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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6422 

To impose sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 19, 2022 

Mr. BANKS (for himself, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. 

LAMBORN, Mr. BACON, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. DUNCAN, Mrs. 

HARSHBARGER, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. MANN, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. 

FITZGERALD, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. 

LATURNER, Mr. CAWTHORN, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. FALLON, Mrs. MILLERMEEKS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. 

PFLUGER, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. BENTZ, Mr. KELLER, Mr. 

MOORE of Utah, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of 

Illinois, Mr. ISSA, Mr. OWENS, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. BABIN, Mr. HERN, 

Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, and Mr. WENSTRUP) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 

in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 

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 impose 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Putin Accountability 

3 Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPORTS ON, AND AUTHORIZATION OF IMPOSITION 

5 OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO, THE PRO6 VISION OF SPECIALIZED FINANCIAL MES7 SAGING SERVICES TO THE CENTRAL BANK 

8 OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

9 (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 

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

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 

12 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

13 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

14 a report that contains— 

15 (A) a list of all persons that the Secretary 

16 has identified that directly provide specialized 

17 financial messaging services to, or enable or fa18 cilitate direct or indirect access to such mes19 saging services for, the Central Bank of the 

20 Russian Federation; and 

21 (B) a detailed assessment of the status of 

22 efforts by the Secretary to end the direct provi23 sion of such messaging services to, and the ena24 bling or facilitation of direct or indirect access 

25 to such messaging services for, the Central 

26 Bank of the Russian Federation. 


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1 (2) ENABLING OR FACILITATION OF ACCESS TO

2 SPECIALIZED FINANCIAL MESSAGING SERVICES

3 THROUGH INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL INSTITU4 TIONS.—For purposes of paragraph (1) and sub5 section (b), enabling or facilitating direct or indirect 

6 access to specialized financial messaging services for 

7 the Central Bank of Russia includes doing so by 

8 serving as an intermediary financial institution with 

9 access to such messaging services. 

10 (3) FORM OF REPORT.—A report submitted 

11 under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi12 fied form but may contain a classified annex. 

13 (b) REQUIREMENT OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para15 graph (2), if, on or after the date that is 60 days 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, a person 

17 knowingly and directly provides specialized financial 

18 messaging services to, or knowingly enable or facili19 tate direct or indirect access to such messaging serv20 ices for, the Central Bank of the Russian Federa21 tion, the President shall impose sanctions described 

22 in subsection (c) with respect to the person. 

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1 nancial messaging services to, or enabling or facili2 tating direct or indirect access to such messaging 

3 services for, the Central Bank of the Russian Fed4 eration if— 

5 (A) the person is subject to a sanctions re6 gime under its governing foreign law that re7 quires it to eliminate the knowing provision of 

8 such messaging services to, and the knowing 

9 enabling and facilitation of direct or indirect ac10 cess to such messaging services for the Central 

11 Bank of Russia; and 

12 (B) the President determines that the per13 son has, pursuant to that sanctions regime, ter14 minated the knowing provision of such mes15 saging services to, and the knowing enabling 

16 and facilitation of direct or indirect access to 

17 such messaging services for, the Central Bank 

18 of Russia. 

19 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 

21 this subsection are the following: 

22 (A) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The Presi23 dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to 

24 the President under the International Emer25 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 


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1 seq.) to block and prohibit all transactions in 

2 property and interests in property of the foreign 

3 person if such property and interests in prop4 erty are in the United States, come within the 

5 United States, or are or come within the pos6 session or control of a United States person. 

7 (B) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, AD8 MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

9 (i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

10 An alien who the Secretary of State or the 

11 Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des12 ignee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or 

13 has reason to believe, has knowingly en14 gaged in any activity described in sub15 section (b)(1) is— 

16 (I) inadmissible to the United 

17 States; 

18 (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 

19 other documentation to enter the 

20 United States; and 

21 (III) otherwise ineligible to be 

22 admitted or paroled into the United 

23 States or to receive any other benefit 

24 under the Immigration and Nation25 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 


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1 (ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

2 (I) IN GENERAL.—The issuing 

3 consular officer, the Secretary of 

4 State, or the Secretary of Homeland 

5 Security (or a designee of one of such 

6 Secretaries) shall, in accordance with 

7 section 221(i) of the Immigration and 

8 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), 

9 revoke any visa or other entry docu10 mentation issued to an alien described 

11 in clause (i) regardless of when the 

12 visa or other entry documentation is 

13 issued. 

