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Calendar No. 312 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6968 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 23, 2022 

Received 

MARCH 24, 2022 

Read the first time 

MARCH 28, 2022 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Suspending Energy 

5 Imports from Russia Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF ENERGY PROD7 UCTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.— 


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1 (1) PROHIBITION OF ENERGY PRODUCTS.—Not2 withstanding any other provision of law, all products 

3 of the Russian Federation classified under chapter 

4 27 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

5 States shall be banned from importation into the 

6 United States, other than products imported on or 

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

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

9 this Act. 

10 (2) AUTHORITY TO ALLOW IMPORTATION

11 UNDER CONTRACT.—Notwithstanding the prohibi12 tion under paragraph (1), the President may allow 

13 certain products described in such paragraph to be 

14 imported into the United States if the importation 

15 of such products is pursuant to a written contract 

16 or agreement that was entered into before the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act. 

18 (b) NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER.— 

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

20 to waive the prohibition under subsection (a) with 

21 respect to one or more of the products of the Rus22 sian Federation described in the matter preceding 

23 paragraph (1) of subsection (a) if the President cer24 tifies that such waiver is in the national interest of 

25 the United States and includes in such certification 


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1 a description of the product or products to which the 

2 waiver is proposed to apply. Such waiver shall take 

3 effect beginning on the date that is 90 calendar days 

4 after the date of submission of such certification, 

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

6 period a joint resolution of disapproval. 

7 (2) CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION.— 

8 (A) PRIOR JUSTIFICATION.—The President 

9 shall, not later than 15 calendar days before 

10 submitting a certification described in para11 graph (1), submit to the appropriate congres12 sional committees a justification for the waiver 

13 proposed under such paragraph. 

14 (B) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM15 MITTEES.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 

16 term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 

17 means— 

18 (i) the Committee on Ways and 

19 Means, the Committee on Financial Serv20 ices, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

21 of the House of Representatives; and 

22 (ii) the Committee on Finance, the 

23 Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

24 Urban Affairs, and the Committee on For25 eign Relations of the Senate. 


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1 (c) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 

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

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

4 only a joint resolution— 

5 (A) which does not have a preamble; 

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

7 resolution disapproving the President’s pro8 posed waiver under section 2(b)(1) of the Sus9 pending Energy Imports from Russia Act.’’; 

10 and 

11 (C) the matter after the resolving clause of 

12 which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves 

13 the proposed waiver of the President under sec14 tion 2(b)(1) of the Suspending Energy Imports 

15 from Russia Act, submitted to Congress on 

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

17 the appropriate date. 

18 (2) INTRODUCTION IN THE HOUSE OF REP19 RESENTATIVES.—During a period of 5 legislative 

20 days beginning on the date that a certification under 

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

22 resolution of disapproval may be introduced in the 

23 House of Representatives by the majority leader or 

24 the minority leader. 


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

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

3 beginning on the date that a certification under sub4 section (b)(1) is submitted to Congress, a joint reso5 lution of disapproval may be introduced in the Sen6 ate by the majority leader (or the majority leader’s 

7 designee) or the minority leader (or the minority 

8 leader’s designee). 

9 (4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF

10 REPRESENTATIVES.— 

11 (A) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If a 

12 committee of the House to which a joint resolu13 tion of disapproval has been referred has not 

14 reported such joint resolution within 10 legisla15 tive days after the date of referral, that com16 mittee shall be discharged from further consid17 eration thereof. 

18 (B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

19 Beginning on the third legislative day after 

20 each committee to which a joint resolution of 

21 disapproval has been referred reports it to the 

22 House or has been discharged from further con23 sideration thereof, it shall be in order to move 

24 to proceed to consider the joint resolution in the 

25 House. All points of order against the motion 


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

2 after the House has disposed of a motion to 

3 proceed on a joint resolution with regard to the 

4 same certification. The previous question shall 

5 be considered as ordered on the motion to its 

6 adoption without intervening motion. The mo7 tion shall not be debatable. A motion to recon8 sider the vote by which the motion is disposed 

9 of shall not be in order. 

10 (C) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution 

11 shall be considered as read. All points of order 

12 against the joint resolution and against its con13 sideration are waived. The previous question 

14 shall be considered as ordered on the joint reso15 lution to final passage without intervening mo16 tion except two hours of debate equally divided 

17 and controlled by the sponsor of the joint reso18 lution (or a designee) and an opponent. A mo19 tion to reconsider the vote on passage of the 

20 joint resolution shall not be in order. 

