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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3513 

To impose additional sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation if 

the Government of the Russian Federation infringes on the territorial 

integrity of Ukraine, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 13 (legislative day, JANUARY 10), 2022 

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

to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To impose additional sanctions with respect to the Russian 

Federation if the Government of the Russian Federation 

infringes on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, 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 ‘‘Deterring Authori5 tarian Hostilities Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; PAY2 ABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘‘account’’, 

3 ‘‘correspondent account’’, and ‘‘payable-through ac4 count’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec5 tion 5318A of title 31, United States Code. 

6 (2) ADMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms 

7 ‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, and ‘‘alien’’ have the 

8 meanings given those terms in section 101 of the 

9 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 

10 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT11 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com12 mittees’’ means— 

13 (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

14 and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 

15 Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, 

16 the Committee on Finance, the Select Com17 mittee on Intelligence, and the Committee on 

18 Rules and Administration of the Senate; and 

19 (B) the Committee on Financial Services, 

20 the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com21 mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

22 Ways and Means, the Permanent Select Com23 mittee on Intelligence, and the Committee on 

24 House Administration of the House of Rep25 resentatives. 


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1 (4) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES AND LEADERSHIP.—The term ‘‘appropriate 

3 congressional committees and leadership’’ means— 

4 (A) the appropriate congressional commit5 tees; 

6 (B) the majority leader and minority lead7 er of the Senate; and 

8 (C) the Speaker, the majority leader, and 

9 the minority leader of the House of Representa10 tives. 

11 (5) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi12 nancial institution’’ means a financial institution 

13 specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), 

14 (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), (M), (N), (P), (R), (T), 

15 (Y), or (Z) of section 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United 

16 States Code. 

17 (6) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

18 term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning 

19 given that term in regulations prescribed by the Sec20 retary of the Treasury. 

21 (7) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per22 son’’ means a person that is not a United States 

23 person. 

24 (8) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ means any arti25 cle, natural or manmade substance, material, supply 


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1 or manufactured product, including inspection and 

2 test equipment, and excluding technical data. 

3 (9) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means indi4 vidual or entity. 

5 (10) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

6 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

7 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law8 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

9 United States; 

10 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

11 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

12 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

13 such an entity; or 

14 (C) a person in the United States. 

15 SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

16 NORD STREAM 2 AG. 

17 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact18 ment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions 

19 described in subsection (b) of section 10 of the Support 

20 for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic 

21 Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8909), as 

22 added by section 228 of the Countering America’s Adver23 saries Through Sanctions Act (Public Law 115–44; 131 

24 Stat. 911), with respect to Nord Stream 2 AG. 


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1 SEC. 4. ASSESSMENT OF INFRINGEMENT OF TERRITORIAL 

2 INTEGRITY OF UKRAINE BY RUSSIAN FED3 ERATION. 

4 (a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 20 days after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 20 

7 days thereafter, the Director of National Intel8 ligence, in consultation with the Director of the Cen9 tral Intelligence Agency, the Secretary of State, and 

10 the Secretary of Defense, shall transmit to the ap11 propriate congressional committees and leadership 

12 an assessment of whether or not the Government of 

13 the Russian Federation, or any foreign person acting 

14 as an agent of or on behalf of that Government, has 

15 engaged, in the preceding 20-day period, in any act 

16 that infringes on the integrity of the territory of 

17 Ukraine (as in existence on the day before the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act). 

19 (2) FORM.—The assessment required by para20 graph (1) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, 

21 but any supporting information may be submitted in 

22 a classified annex. 

23 (b) EFFECT OF ASSESSMENT.—If the Director of 

24 National Intelligence assesses under subsection (a) that 

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1 ment, has engaged, in the preceding 20-day period, in any 

2 act described in subsection (a)(1), the President shall im3 pose the sanctions described in section 5. 