14 (II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.— 

15 A revocation under subclause (I) shall 

16 take effect immediately and shall 

17 automatically cancel any other valid 

18 visa or entry documentation that is in 

19 the alien’s possession. 

20 (2) EXCEPTIONS.— 

21 (A) UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

22 AGREEMENT.—The sanctions described under 

23 paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect 

24 to an alien if admitting or paroling the alien 

25 into the United States is necessary to permit 


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1 the United States to comply with the Agree2 ment regarding the Headquarters of the United 

3 Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 

4 1947, and entered into force November 21, 

5 1947, between the United Nations and the 

6 United States, or other applicable international 

7 obligations. 

8 (B) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE, LAW

9 ENFORCEMENT, AND NATIONAL SECURITY AC10 TIVITIES.—Sanctions under paragraph (1) shall 

11 not apply to any authorized intelligence, law en12 forcement, or national security activities of the 

13 United States. 

14 (C) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTA15 TION OF GOODS.— 

16 (i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

17 any other provision of this section, the au18 thorities and requirements to impose sanc19 tions under this section shall not include 

20 the authority or a requirement to impose 

21 sanctions on the importation of goods. 

22 (ii) GOOD DEFINED.—In this subpara23 graph, the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, 

24 natural or man-made substance, material, 

25 supply or manufactured product, including 


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1 inspection and test equipment, and exclud2 ing technical data. 

3 (d) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub4 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

5 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 

6 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con7 spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro8 mulgated to carry out this section or the sanctions im9 posed pursuant to this section to the same extent that 

10 such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 

11 act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 

12 (e) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 

13 may exercise all authorities provided to the President 

14 under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer15 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 

16 for purposes of carrying out this section. 

17 (f) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall, 

18 not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for the 

20 implementation of this section. 

21 (g) WAIVER.—The President shall have the authority 

22 to waive the sanctions required by subsection (b) for re23 newable periods of 30 days if the President provides a 

24 written certification to the appropriate congressional com25 mittees, which shall also be made publicly available on a 


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1 website maintained by the Federal Government, that the 

2 Russian Federation has ended its annexation of Crimea 

3 and has withdrawn all military forces from eastern 

4 Ukraine. 

5 (h) SUNSET.—The President’s authority to issue 

6 waivers or licenses with respect to sanctions required by 

7 subsection (b) or pursuant to sections 203 and 205 of the 

8 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

9 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) with regard to prohibitions re10 quired by subsection (b) shall cease to apply beginning on 

11 the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

12 Act. 

13 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS A 

14 STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM AND DES15 IGNATION OF THE RUSSIAN-SUPPORTED 

16 ARMED FORCES IN THE DONBAS REGION OF 

17 UKRAINE AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANI18 ZATIONS. 

19 (a) DESIGNATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS

20 A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.— 

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

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

23 of State shall designate the Russian Federation as 

24 a country the government of which has repeatedly 


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1 provided support for international terrorism (com2 monly referred to as a ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’). 

3 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 

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

5 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

6 committees a report describing the Russian Federa7 tion’s support, sponsorship, cooperation, military co8 ordination with, or significant transactions with the 

9 Russian Imperial Movement, the Taliban in Afghani10 stan, Lebanese Hezbollah, and the Iranian Islamic 

11 Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Islamic 

12 Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Forces (IRGC– 

13 QF). 

14 (3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

15 (2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

16 include a classified annex, if appropriate. 

