activity subject to 

24 sanctions under subsection (a) in the fu25 ture; or 
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1 ‘‘(B) that the President determines that 

2 insufficient basis exists for the determination by 

3 the President under subsection (a) with respect 

4 to the person.’’. 

5 (b) DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL

6 COMMITTEES.—Section 2(2) of the Support for the Sov7 ereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of 

8 Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8901(2)) is amended— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘the 

10 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af11 fairs,’’ before ‘‘the Committee on Foreign Rela12 tions’’; and 

13 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘the 

14 Committee on Financial Services’’ before ‘‘the Com15 mittee on Foreign Affairs’’. 

16 SEC. 229. NOTIFICATIONS TO CONGRESS UNDER UKRAINE 

17 FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT OF 2014. 

18 (a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO DEFENSE AND EN19 ERGY SECTORS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.—Section 

20 4 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (22 

21 U.S.C. 8923) is amended— 

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

23 subsections (h) and (i), respectively; 

24 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol25 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(g) NOTIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS TO CON2 GRESS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The Presi4 dent shall notify the appropriate congressional com5 mittees in writing not later than 15 days after im6 posing sanctions with respect to a foreign person 

7 under subsection (a) or (b). 

8 ‘‘(2) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS WITH RE9 SPECT TO RUSSIAN PRODUCERS, TRANSFERORS, OR

10 BROKERS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Subject to sec11 tion 216 of the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 

12 2017, the President may terminate the imposition of 

13 sanctions under subsection (a)(2) with respect to a 

14 foreign person if the President submits to the appro15 priate congressional committees— 

16 ‘‘(A) a notice of and justification for the 

17 termination; and 

18 ‘‘(B) a notice that— 

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

20 in the activity that was the basis for the 

21 sanctions or has taken significant verifiable 

22 steps toward stopping the activity; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) the President has received reli24 able assurances that the foreign person will 

25 not knowingly engage in activity subject to 
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1 sanctions under subsection (a)(2) in the 

2 future.’’; and 

3 (3) in subparagraph (B)(ii) of subsection 

4 (a)(3), by striking ‘‘subsection (h)’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘subsection (i)’’. 

6 (b) SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN

7 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—Section 5 of the Ukraine 

8 Freedom Support Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8924) is amend9 ed— 

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

11 subsections (f) and (g), respectively; 

12 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS ON IMPOSITION OF

15 SANCTIONS.—The President shall notify the appropriate 

16 congressional committees in writing not later than 15 days 

17 after imposing sanctions with respect to a foreign financial 

18 institution under subsection (a) or (b).’’; and 

19 (3) in subsection (g), as redesignated by para20 graph (1), by striking ‘‘section 4(h)’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘section 4(i)’’. 
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1 SEC. 230. STANDARDS FOR TERMINATION OF CERTAIN 

2 SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN 

3 FEDERATION. 

4 (a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO UNDERMINING THE

5 PEACE, SECURITY, STABILITY, SOVEREIGNTY, OR TERRI6 TORIAL INTEGRITY OF UKRAINE.—Section 8 of the Sov7 ereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of 

8 Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8907) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub10 section (e); and 

11 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the 

14 Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017, the President may 

15 terminate the application of sanctions under subsection 

16 (b) with respect to a person if the President submits to 

17 the appropriate congressional committees a notice that— 

18 ‘‘(1) the person is not engaging in the activity 

19 that was the basis for the sanctions or has taken 

20 significant verifiable steps toward stopping the activ21 ity; and 

22 ‘‘(2) the President has received reliable assur23 ances that the person will not knowingly engage in 

24 activity subject to sanctions under subsection (a) in 

25 the future.’’. 
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1 (b) SANCTIONS RELATING TO CORRUPTION.—Sec2 tion 9 of the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Eco3 nomic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8908) 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub6 section (e); and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the 

10 Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017, the President may 

11 terminate the application of sanctions under subsection 

12 (b) with respect to a person if the President submits to 

13 the appropriate congressional committees a notice that— 

14 ‘‘(1) the person is not engaging in the activity 

15 that was the basis for the sanctions or has taken 

16 significant verifiable steps toward stopping the activ17 ity; and 

18 ‘‘(2) the President has received reliable assur19 ances that the person will not knowingly engage in 

20 activity subject to sanctions under subsection (a) in 

21 the future.’’. 
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1 SEC. 231. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 PERSONS ENGAGING IN TRANSACTIONS WITH 

3 THE INTELLIGENCE OR DEFENSE SECTORS 

4 OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FED5 ERATION. 

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

7 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi8 dent shall impose 5 or more of the sanctions described 

9 in section 235 with respect to a person the President de10 termines knowingly, on or after such date of enactment, 

11 engages in a significant transaction with a person that is 

12 part of, or operates for or on behalf of, the defense or 

13 intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Fed14 eration, including the Main Intelligence Agency of the 

15 General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federa16 tion or the Federal Security Service of the Russian Fed17 eration. 

18 (b) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The Presi19 dent may waive the initial application of sanctions under 

20 subsection (a) with respect to a person only if the Presi21 dent submits to the appropriate congressional commit22 tees— 

23 (1) a written determination that the waiver— 

24 (A) is in the vital national security inter25 ests of the United States; or 
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1 (B) will further the enforcement of this 

2 title; and 

3 (2) a certification that the Government of the 

4 Russian Federation has made significant efforts to 

5 reduce the number and intensity of cyber intrusions 

6 conducted by that Government. 

7 SEC. 232. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOP8 MENT OF PIPELINES IN THE RUSSIAN FED9 ERATION. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President may impose 5 or 

11 more of the sanctions described in section 235 with respect 

12 to a person if the President determines that the person 

13 knowingly, on or after the date of the enactment of this 

14 Act, makes an investment described in subsection (b) or 

15 sells, leases, or provides to the Russian Federation, for 

16 the construction of Russian energy export pipelines, goods, 

17 services, technology, information, or support described in 

18 subsection (c)— 

19 (1) any of which has a fair market value of 

20 $1,000,000 or more; or 

21 (2) that, during a 12-month period, have an ag22 gregate fair market value of $5,000,000 or more. 

23 (b) INVESTMENT DESCRIBED.—An investment de24 scribed in this subsection is an investment that directly 

25 and significantly contributes to the enhancement of the 
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1 ability of the Russian Federation to construct energy ex2 port pipelines. 

3 (c) GOODS, SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION, 

4 OR SUPPORT DESCRIBED.—Goods, services, technology, 

5 information, or support described in this subsection are 

6 goods, services, technology, information, or support that 

7 could directly and significantly facilitate the maintenance 

8 or expansion of the construction, modernization, or repair 

9 of energy pipelines by the Russian Federation. 

10 SEC. 233. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO INVESTMENT IN 

11 OR FACILITATION OF PRIVATIZATION OF 

12 STATE-OWNED ASSETS BY THE RUSSIAN FED13 ERATION. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose 5 or 

15 more of the sanctions described in section 235 if the Presi16 dent determines that a person, with actual knowledge, on 

17 or after the date of the enactment of this Act, makes an 

18 investment of $10,000,000 or more (or any combination 

19 of investments of not less than $1,000,000 each, which 

20 in the aggregate equals or exceeds $10,000,000 in any 12- 

21 month period), or facilitates such an investment, if the in22 vestment directly and significantly contributes to the abil23 ity of the Russian Federation to privatize state-owned as24 sets in a manner that unjustly benefits— 
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1 (1) officials of the Government of the Russian 

2 Federation; or 

3 (2) close associates or family members of those 

4 officials. 