4 (c) CONGRESSIONAL REQUESTS.—Not later than 10 

5 days after receiving a request from the chairman or rank6 ing member of one of the appropriate congressional com7 mittees with respect to whether the Government of the 

8 Russian Federation, or any foreign person acting as an 

9 agent for or on behalf of that Government, has engaged 

10 in an act described in subsection (a)(1), the President 

11 shall— 

12 (1) determine if the Government of the Russian 

13 Federation has engaged in such an act; and 

14 (2) submit a classified or unclassified report to 

15 the committee the chairman or ranking member of 

16 which submitted the request with respect to that de17 termination that includes a statement of whether or 

18 not the President imposed, or intends to impose, 

19 sanctions described section 5. 

20 SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date on which 

22 the Director of National Intelligence assesses under sec23 tion 4 that the Government of the Russian Federation, 

24 or any foreign person acting as an agent of or on behalf 

25 of that Government, has engaged in an act that infringes 


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1 on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, the President shall 

2 impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with re3 spect to a foreign person described in subsection (b). 

4 (b) FOREIGN PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A foreign per5 son described in this subsection is a foreign person that 

6 the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

7 Secretary of State, determines— 

8 (1)(A) operates in— 

9 (i) the energy, financial, mining, or aero10 space sectors of the economy of the Russian 

11 Federation; or 

12 (ii) any other sector of the economy of the 

13 Russian Federation determined by the Sec14 retary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

15 Secretary of State, to support actions or poli16 cies that threaten the peace, security, or sta17 bility of Ukraine or any other state actor; 

18 (B) has directly or indirectly engaged, or at19 tempted to engage, in a significant transaction for 

20 the sale, supply, or transfer to or from the Russian 

21 Federation of significant goods or services used in 

22 connection with a sector of the economy of the Rus23 sian Federation described in subparagraph (A); or 

24 (C) has knowingly engaged in a significant 

25 transaction for the sale, supply, or transfer to or 


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1 from the Russian Federation of significant goods or 

2 services used in connection with a sector of the econ3 omy of the Russian Federation described in subpara4 graph (A); 

5 (2)(A) is the President, the Prime Minister, the 

6 Minister of Defense, or the Ministry of Defense of 

7 the Government of the Russian Federation; or 

8 (B) is any entity controlled in whole or in part 

9 by an person described subparagraph (A) or a suc10 cessor to such an entity that benefits the military of 

11 the Russian Federation; or 

12 (3) is a senior foreign political figure or oli13 garch in the Russian Federation identified in the re14 port required by section 241(a) of the Countering 

15 America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (Pub16 lic Law 115–44; 131 Stat. 922); 

17 (4) knowingly and materially violates, attempts 

18 to violate, conspires to violate, or has caused or at19 tempted to cause a violation of any license, order, 

20 regulation, or prohibition contained in or issued pur21 suant to Executive Order 14024 (50 U.S.C. 1701 

22 note; relating to blocking property with respect to 

23 specified harmful foreign activities of the Govern24 ment of the Russian Federation) or this Act; 


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1 (5) is an adult family member of any person de2 scribed in any of paragraphs (1) through (4); 

3 (6) knowingly facilitates a significant trans4 action or transactions for or on behalf of a person 

5 described, or a person that has engaged in the activ6 ity described, as the case may be, in any of para7 graphs (1) through (4); 

8 (7) is owned or controlled by, or has acted for 

9 or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a person de10 scribed, or a person that has engaged in the activity 

11 described, as the case may be, in any of paragraphs 

12 (1) through (4); or 

13 (8) has knowingly and materially assisted, 

14 sponsored, or provided financial, material, or techno15 logical support for, or goods or services to or in sup16 port of, a person described, or a person that has en17 gaged in the activity described, as the case may be, 

18 in any of paragraphs (1) through (4). 

19 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be 

20 imposed with respect to a foreign person described in sub21 section (b) are the following: 

22 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

23 shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi24 dent under the International Emergency Economic 

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1 necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 

2 property and interests in property of the foreign per3 son if such property and interests in property are in 

4 the United States, come within the United States, or 

5 are or come within the possession or control of a 

6 United States person. 

7 (2) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN TRANS8 ACTIONS.—In the case of a foreign financial institu9 tion, the President shall prohibit the opening, and 

10 prohibit or impose strict conditions on the maintain11 ing, in the United States of a correspondent account 

12 or payable-through account by the foreign financial 

13 institution. 