17 (b) DETERMINATION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE

18 RUSSIAN-SUPPORTED ARMED FORCES IN THE DONBAS

19 REGION OF UKRAINE AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZA20 TIONS.— 

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

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

23 of State shall submit a determination to the appro24 priate congressional committees that indicates 

25 whether armed entities that are physically present in 


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1 the Donbas region of Ukraine and are controlled or 

2 aided by the Russian Federation, or armed entities 

3 that are associated or controlled by the ‘‘Donetsk 

4 People’s Republic’’ or the ‘‘Lugansk People’s Repub5 lic’’, meet the criteria to be designated as foreign 

6 terrorist organizations under section 219 of the Im7 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

8 (2) FORM.—The determination required under 

9 paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

10 form, but may include a classified annex, if appro11 priate. 

12 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES PERSONS FROM 

13 PURCHASING, SELLING, OR OTHERWISE 

14 DEALING IN RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN DEBT. 

15 (a) PROHIBITION.—Not later than 30 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall issue 

17 regulations to prohibit United States persons from pur18 chasing, selling, or otherwise dealing in Russian sovereign 

19 debt that is issued or executed on or after the date that 

20 is 60 days after such date of enactment. 

21 (b) RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN DEBT DEFINED.—In this 

22 section, the term ‘‘Russian sovereign debt’’ means— 

23 (1) bonds issued by the Central Bank of the 

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1 strumentalities, or affiliates of such institutions, re2 gardless of the currency in which they are denomi3 nated and with a maturity of more than 14 days; 

4 (2) foreign exchange swap agreements with the 

5 Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the Rus6 sian National Wealth Fund, or the Russian Federal 

7 Treasury, regardless of the currency in which they 

8 are denominated and with a duration of more than 

9 14 days; and 

10 (3) any other financial instrument, the maturity 

11 or duration of which is more than 14 days, that the 

12 President determines represents the sovereign debt 

13 of Russia. 

14 (c) REQUIREMENT TO PUBLISH GUIDANCE.—The 

15 President shall publish guidance on the implementation of 

16 the regulations issued pursuant to subsection (a) concur17 rently with the publication of such regulations. 

18 SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATED TO NORD 

19 STREAM 2. 

20 (a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Not later than 10 

21 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi22 dent shall impose sanctions under subsection (b)(1) with 

23 respect to— 

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1 neering assistance, financing, or operation of the 

2 Nord Stream 2 pipeline or a successor entity; and 

3 (2) any other corporate officer of or principal 

4 shareholder with a controlling interest in an entity 

5 described in paragraph (1). 

6 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 

8 this subsection are the following: 

9 (A) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The Presi10 dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to 

11 the President under the International Emer12 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

13 seq.) to the extent necessary to block and pro14 hibit all transactions in property and interests 

15 in property of the foreign person if such prop16 erty and interests in property are in the United 

17 States, come within the United States, or are or 

18 come within the possession or control of a 

19 United States person. 

20 (B) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, AD21 MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

22 (i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

23 An alien who the Secretary of State or the 

24 Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des25 ignee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or 


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1 has reason to believe, has knowingly en2 gaged in any activity described in sub3 section (a) is— 

4 (I) inadmissible to the United 

5 States; 

6 (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 

7 other documentation to enter the 

8 United States; and 

9 (III) otherwise ineligible to be 

10 admitted or paroled into the United 

11 States or to receive any other benefit 

12 under the Immigration and Nation13 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 

14 (ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

15 (I) IN GENERAL.—The issuing 

16 consular officer, the Secretary of 

17 State, or the Secretary of Homeland 

18 Security (or a designee of one of such 

19 Secretaries) shall, in accordance with 

20 section 221(i) of the Immigration and 

21 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), 

22 revoke any visa or other entry docu23 mentation issued to an alien described 

24 in clause (i) regardless of when the 


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1 visa or other entry documentation is 

2 issued. 

3 (II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.— 

4 A revocation under subclause (I) shall 

5 take effect immediately and shall 

6 automatically cancel any other valid 

7 visa or entry documentation that is in 

8 the alien’s possession. 

9 (2) EXCEPTIONS.— 

10 (A) UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

11 AGREEMENT.—The sanctions described under 

12 paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect 

13 to an alien if admitting or paroling the alien 

14 into the United States is necessary to permit 

15 the United States to comply with the Agree16 ment regarding the Headquarters of the United 

17 Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 

18 1947, and entered into force November 21, 

19 1947, between the United Nations and the 

20 United States, or other applicable international 

21 obligations. 

