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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1059 

To provide for congressional oversight of actions to waive, suspend, reduce, 

provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of sanctions with 

respect to the Russian Federation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2017 

Mr. HOYER (for himself, Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 

KINZINGER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SMITH of Washington, and Mr. TURNER) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 

Rules, and Ways and Means, 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 provide for congressional oversight of actions to waive, 

suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit 

the application of sanctions with respect to the Russian 

Federation, 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 ‘‘Russia Sanctions Re5 view Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 13694. 

2 Executive Order 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; relat3 ing to blocking the property of certain persons engaging 

4 in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities), as in ef5 fect on January 1, 2017, and any sanctions imposed pur6 suant to that Executive order, shall remain in effect. 

7 SEC. 3. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS IMPOSING 

8 SANCTIONS IN RELATION TO THE SITUATION 

9 IN UKRAINE. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Executive orders specified in 

11 subsection (b), and sanctions imposed pursuant to such 

12 Executive orders, shall remain in effect. 

13 (b) EXECUTIVE ORDERS SPECIFIED.—The Executive 

14 orders specified in this subsection are the following: 

15 (1) Executive Order 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 

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

18 effect on January 1, 2017). 

19 (2) Executive Order 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 

20 15535; relating to blocking property of additional 

21 persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine) (as 

22 in effect on January 1, 2017). 

23 (3) Executive Order 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 

24 16169; relating to blocking property of additional 

25 persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine) (as 

26 in effect on January 1, 2017). 


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1 (4) Executive Order 13685 (79 Fed. Reg. 

2 77357; relating to blocking property of certain per3 sons and prohibiting certain transactions with re4 spect to the Crimea region of Ukraine) (as in effect 

5 on January 1, 2017). 

6 SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF SANCTIONS IM7 POSED WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FED8 ERATION. 

9 (a) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF POLICY CHANGES

10 TO SANCTIONS ON THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.—Before 

11 taking any action to waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief 

12 from, or otherwise limit the application of sanctions with 

13 respect to the Russian Federation, the President shall sub14 mit to the appropriate congressional committees and lead15 ership a report that— 

16 (1) describes the proposed action; and 

17 (2) certifies that the Government of the Rus18 sian Federation has ceased— 

19 (A) ordering, controlling, or otherwise di20 recting, supporting, or financing, significant 

21 acts intended to undermine the peace, security, 

22 stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of 

23 Ukraine, including through an agreement be24 tween the appropriate parties; and 


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1 (B) cyberattacks against the United States 

2 Government and United States persons. 

3 (b) PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—During the 120-calendar-day 

5 period following submission by the President of a re6 port under subsection (a), the Committee on Foreign 

7 Relations of the Senate and the Committee on For8 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives shall, 

9 as appropriate, hold hearings and briefings and oth10 erwise obtain information in order to fully review the 

11 report and the certification required by subsection 

12 (a)(2). 

13 (2) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING INITIAL

14 CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD.—Notwithstanding 

15 any other provision of law, during the period for 

16 congressional review provided for under paragraph 

17 (1), the President may not waive, suspend, reduce, 

18 provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application 

19 of sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation. 

20 (3) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING PRESI21 DENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION

22 OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro23 vision of law, if a joint resolution of disapproval 

24 passes both Houses of Congress in accordance with 

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1 pend, reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit 

2 the application of sanctions with respect to the Rus3 sian Federation, for a period of 12 calendar days 

4 following the date of passage of the joint resolution 

5 of disapproval. 

6 (4) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING CONGRES7 SIONAL RECONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION

8 OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro9 vision of law, if a joint resolution of disapproval 

10 passes both Houses of Congress in accordance with 

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

12 resolution, the President may not waive, suspend, re13 duce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit the ap14 plication of sanctions with respect to the Russian 

15 Federation, for a period of 10 calendar days fol16 lowing the date of the President’s veto. 

17 (c) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 

18 (1) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL DE19 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘joint resolu20 tion of disapproval’’ means a joint resolution of ei21 ther House of Congress the sole matter after the re22 solving clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress 

23 disapproves of the action proposed by the President 

24 in the report submitted to Congress under section 

25 4(a) of the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017 on 


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1 llll.’’, with the blank space being filled with 

2 the appropriate date. 

3 (2) EFFECT OF ENACTMENT.—Notwithstanding 

4 any other provision of law, the President may not 

5 take any action to waive, suspend, reduce, provide 

6 relief from, or otherwise limit the application of 

7 sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation, if 

8 a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted in accord9 ance with this subsection. 

10 (3) INTRODUCTION.—During the 120-calendar11 day period provided for under subsection (b)(1), a 

12 joint resolution of disapproval may be introduced— 

13 (A) in the House of Representatives, by 

14 the majority leader or the minority leader; and 

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

16 (or the majority leader’s designee) or the mi17 nority leader (or the minority leader’s des18 ignee). 

19 (4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP20 RESENTATIVES.— 

21 (A) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If a 

22 committee of the House of Representatives to 

23 which a joint resolution of disapproval has been 

24 referred has not reported the resolution within 

25 10 legislative days after the date of referral, 


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1 that committee shall be discharged from further 

2 consideration thereof. 

3 (B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

4 Beginning on the third legislative day after 

5 each committee to which a joint resolution of 

6 disapproval has been referred reports it to the 

7 House or has been discharged from further con8 sideration thereof, it shall be in order to move 

9 to proceed to consider the resolution in the 

10 House. All points of order against the motion 

11 are waived. Such a motion shall not be in order 

12 after the House has disposed of a motion to 

13 proceed on the resolution. The previous ques14 tion shall be considered as ordered on the mo15 tion to its adoption without intervening motion. 