5 (b) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The Presi6 dent may waive the initial application of sanctions under 

7 subsection (a) with respect to a person only if the Presi8 dent submits to the appropriate congressional commit9 tees— 

10 (1) a written determination that the waiver— 

11 (A) is in the vital national security inter12 ests of the United States; or 

13 (B) will further the enforcement of this 

14 title; and 

15 (2) a certification that the Government of the 

16 Russian Federation is taking steps to implement the 

17 Minsk Agreement to address the ongoing conflict in 

18 eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, Belarus, on Feb19 ruary 11, 2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, 

20 France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, which 

21 was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any suc22 cessor agreements that are agreed to by the Govern23 ment of Ukraine. 
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1 SEC. 234. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSFER OF 

2 ARMS AND RELATED MATERIEL TO SYRIA. 

3 (a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose 

5 on a foreign person the sanctions described in sub6 section (b) if the President determines that such for7 eign person has, on or after the date of the enact8 ment of this Act, knowingly exported, transferred, or 

9 otherwise provided to Syria significant financial, ma10 terial, or technological support that contributes ma11 terially to the ability of the Government of Syria 

12 to— 

13 (A) acquire or develop chemical, biological, 

14 or nuclear weapons or related technologies; 

15 (B) acquire or develop ballistic or cruise 

16 missile capabilities; 

17 (C) acquire or develop destabilizing num18 bers and types of advanced conventional weap19 ons; 

20 (D) acquire significant defense articles, de21 fense services, or defense information (as such 

22 terms are defined under the Arms Export Con23 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.)); or 

24 (E) acquire items designated by the Presi25 dent for purposes of the United States Muni-
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1 tions List under section 38(a)(1) of the Arms 

2 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)). 

3 (2) APPLICABILITY TO OTHER FOREIGN PER4 SONS.—The sanctions described in subsection (b) 

5 shall also be imposed on any foreign person that— 

6 (A) is a successor entity to a foreign per7 son described in paragraph (1); or 

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

9 for or on behalf of, a foreign person described 

10 in paragraph (1). 

11 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be 

12 imposed on a foreign person described in subsection (a) 

13 are the following: 

14 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

15 shall exercise all powers granted by the International 

16 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 

17 et seq.) (except that the requirements of section 202 

18 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the 

19 extent necessary to block and prohibit all trans20 actions in all property and interests in property of 

21 the foreign person if such property and interests in 

22 property are in the United States, come within the 

23 United States, or are or come within the possession 

24 or control of a United States person. 
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1 (2) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 

2 OR PAROLE.— 

3 (A) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED

4 STATES.—If the foreign person is an individual, 

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

6 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ex7 clude from the United States, the foreign per8 son. 

9 (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

10 (i) IN GENERAL.—The issuing con11 sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 

12 Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des13 ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall re14 voke any visa or other entry documentation 

15 issued to the foreign person regardless of 

16 when issued. 

17 (ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A rev18 ocation under clause (i) shall take effect 

19 immediately and shall automatically cancel 

20 any other valid visa or entry documenta21 tion that is in the possession of the foreign 

22 person. 

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

24 may waive the application of sanctions under subsection 

25 (b) with respect to a person if the President determines 
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1 that such a waiver is in the national security interest of 

2 the United States. 

3 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) FINANCIAL, MATERIAL, OR TECHNOLOGICAL

5 SUPPORT.—The term ‘‘financial, material, or techno6 logical support’’ has the meaning given such term in 

7 section 542.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regula8 tions (or any corresponding similar regulation or rul9 ing). 

10 (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per11 son’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

12 594.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or 

13 any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 

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

15 given such term in section 542.316 of title 31, Code 

16 of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar 

17 regulation or ruling). 

18 SEC. 235. SANCTIONS DESCRIBED. 

19 (a) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be 

20 imposed with respect to a person under section 224(a)(2), 

21 231(b), 232(a), or 233(a) are the following: 

22 (1) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ASSISTANCE FOR

23 EXPORTS TO SANCTIONED PERSONS.—The President 

24 may direct the Export-Import Bank of the United 

25 States not to give approval to the issuance of any 
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1 guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or partici2 pation in the extension of credit in connection with 

3 the export of any goods or services to the sanctioned 

4 person. 

5 (2) EXPORT SANCTION.—The President may 

6 order the United States Government not to issue 

7 any specific license and not to grant any other spe8 cific permission or authority to export any goods or 

9 technology to the sanctioned person under— 

10 (A) the Export Administration Act of 1979 

11 (50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) (as continued in effect 

12 pursuant to the International Emergency Eco13 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)); 

14 (B) the Arms Export Control Act (22 

15 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.); 

16 (C) the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 

17 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); or 

18 (D) any other statute that requires the 

19 prior review and approval of the United States 

20 Government as a condition for the export or re21 export of goods or services. 

22 (3) LOANS FROM UNITED STATES FINANCIAL

23 INSTITUTIONS.—The President may prohibit any 

24 United States financial institution from making 

25 loans or providing credits to the sanctioned person 
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1 totaling more than $10,000,000 in any 12-month 

2 period unless the person is engaged in activities to 

3 relieve human suffering and the loans or credits are 

4 provided for such activities. 

5 (4) LOANS FROM INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL

6 INSTITUTIONS.—The President may direct the 

7 United States executive director to each inter8 national financial institution to use the voice and 

9 vote of the United States to oppose any loan from 

10 the international financial institution that would 

11 benefit the sanctioned person. 

12 (5) PROHIBITIONS ON FINANCIAL INSTITU13 TIONS.—The following prohibitions may be imposed 

14 against the sanctioned person if that person is a fi15 nancial institution: 

16 (A) PROHIBITION ON DESIGNATION AS

17 PRIMARY DEALER.—Neither the Board of Gov18 ernors of the Federal Reserve System nor the 

19 Federal Reserve Bank of New York may des20 ignate, or permit the continuation of any prior 

21 designation of, the financial institution as a pri22 mary dealer in United States Government debt 

23 instruments. 

24 (B) PROHIBITION ON SERVICE AS A RE25 POSITORY OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS.—The fi-
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1 nancial institution may not serve as agent of 

2 the United States Government or serve as re3 pository for United States Government funds. 

4 The imposition of either sanction under subpara5 graph (A) or (B) shall be treated as 1 sanction for 

6 purposes of subsection (b), and the imposition of 

7 both such sanctions shall be treated as 2 sanctions 

8 for purposes of subsection (b). 

9 (6) PROCUREMENT SANCTION.—The United 

10 States Government may not procure, or enter into 

11 any contract for the procurement of, any goods or 

12 services from the sanctioned person. 

13 (7) FOREIGN EXCHANGE.—The President may, 

14 pursuant to such regulations as the President may 

15 prescribe, prohibit any transactions in foreign ex16 change that are subject to the jurisdiction of the 

17 United States and in which the sanctioned person 

18 has any interest. 

19 (8) BANKING TRANSACTIONS.—The President 

20 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

21 may prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or 

22 payments between financial institutions or by, 

23 through, or to any financial institution, to the extent 

24 that such transfers or payments are subject to the 
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1 jurisdiction of the United States and involve any in2 terest of the sanctioned person. 

3 (9) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The President 

4 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

5 may prescribe, prohibit any person from— 

6 (A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using, 

7 transferring, withdrawing, transporting, import8 ing, or exporting any property that is subject to 

9 the jurisdiction of the United States and with 

10 respect to which the sanctioned person has any 

11 interest; 

12 (B) dealing in or exercising any right, 

13 power, or privilege with respect to such prop14 erty; or 

15 (C) conducting any transaction involving 

16 such property. 

17 (10) BAN ON INVESTMENT IN EQUITY OR DEBT

18 OF SANCTIONED PERSON.—The President may, pur19 suant to such regulations or guidelines as the Presi20 dent may prescribe, prohibit any United States per21 son from investing in or purchasing significant 

22 amounts of equity or debt instruments of the sanc23 tioned person. 

24 (11) EXCLUSION OF CORPORATE OFFICERS.— 

25 The President may direct the Secretary of State to 
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1 deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Secu2 rity to exclude from the United States, any alien 

3 that the President determines is a corporate officer 

4 or principal of, or a shareholder with a controlling 

5 interest in, the sanctioned person. 