22 (B) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE, LAW

23 ENFORCEMENT, AND NATIONAL SECURITY AC24 TIVITIES.—Sanctions under paragraph (1) shall 

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1 forcement, or national security activities of the 

2 United States. 

3 (C) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTA4 TION OF GOODS.— 

5 (i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

6 any other provision of this section, the au7 thorities and requirements to impose sanc8 tions under this section shall not include 

9 the authority or a requirement to impose 

10 sanctions on the importation of goods. 

11 (ii) GOOD DEFINED.—In this subpara12 graph, the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, 

13 natural or man-made substance, material, 

14 supply or manufactured product, including 

15 inspection and test equipment, and exclud16 ing technical data. 

17 (c) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub18 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

19 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 

20 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con21 spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro22 mulgated to carry out this section or the sanctions im23 posed pursuant to this section to the same extent that 

24 such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 

25 act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 


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1 (d) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 

2 may exercise all authorities provided to the President 

3 under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer4 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 

5 for purposes of carrying out this section. 

6 (e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall, 

7 not later than 10 days after the date of the enactment 

8 of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for the 

9 implementation of this section. 

10 (f) REPEAL OF NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER

11 UNDER PROTECTING EUROPE’S ENERGY SECURITY ACT

12 OF 2019.—Section 7503 of the Protecting Europe’s En13 ergy Security Act of 2019 (title LXXV of Public Law 

14 116–92; 22 U.S.C. 9526 note) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘sub16 section (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h)’’; 

17 (2) by striking subsection (f); 

18 (3) by redesignating subsections (g) through (k) 

19 as subsections (f) through (j), respectively; and 

20 (4) in subsection (i), as redesignated by para21 graph (3), by striking ‘‘subsection (h)’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘subsection (g)’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. REPORT ON PERSONAL WEALTH OF VLADIMIR 

2 PUTIN AND HIS FAMILY MEMBERS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub5 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

6 on the estimated net worth and known sources of income 

7 of Vladimir Putin and his family members, as well as of 

8 Alina Kabaeva, including assets, investments, other busi9 ness interests, and relevant beneficial ownership informa10 tion. 

11 (b) FORM.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The report required by sub13 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

14 and may not include a classified annex. 

15 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 

16 The report required by subsection (a) shall be made 

17 available on a publicly available internet website of 

18 the Federal Government. 

19 SEC. 7. DETERMINATION RELATING TO IMPOSITION OF 

20 SANCTIONS AGAINST CERTAIN RUSSIAN PER21 SONS AND FORMER RUSSIAN OFFICIALS. 

22 (a) DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO IMPOSITION

23 OF SANCTIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

24 of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 

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1 son listed in subsection (b) meets the criteria for the impo2 sition of sanctions pursuant to section 1263(b) of the 

3 Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (sub4 title F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 

5 2656). 

6 (b) PERSONS LISTED.—The persons listed in this 

7 subsection, which include Russian persons and current 

8 and former Russian officials, are the following: 

9 (1) Roman Abramovich, businessman. 

10 (2) Denis Bortnikov, Deputy President and 

11 Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank. 

12 (3) Andrey Kostin, President and Chairman of 

13 the Management Board of VTB Bank. 

14 (4) Dmitry Patrushev, Minister of Agriculture. 

15 (5) Igor Shuvalov, Chairman of the State De16 velopment Corporation VEB. 

17 (6) Alisher Usmanov, businessman. 

18 (7) Oleg Deripaska, businessman. 

19 (8) Alexei Miller, Chairman of the Management 

20 Committee of Gazprom. 

21 (9) Igor Sechin, Chairman of the Management 

22 Board of Rosneft. 

23 (10) Gennady Timchenko, businessman. 

24 (11) Nikolai Tokarev, Chairman of Transneft. 


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1 (12) Andrey Vorobyev, Governor of the Moscow 

2 Region XIII. 

3 (13) Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health. 

