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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5116 

To support Russia’s democratic forces in exile and to codify sanctions imposed 

under certain Executive orders relating to the Russian Federation. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 

Mr. CARDIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To support Russia’s democratic forces in exile and to codify 

sanctions imposed under certain Executive orders relating to the Russian Federation. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Belarus and Russia Investments in Democratic Govern6 ance during Exile Act’’ or the ‘‘BRIDGE Act’’. 

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

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Findings. 


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Sec. 4. Sense of congress. 

Sec. 5. Russians in Exile Affairs Unit. 

Sec. 6. Supporting operations of independent media and civil society. 

Sec. 7. Supporting USAGM Ukraine initiatives. 

Sec. 8. Preventing wrongful detentions. 

Sec. 9. Status of exiled Russian individuals in Europe. 

Sec. 10. Diplomatic missions for consular services. 

Sec. 11. Recognition of expired Russian Federation passports. 

Sec. 12. Findings regarding Belarus. 

Sec. 13. Status of exiled Belarusian individuals in Europe. 

Sec. 14. Helping Belarusian individuals fleeing authoritarianism. 

Sec. 15. Codification of certain sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations 

6 of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

7 of the House of Representatives. 

8 (2) BELARUSIAN INDIVIDUAL IN EXILE.—The 

9 term ‘‘Belarusian individual in exile’’ means a 

10 Belarusian individual who has been unable to return 

11 to Belarus because of a credible threat of persecu12 tion. 

13 (3) CREDIBLE THREAT OF PERSECUTION.—The 

14 term ‘‘credible threat of persecution’’ means a threat 

15 that causes an individual to have a reasonable fear 

16 of persecution as a result of the pro-democracy ac17 tivity of that individual. 


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1 (4) PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST.—The term 

2 ‘‘pro-democracy activist’’ means an individual who 

3 advocates for democratic reform. 

4 (5) PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVITY.—The term 

5 ‘‘pro-democracy activity’’ means activity taken to 

6 promote democracy. 

7 (6) RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL IN EXILE.—The term 

8 ‘‘Russian individual in exile’’ means a Russian indi9 vidual who has been unable to return to the Russian 

10 Federation since February 24, 2022, because of a 

11 credible threat of persecution. 

12 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of State. 

14 (8) USAID.—The term ‘‘USAID’’ means the 

15 United States Agency for International Develop16 ment. 

17 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

18 Congress finds the following: 

19 (1) The United States has sought to support 

20 democracy in the Russian Federation and with Rus21 sian individuals since 1991, including through pro22 gramming by USAID valued at $3,000,000,000 be23 tween 1992 and 2012 to support democracy, eco24 nomic growth, health, women, and youth, including 

25 programming in the Russian regions. 


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1 (2) In May 1997, the North Atlantic Treaty 

2 Organization (referred to in this section as 

3 ‘‘NATO’’) and the Russian Federation signed the 

4 NATO-Russia Founding Act, which established a 

5 NATO-Russia Permanent Joint Council to build 

6 trust and communication between the two parties. 

7 (3) Numerous nongovernmental organizations 

8 in the United States, including the National Endow9 ment for Democracy, American Councils, and the In10 stitute of International Education have worked to 

11 support Russian individuals and build ties between 

12 the people of the United States and the Russian 

13 Federation. 

14 (4) In 2012, the Russian Federation expelled 

15 the USAID, rejecting assistance meant to support 

16 Russian individuals and harming the United States17 Russian Federation bilateral relationship. 

18 (5) In May 2015, the Russian Federation en19 acted a law that permits Russian authorities to 

20 extrajudicially shut down foreign and international 

21 organizations operating in Russia by declaring them 

22 to be ‘‘undesirable’’. Russian authorities have since 

23 labeled as undesirable numerous nongovernmental 

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1 sian Federation, including the National Endowment 

2 for Democracy, American Councils, and the Institute 

3 of International Education. 

