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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3640 

To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to persons that aid 

or assist the Russian Federation in acts of military aggression toward 

Ukraine. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 10, 2022 

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

referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to persons 

that aid or assist the Russian Federation in acts of 

military aggression toward Ukraine. 

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 ‘‘Belarus Aggression 

5 Accountability Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 

8 (1) the buildup of Russian forces in Belarus 

9 along its southern border with Ukraine is of great 


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1 concern to the United States and not consistent with 

2 regularly scheduled joint military exercises between 

3 the militaries of Belarus and the Russian Federa4 tion; 

5 (2) the United States should make no distinc6 tion between the Russian Federation and any other 

7 government that aids or assists Russian forces in 

8 any acts of military aggression that violate the sov9 ereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine; 

10 (3) the Government of Belarus should incur sig11 nificant penalties for any actions that aid or assist 

12 the Government of the Russian Federation in acts of 

13 military aggression towards Ukraine; and 

14 (4) the penalties imposed by the United States 

15 on the Government of Belarus for such actions 

16 should be comparable to the penalties incurred by 

17 the Government of the Russian Federation for any 

18 acts of military aggression that violate the sov19 ereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine. 

20 SEC. 3. REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON SUPPORT FOR RUSSIAN 

21 AGGRESSION TOWARD UKRAINE BY 

22 BELARUS. 

23 (a) INTERIM REPORTS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

25 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 30 


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1 days thereafter until the date that is 180 days after 

2 such date of enactment, the Secretary of State, in 

3 consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 

4 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com5 mittees a report on support for Russian aggression 

6 toward Ukraine by the Government of Belarus. 

7 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para8 graph (1) shall include— 

9 (A) an assessment of the activities of the 

10 armed forces of Belarus that aid or assist the 

11 Government of the Russian Federation in any 

12 act of military aggression that violates the sov13 ereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine, in14 cluding the extent to which the armed forces of 

15 Belarus— 

16 (i) provide material, tactical, or other 

17 support to any such act of military aggres18 sion; 

19 (ii) serve as a host to any Russian 

20 forces that participate in any such act of 

21 military aggression; 

22 (iii) operate for or on behalf of the de23 fense or intelligence sectors of the Govern24 ment of the Russian Federation in any 

25 such act of military aggression; or 


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1 (iv) participate jointly with the Gov2 ernment of Russian Federation in any 

3 such act of military aggression; 

4 (B) an identification of persons in Belarus 

5 that engage in any activity described in para6 graph (1); and 

7 (C) an identification of persons in Belarus 

8 that engage in a significant transaction with 

9 the Russian Federation described in section 

10 231(a) of the Countering America’s Adversaries 

11 Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525(a)), 

12 including persons that procure lethal capabili13 ties that are used in an act of military aggres14 sion that violates the sovereignty and territorial 

15 integrity of Ukraine. 

16 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an19 nually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall sub20 mit to Congress a report on military cooperation be21 tween Belarus and the Russian Federation. 

22 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para23 graph (1) shall include— 


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1 (A) a description of developments in mili2 tary cooperation between Belarus and the Rus3 sian Federation; 

4 (B) an assessment of threats to the secu5 rity of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

6 resulting from the developments described in 

7 subparagraph (A); and 

8 (C) a plan to adjust the force posture of 

9 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the 

10 United States to adequately respond to the 

11 threats described in subparagraph (B). 

12 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE13 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres14 sional committees’’ means— 

15 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

16 the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and 

17 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

18 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep19 resentatives. 

20 SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 

21 (a) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS THAT

22 ENGAGE IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.—Not later than 30 

23 days after the date of the submission of a report required 

24 by section 3(a), the President shall impose the sanctions 

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1 ereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of 

2 Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8907(b)) with respect to 

3 not fewer than 5 persons identified pursuant to section 

4 3(a)(2)(B). 

5 (b) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS THAT

6 ENGAGE IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.—Not later than 30 

7 days after the date of the submission of a report required 

8 by section 3(a), the President may impose the sanctions 

9 described in section 235 of the Countering America’s Ad10 versaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9529) with 

11 respect to the persons identified pursuant to section 

12 3(a)(2)(C). 

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