6 (12) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OF7 FICERS.—The President may impose on the prin8 cipal executive officer or officers of the sanctioned 

9 person, or on persons performing similar functions 

10 and with similar authorities as such officer or offi11 cers, any of the sanctions under this subsection. 

12 (b) SANCTIONED PERSON DEFINED.—In this section, 

13 the term ‘‘sanctioned person’’ means a person subject to 

14 sanctions under section 224(a)(2), 231(b), 232(a), or 

15 233(a). 

16 SEC. 236. EXCEPTIONS, WAIVER, AND TERMINATION. 

17 (a) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of this part and 

18 amendments made by this part shall not apply with re19 spect to the following: 

20 (1) Activities subject to the reporting require21 ments under title V of the National Security Act of 

22 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or any authorized in23 telligence activities of the United States. 

24 (2) The admission of an alien to the United 

25 States if such admission is necessary to comply with 
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1 United States obligations under the Agreement be2 tween the United Nations and the United States of 

3 America regarding the Headquarters of the United 

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

5 entered into force November 21, 1947, under the 

6 Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 

7 April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 

8 1967, or under other international agreements. 

9 (b) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF

10 GOODS.—No requirement to impose sanctions under this 

11 part or an amendment made by this part shall include the 

12 authority to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. 

13 (c) WAIVER OF SANCTIONS THAT ARE IMPOSED.— 

14 Subject to section 216, if the President imposes sanctions 

15 with respect to a person under this part or the amend16 ments made by this part, the President may waive the ap17 plication of those sanctions if the President determines 

18 that such a waiver is in the national security interest of 

19 the United States. 

20 (d) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216, the 

21 President may terminate the application of sanctions 

22 under section 224, 231, 232, 233, or 234 with respect to 

23 a person if the President submits to the appropriate con24 gressional committees— 
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1 (1) a notice of and justification for the termi2 nation; and 

3 (2) a notice that— 

4 (A) the person is not engaging in the activ5 ity that was the basis for the sanctions or has 

6 taken significant verifiable steps toward stop7 ping the activity; and 

8 (B) the President has received reliable as9 surances that the person will not knowingly en10 gage in activity subject to sanctions under this 

11 part in the future. 

12 SEC. 237. EXCEPTION RELATING TO ACTIVITIES OF THE NA13 TIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINIS14 TRATION. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amendments 

16 made by this Act shall not apply with respect to activities 

17 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

18 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

19 or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed 

20 to authorize the imposition of any sanction or other condi21 tion, limitation, restriction, or prohibition, that directly or 

22 indirectly impedes the supply by any entity of the Russian 

23 Federation of any product or service, or the procurement 

24 of such product or service by any contractor or subcon-
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1 tractor of the United States or any other entity, relating 

2 to or in connection with any space launch conducted for— 

3 (1) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin4 istration; or 

5 (2) any other non-Department of Defense cus6 tomer. 

7 SEC. 238. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

8 Nothing in this part or the amendments made by this 

9 part shall be construed— 

10 (1) to supersede the limitations or exceptions on 

11 the use of rocket engines for national security pur12 poses under section 1608 of the Carl Levin and 

13 Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Au14 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 

15 113–291; 128 Stat. 3626; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note), as 

16 amended by section 1607 of the National Defense 

17 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 

18 114–92; 129 Stat. 1100) and section 1602 of the 

19 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

20 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2582); or 

21 (2) to prohibit a contractor or subcontractor of 

22 the Department of Defense from acquiring compo23 nents referred to in such section 1608. 
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1 PART III—REPORTS 

2 SEC. 241. REPORT ON OLIGARCHS AND PARASTATAL ENTI3 TIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

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

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

6 Treasury, in consultation with the Director of National In7 telligence and the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 

8 appropriate congressional committees a detailed report on 

9 the following: 

10 (1) Senior foreign political figures and oligarchs 

11 in the Russian Federation, including the following: 

12 (A) An identification of the most signifi13 cant senior foreign political figures and 

14 oligarchs in the Russian Federation, as deter15 mined by their closeness to the Russian regime 

16 and their net worth. 

17 (B) An assessment of the relationship be18 tween individuals identified under subparagraph 

19 (A) and President Vladimir Putin or other 

20 members of the Russian ruling elite. 

21 (C) An identification of any indices of cor22 ruption with respect to those individuals. 

23 (D) The estimated net worth and known 

24 sources of income of those individuals and their 

25 family members (including spouses, children, 

26 parents, and siblings), including assets, invest-
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1 ments, other business interests, and relevant 

2 beneficial ownership information. 

3 (E) An identification of the non-Russian 

4 business affiliations of those individuals. 

5 (2) Russian parastatal entities, including an as6 sessment of the following: 

7 (A) The emergence of Russian parastatal 

8 entities and their role in the economy of the 

9 Russian Federation. 

10 (B) The leadership structures and bene11 ficial ownership of those entities. 

12 (C) The scope of the non-Russian business 

13 affiliations of those entities. 

14 (3) The exposure of key economic sectors of the 

15 United States to Russian politically exposed persons 

16 and parastatal entities, including, at a minimum, the 

17 banking, securities, insurance, and real estate sec18 tors. 

19 (4) The likely effects of imposing debt and eq20 uity restrictions on Russian parastatal entities, as 

21 well as the anticipated effects of adding Russian 

22 parastatal entities to the list of specially designated 

23 nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Of24 fice of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 

25 the Treasury. 
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1 (5) The potential impacts of imposing sec2 ondary sanctions with respect to Russian oligarchs, 

3 Russian state-owned enterprises, and Russian 

4 parastatal entities, including impacts on the entities 

5 themselves and on the economy of the Russian Fed6 eration, as well as on the economies of the United 

7 States and allies of the United States. 

8 (b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 

9 subsection (a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, 

10 but may contain a classified annex. 

11 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT13 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com14 mittees’’ means— 

15 (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

16 and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 

17 Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the 

18 Senate; and 

19 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

20 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com21 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 

22 Representatives. 

23 (2) SENIOR FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURE.—The 

24 term ‘‘senior foreign political figure’’ has the mean25 ing given that term in section 1010.605 of title 31, 
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1 Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding 

2 similar regulation or ruling). 

3 SEC. 242. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF EXPANDING SANCTIONS 

4 TO INCLUDE SOVEREIGN DEBT AND DERIVA5 TIVE PRODUCTS. 

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

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

8 Treasury, in consultation with the Director of National In9 telligence and the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 

10 appropriate congressional committees a report describing 

11 in detail the potential effects of expanding sanctions under 

12 Directive 1 (as amended), dated September 12, 2014, 

13 issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control under Exec14 utive Order 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating to block15 ing property of additional persons contributing to the situ16 ation in Ukraine), or any successor directive, to include 

17 sovereign debt and the full range of derivative products. 

18 (b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 

19 subsection (a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, 

20 but may contain a classified annex. 

21 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE22 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres23 sional committees’’ means— 
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1 (1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

2 Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

3 and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and 

4 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

5 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com6 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep7 resentatives. 

8 SEC. 243. REPORT ON ILLICIT FINANCE RELATING TO THE 

9 RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

11 date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than the 

12 end of each one-year period thereafter until 2021, the Sec13 retary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate con14 gressional committees a report describing interagency ef15 forts in the United States to combat illicit finance relating 

16 to the Russian Federation. 

17 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 

18 (a) shall contain a summary of efforts by the United 

19 States to do the following: 

20 (1) Identify, investigate, map, and disrupt illicit 

21 financial flows linked to the Russian Federation if 

22 such flows affect the United States financial system 

23 or those of major allies of the United States. 

24 (2) Conduct outreach to the private sector, in25 cluding information sharing efforts to strengthen 
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1 compliance efforts by entities, including financial in2 stitutions, to prevent illicit financial flows described 

3 in paragraph (1). 

