117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6968 

AN ACT 

To prohibit the importation of energy products of 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 ‘‘Suspending Energy 

3 Imports from Russia Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF ENERGY PROD5 UCTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

7 (1) PROHIBITION OF ENERGY PRODUCTS.—Not8 withstanding any other provision of law, all products 

9 of the Russian Federation classified under chapter 

10 27 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

11 States shall be banned from importation into the 

12 United States, other than products imported on or 

13 before 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on the date 

14 that is 45 days after the date of the enactment of 

15 this Act. 

16 (2) AUTHORITY TO ALLOW IMPORTATION

17 UNDER CONTRACT.—Notwithstanding the prohibi18 tion under paragraph (1), the President may allow 

19 certain products described in such paragraph to be 

20 imported into the United States if the importation 

21 of such products is pursuant to a written contract 

22 or agreement that was entered into before the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act. 

24 (b) NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER.— 

25 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized 

26 to waive the prohibition under subsection (a) with 
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1 respect to one or more of the products of the Rus2 sian Federation described in the matter preceding 

3 paragraph (1) of subsection (a) if the President cer4 tifies that such waiver is in the national interest of 

5 the United States and includes in such certification 

6 a description of the product or products to which the 

7 waiver is proposed to apply. Such waiver shall take 

8 effect beginning on the date that is 90 calendar days 

9 after the date of submission of such certification, 

10 unless there is enacted into law during such 90-day 

11 period a joint resolution of disapproval. 

12 (2) CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION.— 

13 (A) PRIOR JUSTIFICATION.—The President 

14 shall, not later than 15 calendar days before 

15 submitting a certification described in para16 graph (1), submit to the appropriate congres17 sional committees a justification for the waiver 

18 proposed under such paragraph. 

19 (B) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM20 MITTEES.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 

21 term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 

22 means— 

23 (i) the Committee on Ways and 

24 Means, the Committee on Financial Serv-
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1 ices, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

2 of the House of Representatives; and 

3 (ii) the Committee on Finance, the 

4 Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

5 Urban Affairs, and the Committee on For6 eign Relations of the Senate. 

7 (c) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 

8 (1) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, 

9 the term ‘‘joint resolution of disapproval’’ means 

10 only a joint resolution— 

11 (A) which does not have a preamble; 

12 (B) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint 

13 resolution disapproving the President’s pro14 posed waiver under section 2(b)(1) of the Sus15 pending Energy Imports from Russia Act.’’; 

16 and 

17 (C) the matter after the resolving clause of 

18 which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves 

19 the proposed waiver of the President under sec20 tion 2(b)(1) of the Suspending Energy Imports 

21 from Russia Act, submitted to Congress on 

22 lll’’, the blank space being filled in with 

23 the appropriate date. 

24 (2) INTRODUCTION IN THE HOUSE OF REP25 RESENTATIVES.—During a period of 5 legislative 
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1 days beginning on the date that a certification under 

2 subsection (b)(1) is submitted to Congress, a joint 

3 resolution of disapproval may be introduced in the 

4 House of Representatives by the majority leader or 

5 the minority leader. 

6 (3) INTRODUCTION IN THE SENATE.—During a 

7 period of 5 days on which the Senate is in session 

8 beginning on the date that a certification under sub9 section (b)(1) is submitted to Congress, a joint reso10 lution of disapproval may be introduced in the Sen11 ate by the majority leader (or the majority leader’s 

12 designee) or the minority leader (or the minority 

13 leader’s designee). 

14 (4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF

15 REPRESENTATIVES.— 

16 (A) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If a 

17 committee of the House to which a joint resolu18 tion of disapproval has been referred has not 

19 reported such joint resolution within 10 legisla20 tive days after the date of referral, that com21 mittee shall be discharged from further consid22 eration thereof. 

23 (B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

24 Beginning on the third legislative day after 

25 each committee to which a joint resolution of 
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1 disapproval has been referred reports it to the 

2 House or has been discharged from further con3 sideration thereof, it shall be in order to move 

4 to proceed to consider the joint resolution in the 

5 House. All points of order against the motion 

6 are waived. Such a motion shall not be in order 

7 after the House has disposed of a motion to 

8 proceed on a joint resolution with regard to the 

9 same certification. The previous question shall 

10 be considered as ordered on the motion to its 

11 adoption without intervening motion. The mo12 tion shall not be debatable. A motion to recon13 sider the vote by which the motion is disposed 

14 of shall not be in order. 

15 (C) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution 

16 shall be considered as read. All points of order 

17 against the joint resolution and against its con18 sideration are waived. The previous question 

19 shall be considered as ordered on the joint reso20 lution to final passage without intervening mo21 tion except two hours of debate equally divided 

22 and controlled by the sponsor of the joint reso23 lution (or a designee) and an opponent. A mo24 tion to reconsider the vote on passage of the 

25 joint resolution shall not be in order. 
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1 (5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

2 (A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso3 lution of disapproval introduced in the Senate 

4 shall be referred to the Committee on Finance. 

