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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7066 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7066

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 
To require United States financial institutions to ensure entities and 
 persons owned or controlled by the institution comply with financial 
sanctions on the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus to the 
     same extent as the institution itself, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Russia and Belarus Financial 
Sanctions Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--A United States financial institution shall take 
all actions necessary and available to cause any entity or person owned 
or controlled by the institution to comply with any provision of law 
described in subsection (b) to the same extent as required of a United 
States financial institution.
    (b) Provision of Law Described.--A provision of law described in 
this subsection is any prohibition or limitation described in a 
sanctions-related statute, regulation or order applicable to a United 
States financial institution concerning the Russian Federation or the 
Republic of Belarus, involving--
            (1) the conduct of transactions;
            (2) the acceptance of deposits;
            (3) the making, granting, transferring, holding, or 
        brokering of loans or credits;
            (4) the purchasing or selling of foreign exchange, 
        securities, commodity futures, or options;
            (5) the procuring of purchasers and sellers described under 
        paragraph (4) as principal or agent; or
            (6) any other good or service provided by a United States 
        financial institution.
    (c) Penalty.--A United States financial institution that violates 
subsection (a) shall be subject to the penalties described in the 
applicable statute, regulation or order applicable to a United States 
financial Institution.
    (d) United States Financial Institution Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``United States financial institution'' means any U.S. entity 
(including its foreign branches) that is engaged in the business of 
accepting deposits, making, granting, transferring, holding, or 
brokering loans or credits, or purchasing or selling foreign exchange, 
securities, futures or options, or procuring purchasers and sellers 
thereof, as principal or agent. It includes depository institutions, 
banks, savings banks, money services businesses, operators of credit 
card systems, trust companies, insurance companies, securities brokers 
and dealers, futures and options brokers and dealers, forward contract 
and foreign exchange merchants, securities and commodities exchanges, 
clearing corporations, investment companies, employee benefit plans, 
dealers in precious metals, stones, or jewels, and U.S. holding 
companies, U.S. affiliates, or U.S. subsidiaries of any of the 
foregoing. This term includes those branches, offices, and agencies of 
foreign financial institutions that are located in the United States, 
but not such institutions' foreign branches, offices, or agencies.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 11, 2022.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 7066

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To require United States financial institutions to ensure entities and 
 persons owned or controlled by the institution comply with financial 
sanctions on the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus to the 
     same extent as the institution itself, and for other purposes.
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