4 (3) Engage and coordinate with allied inter5 national partners on illicit finance, especially in Eu6 rope, to coordinate efforts to uncover and prosecute 

7 the networks responsible for illicit financial flows de8 scribed in paragraph (1), including examples of that 

9 engagement and coordination. 

10 (4) Identify foreign sanctions evaders and loop11 holes within the sanctions regimes of foreign part12 ners of the United States. 

13 (5) Expand the number of real estate geo14 graphic targeting orders or other regulatory actions, 

15 as appropriate, to degrade illicit financial activity re16 lating to the Russian Federation in relation to the 

17 financial system of the United States. 

18 (6) Provide support to counter those involved in 

19 illicit finance relating to the Russian Federation 

20 across all appropriate law enforcement, intelligence, 

21 regulatory, and financial authorities of the Federal 

22 Government, including by imposing sanctions with 

23 respect to or prosecuting those involved. 

24 (7) In the case of the Department of the Treas25 ury and the Department of Justice, investigate or 
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1 otherwise develop major cases, including a descrip2 tion of those cases. 

3 (c) BRIEFING.—After submitting a report under this 

4 section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide brief5 ings to the appropriate congressional committees with re6 spect to that report. 

7 (d) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

8 shall coordinate with the Attorney General, the Director 

9 of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Secu10 rity, and the Secretary of State in preparing each report 

11 under this section. 

12 (e) FORM.—Each report submitted under this section 

13 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 

14 a classified annex. 

15 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT17 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com18 mittees’’ means— 

19 (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

20 and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 

21 Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the 

22 Senate; and 

23 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

24 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-
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1 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 

2 Representatives. 

3 (2) ILLICIT FINANCE.—The term ‘‘illicit fi4 nance’’ means the financing of terrorism, narcotics 

5 trafficking, or proliferation, money laundering, or 

6 other forms of illicit financing domestically or inter7 nationally, as defined by the President. 

8 Subtitle B—Countering Russian 

9 Influence in Europe and Eurasia 

10 SEC. 251. FINDINGS. 

11 Congress makes the following findings: 

12 (1) The Government of the Russian Federation 

13 has sought to exert influence throughout Europe and 

14 Eurasia, including in the former states of the Soviet 

15 Union, by providing resources to political parties, 

16 think tanks, and civil society groups that sow dis17 trust in democratic institutions and actors, promote 

18 xenophobic and illiberal views, and otherwise under19 mine European unity. The Government of the Rus20 sian Federation has also engaged in well-documented 

21 corruption practices as a means toward undermining 

22 and buying influence in European and Eurasian 

23 countries. 

24 (2) The Government of the Russian Federation 

25 has largely eliminated a once-vibrant Russian-lan-
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1 guage independent media sector and severely curtails 

2 free and independent media within the borders of 

3 the Russian Federation. Russian-language media or4 ganizations that are funded and controlled by the 

5 Government of the Russian Federation and dissemi6 nate information within and outside of the Russian 

7 Federation routinely traffic in anti-Western 

8 disinformation, while few independent, fact-based 

9 media sources provide objective reporting for Rus10 sian-speaking audiences inside or outside of the Rus11 sian Federation. 

12 (3) The Government of the Russian Federation 

13 continues to violate its commitments under the 

14 Memorandum on Security Assurances in connection 

15 with Ukraine’s Accession to the Treaty on the Non16 Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Budapest 

17 December 5, 1994, and the Conference on Security 

18 and Co-operation in Europe Final Act, concluded at 

19 Helsinki August 1, 1975 (commonly referred to as 

20 the ‘‘Helsinki Final Act’’), which laid the ground21 work for the establishment of the Organization for 

22 Security and Co-operation in Europe, of which the 

23 Russian Federation is a member, by its illegal an24 nexation of Crimea in 2014, its illegal occupation of 

25 South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia in 2008, and 
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1 its ongoing destabilizing activities in eastern 

2 Ukraine. 

3 (4) The Government of the Russian Federation 

4 continues to ignore the terms of the August 2008 

5 ceasefire agreement relating to Georgia, which re6 quires the withdrawal of Russian Federation troops, 

7 free access by humanitarian groups to the regions of 

8 South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and monitoring of the 

9 conflict areas by the European Union Monitoring 

10 Mission. 

11 (5) The Government of the Russian Federation 

12 is failing to comply with the terms of the Minsk 

13 Agreement to address the ongoing conflict in eastern 

14 Ukraine, signed in Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 

15 2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France, 

16 and Germany, as well as the Minsk Protocol, which 

17 was agreed to on September 5, 2014. 

18 (6) The Government of the Russian Federation 

19 is— 

20 (A) in violation of the Treaty between the 

21 United States of America and the Union of So22 viet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of 

23 their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range 

24 Missiles, signed at Washington December 8, 
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1 1987, and entered into force June 1, 1988 

2 (commonly known as the ‘‘INF Treaty’’); and 

3 (B) failing to meet its obligations under 

4 the Treaty on Open Skies, done at Helsinki 

5 March 24, 1992, and entered into force Janu6 ary 1, 2002 (commonly known as the ‘‘Open 

7 Skies Treaty’’). 

8 SEC. 252. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

9 It is the sense of Congress that— 

10 (1) the Government of the Russian Federation 

11 bears responsibility for the continuing violence in 

12 Eastern Ukraine, including the death on April 24, 

13 2017, of Joseph Stone, a citizen of the United 

14 States working as a monitor for the Organization for 

15 Security and Co-operation in Europe; 

16 (2) the President should call on the Govern17 ment of the Russian Federation— 

18 (A) to withdraw all of its forces from the 

19 territories of Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova; 

20 (B) to return control of the borders of 

21 those territories to their respective govern22 ments; and 

23 (C) to cease all efforts to undermine the 

24 popularly elected governments of those coun25 tries; 
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1 (3) the Government of the Russian Federation 

2 has applied, and continues to apply, to the countries 

3 and peoples of Georgia and Ukraine, traditional uses 

4 of force, intelligence operations, and influence cam5 paigns, which represent clear and present threats to 

6 the countries of Europe and Eurasia; 

7 (4) in response, the countries of Europe and 

8 Eurasia should redouble efforts to build resilience 

9 within their institutions, political systems, and civil 

10 societies; 

11 (5) the United States supports the institutions 

12 that the Government of the Russian Federation 

13 seeks to undermine, including the North Atlantic 

14 Treaty Organization and the European Union; 

15 (6) a strong North Atlantic Treaty Organiza16 tion is critical to maintaining peace and security in 

17 Europe and Eurasia; 

18 (7) the United States should continue to work 

19 with the European Union as a partner against ag20 gression by the Government of the Russian Federa21 tion, coordinating aid programs, development assist22 ance, and other counter-Russian efforts; 

23 (8) the United States should encourage the es24 tablishment of a commission for media freedom 

25 within the Council of Europe, modeled on the Venice 
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1 Commission regarding rule of law issues, that would 

2 be chartered to provide governments with expert rec3 ommendations on maintaining legal and regulatory 

4 regimes supportive of free and independent media 

5 and an informed citizenry able to distinguish be6 tween fact-based reporting, opinion, and 

7 disinformation; 

8 (9) in addition to working to strengthen the 

9 North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Euro10 pean Union, the United States should work with the 

11 individual countries of Europe and Eurasia— 

12 (A) to identify vulnerabilities to aggres13 sion, disinformation, corruption, and so-called 

14 hybrid warfare by the Government of the Rus15 sian Federation; 

16 (B) to establish strategic and technical 

17 plans for addressing those vulnerabilities; 

18 (C) to ensure that the financial systems of 

19 those countries are not being used to shield il20 licit financial activity by officials of the Govern21 ment of the Russian Federation or individuals 

22 in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle who 

23 have been enriched through corruption; 