4 (6) The Russian Federation launched an illegal 

5 and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and a 

6 brutal, full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which 

7 caused NATO to suspend cooperation with the Rus8 sian Federation. 

9 (7) Russian opposition leader, pro-democracy 

10 activist, and anti-corruption campaigner Alexei 

11 Navalny died in a Russian prison on February 16, 

12 2024, the day after he appeared in court in a 

13 healthy condition. 

14 (8) Recently released Russian opposition figure 

15 Vladimir Kara-Murza was unjustly imprisoned for 

almost 2 1 16 ⁄2 years for speaking out against the Rus17 sian war in Ukraine. 

18 (9) According to the Memorial Human Rights 

19 Center, hundreds of political prisoners remain in 

20 Russian jails, including— 

21 (A) Moscow municipal deputy Aleksei 

22 Gorinov; 

23 (B) pensioner Igor Baryshnikov; 

24 (C) the mother of a human rights lawyer, 

25 Zarema Musaeva; and 


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1 (D) journalist Maria Ponomarenko. 

2 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

3 It is the sense of Congress that— 

4 (1) the efforts of the Russian Federation to iso5 late its people from the world, commit horrific war 

6 crimes in Ukraine, and violently crack down on dis7 sent at home should be universally condemned; and 

8 (2) the United States should continue its efforts 

9 to engage with and support Russian individuals and 

10 organizations, many of which are opposed to the un11 just war by the Russian Federation against Ukraine 

12 and believe in a democratic future for their country. 

13 SEC. 5. RUSSIANS IN EXILE AFFAIRS UNIT. 

14 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 

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

16 and the Administrator of USAID, in coordination with the 

17 heads of other relevant agencies and departments, shall 

18 submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit19 tees on a plan to establish a ‘‘Russians in Exile Affairs 

20 Unit’’ (referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Unit’’). 

21 (b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—The report required 

22 under subsection (a) shall include— 

23 (1) a plan for establishing and staffing the 

24 Unit; 


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1 (2) a description of how the Department of 

2 State and USAID will carry out the responsibilities 

3 described in subsection (c); 

4 (3) the estimated annual appropriations re5 quired to carry out such responsibilities; 

6 (4) 3 potential locations in Europe at which the 

7 headquarters of the Unit could be located; 

8 (5) the advantages and disadvantages of estab9 lishing the Unit; 

10 (6) an estimate of the number of Russian indi11 viduals in exile; and 

12 (7) an assessment of Russian individuals in 

13 exile, including— 

14 (A) the reasons such individuals left the 

15 Russian Federation, particularly in relation 

16 to— 

17 (i) the invasion of Ukraine in 2022; 

18 and 

19 (ii) increased political repression in 

20 the Russian Federation; 

21 (B) how such individuals have been en22 gaged since leaving the Russian Federation; 

23 and 


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1 (C) how United States officials and inter2 mediaries have communicated with such individ3 uals since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. 

4 (c) DUTIES.—The primary duties of the Unit shall 

5 be— 

6 (1) to facilitate communication and engagement 

7 with pro-democracy activists who are Russian indi8 viduals in exile; 

9 (2) to report on human rights issues that im10 pact Russian individuals in exile; 

11 (3) to coordinate interagency and international 

12 efforts to combat Russian Federation-sponsored 

13 transnational repression; 

14 (4) to support Russian individuals in exile who 

15 remain outside the Russian Federation because of 

16 fear for their safety; 

17 (5) to lead engagement with European and 

18 Eurasian governments and private sector companies 

19 to resolve issues impacting Russian individuals in 

20 exile; 

21 (6) to assess challenges and develop solutions to 

22 problems faced by Russian individuals in exile, in23 cluding— 

24 (A) access to bank accounts, credit cards, 

25 and online payment platforms; 


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1 (B) issuance of travel documents, visas, 

