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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5216 

To direct the President to impose sanctions on certain senior foreign political 

figures and oligarchs in the Russian Federation and certain Russian 

parastatal entities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2018 

Mr. HECK (for himself, Ms. BASS, Mr. LANCE, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. BERA, Mr. 

BROWN of Maryland, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SHEAPORTER, Mr. CRIST, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. SOTO, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. 

ESTY of Connecticut, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. COSTA, Mr. HIMES, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 

VARGAS, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 

THOMPSON of California, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. 

GALLEGO, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. SUOZZI, 

Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. 

DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. PALLONE, 

Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 

Mr. ENGEL, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. WELCH, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 

CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. LOFGREN, 

Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. MENG, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. POCAN, Ms. 

JAYAPAL, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. KILMER, 

Mr. TONKO, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) 

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

Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 direct the President to impose sanctions on certain senior 


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foreign political figures and oligarchs in the Russian 

Federation and certain Russian parastatal entities, 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 ‘‘Directing Implementa5 tion of Sanctions and Accountability for Russian Mischief 

6 Act’’ or ‘‘DISARM Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) Title II of the Countering America’s Adver10 saries Through Sanctions Act (Public Law 115–44; 

11 22 U.S.C. 9501 et seq.), enacted in July 2017, seeks 

12 to— 

13 (A) punish the Russian Federation for 

14 interfering in the 2016 United States presi15 dential election; 

16 (B) deter Russia’s ongoing aggression in 

17 Ukraine, cyber intrusions, attacks against the 

18 United States and its partners, and human 

19 rights violations; and 

20 (C) urge the Administration to vigorously 

21 enforce existing sanctions imposed by the 

22 United States against Russia. 


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1 (2) Section 241(a) of the Countering America’s 

2 Adversaries Through Sanctions Act requires the Sec3 retary of the Treasury, not later than 180 days after 

4 the date of the enactment of such Act, to submit to 

5 Congress a detailed report on senior foreign political 

6 figures and oligarchs in the Russian Federation, in7 cluding the following: 

8 (A) ‘‘An identification of the most signifi9 cant senior foreign political figures and 

10 oligarchs in the Russian Federation, as deter11 mined by their closeness to the Russian regime 

12 and their net worth.’’. 

13 (B) ‘‘An assessment of the relationship be14 tween individuals identified under subparagraph 

15 (A) and President Vladimir Putin or other 

16 members of the Russian ruling elite.’’. 

17 (C) ‘‘An identification of any indices of 

18 corruption with respect to those individuals.’’. 

19 (D) ‘‘The estimated net worth and known 

20 sources of income of those individuals and their 

21 family members (including spouses, children, 

22 parents, and siblings), including assets, invest23 ments, other business interests, and relevant 

24 beneficial ownership information.’’. 


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1 (E) ‘‘An identification of the non-Russian 

2 business affiliations of those individuals.’’. 

3 (3) Section 241(a) of the Countering America’s 

4 Adversaries Through Sanctions Act further requires 

5 the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to Congress 

6 a detailed report on Russian parastatal entities, in7 cluding an assessment of the following: 

8 (A) ‘‘The emergence of Russian parastatal 

9 entities and their role in the economy of the 

10 Russian Federation.’’. 

11 (B) ‘‘The leadership structures and bene12 ficial ownership of those entities.’’. 

13 (C) ‘‘The scope of the non-Russian busi14 ness affiliations of those entities.’’. 

15 (4) On January 29, 2018, the Secretary of the 

16 Treasury submitted to Congress the report required 

17 by section 241 of the Countering America’s Adver18 saries Through Sanctions Act, which included the 

19 names of 114 senior foreign political figures and 96 

20 oligarchs. 

21 (5) The list of the senior foreign political fig22 ures and oligarchs in the report corresponds identi23 cally to lists on the English-language websites of the 

24 Kremlin, the Government of the Russian Federation, 


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1 and the Russian edition of the Forbes billionaires 

2 list. 