21 (5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

22 (A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso23 lution of disapproval introduced in the Senate 

24 shall be referred to the Committee on Finance. 


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1 (B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 

2 Committee on Finance has not reported such 

3 joint resolution of disapproval within 10 days 

4 on which the Senate is in session after the date 

5 of referral of such joint resolution, that com6 mittee shall be discharged from further consid7 eration of such joint resolution and the joint 

8 resolution shall be placed on the appropriate 

9 calendar. 

10 (C) MOTION TO PROCEED.—Notwith11 standing Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 

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

13 Committee on Finance reports the joint resolu14 tion of disapproval to the Senate or has been 

15 discharged from its consideration (even though 

16 a previous motion to the same effect has been 

17 disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consid18 eration of the joint resolution, and all points of 

19 order against the joint resolution (and against 

20 consideration of the joint resolution) shall be 

21 waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. 

22 The motion is not subject to a motion to post23 pone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 

24 the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 

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1 sideration of the joint resolution of disapproval 

2 is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain 

3 the unfinished business until disposed of. 

4 (D) DEBATE.—Debate on the joint resolu5 tion of disapproval, and on all debatable mo6 tions and appeals in connection therewith, shall 

7 be limited to not more than 10 hours, which 

8 shall be divided equally between the majority 

9 and minority leaders or their designees. A mo10 tion to further limit debate is in order and not 

11 debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to 

12 postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consid13 eration of other business, or a motion to recom14 mit the joint resolution of disapproval is not in 

15 order. 

16 (E) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on pas17 sage shall occur immediately following the con18 clusion of the debate on the joint resolution of 

19 disapproval and a single quorum call at the con20 clusion of the debate, if requested in accordance 

21 with the rules of the Senate. 

22 (F) RULES OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE23 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 

24 relating to the application of the rules of the 

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1 lating to the joint resolution of disapproval shall 

2 be decided without debate. 

3 (G) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MES4 SAGES.—Debate in the Senate of any veto mes5 sage with respect to the joint resolution of dis6 approval, including all debatable motions and 

7 appeals in connection with such joint resolution, 

8 shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally di9 vided between, and controlled by, the majority 

10 leader and the minority leader or their des11 ignees. 

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

13 otherwise provided in this subsection, the following 

14 procedures shall apply in the Senate to a joint reso15 lution of disapproval to which this subsection ap16 plies: 

17 (A) Except as provided in subparagraph 

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

19 passed the House of Representatives shall, 

20 when received in the Senate, be referred to the 

21 Committee on Finance for consideration in ac22 cordance with this subsection. 

23 (B) If a joint resolution of disapproval to 

24 which this section applies was introduced in the 

25 Senate before receipt of a joint resolution of 


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1 disapproval that has passed the House of Rep2 resentatives, the joint resolution from the 

3 House of Representatives shall, when received 

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

5 subparagraph applies, the procedures in the 

6 Senate with respect to a joint resolution of dis7 approval introduced in the Senate that contains 

8 the identical matter as the joint resolution of 

9 disapproval that passed the House of Rep10 resentatives shall be the same as if no joint res11 olution of disapproval had been received from 

12 the House of Representatives, except that the 

13 vote on passage in the Senate shall be on the 

14 joint resolution of disapproval that passed the 

15 House of Representatives. 

16 (7) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA17 TIVES AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by 

18 Congress— 

19 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 

20 of the Senate and the House of Representa21 tives, respectively, and as such are deemed a 

22 part of the rules of each House, respectively, 

23 but applicable only with respect to the proce24 dure to be followed in that House in the case 

25 of legislation described in those sections, and 


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1 supersede other rules only to the extent that 

2 they are inconsistent with such rules; and 

3 (B) with full recognition of the constitu4 tional right of either House to change the rules 

5 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

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

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

8 rule of that House. 

9 SEC. 3. COOPERATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE 

10 WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION. 

11 The United States Trade Representative shall use the 

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

13 (1) condemn the recent aggression in Ukraine; 

14 (2) encourage other WTO members to suspend 

15 trade concessions to the Russian Federation; and 

16 (3) consider further steps with the view to sus17 pend the Russian Federation’s participation in the 

18 WTO. 

19 SEC. 4. MODIFICATIONS TO AND REAUTHORIZATION OF 

20 SANCTIONS UNDER THE GLOBAL MAGNITSKY 

21 HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY ACT WITH 

22 RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. 

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

24 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F 


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

2 is amended by striking paragraph (2). 

