DISRUPT Act of 2023

Subjects: International Affairs


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 451 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 451

To impose sanctions and establish strict conditions on the termination 
of sanctions in response to acts of aggression by the Islamic Republic 
 of Iran and the Russian Federation against the people of Ukraine, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 15, 2023

 Mr. Lankford introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To impose sanctions and establish strict conditions on the termination 
of sanctions in response to acts of aggression by the Islamic Republic 
 of Iran and the Russian Federation against the people of Ukraine, 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 ``Deterring Iranian Support for Russia 
in Ukraine and Pre-empting Terrorism Act of 2023'' or the ``DISRUPT Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRANIAN FINANCIAL 
              INSTITUTIONS FOR SUPPORTING RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AGAINST 
              UKRAINE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall impose sanctions under the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 
with respect to--
            (1) an Iranian person that the President determines 
        provides material, tactical, or operational support for 
        activities by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, 
        including--
                    (A) selling or entering into an agreement to sell 
                defense articles to the Armed Forces of the Russian 
                Federation or any other agency or instrumentality of 
                the Russian Federation, including--
                            (i) unmanned aerial vehicles;
                            (ii) surface-to-surface missiles;
                            (iii) short-range ballistic missiles;
                            (iv) armored ground vehicles;
                            (v) munitions; and
                            (vi) conventional arms;
                    (B) providing or entering into an agreement to 
                provide defense services, including training related to 
                the sale of defense articles described in subparagraph 
                (A), to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or 
                any such agency or instrumentality; and
                    (C) acquiring or entering into an agreement to 
                acquire defense articles from the Armed Forces of the 
                Russian Federation or any such agency or 
                instrumentality; and
            (2) any Iranian financial institution, including the 
        Central Bank of Iran, that facilitates transactions with or on 
        behalf of a Russian person, including a Russian person 
        described in subsection (b), that the President determines 
        provides material, tactical, or operational support for 
        activities by the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
    (b) Persons Described.--A person described in this subsection is 
any of the following:
            (1) Any agency or instrumentality of the Armed Forces of 
        the Russian Federation.
            (2) The Wagner Group.
            (3) The Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
            (4) Any Russian person on the SDN list.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON REMOVING IRANIAN PERSONS FROM SDN LIST.

    An Iranian person may not be removed from the SDN list unless the 
President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 
certification that the Iranian person has not, during the 1-year period 
preceding the date of the certification--
            (1) sold or entered into an agreement to sell defense 
        articles to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or any 
        other agency or instrumentality of the Russian Federation, 
        including--
                    (A) unmanned aerial vehicles;
                    (B) surface-to-surface missiles;
                    (C) short-range ballistic missiles;
                    (D) armored ground vehicles;
                    (E) munitions; and
                    (F) conventional arms;
            (2) provided or entered into an agreement to provide 
        defense services, including training related to the sale of 
        defense articles described in paragraph (1), to the Armed 
        Forces of the Russian Federation or any such agency or 
        instrumentality;
            (3) acquired or entered into an agreement to acquire 
        defense articles from the Armed Forces of the Russian 
        Federation or any such agency or instrumentality; or
            (4) engaged in a transaction or transactions with any 
        Russian person, including a Russian financial institution, with 
        respect to which sanctions have been imposed pursuant to the 
        International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
        seq.).

SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON REVOCATION OF DESIGNATION OF IRAN AS JURISDICTION 
              OF PRIMARY MONEY LAUNDERING CONCERN.

    The designation of Iran as a jurisdiction of primary money 
laundering concern under section 5318A of title 31, United States Code, 
may not be revoked unless the President submits to the appropriate 
congressional committees a certification that--
            (1) the Government of Iran is no longer engaged in 
        providing material or financial support to the Armed Forces of 
        the Russian Federation or any other agency or instrumentality 
        of the Russian Federation; and
            (2) the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and such 
        agencies and instrumentalities are not actively using defense 
        articles described in section 2(a)(1) procured from Iran.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
                Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
                Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) Iranian financial institution.--The term ``Iranian 
        financial institution'' means--
                    (A) a financial institution organized under the 
                laws of Iran or any jurisdiction within Iran, including 
                a foreign branch of such an institution;
                    (B) a financial institution located in Iran;
                    (C) a financial institution, wherever located, 
                owned or controlled by the Government of Iran; and
                    (D) a financial institution, wherever located, 
                owned or controlled by a financial institution 
                described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
            (3) Iranian person.--The term ``Iranian person'' means--
                    (A) an individual who is a citizen or national of 
                Iran; and
                    (B) an entity organized under the laws of Iran or 
                otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government 
                of Iran.
            (4) Russian person.--The term ``Russian person'' means--
                    (A) an individual who is a citizen or national of 
                the Russian Federation; or
                    (B) an entity organized under the laws of the 
                Russian Federation or otherwise subject to the 
                jurisdiction of the Government of the Russian 
                Federation.
            (5) SDN list.--The term ``SDN list'' means the list of 
        specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 
        by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
        the Treasury.
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