2 and work permits; and 

3 (C) the ability to use technology platforms 

4 owned by companies in the United States and 

5 Europe to communicate with Russian individ6 uals; 

7 (7) to evaluate the feasibility of developing a 

8 ‘‘whitelist’’— 

9 (A) to which a Russian pro-democracy ac10 tivist can apply to be recognized by the Depart11 ment of State as a credible Russian non-state 

12 actor; and 

13 (B) that the Secretary shall provide to so14 cial media companies, technology companies, fi15 nancial institutions, academic institutions, and 

16 other stakeholders in the United States to en17 courage institutional engagement with the Rus18 sian pro-democracy activist community, includ19 ing by— 

20 (i) facilitating financial transactions; 

21 (ii) monetizing media content pro22 duced by pro-democratic activists in the 

23 Russian Federation; and 


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1 (iii) purchasing political advertise2 ments for distribution inside the Russian 

3 Federation; and 

4 (8) to collect and facilitate the consideration 

5 and assessment of evidence, presented by members 

6 of the Russian pro-democracy activist community, 

7 regarding significant human rights violations and 

8 corruption perpetrated by individuals connected to 

9 Vladimir Putin, including individuals who are re10 sponsible for implementing and supporting war by 

11 the Russian Federation against Ukraine and under12 mining democracy in the Russian Federation. 

13 SEC. 6. SUPPORTING OPERATIONS OF INDEPENDENT 

14 MEDIA AND CIVIL SOCIETY. 

15 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con16 gress that— 

17 (1) state-sponsored Russian-language propa18 ganda and disinformation in Eastern Europe and 

19 Central Asia sows discord and instrumentalizes Rus20 sian-speaking individuals to further disseminate 

21 propaganda and disinformation; 

22 (2) professional independent journalism in23 formed by local voices can provide Russian-speaking 

24 individuals with reliable, accurate information that 


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1 will mitigate the harmful influence of Kremlin2 aligned propaganda and disinformation; and 

3 (3) because there is no clear dividing line be4 tween Russian individuals residing inside the Rus5 sian Federation and Russian individuals in exile be6 cause they are part of the same community of pro7 democracy activists, assistance in the interest of 

8 benefitting future democracy in the Russian Federa9 tion may be channeled through Russian pro-democ10 racy activists in exile, including support for the de11 velopment and expansion of pro-democracy grass12 roots initiatives and a civic infrastructure that is no 

13 longer legally possible within the Russian Federa14 tion. 

15 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

16 authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000, for each of the 

17 fiscal years 2025 through 2028 to USAID and the Bureau 

18 for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Depart19 ment of State to support independent media and civil soci20 ety in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia that are 

21 providing reliable and fact-based news to Russian-speak22 ing populations and furthering the development of civic 

23 activity within the country. 


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1 SEC. 7. SUPPORTING USAGM UKRAINE INITIATIVES. 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 

3 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2028 to the 

4 United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to con5 tinue and expand USAGM Ukraine related initiatives, in6 cluding those run through Radio Free Europe/Radio Lib7 erty, Technology Services and Innovation, Voice of Amer8 ica, Office of Policy and Research, the Middle East Broad9 casting Network, Radio Free Asia, and the Office of Cuba 

10 Broadcasting. 

11 SEC. 8. PREVENTING WRONGFUL DETENTIONS. 

12 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con13 gress that— 

14 (1) the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy 

15 for Hostage Affairs, which was established by sec16 tion 303 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery 

17 and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 

18 1741a), conducts crucially important work to bring 

19 home United States citizens who are wrongfully de20 tained, including successfully securing the release 

21 from the Russian Federation of United States citi22 zens Trevor Reed, Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan, 

23 Evan Gershkovich, and Alsu Kurmasheva; 

24 (2) due to the coordinated efforts of the United 

25 States, Germany, Slovenia, Norway, Poland, and 

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1 release of American citizens, American nationals, 