24 (D) to investigate and prosecute cases of 

25 corruption by Russian actors; and 
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1 (E) to work toward full compliance with 

2 the Convention on Combating Bribery of For3 eign Public Officials in International Business 

4 Transactions (commonly referred to as the 

5 ‘‘Anti-Bribery Convention’’) of the Organization 

6 for Economic Co-operation and Development; 

7 and 

8 (10) the President of the United States should 

9 use the authority of the President to impose sanc10 tions under— 

11 (A) the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Ac12 countability Act of 2012 (title IV of Public Law 

13 112–208; 22 U.S.C. 5811 note); and 

14 (B) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 

15 Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of 

16 Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 

17 SEC. 253. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

18 The United States, consistent with the principle of 

19 ex injuria jus non oritur, supports the policy known as 

20 the ‘‘Stimson Doctrine’’ and thus does not recognize terri21 torial changes effected by force, including the illegal inva22 sions and occupations of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Crimea, 

23 Eastern Ukraine, and Transnistria. 
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1 SEC. 254. COORDINATING AID AND ASSISTANCE ACROSS 

2 EUROPE AND EURASIA. 

3 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated for the Countering Rus5 sian Influence Fund $250,000,000 for fiscal years 2018 

6 and 2019. 

7 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Countering 

8 Russian Influence Fund shall be used to effectively imple9 ment, prioritized in the following order and subject to the 

10 availability of funds, the following goals: 

11 (1) To assist in protecting critical infrastruc12 ture and electoral mechanisms from cyberattacks in 

13 the following countries: 

14 (A) Countries that are members of the 

15 North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the Eu16 ropean Union that the Secretary of State deter17 mines— 

18 (i) are vulnerable to influence by the 

19 Russian Federation; and 

20 (ii) lack the economic capability to ef21 fectively respond to aggression by the Rus22 sian Federation without the support of the 

23 United States. 

24 (B) Countries that are participating in the 

25 enlargement process of the North Atlantic 

26 Treaty Organization or the European Union, 
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1 including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 

2 Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Kosovo, Serbia, 

3 and Ukraine. 

4 (2) To combat corruption, improve the rule of 

5 law, and otherwise strengthen independent judi6 ciaries and prosecutors general offices in the coun7 tries described in paragraph (1). 

8 (3) To respond to the humanitarian crises and 

9 instability caused or aggravated by the invasions and 

10 occupations of Georgia and Ukraine by the Russian 

11 Federation. 

12 (4) To improve participatory legislative proc13 esses and legal education, political transparency and 

14 competition, and compliance with international obli15 gations in the countries described in paragraph (1). 

16 (5) To build the capacity of civil society, media, 

17 and other nongovernmental organizations countering 

18 the influence and propaganda of the Russian Fed19 eration to combat corruption, prioritize access to 

20 truthful information, and operate freely in all re21 gions in the countries described in paragraph (1). 

22 (6) To assist the Secretary of State in exe23 cuting the functions specified in section 1287(b) of 

24 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

25 Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 
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1 note) for the purposes of recognizing, understanding, 

2 exposing, and countering propaganda and 

3 disinformation efforts by foreign governments, in co4 ordination with the relevant regional Assistant Sec5 retary or Assistant Secretaries of the Department of 

6 State. 

7 (c) REVISION OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH AMOUNTS

8 MAY BE USED.—The Secretary of State may modify the 

9 goals described in subsection (b) if, not later than 15 days 

10 before revising such a goal, the Secretary notifies the ap11 propriate congressional committees of the revision. 

12 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, 

14 acting through the Coordinator of United States As15 sistance to Europe and Eurasia (authorized pursu16 ant to section 601 of the Support for East European 

17 Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5461) 

18 and section 102 of the Freedom for Russia and 

19 Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets 

20 Support Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5812)), and in con21 sultation with the Administrator for the United 

22 States Agency for International Development, the 

23 Director of the Global Engagement Center of the 

24 Department of State, the Secretary of Defense, the 

25 Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
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1 and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, co2 ordinate and carry out activities to achieve the goals 

3 described in subsection (b). 

4 (2) METHOD.—Activities to achieve the goals 

5 described in subsection (b) shall be carried out 

6 through— 

7 (A) initiatives of the United States Gov8 ernment; 

9 (B) Federal grant programs such as the 

10 Information Access Fund; or 

11 (C) nongovernmental or international orga12 nizations, such as the Organization for Security 

13 and Co-operation in Europe, the National En14 dowment for Democracy, the Black Sea Trust, 

15 the Balkan Trust for Democracy, the Prague 

16 Civil Society Centre, the North Atlantic Treaty 

17 Organization Strategic Communications Centre 

18 of Excellence, the European Endowment for 

19 Democracy, and related organizations. 

20 (3) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1 

22 of each year, the Secretary of State, acting 

23 through the Coordinator of United States As24 sistance to Europe and Eurasia, shall submit to 

25 the appropriate congressional committees a re-
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1 port on the programs and activities carried out 

2 to achieve the goals described in subsection (b) 

3 during the preceding fiscal year. 

4 (B) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by 

5 subparagraph (A) shall include, with respect to 

6 each program or activity described in that sub7 paragraph— 

8 (i) the amount of funding for the pro9 gram or activity; 

10 (ii) the goal described in subsection 

11 (b) to which the program or activity re12 lates; and 

13 (iii) an assessment of whether or not 

14 the goal was met. 

15 (e) COORDINATION WITH GLOBAL PARTNERS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to maximize cost 

17 efficiency, eliminate duplication, and speed the 

18 achievement of the goals described in subsection (b), 

19 the Secretary of State shall ensure coordination 

20 with— 

21 (A) the European Union and its institu22 tions; 

23 (B) the governments of countries that are 

24 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organi25 zation or the European Union; and 
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1 (C) international organizations and quasi2 governmental funding entities that carry out 

3 programs and activities that seek to accomplish 

4 the goals described in subsection (b). 

5 (2) REPORT BY SECRETARY OF STATE.—Not 

6 later than April 1 of each year, the Secretary of 

7 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

8 committees a report that includes— 

9 (A) the amount of funding provided to 

10 each country referred to in subsection (b) by— 

11 (i) the European Union or its institu12 tions; 

13 (ii) the government of each country 

14 that is a member of the European Union 

15 or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 

16 and 

17 (iii) international organizations and 

18 quasi-governmental funding entities that 

19 carry out programs and activities that seek 

20 to accomplish the goals described in sub21 section (b); and 

22 (B) an assessment of whether the funding 

23 described in subparagraph (A) is commensurate 

24 with funding provided by the United States for 

25 those goals. 
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1 (f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec2 tion shall be construed to apply to or limit United States 

3 foreign assistance not provided using amounts available in 

4 the Countering Russian Influence Fund. 

5 (g) ENSURING ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR GOVERN6 ANCE ACTIVITIES.—In order to ensure that the United 

7 States Government is properly focused on combating cor8 ruption, improving rule of law, and building the capacity 

9 of civil society, media, and other nongovernmental organi10 zations in countries described in subsection (b)(1), the 

11 Secretary of State shall establish a pilot program for For12 eign Service officer positions focused on governance and 

13 anticorruption activities in such countries. 

14 SEC. 255. REPORT ON MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS CON15 TROLLED AND FUNDED BY THE GOVERN16 MENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

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

18 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

19 the President shall submit to the appropriate congres20 sional committees a report that includes a description of 

21 media organizations that are controlled and funded by the 

22 Government of the Russian Federation, and any affiliated 

23 entities, whether operating within or outside the Russian 

24 Federation, including broadcast and satellite-based tele25 vision, radio, Internet, and print media organizations. 
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1 (b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub2 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

3 include a classified annex. 

