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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5119 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5119

  To codify in statute certain sanctions with respect to the Russian 
                              Federation.

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                   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 codify in statute certain sanctions with respect to the Russian 
                              Federation.

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

SECTION 1. CODIFICATION OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 
              RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

    (a) In General.--Each person listed or designated for the 
imposition of sanctions under an executive order described in 
subsection (b) as of the date of the enactment of this Act shall remain 
so designated, except as provided in sections 2 and 3.
    (b) Executive Orders Specified.--Executive orders specified in this 
subsection are--
            (1) Executive Order 13849 (22 U.S.C. 9521 note; relating to 
        authorizing the implementation of certain sanctions set forth 
        in the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act 
        (22 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.));
            (2) Executive Order 13883 (22 U.S.C. 5605 note; relating to 
        administration of proliferation sanctions and amendment of 
        Executive Order 12851 (22 U.S.C. 2797 note; relating to the 
        administration of proliferation sanctions, Middle East arms 
        control, and related congressional reporting 
        responsibilities));
            (3) Executive Order 14024 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
        blocking property with respect to specified harmful foreign 
        activities of the Government of the Russian Federation);
            (4) Executive Order 14039 (22 U.S.C. 9526 note; relating to 
        blocking property with respect to certain Russian energy export 
        pipelines);
            (5) Executive Order 14065 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
        blocking property of certain persons and prohibiting certain 
        transactions with respect to continued Russian efforts to 
        undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of 
        Ukraine);
            (6) Executive Order 14066 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
        prohibiting certain imports and new investments with respect to 
        continued Russian Federation efforts to undermine the 
        sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine);
            (7) Executive Order 14068 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
        prohibiting certain imports, exports, and new investment with 
        respect to continued Russian Federation aggression);
            (8) Executive Order 14071 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
        prohibiting new investment in and certain services to the 
        Russian Federation in response to continued Russian Federation 
        aggression); and
            (9) Executive Order 14114 (88 Fed. Reg. 89271; relating to 
        taking additional steps with respect to the Russian 
        Federation's harmful activities).

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.

    The President may terminate the application of sanctions under 
section 1 with respect to a person if the President certifies to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives that--
            (1) such person--
                    (A) is not engaging in the activity that was the 
                basis for such sanctions; or
                    (B) has taken significant, verifiable steps toward 
                stopping the activity that was the basis for such 
                sanctions; and
            (2) the President has received reliable assurances that 
        such person will not knowingly engage in any activity subject 
        to sanctions in the future.

SEC. 3. EXCEPTIONS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Agricultural commodity.--The term ``agricultural 
        commodity'' has the meaning given such term in section 102 of 
        the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).
            (2) Good.--The term ``good'' means any article, natural or 
        manmade substance, material, supply, or manufactured product, 
        including inspection and test equipment, and excluding 
        technical data.
            (3) Medical device.--The term ``medical device'' has the 
        meaning given the term ``device'' in section 201 of the Federal 
        Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
            (4) Medicine.--The term ``medicine'' has the meaning given 
        the term ``drug'' in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
        Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
    (b) Exception Relating to Importation of Goods.--A requirement to 
block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in 
property referred to in section 1 shall not include the authority or a 
requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods.
    (c) Exception To Comply With the United Nations Headquarters 
Agreement and Law Enforcement Activities.--Sanctions specified in 
section 1 shall not apply with respect to the admission of an alien to 
the United States if admitting or paroling the alien into the United 
States is necessary--
            (1) to permit the United States to comply with the 
        Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, 
        signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 
        November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United 
        States, or other applicable international obligations of the 
        United States; or
            (2) to carry out or assist authorized law enforcement 
        activity in the United States.
    (d) Exception To Comply With Intelligence Activities.--Sanctions 
specified in section 1 shall not apply to any activity subject to the 
reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence activities 
of the United States.
    (e) Humanitarian Assistance.--Sanctions specified in section 1 
shall not apply to--
            (1) the conduct or facilitation of a transaction for the 
        provision of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, medical 
        devices, humanitarian assistance, or for humanitarian purposes; 
        or
            (2) transactions that are necessary for, or related to, the 
        activities described in paragraph (1).
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