2 German citizens, and Russian dissidents, including 

3 Vladimir Kara-Murza, Ilya Yashin, Andrei 

4 Pivovarov, Oleg Orlov, Lilia Chanysheva, Ksenia 

5 Fadeyeva, and Vadim Ostanin; 

6 (3) the United States should continue to advo7 cate for the release of Russian political prisoners, 

8 Belarusian political prisoners, and Ukrainian hos9 tages held in Russian and Belarusian jails, including 

10 by working creatively with allies and partners to ex11 pedite their release; 

12 (4) United States citizens should not travel to 

13 the Russian Federation or other countries with a 

14 history of wrongfully detaining United States citi15 zens in an attempt to gain leverage over the United 

16 States; and 

17 (5) the Russian Federation should meet the 

18 basic needs and respect the human rights of all 

19 United States citizens in its custody. 

20 (b) DISCLOSURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RISK

21 BY AIR TRANSPORTATION PASSENGERS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 44907 of title 49, 

23 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

24 end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(g) DISCLOSURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RISK

2 OF WRONGFUL DETENTION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERA3 TION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 

4 without regard to whether the Secretary of Transportation 

5 conducts an assessment pursuant to subsection (a), takes 

6 another action pursuant to this section, or provides other 

7 notice pursuant to this section, each air carrier and for8 eign air carrier that provides passenger air transportation 

9 between the United States and the Russian Federation, 

10 and any online marketplace selling such passenger air 

11 transportation, shall, when issuing a ticket to a passenger 

12 for any travel itinerary that begins in the United States 

13 and concludes in, has a connecting flight within, or passes 

14 through the Russian Federation— 

15 ‘‘(1) provide a warning about the history of the 

16 Russian Federation wrongfully detaining United 

17 States citizens and citizens of other countries; and 

18 ‘‘(2) obtain an acknowledgment from each such 

19 passenger that the passenger understands the risk of 

20 possible wrongful detention for any travel itinerary 

21 that concludes in, has a connecting flight within, or 

22 passes through the Russian Federation.’’. 

23 (2) REPORT.—Section 44938(a) of title 49, 

24 United States Code, is amended— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as 

4 paragraph (11); and 

5 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(10) an assessment of the activities carried 

8 out under section 44907(g) of this title; and’’. 

9 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

10 by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall take effect on the 

11 date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of 

12 this Act. 

13 SEC. 9. STATUS OF EXILED RUSSIAN INDIVIDUALS IN EU14 ROPE. 

15 It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should 

16 urge the European Commission of the European Union 

17 and other relevant European government agencies to pro18 vide legal documentation to enable international travel to 

19 appropriately vetted Russian individuals in exile who face 

20 a credible threat of persecution in the Russian Federation. 

21 SEC. 10. DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS FOR CONSULAR SERVICES. 

22 Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 

23 of this Act, the Secretary shall designate at least 3 addi24 tional diplomatic missions to provide consular services for 

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1 (1) that have direct flights from the Russian 

2 Federation or in which land borders with the Rus3 sian Federation remain passable; or 

4 (2) in which large numbers of citizens of the 

5 Russian Federation who left the Russian Federation 

6 on or after February 24, 2022 reside. 

7 SEC. 11. RECOGNITION OF EXPIRED RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

8 PASSPORTS. 

9 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the 

11 Secretary of Homeland Security, shall develop a process 

12 for recognizing expired Russian Federation passports as 

13 valid for travel to and from the United States until the 

14 Secretary certifies to the appropriate congressional com15 mittees and to the Commissioner for U.S. Customs and 

16 Border Protection that it is safe for a Russian individual 

17 in exile to return to the Russian Federation for document 

18 renewal. 