4 SEC. 256. REPORT ON RUSSIAN FEDERATION INFLUENCE 

5 ON ELECTIONS IN EUROPE AND EURASIA. 

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

7 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

8 the President shall submit to the appropriate congres9 sional committees a report on funds provided by, or funds 

10 the use of which was directed by, the Government of the 

11 Russian Federation or any Russian person with the inten12 tion of influencing the outcome of any election or cam13 paign in any country in Europe or Eurasia during the pre14 ceding year, including through direct support to any polit15 ical party, candidate, lobbying campaign, nongovern16 mental organization, or civic organization. 

17 (b) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by 

18 subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

19 may include a classified annex. 

20 (c) RUSSIAN PERSON DEFINED.—In this section, the 

21 term ‘‘Russian person’’ means— 

22 (1) an individual who is a citizen or national of 

23 the Russian Federation; or 

24 (2) an entity organized under the laws of the 

25 Russian Federation or otherwise subject to the juris-
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1 diction of the Government of the Russian Federa2 tion. 

3 SEC. 257. UKRANIAN ENERGY SECURITY. 

4 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

5 United States— 

6 (1) to support the Government of Ukraine in 

7 restoring its sovereign and territorial integrity; 

8 (2) to condemn and oppose all of the desta9 bilizing efforts by the Government of the Russian 

10 Federation in Ukraine in violation of its obligations 

11 and international commitments; 

12 (3) to never recognize the illegal annexation of 

13 Crimea by the Government of the Russian Federa14 tion or the separation of any portion of Ukrainian 

15 territory through the use of military force; 

16 (4) to deter the Government of the Russian 

17 Federation from further destabilizing and invading 

18 Ukraine and other independent countries in Central 

19 and Eastern Europe and the Caucuses; 

20 (5) to assist in promoting reform in regulatory 

21 oversight and operations in Ukraine’s energy sector, 

22 including the establishment and empowerment of an 

23 independent regulatory organization; 
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1 (6) to encourage and support fair competition, 

2 market liberalization, and reliability in Ukraine’s en3 ergy sector; 

4 (7) to help Ukraine and United States allies 

5 and partners in Europe reduce their dependence on 

6 Russian energy resources, especially natural gas, 

7 which the Government of the Russian Federation 

8 uses as a weapon to coerce, intimidate, and influence 

9 other countries; 

10 (8) to work with European Union member 

11 states and European Union institutions to promote 

12 energy security through developing diversified and 

13 liberalized energy markets that provide diversified 

14 sources, suppliers, and routes; 

15 (9) to continue to oppose the NordStream 2 

16 pipeline given its detrimental impacts on the Euro17 pean Union’s energy security, gas market develop18 ment in Central and Eastern Europe, and energy re19 forms in Ukraine; and 

20 (10) that the United States Government should 

21 prioritize the export of United States energy re22 sources in order to create American jobs, help 

23 United States allies and partners, and strengthen 

24 United States foreign policy. 
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1 (b) PLAN TO PROMOTE ENERGY SECURITY IN

2 UKRAINE.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in 

4 coordination with the Administrator of the United 

5 States Agency for International Development and 

6 the Secretary of Energy, shall work with the Govern7 ment of Ukraine to develop a plan to increase energy 

8 security in Ukraine, increase the amount of energy 

9 produced in Ukraine, and reduce Ukraine’s reliance 

10 on energy imports from the Russian Federation. 

11 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plan developed under 

12 paragraph (1) shall include strategies for market lib13 eralization, effective regulation and oversight, supply 

14 diversification, energy reliability, and energy effi15 ciency, such as through supporting— 

16 (A) the promotion of advanced technology 

17 and modern operating practices in Ukraine’s oil 

18 and gas sector; 

19 (B) modern geophysical and meteorological 

20 survey work as needed followed by international 

21 tenders to help attract qualified investment into 

22 exploration and development of areas with un23 tapped resources in Ukraine; 
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1 (C) a broadening of Ukraine’s electric 

2 power transmission interconnection with Eu3 rope; 

4 (D) the strengthening of Ukraine’s capa5 bility to maintain electric power grid stability 

6 and reliability; 

7 (E) independent regulatory oversight and 

8 operations of Ukraine’s gas market and elec9 tricity sector; 

10 (F) the implementation of primary gas law 

11 including pricing, tariff structure, and legal reg12 ulatory implementation; 

13 (G) privatization of government owned en14 ergy companies through credible legal frame15 works and a transparent process compliant with 

16 international best practices; 

17 (H) procurement and transport of emer18 gency fuel supplies, including reverse pipeline 

19 flows from Europe; 

20 (I) provision of technical assistance for cri21 sis planning, crisis response, and public out22 reach; 

23 (J) repair of infrastructure to enable the 

24 transport of fuel supplies; 
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1 (K) repair of power generating or power 

2 transmission equipment or facilities; and 

3 (L) improved building energy efficiency 

4 and other measures designed to reduce energy 

5 demand in Ukraine. 

6 (3) REPORTS.— 

7 (A) IMPLEMENTATION OF UKRAINE FREE8 DOM SUPPORT ACT OF 2014 PROVISIONS.—Not 

9 later than 180 days after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

11 submit to the appropriate congressional com12 mittees a report detailing the status of imple13 menting the provisions required under section 

14 7(c) of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 

15 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8926(c)), including detailing 

16 the plans required under that section, the level 

17 of funding that has been allocated to and ex18 pended for the strategies set forth under that 

19 section, and progress that has been made in im20 plementing the strategies developed pursuant to 

21 that section. 

22 (B) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

23 days after the date of the enactment of this 

24 Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Sec25 retary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
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1 congressional committees a report detailing the 

2 plan developed under paragraph (1), the level of 

3 funding that has been allocated to and ex4 pended for the strategies set forth in paragraph 

5 (2), and progress that has been made in imple6 menting the strategies. 

7 (C) BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary of State, 

8 or a designee of the Secretary, shall brief the 

9 appropriate congressional committees not later 

10 than 30 days after the submission of each re11 port under subparagraph (B). In addition, the 

12 Department of State shall make relevant offi13 cials available upon request to brief the appro14 priate congressional committees on all available 

15 information that relates directly or indirectly to 

16 Ukraine or energy security in Eastern Europe. 

17 (D) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM18 MITTEES DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the 

19 term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 

20 means— 

21 (i) the Committee on Foreign Rela22 tions and the Committee on Appropriations 

23 of the Senate; and 
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1 (ii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

2 and the Committee on Appropriations of 

3 the House of Representatives. 

4 (c) SUPPORTING EFFORTS OF COUNTRIES IN EU5 ROPE AND EURASIA TO DECREASE THEIR DEPENDENCE

6 ON RUSSIAN SOURCES OF ENERGY.— 

7 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following 

8 findings: 

9 (A) The Government of the Russian Fed10 eration uses its strong position in the energy 

11 sector as leverage to manipulate the internal 

12 politics and foreign relations of the countries of 

13 Europe and Eurasia. 

14 (B) This influence is based not only on the 

15 Russian Federation’s oil and natural gas re16 sources, but also on its state-owned nuclear 

17 power and electricity companies. 

18 (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

19 Congress that— 

20 (A) the United States should assist the ef21 forts of the countries of Europe and Eurasia to 

22 enhance their energy security through diver23 sification of energy supplies in order to lessen 

24 dependencies on Russian Federation energy re25 sources and state-owned entities; and 
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1 (B) the Export-Import Bank of the United 

2 States and the Overseas Private Investment 

3 Corporation should play key roles in supporting 

4 critical energy projects that contribute to that 

5 goal. 

6 (3) USE OF COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE

7 FUND TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

8 Amounts in the Countering Russian Influence Fund 

9 pursuant to section 254 shall be used to provide 

10 technical advice to countries described in subsection 

11 (b)(1) of such section designed to enhance energy se12 curity and lessen dependence on energy from Rus13 sian Federation sources. 