4 (14) Vladimir Solovyev, media personality. 

5 (15) Alexander Bastrykin, Head of the Inves6 tigative Committee. 

7 (16) Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Fed8 eral Security Service (FSB). 

9 (17) Konstantin Ernst, Chief Executive Officer 

10 25 of Channel One TV station. 

11 (18) Victor Gavrilov, Head of the Department 

12 of Transport of the Economic Security Service. 

13 (19) Dmitry Ivanov, Head of Chelyabinsk FSB. 

14 (20) Alexander Kalashnikov, Director of the 

15 Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). 

16 (21) Sergei Kirienko, First Deputy Head of the 

17 Presidential Administration. 

18 (22) Elena Morozova, Judge of Khimki District 

19 Court. 

20 (23) Denis Popov, Chief Prosecutor of Moscow. 

21 (24) Margarita Simonyan, Editor-in-Chief of 

22 RT. 

23 (25) Igor Yanchuk, Head of the Khimki Police 

24 Department. 


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1 (26) Victor Zolotov, Director of the National 

2 Guard. 

3 (27) Alexander Beglov, Governor of St. Peters4 burg. 

5 (28) Yuri Chaika, former Prosecutor General. 

6 (29) Andrei Kartapolov, Deputy Defense Min7 ister. 

8 (30) Pavel Krasheninnikov, Parliamentarian 

9 and former Justice Minister. 

10 (31) Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of Rus11 sia. 

12 (32) Ella Pamfilova, Head of Central Electoral 

13 2 Commission. 

14 (33) Dmitry Peskov, Presidential Press Sec15 retary. 

16 (34) Sergei Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow. 

17 (35) Anton Vaino, Head of the Presidential Ad18 ministration. 

19 SEC. 8. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON KLEPTOCRATS AND 

20 SENIOR POLITICAL FIGURES OF THE RUS21 SIAN FEDERATION. 

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

23 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im24 pose sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to— 


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1 (1) any person in the Russian Federation in2 volved in kleptocracy and participating or aiding or 

3 assisting in the Government of the Russian Federa4 tion’s subversive activity against the United States 

5 democratic institutions and interests, or any person 

6 within the Government of the Russian Federation 

7 involved in furthering the Russian Federation’s sub8 versive activity against the United States democratic 

9 institutions and interests; 

10 (2) any person, or network of persons, involved 

11 in assisting the Government of the Russian Federa12 tion’s campaign of disinformation against the United 

13 States; and 

14 (3) any person who is an adult family member, 

15 including a spouse or adult child, of a person who 

16 has engaged in an activity described in paragraph 

17 (1) or (2). 

18 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 

20 this subsection are the following: 

21 (A) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The Presi22 dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to 

23 the President under the International Emer24 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

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1 hibit all transactions in property and interests 

2 in property of the foreign person if such prop3 erty and interests in property are in the United 

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

5 come within the possession or control of a 

6 United States person. 

7 (B) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, AD8 MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

9 (i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

10 An alien who the Secretary of State or the 

11 Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des12 ignee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or 

13 has reason to believe, has knowingly en14 gaged in any activity described in sub15 section (a) is— 

16 (I) inadmissible to the United 

17 States; 

18 (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 

19 other documentation to enter the 

20 United States; and 

21 (III) otherwise ineligible to be 

22 admitted or paroled into the United 

23 States or to receive any other benefit 

24 under the Immigration and Nation25 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 


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1 (ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

2 (I) IN GENERAL.—The issuing 

3 consular officer, the Secretary of 

4 State, or the Secretary of Homeland 

5 Security (or a designee of one of such 

6 Secretaries) shall, in accordance with 

7 section 221(i) of the Immigration and 

8 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), 

9 revoke any visa or other entry docu10 mentation issued to an alien described 

11 in clause (i) regardless of when the 

12 visa or other entry documentation is 

13 issued. 

14 (II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.— 

15 A revocation under subclause (I) shall 

16 take effect immediately and shall 

17 automatically cancel any other valid 

18 visa or entry documentation that is in 

19 the alien’s possession. 