14 (3) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR

15 PAROLE.— 

16 (A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 

17 alien described in subsection (b) is— 

18 (i) inadmissible to the United States; 

19 (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 

20 documentation to enter the United States; 

21 and 

22 (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 

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1 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

2 seq.). 

3 (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—An alien described 

5 in subsection (b) is subject to revocation of 

6 any visa or other entry documentation, re7 gardless of when the visa or other entry 

8 documentation is or was issued. 

9 (ii) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A revoca10 tion under clause (i) shall— 

11 (I) take effect immediately; and 

12 (II) automatically cancel any 

13 other valid visa or entry documenta14 tion that is in the alien’s possession. 

15 (C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMA16 TION.—Information about the denial or revoca17 tion of a visa or other documentation under this 

18 paragraph shall be made available to the public. 

19 (d) DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN

20 FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 

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

22 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

23 of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 

24 of State, shall submit to the appropriate congres25 sional committees a determination with respect to 


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1 whether any foreign financial institution identified in 

2 paragraph (2) is a foreign person described in sub3 section (b). 

4 (2) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION IDENTI5 FIED.—A foreign financial institution identified 

6 under this subsection is any of the following: 

7 (A) Sberbank. 

8 (B) VTB Bank. 

9 (C) Gazprombank. 

10 (D) Vnesheconombank. 

11 (E) Rosselkhozbank. 

12 (e) EXTENSION OF PERIOD TO ALLOW CESSATION

13 OF PROHIBITED BUSINESS.—The President may delay 

14 the imposition of sanctions under this section for not more 

15 than 30 days if the President certifies to the appropriate 

16 congressional committees that the extension— 

17 (1) is in the national security interest of the 

18 United States; and 

19 (2) is necessary to enable non-Russian persons 

20 impacted by sanctions under this section to wind 

21 down business prohibited as a result of those sanc22 tions. 

23 (f) CONGRESSIONAL REQUESTS.—Not later than 10 

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1 mittees with respect to whether a foreign person is de2 scribed in subsection (b), the President shall— 

3 (1) determine if the person is so described; and 

4 (2) submit a classified or unclassified report to 

5 the committee the chairman or ranking member of 

6 which submitted the request with respect to that de7 termination that includes a statement of whether or 

8 not the President imposed or intends to impose 

9 sanctions under this section with respect to that per10 son. 

11 (g) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

12 (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex13 ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 

14 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 

15 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 

16 this section. 

17 (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at18 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

19 violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 

20 order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 

21 to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 

22 of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco23 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex24 tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de25 scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 


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1 (h) EXCEPTIONS.— 

2 (1) HUMANITARIAN EXCEPTION.—Sanctions 

3 under this section shall not apply with respect to 

4 any person for conducting or facilitating a trans5 action for the provision (including any sale) of agri6 cultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical de7 vices to the Russian Federation. 

8 (2) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER9 NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCE10 MENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under subsection 

11 (c)(3) shall not apply with respect to an alien if ad12 mitting or paroling the alien into the United States 

13 is necessary— 

14 (A) to permit the United States to comply 

15 with the Agreement regarding the Head16 quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 

17 Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 

18 November 21, 1947, between the United Na19 tions and the United States, or other applicable 

20 international obligations; or 

21 (B) to carry out or assist law enforcement 

22 activity in the United States. 

23 (3) EXCEPTION FOR THE IMPORTATION OF

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1 quirement to impose sanctions with respect to the 

2 importation of goods. 

3 (i) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, on a 

5 case-by-case basis, waive the application of sanctions 

6 under this section with respect to a person for re7 newable periods of not to exceed 90 days if the 

8 President submits to the appropriate congressional 

9 committees a determination in writing that— 

10 (A) the waiver is in the vital national secu11 rity interest of the United States; and 

12 (B) failing to use the waiver will cause sig13 nificant adverse harm to the vital national secu14 rity interests of the United States. 

