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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8046 

To impose sanctions with respect to Rosatom, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 17, 2024 

Mr. KEAN of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 

Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions with respect to Rosatom, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rosatom Sanctions 

5 Enforcement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

7 It shall be the policy of the United States— 

8 (1) to end United States reliance on the nuclear 

9 energy sector of the Russian Federation, including 


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1 Rosatom, in light of Russia’s unprovoked war of ag2 gression against Ukraine, a grave breach of inter3 national law; 

4 (2) to work with United States allies and part5 ners to find alternative nuclear energy suppliers to 

6 Russia and help these allies and partners end their 

7 reliance on Rosatom; 

8 (3) to limit access of the Government of Russia 

9 to revenue through the implementation of sanctions 

10 and export controls against Rosatom; and 

11 (4) to inhibit the Government of Russia from 

12 using Rosatom as a tool of malign influence inter13 nationally. 

14 SEC. 3. STRATEGY. 

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

16 date of the enactment of this Act, and biannually there17 after for 5 years, the President shall submit to the appro18 priate congressional committees a strategy that contains 

19 the contents described in subsection (b). 

20 (b) CONTENTS DESCRIBED.—The contents of the 

21 strategy required by subsection (a) shall include the fol22 lowing: 

23 (1) A strategy to— 

24 (A) replace Rosatom and other nuclear 

25 suppliers of the Russian Federation with those 


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1 from the United States and United States allies 

2 and partners; 

3 (B) effect a permanent decoupling from 

4 the Russian nuclear industry; and 

5 (C) replace Rosatom as the primary entity 

6 that can provide reactor safety and operation 

7 services to the existing Rosatom and Russian 

8 Federation designed and constructed nuclear 

9 reactor fleet. 

10 (2) A description of key vulnerabilities in the 

11 infrastructure and supply chains of United States al12 lies and partners. 

13 (3) A description of consultations carried out 

14 with United States allies and partners in imple15 menting the sanctions required by section 5. 

16 (4) A description of proposed assistance by the 

17 United States and United States allies and partners 

18 to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s inter19 national low-enriched uranium fuel bank in 

20 Kazakhstan. 

21 (c) FORM.—The strategy required by subsection (a) 

22 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 

23 a classified annex. 


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1 SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF DIRECTIVE PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE 

2 ORDER 14024. 

3 Not later than 60 days after the submission of the 

4 strategy described in section 2, the President shall issue 

5 a directive pursuant to Executive Order 14024 (86 Fed. 

6 Reg. 20249; relating to blocking property with respect to 

7 specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of 

8 the Russian Federation) prohibiting United States per9 sons from engaging in any significant transaction or deal10 ing with— 

11 (1) Rosatom; 

12 (2) any person that is a corporate officer or 

13 principal of, or shareholder with a controlling inter14 est in, Rosatom; or 

15 (3) any foreign person that is directly or indi16 rectly owned or controlled by or acting for or on be17 half of Rosatom. 

18 SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

19 ROSATOM. 

20 (a) SANCTIONS REQUIRED.—On and after the date 

21 that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 

22 Act, the President shall impose the sanctions described in 

23 subsection (b) with respect to— 

24 (1) Rosatom; 

25 (2) any foreign person that is a member of the 

26 supervisory board or management board of Rosatom; 


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1 (3) a foreign person that knowingly directly or 

2 indirectly engages in any significant transaction for 

3 nuclear reactor construction and related services 

4 with Rosatom; 

5 (4) any foreign person that is responsible for or 

6 complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, 

7 or otherwise directing, the activities at Ukraine’s 

8 Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant since February 

9 24, 2022, and while illegally under occupation of the 

10 Russian Federation; or 

11 (5) any foreign person that is owned, controlled, 

12 or directed by, or has knowingly provided support 

13 for or acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, 

14 directly or indirectly, any foreign person described in 

15 paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4). 

16 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The President shall ex17 ercise all of the powers granted by the International Emer18 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to 

19 block and prohibit all transactions in all property and in20 terests in property of the foreign person if such property 

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

22 within the United States, or are or come within the posses23 sion or control of a United States person. 


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1 SEC. 6. PROHIBITIONS AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 CERTAIN ACCOUNTS HELD BY FOREIGN FI3 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall prescribe reg5 ulations to prohibit, or impose strict conditions on, the 

6 opening or maintaining in the United States of a cor7 respondent account or a payable-through account by a for8 eign financial institution that the President determines fa9 cilitates the activities of a foreign person described in 

10 paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 5(a). 