19 SEC. 12. FINDINGS REGARDING BELARUS. 

20 Congress finds the following: 

21 (1) Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was the apparent 

22 winner of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, 

23 in which the people of Belarus voted in record num24 bers, in an impressive display of their commitment 

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1 (2) Alyaksandr Lukashenka brutally cracked 

2 down upon the thousands of peaceful protestors that 

3 turned out in protest of election fraud by the 

4 Lukashenka regime, arbitrarily detaining more than 

5 35,000 individuals and subjecting many of these in6 dividuals to torture. 

7 (3) The Lukashenka regime continues to un8 justly imprison more than 1,500 people, including 

9 opposition leaders Viktar Babaryka, Siarhei 

10 Tsikhanouski, Maria Kalesnikava, Radio Free Eu11 rope/Radio Liberty journalists Andrey Kuznechyk 

12 and Ihar Losik, and Ihar Losik’s wife Darya Losik. 

13 (4) The Lukashenka regime has supported and 

14 facilitated the Russian Federation’s illegal war 

15 against Ukraine, including by allowing the Russian 

16 Federation to fire ballistic missiles and launch offen17 sive strikes against Ukraine from the territory of 

18 Belarus for the purpose of invading Ukraine and 

19 murdering Ukrainian citizens. 

20 (5) The Lukashenka regime has a policy of 

21 forcing Belarusian pro-democracy activists to return 

22 to Minsk for renewal of documents vital to maintain23 ing their residency status in a safe third country, 

24 placing these Belarusians at risk of detention and 

25 torture. 


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1 SEC. 13. STATUS OF EXILED BELARUSIAN INDIVIDUALS IN 

2 EUROPE. 

3 It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should 

4 urge the European Commission of the European Union 

5 and other relevant European government agencies to pro6 vide legal documentation to enable international travel to 

7 appropriately vetted Belarusian individuals in exile who 

8 face a credible threat of persecution in Belarus. 

9 SEC. 14. HELPING BELARUSIAN INDIVIDUALS FLEEING 

10 AUTHORITARIANISM. 

11 (a) HOMELESS NATIONALITY DESIGNATION.—Not 

12 later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 

13 Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of 

14 Homeland Security, shall designate citizens of Belarus as 

15 a homeless nationality, in accordance with section 504.4– 

16 8(E)(1) of volume 9 of the Foreign Affairs Manual (9 

17 FAM 504.4–8(E)(1)), for the purpose of processing visas 

18 for Belarusian citizens until the Secretary certifies to ap19 propriate congressional committees that the United States 

20 has consular representation in Minsk. 

21 (b) EXTENDED DOCUMENTATION.—Not later than 

22 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

23 Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 

24 Security shall develop a process for recognizing expired 

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1 priate congressional committees and to the Commissioner 

2 for U.S. Customs and Border Protection that it is safe 

3 for a Belarusian individual in exile to return to Belarus 

4 for document renewal. 

5 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after enact6 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 

7 coordination with the Secretary, shall submit a report out8 lining— 

9 (1) whether Belarus meets the criteria for a 

10 designation of temporary protected status under sec11 tion 244 of the Immigration Act of 1990 (8 U.S.C. 

12 1254a); and 

13 (2) if Belarus does meet such criteria, whether 

14 the Secretary of Homeland Security intends to make 

15 such a designation. 

16 SEC. 15. CODIFICATION OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS WITH RE17 SPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each person listed or designated 

19 for the imposition of sanctions under an executive order 

20 described in subsection (b) as of the date of the enactment 

21 of this Act shall remain so designated, except as provided 

22 in subsections (c) and (d). 