15 (2) SUNSET.—The authority to issue a waiver 

16 under paragraph (1) shall terminate on the date 

17 that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of 

18 this Act. 

19 SEC. 6. PROHIBITION ON TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING CER20 TAIN RUSSIAN DEBT. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

22 shall, pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary may 

23 prescribe, prohibit all transactions within the United 

24 States or by a United States person in— 


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1 (1) sovereign debt of the Government of the 

2 Russian Federation issued on or after the date of 

3 the enactment of this Act, including governmental 

4 bonds; and 

5 (2) debt of any entity owned or controlled by 

6 the Russian Federation issued on or after such date 

7 of enactment, including bonds. 

8 (b) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

9 (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex10 ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 

11 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 

12 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 

13 this section. 

14 (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at15 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

16 violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 

17 order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 

18 to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 

19 of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco20 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex21 tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de22 scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 


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1 SEC. 7. REPORTS ON, AND AUTHORIZATION OF IMPOSITION 

2 OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO, THE PRO3 VISION OF FINANCIAL COMMUNICATIONS 

4 SERVICES TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUS5 SIAN FEDERATION AND OTHER PERSONS. 

6 (a) REPORT ON THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL COM7 MUNICATIONS SERVICES TO CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIAN

8 FEDERATION AND OTHER PERSONS.—Not later than 30 

9 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

10 Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 

11 the appropriate congressional committees a list of all 

12 known entities (including SWIFT) that provide financial 

13 communications services to, or that enable or facilitate ac14 cess to such services for, the Central Bank of the Russian 

15 Federation or any person subject to sanctions under sec16 tion 5. 

17 (b) REPORT ON EFFORTS TO TERMINATE THE PRO18 VISION BY SWIFT OF SERVICES FOR CENTRAL BANK OF

19 RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND OTHER PERSONS.—Not later 

20 than 10 days after the imposition of sanctions under sec21 tion 5, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the 

22 appropriate congressional committees a report on the sta23 tus of efforts to ensure that SWIFT has terminated the 

24 provision of financial communications services to, and the 

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1 Central Bank of the Russian Federation or any person 

2 subject to sanctions under section 5. 

3 (c) AUTHORIZATION FOR THE IMPOSITION OF SANC4 TIONS.—If, on or after the date that is 10 days after the 

5 date on which the report required by subsection (b) is sub6 mitted, a global financial communications services pro7 vider has not terminated the provision of financial commu8 nications services to, and the enabling and facilitation of 

9 access to such services for, the Central Bank of the Rus10 sian Federation or any person subject to sanctions under 

11 section 5, the President may impose sanctions pursuant 

12 to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

13 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to the financial commu14 nications services provider and the directors of, and share15 holders with a significant interest in, the provider. 

16 (d) SWIFT DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

17 ‘‘SWIFT’’ means the Society for Worldwide Interbank Fi18 nancial Telecommunication. 

19 SEC. 8. STRATEGY ON COORDINATION WITH EUROPEAN 

20 UNION. 

21 Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 

23 the appropriate congressional committees a strategy for 

24 how the United States will work with member countries 


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1 of the European Union to impose sanctions similar to the 

2 sanctions imposed under this Act. 

3 SEC. 9. TERMINATION. 

4 The President may terminate sanctions and other 

5 measures imposed under this Act on or after the date on 

6 which the Director of National Intelligence, in consulta7 tion with the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 

8 the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense, sub9 mits to the appropriate congressional committees and 

10 leadership a certification that— 

11 (1) the Government of the Russian Federation 

12 has withdrawn all military and paramilitary forces 

13 from territory under the control of the Government 

14 of Ukraine as of the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act; and 

16 (2) the President has received credible commit17 ments from the Government of the Russian Federa18 tion that that Government will not engage in such 

19 hostile action in the future. 

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