20 (2) EXCEPTIONS.— 

21 (A) UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

22 AGREEMENT.—The sanctions described under 

23 paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect 

24 to an alien if admitting or paroling the alien 

25 into the United States is necessary to permit 


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1 the United States to comply with the Agree2 ment regarding the Headquarters of the United 

3 Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 

4 1947, and entered into force November 21, 

5 1947, between the United Nations and the 

6 United States, or other applicable international 

7 obligations. 

8 (B) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE, LAW

9 ENFORCEMENT, AND NATIONAL SECURITY AC10 TIVITIES.—Sanctions under paragraph (1) shall 

11 not apply to any authorized intelligence, law en12 forcement, or national security activities of the 

13 United States. 

14 (C) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTA15 TION OF GOODS.— 

16 (i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

17 any other provision of this section, the au18 thorities and requirements to impose sanc19 tions under this section shall not include 

20 the authority or a requirement to impose 

21 sanctions on the importation of goods. 

22 (ii) GOOD DEFINED.—In this subpara23 graph, the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, 

24 natural or man-made substance, material, 

25 supply or manufactured product, including 


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1 inspection and test equipment, and exclud2 ing technical data. 

3 (c) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub4 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

5 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 

6 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con7 spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro8 mulgated to carry out this section or the sanctions im9 posed pursuant to this section to the same extent that 

10 such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 

11 act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 

12 (d) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 

13 may exercise all authorities provided to the President 

14 under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer15 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 

16 for purposes of carrying out this section. 

17 (e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall, 

18 not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for the 

20 implementation of this section. 

21 (f) DETERMINATION REQUIRED.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

24 shall issue a determination, including a detailed jus25 tification, as to whether any of the persons described 


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1 in paragraph (2) meet the criteria for the imposition 

2 of sanctions pursuant to— 

3 (A) this section; 

4 (B) section 1263(b) of the Global 

5 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 

6 (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 

7 22 U.S.C. 2656); 

8 (C) Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. 

9 Reg. 13493; relating to blocking property of 

10 certain persons contributing to the situation in 

11 Ukraine); or 

12 (D) Executive Order No. 13661 (79 Fed. 

13 Reg. 15535; relating to blocking property of ad14 ditional persons contributing to the situation in 

15 Ukraine), Executive Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. 

16 Reg. 16169; relating to blocking property of ad17 ditional persons contributing to the situation in 

18 Ukraine). 

19 (2) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—The persons de20 scribed in this paragraph are the following: 

21 (A) Vladimir Putin, the President of the 

22 Russian Federation. 

23 (B) Each member of the cabinet of the 

24 Russian Federation. 


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1 (C) Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven, prin2 cipals of Alfa Group. 

3 (D) Iskander Makhmudov and Andrey 

4 Bokarev, principals of Transmashholding and 

5 other companies. 

6 (E) Dmitry Rybolovlev, former principal of 

7 Uralkali and currently an owner of the Monaco 

8 football club and multiple other assets in the 

9 West. 

10 (F) Mikhail Gutseriev, who runs oil and 

11 potash businesses for the benefit of President of 

12 Belarus Alexander Lukashenka. 

13 (G) Ruben Vardanyan, former principal of 

14 Troika Dialog and sponsor of Skolkovo school. 

15 (H) Alexander Vinokurov, son-in-law of 

16 Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation 

17 Sergey Lavrov, and principal of Marathon 

18 Group. 

19 SEC. 9. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON STATE DEVELOP20 MENT CORPORATIONS IN THE RUSSIAN FED21 ERATION. 

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

23 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im24 pose sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to— 


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1 (1) any entity that is a state development cor2 poration in the Russian Federation; and 

3 (2) any official of an entity described in para4 graph (1). 