23 (b) EXECUTIVE ORDERS SPECIFIED.—Executive or24 ders specified in this section are— 


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1 (1) Executive Order 13849 (22 U.S.C. 9521 

2 note; relating to authorizing the implementation of 

3 certain sanctions set forth in the Countering Amer4 ica’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 

5 9401 et seq.)); 

6 (2) Executive Order 13883 (22 U.S.C. 5605 

7 note; relating to administration of proliferation sanc8 tions and amendment of Executive Order 12851 (22 

9 U.S.C. 2797 note; relating to the administration of 

10 proliferation sanctions, Middle East arms control, 

11 and related congressional reporting responsibilities)); 

12 (3) Executive Order 14024 (50 U.S.C. 1701 

13 note; relating to blocking property with respect to 

14 specified harmful foreign activities of the Govern15 ment of the Russian Federation); 

16 (4) Executive Order 14039 (22 U.S.C. 9526 

17 note; relating to blocking property with respect to 

18 certain Russian energy export pipelines); 

19 (5) Executive Order 14065 (50 U.S.C. 1701 

20 note; relating to blocking property of certain persons 

21 and prohibiting certain transactions with respect to 

22 continued Russian efforts to undermine the sov23 ereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine); 

24 (6) Executive Order 14066 (50 U.S.C. 1701 

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1 investments with respect to continued Russian Fed2 eration efforts to undermine the sovereignty and ter3 ritorial integrity of Ukraine); 

4 (7) Executive Order 14068 (50 U.S.C. 1701 

5 note; relating to prohibiting certain imports, exports, 

6 and new investment with respect to continued Rus7 sian Federation aggression); 

8 (8) Executive Order 14071 (50 U.S.C. 1701 

9 note; relating to prohibiting new investment in and 

10 certain services to the Russian Federation in re11 sponse to continued Russian Federation aggression); 

12 and 

13 (9) Executive Order 14114 (88 Fed. Reg. 

14 89271; relating to taking additional steps with re15 spect to the Russian Federation’s harmful activi16 ties). 

17 (c) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 

18 may terminate the application of sanctions under sub19 section (a) with respect to a person if the President cer20 tifies to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen21 ate, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af22 fairs of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

23 the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Fi24 nancial Services of the House of Representatives that— 

25 (1) such person— 


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

2 the basis for such sanctions; or 

3 (B) has taken significant, verifiable steps 

4 toward stopping the activity that was the basis 

5 for such sanctions; and 

6 (2) the President has received reliable assur7 ances that such person will not knowingly engage in 

8 any activity subject to sanctions in the future. 

9 (d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

10 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

11 (A) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The 

12 term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning 

13 given such term in section 102 of the Agricul14 tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 

15 (B) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ means any 

16 article, natural or manmade substance, mate17 rial, supply, or manufactured product, including 

18 inspection and test equipment, and excluding 

19 technical data. 

20 (C) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical 

21 device’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘de22 vice’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, 

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

24 (D) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has 

25 the meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 


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1 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

2 Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

3 (2) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF

4 GOODS.—A requirement to block and prohibit all 

5 transactions in all property and interests in property 

6 referred to in subsection (b) shall not include the au7 thority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the 

8 importation of goods. 

9 (3) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH THE UNITED

10 NATIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT AND LAW EN11 FORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions specified in 

12 subsection (b) shall not apply with respect to the ad13 mission of an alien to the United States if admitting 

14 or paroling the alien into the United States is nec15 essary— 

16 (A) to permit the United States to comply 

17 with the Agreement regarding the Head18 quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 

19 Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 

20 November 21, 1947, between the United Na21 tions and the United States, or other applicable 

22 international obligations of the United States; 

23 or 

24 (B) to carry out or assist authorized law 

25 enforcement activity in the United States. 


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1 (4) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTEL2 LIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions specified in sub3 section (b) shall not apply to any activity subject to 

4 the reporting requirements under title V of the Na5 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) 

6 or any authorized intelligence activities of the United 

7 States. 

8 (5) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.—Sanctions 

9 specified in subsection (b) shall not apply to— 

10 (A) the conduct or facilitation of a trans11 action for the provision of agricultural commod12 ities, food, medicine, medical devices, humani13 tarian assistance, or for humanitarian purposes; 

14 or 

15 (B) transactions that are necessary for, or 

16 related to, the activities described in subpara17 graph (A). 

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