5 (B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 

6 Committee on Finance has not reported such 

7 joint resolution of disapproval within 10 days 

8 on which the Senate is in session after the date 

9 of referral of such joint resolution, that com10 mittee shall be discharged from further consid11 eration of such joint resolution and the joint 

12 resolution shall be placed on the appropriate 

13 calendar. 

14 (C) MOTION TO PROCEED.—Notwith15 standing Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 

16 the Senate, it is in order at any time after the 

17 Committee on Finance reports the joint resolu18 tion of disapproval to the Senate or has been 

19 discharged from its consideration (even though 

20 a previous motion to the same effect has been 

21 disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consid22 eration of the joint resolution, and all points of 

23 order against the joint resolution (and against 

24 consideration of the joint resolution) shall be 

25 waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. 
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1 The motion is not subject to a motion to post2 pone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 

3 the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 

4 be in order. If a motion to proceed to the con5 sideration of the joint resolution of disapproval 

6 is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain 

7 the unfinished business until disposed of. 

8 (D) DEBATE.—Debate on the joint resolu9 tion of disapproval, and on all debatable mo10 tions and appeals in connection therewith, shall 

11 be limited to not more than 10 hours, which 

12 shall be divided equally between the majority 

13 and minority leaders or their designees. A mo14 tion to further limit debate is in order and not 

15 debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to 

16 postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consid17 eration of other business, or a motion to recom18 mit the joint resolution of disapproval is not in 

19 order. 

20 (E) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on pas21 sage shall occur immediately following the con22 clusion of the debate on the joint resolution of 

23 disapproval and a single quorum call at the con24 clusion of the debate, if requested in accordance 

25 with the rules of the Senate. 
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1 (F) RULES OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE2 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 

3 relating to the application of the rules of the 

4 Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re5 lating to the joint resolution of disapproval shall 

6 be decided without debate. 

7 (G) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MES8 SAGES.—Debate in the Senate of any veto mes9 sage with respect to the joint resolution of dis10 approval, including all debatable motions and 

11 appeals in connection with such joint resolution, 

12 shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally di13 vided between, and controlled by, the majority 

14 leader and the minority leader or their des15 ignees. 

16 (6) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.—Except as 

17 otherwise provided in this subsection, the following 

18 procedures shall apply in the Senate to a joint reso19 lution of disapproval to which this subsection ap20 plies: 

21 (A) Except as provided in subparagraph 

22 (B), a joint resolution of disapproval that has 

23 passed the House of Representatives shall, 

24 when received in the Senate, be referred to the 
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1 Committee on Finance for consideration in ac2 cordance with this subsection. 

3 (B) If a joint resolution of disapproval to 

4 which this section applies was introduced in the 

5 Senate before receipt of a joint resolution of 

6 disapproval that has passed the House of Rep7 resentatives, the joint resolution from the 

8 House of Representatives shall, when received 

9 in the Senate, be placed on the calendar. If this 

10 subparagraph applies, the procedures in the 

11 Senate with respect to a joint resolution of dis12 approval introduced in the Senate that contains 

13 the identical matter as the joint resolution of 

14 disapproval that passed the House of Rep15 resentatives shall be the same as if no joint res16 olution of disapproval had been received from 

17 the House of Representatives, except that the 

18 vote on passage in the Senate shall be on the 

19 joint resolution of disapproval that passed the 

20 House of Representatives. 

21 (7) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA22 TIVES AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by 

23 Congress— 

24 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 

25 of the Senate and the House of Representa-
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1 tives, respectively, and as such are deemed a 

2 part of the rules of each House, respectively, 

3 but applicable only with respect to the proce4 dure to be followed in that House in the case 

5 of legislation described in those sections, and 

6 supersede other rules only to the extent that 

7 they are inconsistent with such rules; and 

8 (B) with full recognition of the constitu9 tional right of either House to change the rules 

10 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

11 House) at any time, in the same manner, and 

12 to the same extent as in the case of any other 

13 rule of that House. 

14 SEC. 3. COOPERATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE 

15 WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION. 

16 The United States Trade Representative shall use the 

17 voice and influence of the United States at the WTO to— 

18 (1) condemn the recent aggression in Ukraine; 

19 (2) encourage other WTO members to suspend 

20 trade concessions to the Russian Federation; and 

21 (3) consider further steps with the view to sus22 pend the Russian Federation’s participation in the 

23 WTO. 
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1 SEC. 4. MODIFICATIONS TO AND REAUTHORIZATION OF 

2 SANCTIONS UNDER THE GLOBAL MAGNITSKY 

3 HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY ACT WITH 

4 RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1262 of the Global 

6 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F 

7 of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) 

8 is amended by striking paragraph (2). 