3 (6) The list omits any description of the rela4 tionship between individuals identified in the report 

5 and indices of corruption with respect to those indi6 viduals. 

7 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that— 

9 (1) sanctions serve as a deterrent only if the 

10 threat of sanctions is credible; 

11 (2) the January 29, 2018, report submitted by 

12 the Secretary of the Treasury to Congress under 

13 section 241 of the Countering America’s Adversaries 

14 Through Sanctions Act— 

15 (A) does not meet the intent of such sec16 tion at the time of passage; 

17 (B) copies lists on the English-language 

18 websites of the Kremlin, the Government of the 

19 Russian Federation, and the Russian edition of 

20 the Forbes billionaires list and fails to exem21 plify the due diligence and rigorous forensic ac22 counting expected by Congress; and 

23 (C) coupled with total silence by senior 

24 United States Administration officials regarding 


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1 the report, sends the wrong signal to Russian 

2 President Putin and his inner circle; and 

3 (3) the Administration needs to act with 

4 strength, to act publicly, and to act forcefully to im5 plement sanctions as intended, including using the 

6 report submitted under section 241 of the Coun7 tering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act 

8 as the basis to impose sanctions against senior for9 eign political figures and oligarchs listed in such re10 port. 

11 SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN SENIOR 

12 FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURES AND 

13 OLIGARCHS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

14 AND CERTAIN RUSSIAN PARASTATAL ENTI15 TIES. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im18 pose sanctions described in subsection (c)— 

19 (1) with respect to not less than five individuals 

20 who— 

21 (A) are identified as senior foreign political 

22 figures or oligarchs in the Russian Federation 

23 in the report required by section 241(a)(1) of 

24 the Countering America’s Adversaries Through 


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1 Sanctions Act and submitted to Congress on 

2 January 29, 2018; and 

3 (B) are not currently subject to sanctions 

4 imposed by the United States; and 

5 (2) with respect to not less than five entities, 

6 including any individuals associated with such enti7 ties, that— 

8 (A) are identified as Russian parastatal 

9 entities in the report required by section 

10 241(a)(2) of the Countering America’s Adver11 saries Through Sanctions Act and submitted to 

12 Congress on January 29, 2018; and 

13 (B) are not currently subject to sanctions 

14 imposed by the United States. 

15 (b) CRITERIA.— 

16 (1) SENIOR FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURES AND

17 OLIGARCHS.—In determining those individuals de18 scribed in subsection (a)(1) with respect to which 

19 sanctions described in subsection (c) are to be im20 posed, the President shall take into account the ex21 tent to which such individuals meet the criteria de22 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 

23 241(a)(1) of the Countering America’s Adversaries 

24 Through Sanctions Act. 


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1 (2) PARASTATAL ENTITIES.—In determining 

2 those entities and individuals described in subsection 

3 (a)(2) with respect to which sanctions described in 

4 subsection (c) are to be imposed, the President shall 

5 take into account the extent to which such entities 

6 and individuals meet the criteria described in sub7 paragraphs (A) through (C) of section 241(a)(2) of 

8 the Countering America’s Adversaries Through 

9 Sanctions Act. 

10 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de11 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

12 (1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The exercise of all pow13 ers granted to the President by the International 

14 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 

15 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit 

16 all transactions in all property and interests in prop17 erty of a person determined by the President to be 

18 subject to subsection (a) if such property and inter19 ests in property are in the United States, come with20 in the United States, or are or come within the pos21 session or control of a United States person. 

22 (2) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES

23 AND REVOCATION OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTA24 TION.—In the case of an alien determined by the 

25 President to be subject to subsection (a) denial of a 


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1 visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, the 

2 alien, and revocation in accordance with section 

3 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

4 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any visa or other documentation 

5 of the alien. 

6 (d) DEFINITION.—In subsection (c), the term 

7 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

8 (1) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 

9 admitted for permanent residence to the United 

10 States; or 

11 (2) an entity organized under the laws of the 

12 United States or of any jurisdiction within the 

13 United States, including a foreign branch of such an 

14 entity. 

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