5 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 

7 this subsection are the following: 

8 (A) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The Presi9 dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to 

10 the President under the International Emer11 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

12 seq.) to the extent necessary to block and pro13 hibit all transactions in property and interests 

14 in property of the entity if such property and 

15 interests in property are in the United States, 

16 come within the United States, or are or come 

17 within the possession or control of a United 

18 States person. 

19 (B) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, AD20 MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

21 (i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

22 An alien who the Secretary of State or the 

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1 gaged in any activity described in sub2 section (a) is— 

3 (I) inadmissible to the United 

4 States; 

5 (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 

6 other documentation to enter the 

7 United States; and 

8 (III) otherwise ineligible to be 

9 admitted or paroled into the United 

10 States or to receive any other benefit 

11 under the Immigration and Nation12 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 

13 (ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

14 (I) IN GENERAL.—The issuing 

15 consular officer, the Secretary of 

16 State, or the Secretary of Homeland 

17 Security (or a designee of one of such 

18 Secretaries) shall, in accordance with 

19 section 221(i) of the Immigration and 

20 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), 

21 revoke any visa or other entry docu22 mentation issued to an alien described 

23 in clause (i) regardless of when the 

24 visa or other entry documentation is 

25 issued. 


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1 (II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.— 

2 A revocation under subclause (I) shall 

3 take effect immediately and shall 

4 automatically cancel any other valid 

5 visa or entry documentation that is in 

6 the alien’s possession. 

7 (2) EXCEPTIONS.— 

8 (A) UN HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.— 

9 The sanctions described under paragraph 

10 (1)(B) shall not apply with respect to an alien 

11 if admitting or paroling the alien into the 

12 United States is necessary to permit the United 

13 States to comply with the Agreement regarding 

14 the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 

15 at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered 

16 into force November 21, 1947, between the 

17 United Nations and the United States, or other 

18 applicable international obligations. 

19 (B) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE, LAW

20 ENFORCEMENT, AND NATIONAL SECURITY AC21 TIVITIES.—Sanctions under paragraph (1) shall 

22 not apply to any authorized intelligence, law en23 forcement, or national security activities of the 

24 United States. 


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1 (C) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTA2 TION OF GOODS.— 

3 (i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

4 any other provision of this section, the au5 thorities and requirements to impose sanc6 tions under this section shall not include 

7 the authority or a requirement to impose 

8 sanctions on the importation of goods. 

9 (ii) GOOD DEFINED.—In this subpara10 graph, the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, 

11 natural or man-made substance, material, 

12 supply or manufactured product, including 

13 inspection and test equipment, and exclud14 ing technical data. 

15 (c) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub16 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

17 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 

18 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con19 spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro20 mulgated to carry out this section or the sanctions im21 posed pursuant to this section to the same extent that 

22 such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 

23 act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 

24 (d) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 

25 may exercise all authorities provided to the President 


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1 under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer2 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 

3 for purposes of carrying out this section. 

4 (e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall, 

5 not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 

6 of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for the 

7 implementation of this section. 

8 (f) DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 

9 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi10 dent shall issue a determination, including a detailed jus11 tification, as to whether Vnesheconombank (VEB), a state 

12 development corporation in the Russian Federation, or 

13 any official of VEB meets the criteria for the imposition 

14 of sanctions pursuant to this section. 

15 SEC. 10. FUNDING LIMITATION ON CYBER DIALOGUE WITH 

16 THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

17 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

18 may be obligated or expended on a cyber dialogue with 

19 the Russian Federation until the President certifies to the 

20 appropriate congressional committees that cyber attacks 

21 from Russian entities and individuals against the United 

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1 SEC. 11. FUNDING LIMITATION ON ARMS CONTROL NEGO2 TIATIONS OR THE STRATEGIC STABILITY DIA3 LOGUE WITH THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

5 may be obligated or expended on arms control negotiations 

6 or on Strategic Stability dialogue with the Russian Fed7 eration until the President certifies to the appropriate con8 gressional committees that the Russian Federation has 

9 completely, fully, and verifiably withdrawn all forces, in10 cluding proxy forces, from Ukraine and has reversed its 

11 illegal annexation of Crimea. 

12 SEC. 12. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE13 FINED. 

14 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com15 mittees’’ means— 

16 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

17 Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee 

18 on Financial Services of the House of Representa19 tives; and 

20 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

21 Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee 

22 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Sen23 ate. 

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