9 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Global Magnitsky 

11 Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title 

12 XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) 

13 is amended by inserting after section 1262 (as 

14 amended by subsection (a)) the following new sec15 tion: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 1262A. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

17 ‘‘It is the sense of Congress that the President should 

18 establish and regularize information sharing and sanc19 tions-related decisionmaking with like-minded govern20 ments possessing human rights and anti-corruption sanc21 tions programs similar in nature to those authorized under 

22 this subtitle.’’. 

23 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con24 tents in section 2(b) and in title XII of division A 

25 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

26 Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) are each amended 
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1 by inserting after the items relating to section 1262 

2 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 1262A. Sense of Congress.’’. 

3 (c) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 

5 1263 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Ac6 countability Act (Subtitle F of title XII of Public 

7 Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended to 

8 read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may impose the 

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

11 foreign person that the President determines, based on 

12 credible information— 

13 ‘‘(1) is responsible for or complicit in, or has di14 rectly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights 

15 abuse; 

16 ‘‘(2) is a current or former government official, 

17 or a person acting for or on behalf of such an offi18 cial, who is responsible for or complicit in, or has di19 rectly or indirectly engaged in— 

20 ‘‘(A) corruption, including— 

21 ‘‘(i) the misappropriation of state as22 sets; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the expropriation of private as24 sets for personal gain; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) corruption related to government 

2 contracts or the extraction of natural re3 sources; or 

4 ‘‘(iv) bribery; or 

5 ‘‘(B) the transfer or facilitation of the 

6 transfer of the proceeds of corruption; 

7 ‘‘(3) is or has been a leader or official of— 

8 ‘‘(A) an entity, including a government en9 tity, that has engaged in, or whose members 

10 have engaged in, any of the activities described 

11 in paragraph (1) or (2) during the tenure of the 

12 leader or official; or 

13 ‘‘(B) an entity whose property and inter14 ests in property are blocked pursuant to this 

15 section as a result of activities during the ten16 ure of the leader or official; 

17 ‘‘(4) has materially assisted, sponsored, or pro18 vided financial, material, or technological support 

19 for, or goods or services to or in support of— 

20 ‘‘(A) an activity described in paragraph (1) 

21 or (2) that is conducted by a foreign person; 

22 ‘‘(B) a person whose property and inter23 ests in property are blocked pursuant to this 

24 section; or 
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1 ‘‘(C) an entity, including a government en2 tity, that has engaged in, or whose members 

3 have engaged in, an activity described in para4 graph (1) or (2) conducted by a foreign person; 

5 or 

6 ‘‘(5) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or 

7 been purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or 

8 indirectly, a person whose property and interests in 

9 property are blocked pursuant to this section.’’. 

10 (2) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN INFORMA11 TION.—Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended 

12 by striking ‘‘violations of human rights’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘corruption and human rights abuses’’. 

14 (3) REQUESTS BY CONGRESS.—Subsection 

15 (d)(2) of such section is amended— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

17 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

18 striking ‘‘HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS

20 ABUSE’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘described in para22 graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)’’ and in23 serting ‘‘described in subsection (a) relat24 ing to serious human rights abuse’’; and 

25 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 
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1 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

2 by striking ‘‘described in paragraph (3) or 

3 (4) of subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘de4 scribed in subsection (a) relating to cor5 ruption or the transfer or facilitation of 

6 the transfer of the proceeds of corruption’’; 

7 and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘ranking member of— 

9 ’’ and all that follows through the period at 

10 the end and inserting ‘‘ranking member of 

11 one of the appropriate congressional com12 mittees.’’. 

13 (d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Section 1264(a) of the 

14 Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (sub15 title F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 

16 2656 note) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

18 inserting a semicolon; 

19 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 

20 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

21 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(7) a description of additional steps taken by 

23 the President through diplomacy, international en24 gagement, and assistance to foreign or security sec25 tors to address persistent underlying causes of seri-
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1 ous human rights abuse and corruption in each 

2 country in which foreign persons with respect to 

3 which sanctions have been imposed under section 

4 1263 are located; and 

5 ‘‘(8) a description of additional steps taken by 

6 the President to ensure the pursuit of judicial ac7 countability in appropriate jurisdictions with respect 

8 to those foreign persons subject to sanctions under 

9 section 1263 for serious human rights abuse and 

10 corruption.’’. 

11 (e) REPEAL OF SUNSET.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1265 of the Global 

13 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (sub14 title F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 

15 U.S.C. 2656 note) is repealed. 

16 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con17 tents in section 2(b) and in title XII of division A 

18 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
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1 Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) are each amended 

2 by striking the items relating to section 1265. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 9, 

2022. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6968 

AN ACT 

To prohibit the importation of energy products of 

the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.