16 The motion shall not be debatable. A motion to 

17 reconsider the vote by which the motion is dis18 posed of shall not be in order. 

19 (C) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution 

20 of disapproval shall be considered as read. All 

21 points of order against the resolution and 

22 against its consideration are waived. The pre23 vious question shall be considered as ordered on 

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1 ly divided and controlled by the sponsor of the 

2 resolution (or a designee) and an opponent. A 

3 motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the 

4 resolution shall not be in order. 

5 (5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

6 (A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso7 lution of disapproval introduced in the Senate 

8 shall be referred to the Committee on Foreign 

9 Relations. 

10 (B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 

11 Committee on Foreign Relations has not re12 ported a joint resolution of disapproval within 

13 10 session days after the date of referral of the 

14 resolution, that committee shall be discharged 

15 from further consideration of the resolution and 

16 the resolution shall be placed on the appro17 priate calendar. 

18 (C) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

19 Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing 

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

21 after the Committee on Foreign Relations re22 ports the joint resolution of disapproval to the 

23 Senate or has been discharged from its consid24 eration (even though a previous motion to the 

25 same effect has been disagreed to) to move to 


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1 proceed to the consideration of the resolution, 

2 and all points of order against the resolution 

3 (and against consideration of the resolution) 

4 are waived. The motion to proceed is not debat5 able. The motion is not subject to a motion to 

6 postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by 

7 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 

8 shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 

9 the consideration of the resolution is agreed to, 

10 the resolution shall remain the unfinished busi11 ness until disposed of. 

12 (D) DEBATE.—Debate on the joint resolu13 tion of disapproval, and on all debatable mo14 tions and appeals in connection therewith, shall 

15 be limited to not more than 10 hours, which 

16 shall be divided equally between the majority 

17 and minority leaders or their designees. A mo18 tion to further limit debate is in order and not 

19 debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to 

20 postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consid21 eration of other business, or a motion to recom22 mit the resolution is not in order. 

23 (E) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on pas24 sage shall occur immediately following the con25 clusion of the debate on the joint resolution of 


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1 disapproval and a single quorum call at the con2 clusion of the debate, if requested in accordance 

3 with the rules of the Senate. 

4 (F) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE5 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 

6 relating to the application of the rules of the 

7 Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re8 lating to the joint resolution of disapproval shall 

9 be decided without debate. 

10 (G) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MES11 SAGES.—Debate in the Senate of any veto mes12 sage with respect to the joint resolution of dis13 approval, including all debatable motions and 

14 appeals in connection with the resolution, shall 

15 be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided be16 tween, and controlled by, the majority leader 

17 and the minority leader or their designees. 

18 (6) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE

19 OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

20 (A) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY

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

22 House of a joint resolution of disapproval of 

23 that House, that House receives a joint resolu24 tion of disapproval from the other House, the 

25 following procedures shall apply: 


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1 (i) The joint resolution of disapproval 

2 of the other House shall not be referred to 

3 a committee. 

4 (ii) With respect to the joint resolu5 tion of disapproval of the House receiving 

6 the joint resolution of disapproval from the 

7 other House— 

8 (I) the procedure in that House 

9 shall be the same as if no joint resolu10 tion of disapproval had been received 

11 from the other House; but 

12 (II) the vote on passage shall be 

13 on the joint resolution of disapproval 

14 of the other House. 

15 (B) TREATMENT OF A RESOLUTION OF

16 OTHER HOUSE.—If one House fails to introduce 

17 a joint resolution of disapproval, the joint reso18 lution of disapproval of the other House shall 

19 be entitled to expedited floor procedures under 

20 this subsection. 

21 (C) TREATMENT OF HOUSE RESOLUTION

22 IN SENATE.—If, following passage of the joint 

23 resolution of disapproval in the Senate, the 

24 Senate then receives a joint resolution of dis25 approval from the House of Representatives, 


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1 the joint resolution of disapproval of the House 

2 shall not be debatable. 

3 (D) APPLICATION TO REVENUE MEAS4 URES.—The provisions of this paragraph shall 

5 not apply in the House of Representatives to a 

6 joint resolution of disapproval that is a revenue 

7 measure. 

8 (7) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

9 AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by Con10 gress— 

11 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 

12 of the Senate and the House of Representa13 tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part 

14 of the rules of each House, respectively, but ap15 plicable only with respect to the procedure to be 

16 followed in that House in the case of a joint 

17 resolution of disapproval, and supersedes other 

18 rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent 

19 with such rules; and 

20 (B) with full recognition of the constitu21 tional right of either House to change the rules 

22 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

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

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

25 rule of that House. 


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1 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT3 TEES AND LEADERSHIP.—The term ‘‘appropriate 

4 congressional committees and leadership’’ means— 

5 (A) the Committee on Finance, the Com6 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af7 fairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 

8 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the ma9 jority and minority leaders of the Senate; and 

10 (B) the Committee on Ways and Means, 

11 the Committee on Financial Services, the Per12 manent Select Committee on Intelligence, the 

13 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Speak14 er, the majority leader, and the minority leader 

15 of the House of Representatives. 

16 (2) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

17 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

18 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law19 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

20 United States; or 

21 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

22 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

23 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

24 such an entity. 

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