3 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Global Magnitsky 

5 Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title 

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

7 is amended by inserting after section 1262 (as 

8 amended by subsection (a)) the following new sec9 tion: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 1262A. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

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

12 establish and regularize information sharing and sanc13 tions-related decisionmaking with like-minded govern14 ments possessing human rights and anti-corruption sanc15 tions programs similar in nature to those authorized under 

16 this subtitle.’’. 

17 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con18 tents in section 2(b) and in title XII of division A 

19 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

20 Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) are each amended 

21 by inserting after the items relating to section 1262 

22 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 1262A. Sense of Congress.’’. 

23 (c) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

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

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1 countability Act (Subtitle F of title XII of Public 

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

3 read as follows: 

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

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

6 foreign person that the President determines, based on 

7 credible information— 

8 ‘‘(1) is responsible for or complicit in, or has di9 rectly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights 

10 abuse; 

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

12 or a person acting for or on behalf of such an offi13 cial, who is responsible for or complicit in, or has di14 rectly or indirectly engaged in— 

15 ‘‘(A) corruption, including— 

16 ‘‘(i) the misappropriation of state as17 sets; 

18 ‘‘(ii) the expropriation of private as19 sets for personal gain; 

20 ‘‘(iii) corruption related to government 

21 contracts or the extraction of natural re22 sources; or 

23 ‘‘(iv) bribery; or 

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

25 transfer of the proceeds of corruption; 


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

2 ‘‘(A) an entity, including a government en3 tity, that has engaged in, or whose members 

4 have engaged in, any of the activities described 

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

6 leader or official; or 

7 ‘‘(B) an entity whose property and inter8 ests in property are blocked pursuant to this 

9 section as a result of activities during the ten10 ure of the leader or official; 

11 ‘‘(4) has materially assisted, sponsored, or pro12 vided financial, material, or technological support 

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

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

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

16 ‘‘(B) a person whose property and inter17 ests in property are blocked pursuant to this 

18 section; or 

19 ‘‘(C) an entity, including a government en20 tity, that has engaged in, or whose members 

21 have engaged in, an activity described in para22 graph (1) or (2) conducted by a foreign person; 

23 or 

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

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


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1 indirectly, a person whose property and interests in 

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

3 (2) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN INFORMA4 TION.—Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended 

5 by striking ‘‘violations of human rights’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘corruption and human rights abuses’’. 

7 (3) REQUESTS BY CONGRESS.—Subsection 

8 (d)(2) of such section is amended— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

10 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

11 striking ‘‘HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS

13 ABUSE’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘described in para15 graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)’’ and in16 serting ‘‘described in subsection (a) relat17 ing to serious human rights abuse’’; and 

18 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

19 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

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

21 (4) of subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘de22 scribed in subsection (a) relating to cor23 ruption or the transfer or facilitation of 

24 the transfer of the proceeds of corruption’’; 

25 and 


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

2 ’’ and all that follows through the period at 

3 the end and inserting ‘‘ranking member of 

4 one of the appropriate congressional com5 mittees.’’. 

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

7 Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (sub8 title F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 

9 2656 note) is amended— 

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

11 inserting a semicolon; 

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

13 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

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

16 the President through diplomacy, international en17 gagement, and assistance to foreign or security sec18 tors to address persistent underlying causes of seri19 ous human rights abuse and corruption in each 

20 country in which foreign persons with respect to 

21 which sanctions have been imposed under section 

22 1263 are located; and 

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

24 the President to ensure the pursuit of judicial ac25 countability in appropriate jurisdictions with respect 


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1 to those foreign persons subject to sanctions under 

2 section 1263 for serious human rights abuse and 

3 corruption.’’. 

4 (e) REPEAL OF SUNSET.— 

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

6 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (sub7 title F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 

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

9 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con10 tents in section 2(b) and in title XII of division A 

11 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

12 Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) are each amended 

13 by striking the items relating to section 1265. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 9, 

2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 

By KEVIN MCCUMBER, 

Deputy Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 312 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6968 

AN ACT 

To prohibit the importation of energy products of 

the Russian Federation, and for other purposes. 

MARCH 28, 2022 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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