11 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

12 (1) the terms ‘‘account’’, ‘‘correspondent ac13 count’’, and ‘‘payable-through account’’ have the 

14 meanings given those terms in section 5318A of title 

15 31, United States Code; and 

16 (2) the term ‘‘financial institution’’ means a fi17 nancial institution specified in subparagraph (A), 

18 (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or 

19 (Y) of section 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States 

20 Code. 

21 SEC. 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SECTIONS 4, 

22 5, AND 6. 

23 (a) WAIVERS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 

25 the application of sanctions under section 4, 5, or 6 

26 for a transaction or transactions with a United 


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1 States person, a foreign person, or a foreign finan2 cial institution (as the case may be) described under 

3 such section if the President certifies to the appro4 priate congressional committees that such waiver is 

5 vital to the national security interests of the United 

6 States— 

7 (A) for renewable periods of 180 days until 

8 January 1, 2028; and 

9 (B) on a case-by-case basis from January 

10 2, 2028 to January 1, 2032. 

11 (2) TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO ACTIVITIES

12 NECESSARY TO THE PRODUCTION OF MEDICAL AND

13 INDUSTRIAL RADIOACTIVE AND STABLE ISOTOPES.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—The President may 

15 waive the application of sanctions under section 

16 4, 5, or 6 for a transaction or transactions with 

17 a United States person, a foreign person, or a 

18 foreign financial institution (as the case may 

19 be) described under such section for one year, 

20 renewable for up to 10 years, if— 

21 (i) the President determines that the 

22 transaction relates to activities necessary 

23 to the production of medical isotopes or in24 dustrial isotopes; and 


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1 (ii) the President certifies to the ap2 propriate congressional committees that— 

3 (I) domestic medical isotope or 

4 industrial isotope production is insuf5 ficient to meet United States patient 

6 and industry requirements; and 

7 (II) the United States is taking 

8 measurable steps to establish medical 

9 isotope or industrial isotope supply 

10 chains that are not reliant on 

11 Rosatom or other Russian source ma12 terial. 

13 (B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph— 

14 (i) the term ‘‘industrial isotope’’ 

15 means a radioactive or stable form of an 

16 element that is used primarily for indus17 trial (non-medical) purposes; and 

18 (ii) the term ‘‘medical isotope’’ means 

19 a radioactive or stable form of an element 

20 that is either administered directly into a 

21 patient or is combined with a carrier mol22 ecule for diagnosis and treatment of dis23 ease. 

24 (3) SPECIAL RULE.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall not 

2 be required to impose the application of sanc3 tions under section 4, 5, or 6 for a transaction 

4 or transactions with a United States person, a 

5 foreign person, or a foreign financial institution 

6 (as the case may be) described under such if 

7 the President certifies in writing to the appro8 priate congressional committees that— 

9 (i) the person— 

10 (I) is no longer engaging in ac11 tivities of a foreign person described 

12 in paragraph (3), (4), or (5) of section 

13 5(a), or section 6; and 

14 (II) has taken and is continuing 

15 to take significant verifiable steps to16 ward terminating such activities; and 

17 (ii) the President has received reliable 

18 assurances that the person will not engage 

19 in such activities in the future. 

20 (B) CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY.— 

21 The authority described in subparagraph (A) 

22 may apply to contracts that— 

23 (i) have entered into force prior to 

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1 tended or renegotiated since their entry 

2 into force; and 

3 (ii) do not extend beyond January 1, 

4 2028, for fuel and services. 

5 (4) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 15 days 

6 prior to the issuance of the exercise of a waiver 

7 under paragraph (1) or (2) or the special rule under 

8 paragraph (3) with respect to United States person, 

9 a foreign person, or a foreign financial institution 

10 (as the case may be), and every 180 days there after 

11 while the waiver or special rule (as the case may be) 

12 remains in effect, the President shall notify the ap13 propriate congressional committees on the status of 

14 the involvement of the person in activities that meet 

15 the criteria described in sections 4, 5, and 6. 

16 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Sanctions described under section 

17 4, 5, or section 6 shall not apply to— 

18 (1) authorized intelligence, law enforcement, or 

19 national security activities of the United States; 

20 (2) activities that are for the conduct of the of21 ficial business of the United Nations, its specialized 

22 agencies, programmes, funds, and related organiza23 tions by employees, contractors, or grantees of such 

24 agencies, programmes and funds; or 


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1 (3) any activities that are required for the safe 

2 operation of nuclear reactors including critical reac3 tor safety, safeguards, and security, in which there 

4 are no alternative suppliers. 

5 (c) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

6 (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex7 ercise all authorities provided to the President under 

8 sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer9 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 

10 1704) to carry out sections 4, 5, and 6 if the Presi11 dent notifies Congress not later than 5 days prior to 

12 the issuance of a license relating to such exercise of 

13 authorities. 

