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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2826 

To impose sanctions with respect to Chinese and Russian companies that 

sign contracts or otherwise do business with the Taliban in strategic 

resource sectors, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 

Mr. MARSHALL (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions with respect to Chinese and Russian 

companies that sign contracts or otherwise do business 

with the Taliban in strategic resource sectors, 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 ‘‘Restricting Taliban 

5 Critical Mineral Trade Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CHI2 NESE AND RUSSIAN COMPANIES THAT SIGN 

3 CONTRACTS OR OTHERWISE DO BUSINESS 

4 WITH THE TALIBAN IN STRATEGIC RE5 SOURCE SECTORS. 

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

7 sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any 

8 covered foreign entity that, on or after the date of the 

9 enactment of this Act— 

10 (1) signs a contract with the Taliban with re11 spect to a strategic resource sector; or 

12 (2) otherwise agrees to do business with the 

13 Taliban in a strategic resource sector. 

14 (b) SANCTIONS.— 

15 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall ex17 ercise all of the powers granted to the President 

18 under the International Emergency Economic 

19 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the ex20 tent necessary to block and prohibit all trans21 actions in property and interests in property of 

22 a covered foreign entity described in subsection 

23 (a) if such property and interests in property 

24 are in the United States, come within the 

25 United States, or are or come within the pos26 session or control of a United States person. 


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1 (B) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided 

2 for in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of 

3 the International Emergency Economic Powers 

4 Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person 

5 that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to 

6 violate, or causes a violation of any regulation, 

7 license, or order issued to carry out subpara8 graph (A) to the same extent that such pen9 alties apply to a person that commits an unlaw10 ful act described in subsection (a) of that sec11 tion. 

12 (C) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President 

13 may exercise all authorities under sections 203 

14 and 205 of the International Emergency Eco15 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 

16 to carry out this paragraph. 

17 (2) INCLUSION ON ENTITY LIST.—The Presi18 dent shall include any covered foreign entity de19 scribed in subsection (a) on the entity list main20 tained by the Bureau of Industry and Security and 

21 set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 

22 15, Code of Federal Regulations. 

23 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) COVERED FOREIGN ENTITY.—The term 

25 ‘‘covered foreign entity’’ means— 


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1 (A) an entity organized under the laws of 

2 the People’s Republic of China or the Russian 

3 Federation, including any jurisdiction within ei4 ther such country; or 

5 (B) a significant subsidiary (as defined in 

6 section 210.1–02(w) of title 17, Code of Fed7 eral Regulations, or successor regulations) of an 

8 entity described in subparagraph (A). 

9 (2) CRITICAL MINERAL.—The term ‘‘critical 

10 mineral’’ means a critical mineral— 

11 (A) included in the final list of critical 

12 minerals published by the Secretary of the Inte13 rior in the Federal Register on May 18, 2018 

14 (83 Fed. Reg. 23295); or 

15 (B) as defined in section 7002(a) of the 

16 Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(a)). 

17 (3) STRATEGIC RESOURCE SECTOR.—The term 

18 ‘‘strategic resource sector’’ means a sector of the 

19 economy relating to trade or investment in any crit20 ical mineral. 

21 (4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—the term 

22 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

23 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law24 fully admitted to the United States for perma25 nent residence; and 


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1 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

2 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 

3 United States (including any foreign branch of 

4 such an entity). 

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