14 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

15 authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State 

16 a total of $30,000,000 for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 to 

17 carry out the strategies set forth in subsection (b)(2) and 

18 other activities under this section related to the promotion 

19 of energy security in Ukraine. 

20 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec21 tion shall be construed as affecting the responsibilities re22 quired and authorities provided under section 7 of the 

23 Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8926). 
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1 SEC. 258. TERMINATION. 

2 The provisions of this subtitle shall terminate on the 

3 date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of 

4 this Act. 

5 SEC. 259. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 

6 DEFINED. 

7 Except as otherwise provided, in this subtitle, the 

8 term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

9 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

10 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af11 fairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Com12 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af13 fairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Se14 lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

15 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

16 Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 

17 Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Secu18 rity, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Per19 manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

20 House of Representatives. 
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1 Subtitle C—Combating Terrorism 

2 and Illicit Financing 

3 PART I—NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COMBATING 

4 TERRORIST AND OTHER ILLICIT FINANCING 

5 SEC. 261. DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting through the 

7 Secretary, shall, in consultation with the Attorney Gen8 eral, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland 

9 Security, the Director of National Intelligence, and the ap10 propriate Federal banking agencies and Federal functional 

11 regulators, develop a national strategy for combating the 

12 financing of terrorism and related forms of illicit finance. 

13 (b) TRANSMITTAL TO CONGRESS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

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

16 President shall submit to the appropriate congres17 sional committees a comprehensive national strategy 

18 developed in accordance with subsection (a). 

19 (2) UPDATES.—Not later than January 31, 

20 2020, and January 31, 2022, the President shall 

21 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

22 updated versions of the national strategy submitted 

23 under paragraph (1). 

24 (c) SEPARATE PRESENTATION OF CLASSIFIED MA25 TERIAL.—Any part of the national strategy that involves 
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1 information that is properly classified under criteria estab2 lished by the President shall be submitted to Congress sep3 arately in a classified annex and, if requested by the chair4 man or ranking member of one of the appropriate congres5 sional committees, as a briefing at an appropriate level 

6 of security. 

7 SEC. 262. CONTENTS OF NATIONAL STRATEGY. 

8 The strategy described in section 261 shall contain 

9 the following: 

10 (1) EVALUATION OF EXISTING EFFORTS.—An 

11 assessment of the effectiveness of and ways in which 

12 the United States is currently addressing the highest 

13 levels of risk of various forms of illicit finance, in14 cluding those identified in the documents entitled 

15 ‘‘2015 National Money Laundering Risk Assess16 ment’’ and ‘‘2015 National Terrorist Financing Risk 

17 Assessment’’, published by the Department of the 

18 Treasury and a description of how the strategy is in19 tegrated into, and supports, the broader counter ter20 rorism strategy of the United States. 

21 (2) GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND PRIORITIES.—A 

22 comprehensive, research-based, long-range, quantifi23 able discussion of goals, objectives, and priorities for 

24 disrupting and preventing illicit finance activities 

25 within and transiting the financial system of the 
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1 United States that outlines priorities to reduce the 

2 incidence, dollar value, and effects of illicit finance. 

3 (3) THREATS.—An identification of the most 

4 significant illicit finance threats to the financial sys5 tem of the United States. 

6 (4) REVIEWS AND PROPOSED CHANGES.—Re7 views of enforcement efforts, relevant regulations 

8 and relevant provisions of law and, if appropriate, 

9 discussions of proposed changes determined to be 

10 appropriate to ensure that the United States pur11 sues coordinated and effective efforts at all levels of 

12 government, and with international partners of the 

13 United States, in the fight against illicit finance. 

14 (5) DETECTION AND PROSECUTION INITIA15 TIVES.—A description of efforts to improve, as nec16 essary, detection and prosecution of illicit finance, 

17 including efforts to ensure that— 

18 (A) subject to legal restrictions, all appro19 priate data collected by the Federal Govern20 ment that is relevant to the efforts described in 

21 this section be available in a timely fashion to— 

22 (i) all appropriate Federal depart23 ments and agencies; and 

24 (ii) as appropriate and consistent with 

25 section 314 of the International Money 
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1 Laundering Abatement and Financial 

2 Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 (31 U.S.C. 

3 5311 note), to financial institutions to as4 sist the financial institutions in efforts to 

5 comply with laws aimed at curbing illicit fi6 nance; and 

7 (B) appropriate efforts are undertaken to 

8 ensure that Federal departments and agencies 

9 charged with reducing and preventing illicit fi10 nance make thorough use of publicly available 

11 data in furtherance of this effort. 

12 (6) THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE FINANCIAL

13 SECTOR IN PREVENTION OF ILLICIT FINANCE.—A 

14 discussion of ways to enhance partnerships between 

15 the private financial sector and Federal departments 

16 and agencies with regard to the prevention and de17 tection of illicit finance, including— 

18 (A) efforts to facilitate compliance with 

19 laws aimed at stopping such illicit finance while 

20 maintaining the effectiveness of such efforts; 

21 and 

22 (B) providing guidance to strengthen inter23 nal controls and to adopt on an industry-wide 

24 basis more effective policies. 
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1 (7) ENHANCEMENT OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL

2 COOPERATION.—A discussion of ways to combat il3 licit finance by enhancing— 

4 (A) cooperative efforts between and among 

5 Federal, State, and local officials, including 

6 State regulators, State and local prosecutors, 

7 and other law enforcement officials; and 

8 (B) cooperative efforts with and between 

9 governments of countries and with and between 

10 multinational institutions with expertise in 

11 fighting illicit finance, including the Financial 

12 Action Task Force and the Egmont Group of 

13 Financial Intelligence Units. 

14 (8) TREND ANALYSIS OF EMERGING ILLICIT FI15 NANCE THREATS.—A discussion of and data regard16 ing trends in illicit finance, including evolving forms 

17 of value transfer such as so-called cryptocurrencies, 

18 other methods that are computer, telecommuni19 cations, or Internet-based, cyber crime, or any other 

20 threats that the Secretary may choose to identify. 

21 (9) BUDGET PRIORITIES.—A multiyear budget 

22 plan that identifies sufficient resources needed to 

23 successfully execute the full range of missions called 

24 for in this section. 
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1 (10) TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS.—An anal2 ysis of current and developing ways to leverage tech3 nology to improve the effectiveness of efforts to stop 

4 the financing of terrorism and other forms of illicit 

5 finance, including better integration of open-source 

6 data. 

7 PART II—ENHANCING ANTITERRORISM TOOLS 

8 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

9 SEC. 271. IMPROVING ANTITERROR FINANCE MONITORING 

10 OF FUNDS TRANSFERS. 

11 (a) STUDY.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—To improve the ability of the 

13 Department of the Treasury to better track cross14 border fund transfers and identify potential financ15 ing of terrorist or other forms of illicit finance, the 

16 Secretary shall carry out a study to assess— 

17 (A) the potential efficacy of requiring 

18 banking regulators to establish a pilot program 

19 to provide technical assistance to depository in20 stitutions and credit unions that wish to provide 

21 account services to money services businesses 

22 serving individuals in Somalia; 

23 (B) whether such a pilot program could be 

24 a model for improving the ability of United 

25 States persons to make legitimate funds trans-
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1 fers through transparent and easily monitored 

2 channels while preserving strict compliance with 

3 the Bank Secrecy Act (Public Law 91–508; 84 

4 Stat. 1114) and related controls aimed at stop5 ping money laundering and the financing of ter6 rorism; and 

7 (C) consistent with current legal require8 ments regarding confidential supervisory infor9 mation, the potential impact of allowing money 

10 services businesses to share certain State exam11 ination information with depository institutions 

12 and credit unions, or whether another appro13 priate mechanism could be identified to allow a 

14 similar exchange of information to give the de15 pository institutions and credit unions a better 

16 understanding of whether an individual money 

17 services business is adequately meeting its anti18 money laundering and counter-terror financing 

19 obligations to combat money laundering, the fi20 nancing of terror, or related illicit finance. 