14 (2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 

15 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter16 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

17 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 

18 attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

19 violation of regulations promulgated under sub20 section (d) to carry out section 4, 5, or 6 to the 

21 same extent that such penalties apply to a person 

22 that commits an unlawful act described in section 

23 206(a) of that Act. 

24 (d) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—Not later than 180 

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1 dent shall promulgate regulations as necessary for the im2 plementation of sections 4, 5, and 6. 

3 SEC. 8. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CERTAIN SANC4 TIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE RUS5 SIAN FEDERATION. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after re7 ceiving a request from the chairman and ranking member 

8 of one of the appropriate congressional committees with 

9 respect to whether a person meets the criteria of a foreign 

10 person described in paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (5) of sec11 tion 5(a) or a foreign financial institution described in sec12 tion 6(a), as the case may be, or is violating or has violated 

13 a covered regulation, the President shall— 

14 (1) determine if the person or foreign financial 

15 institution, as the case may be, meets such criteria; 

16 and 

17 (2) submit a classified or unclassified report to 

18 such chairman and ranking member with respect to 

19 such determination that includes a statement of 

20 whether or not the President imposed or intends to 

21 impose sanctions with respect to such person or for22 eign financial institution. 

23 (b) COVERED REGULATION DEFINED.—The term 

24 ‘‘covered regulation’’ means— 


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1 (1) part 587 of title 31, Code of Federal Regu2 lations (Russia Harmful Foreign Activities Sanc3 tions Regulations); or 

4 (2) part 589 of title 31 Code of Federal Regu5 lations (Ukraine/Russia-Related Sanctions Regula6 tions). 

7 SEC. 9. PAUSE FROM THE RUSSIA ‘‘123 AGREEMENT’’. 

8 The President shall take such actions as may be nec9 essary to pause the issuance of export licenses granted 

10 under the United States from the Agreement between the 

11 Government of the United States of America and the Gov12 ernment of the Russian Federation for Cooperation in the 

13 Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, entered into 

14 on January 11, 2011, pursuant to section 123 of the 

15 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153), until such 

16 time as the President certifies to the appropriate congres17 sional committees the following: 

18 (1) The Russian Federation has ceased hos19 tilities in Ukraine, has withdrawn all of its forces 

20 from sovereign Ukrainian territory, and Ukraine’s 

21 territorial integrity is fully restored. 

22 (2) Rosatom is not or has not contributed to 

23 the misuse of United States-origin nuclear material 

24 within Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant. 


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1 (3) Russia, through Rosatom, is not using or 

2 gaining any benefit of the proceeds from sales re3 lated to Rosatom to fund Russia’s illegal occupation 

4 of Ukraine or other territory. 

5 (4) Russia is in full compliance with the Treaty 

6 between the United States of America and the Rus7 sian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduc8 tion and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. 

9 (5) Russia has not conducted any yield pro10 ducing nuclear test in the 10-year period ending on 

11 the date of the certification. 

12 (6) Rosatom’s transfer of nuclear materials and 

13 assistance to third countries does not contribute to 

14 any such third party country’s nuclear weapons ac15 tivity or illicit nuclear activity. 

16 (7) Russia is not transferring nuclear material 

17 or cooperating militarily with a country or countries 

18 in which the International Atomic Energy Agency 

19 has an open investigation or has withdrawn from the 

20 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weap21 ons. 

22 (8) Russia has met its obligations under the 

23 Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement. 


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1 SEC. 10. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 

2 No additional funds are authorized to be appro3 priated to carry out the requirements of this Act. Such 

4 requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise 

5 authorized to be appropriated. 

6 SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT9 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ means— 

11 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

12 the House of Representatives; and 

13 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

14 the Senate. 

15 (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per16 son’’ means— 

17 (A) an individual who is not a United 

18 States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for 

19 permanent residence to the United States; or 

20 (B) an entity that is not a United States 

21 person. 

22 (3) ROSATOM.—The term ‘‘Rosatom’’ means— 

23 (A) the Rosatom State Nuclear Energy 

24 Corporation of the Russian Federation or any 

25 subsidiary thereof; 


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1 (B) any entity owned or controlled by the 

2 entities described in subparagraph (A); or 

3 (C) any successor entity or subsidiary of 

4 any entity described in subparagraph (A) or 

5 (B). 

6 (4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

7 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

8 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law9 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

10 United States; 

11 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

12 the United States or of any jurisdiction of the 

13 United States, including a foreign branch of 

14 such an entity; or 

15 (C) a person in the United States. 

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