21 (2) PUBLIC INPUT.—The Secretary should so22 licit and consider public input as appropriate in de23 veloping the study required under subsection (a). 

24 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 

25 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
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1 to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af2 fairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen3 ate and the Committee on Financial Services and the 

4 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa5 tives a report that contains all findings and determina6 tions made in carrying out the study required under sub7 section (a). 

8 SEC. 272. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL CO9 OPERATION REGARDING TERRORIST FINANC10 ING INTELLIGENCE. 

11 It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary, acting 

12 through the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial 

13 Crimes, should intensify work with foreign partners to 

14 help the foreign partners develop intelligence analytic ca15 pacities, in a financial intelligence unit, finance ministry, 

16 or other appropriate agency, that are— 

17 (1) commensurate to the threats faced by the 

18 foreign partner; and 

19 (2) designed to better integrate intelligence ef20 forts with the anti-money laundering and counter21 terrorist financing regimes of the foreign partner. 
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1 SEC. 273. EXAMINING THE COUNTER-TERROR FINANCING 

2 ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREAS3 URY IN EMBASSIES. 

4 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Com6 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the 

7 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 

8 Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on 

9 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report 

10 that contains— 

11 (1) a list of the United States embassies in 

12 which a full-time Department of the Treasury finan13 cial attache ́ is stationed and a description of how the 

14 interests of the Department of the Treasury relating 

15 to terrorist financing and money laundering are ad16 dressed (via regional attache ́s or otherwise) at 

17 United States embassies where no such attache ́s are 

18 present; 

19 (2) a list of the United States embassies at 

20 which the Department of the Treasury has assigned 

21 a technical assistance advisor from the Office of 

22 Technical Assistance of the Department of the 

23 Treasury; 

24 (3) an overview of how Department of the 

25 Treasury financial attache ́s and technical assistance 

26 advisors assist in efforts to counter illicit finance, to 
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1 include money laundering, terrorist financing, and 

2 proliferation financing; and 

3 (4) an overview of patterns, trends, or other 

4 issues identified by the Department of the Treasury 

5 and whether resources are sufficient to address these 

6 issues. 

7 SEC. 274. INCLUSION OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ON 

8 THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(c)(1) of the National 

10 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(c)(1)) is amended 

11 by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Treasury,’’ before ‘‘and 

12 such other officers’’. 

13 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The amendment 

14 made by subsection (a) may not be construed to authorize 

15 the National Security Council to have a professional staff 

16 level that exceeds the limitation set forth under section 

17 101(e)(3) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

18 3021(e)(3)). 

19 SEC. 275. INCLUSION OF ALL FUNDS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5326 of title 31, United 

21 States Code, is amended— 

22 (1) in the heading of such section, by striking 

23 ‘‘coin and currency’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘subtitle and’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘subtitle or to’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 

4 ‘‘United States coins or currency (or such other 

5 monetary instruments as the Secretary may de6 scribe in such order)’’ and inserting ‘‘funds (as 

7 the Secretary may describe in such order),’’; 

8 and 

9 (3) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘coins 

11 or currency (or monetary instruments)’’ and in12 serting ‘‘funds’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘coins or 

14 currency (or such other monetary instruments 

15 as the Secretary may describe in the regulation 

16 or order)’’ and inserting ‘‘funds (as the Sec17 retary may describe in the regulation or 

18 order)’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

20 for chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

21 in the item relating to section 5326 by striking ‘‘coin and 

22 currency’’. 

23 PART III—DEFINITIONS 

24 SEC. 281. DEFINITIONS. 

25 In this subtitle— 
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1 (1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com2 mittees’’ means— 

3 (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

4 and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 

5 Relations, Committee on Armed Services, Com6 mittee on the Judiciary, Committee on Home7 land Security and Governmental Affairs, and 

8 the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

9 Senate; and 

10 (B) the Committee on Financial Services, 

11 the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com12 mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

13 the Judiciary, Committee on Homeland Secu14 rity, and the Permanent Select Committee on 

15 Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 

16 (2) the term ‘‘appropriate Federal banking 

17 agencies’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

18 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 

19 1813); 

20 (3) the term ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act’’ means— 

21 (A) section 21 of the Federal Deposit In22 surance Act (12 U.S.C. 1829b); 

23 (B) chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91– 

24 508 (12 U.S.C. 1951 et seq.); and 
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1 (C) subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, 

2 United States Code; 

3 (4) the term ‘‘Federal functional regulator’’ has 

4 the meaning given that term in section 509 of the 

5 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 6809); 

6 (5) the term ‘‘illicit finance’’ means the financ7 ing of terrorism, narcotics trafficking, or prolifera8 tion, money laundering, or other forms of illicit fi9 nancing domestically or internationally, as defined 

10 by the President; 

11 (6) the term ‘‘money services business’’ has the 

12 meaning given the term under section 1010.100 of 

13 title 31, Code of Federal Regulations; 

14 (7) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

15 of the Treasury; and 

16 (8) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 

17 States, the District of Columbia, and each territory 

18 or possession of the United States. 

19 Subtitle D—Rule of Construction 

20 SEC. 291. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

21 Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this 

22 title (other than sections 216 and 236(b)) shall be con23 strued to limit the authority of the President under the 

24 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

25 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
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1 SEC. 292. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE STRATEGIC IMPOR2 TANCE OF ARTICLE 5 OF THE NORTH ATLAN3 TIC TREATY. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following 

5 findings: 

6 (1) The principle of collective defense of the 

7 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is im8 mortalized in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty 

9 in which members pledge that ‘‘an armed attack 

10 against one or more of them in Europe or North 

11 America shall be considered an attack against them 

12 all’’. 

13 (2) For almost 7 decades, the principle of col14 lective defense has effectively served as a strategic 

15 deterrent for the member nations of the North At16 lantic Treaty Organization and provided stability 

17 throughout the world, strengthening the security of 

18 the United States and all 28 other member nations. 

19 (3) Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist 

20 attacks in New York, Washington, and Pennsyl21 vania, the Alliance agreed to invoke Article 5 for the 

22 first time, affirming its commitment to collective de23 fense. 

24 (4) Countries that are members of the North 

25 Atlantic Treaty Organization have made historic 

26 contributions and sacrifices while combating ter-
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1 rorism in Afghanistan through the International Se2 curity Assistance Force and the Resolute Support 

3 Mission. 

4 (5) The recent attacks in the United Kingdom 

5 underscore the importance of an international alli6 ance to combat hostile nation states and terrorist 

7 groups. 

8 (6) At the 2014 NATO summit in Wales, the 

9 member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Or10 ganization decided that all countries that are mem11 bers of NATO would spend an amount equal to 2 

12 percent of their gross domestic product on defense 

13 by 2024. 

14 (7) Collective defense unites the 29 members of 

15 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, each com16 mitting to protecting and supporting one another 

17 from external adversaries, which bolsters the North 

18 Atlantic Alliance. 

19 (b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen20 ate— 

21 (1) to express the vital importance of Article 5 

22 of the North Atlantic Treaty, the charter of the 

23 North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as it continues 

24 to serve as a critical deterrent to potential hostile 

25 nations and terrorist organizations; 
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1 (2) to remember the first and only invocation of 

2 Article 5 by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

3 in support of the United States after the terrorist 

4 attacks of September 11, 2001; 

5 (3) to affirm that the United States remains 

6 fully committed to the North Atlantic Treaty Orga7 nization and will honor its obligations enshrined in 

8 Article 5; and 

9 (4) to condemn any threat to the sovereignty, 

10 territorial integrity, freedom, or democracy of any 

11 country that is a member of the North Atlantic 

12 Treaty Organization. 

Passed the Senate June 15, 2017. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 722 

AN ACT 

Iranian and Russian governments’ aggression. 

To provide congressional review and to counter