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their supporters), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 
U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), Executive Order No. 13553 
(50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 
of certain persons with respect to serious human 
rights abuses by the Government of Iran), and Exec-
utive Order No. 13606 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relat-
ing to blocking the property and suspending entry 
into the United States of certain persons with re-
spect to grave human rights abuses by the Govern-
ments of Iran and Syria via information technology). 
(2) The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps– 
Quds Force (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘IRGC–QF’’) is the primary arm of the Government 
of Iran for executing its policy of supporting ter-
rorist and insurgent groups. The IRGC–QF provides 
material, logistical assistance, training, and financial 
support 
to 
militants 
and 
terrorist 
operatives 
throughout the Middle East and South Asia and was 
designated for the imposition of sanctions by the 
Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Executive 
Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 
persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 
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terrorism) in October 2007 for its support of ter-
rorism. 
(3) The IRGC, not just the IRGC–QF, is re-
sponsible for implementing Iran’s international pro-
gram of destabilizing activities, support for acts of 
international terrorism, and ballistic missile pro-
gram. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) 
with respect to the IRGC and foreign persons that are 
officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC. 
(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are sanctions applicable with re-
spect to a foreign person pursuant to Executive Order No. 
13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 
and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, 
threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 
SEC. 106. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH 
RESPECT TO PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR 
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a list of each person the Secretary 
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determines, based on credible evidence, on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) is responsible for extrajudicial killings, tor-
ture, or other gross violations of internationally rec-
ognized human rights committed against individuals 
in Iran who seek— 
(A) to expose illegal activity carried out by 
officials of the Government of Iran; or 
(B) to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote 
internationally recognized human rights and 
freedoms, such as the freedoms of religion, ex-
pression, association, and assembly, and the 
rights to a fair trial and democratic elections; 
or 
(2) acts as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign 
person in a matter relating to an activity described 
in paragraph (1). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, in ac-
cordance with the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block 
all transactions in all property and interests in prop-
erty of a person on the list required by subsection 
(a) if such property and interests in property are in 
the United States, come within the United States, or 
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are or come within the possession or control of a 
United States person. 
(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of paragraph (1) or any regulation, license, 
or order issued to carry out paragraph (1) shall be 
subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 
and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 
same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 
act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
SEC. 107. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGOS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(d), the President shall impose the sanctions described in 
subsection (b) with respect to any person that the Presi-
dent determines— 
(1) knowingly engages in any activity that ma-
terially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer 
directly or indirectly to or from Iran, or for the use 
in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armored 
combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, com-
bat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or 
missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the 
United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or 
related materiel, including spare parts; or 
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(2) knowingly provides to Iran any technical 
training, financial resources or services, advice, other 
services or assistance related to the supply, sale, 
transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms 
and related materiel described in paragraph (1). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall block, in accordance with the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.), all transactions in all property and interests 
in property of any person subject to subsection (a) 
if such property and interests in property are in the 
United States, come within the United States, or are 
or come within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
(2) EXCLUSION
FROM
UNITED
STATES.—The 
Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the 
United States, any person subject to subsection (a) 
that is an alien. 
(c) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub-
section (b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued 
to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the pen-
alties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 
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of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 
an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
(d) EXCEPTION.—The President is not required to 
impose sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a 
person for engaging in an activity described in that sub-
section if the President certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that— 
(1) permitting the activity is in the national se-
curity interest of the United States; 
(2) Iran no longer presents a significant threat 
to the national security of the United States and to 
the allies of the United States; and 
(3) the Government of Iran has ceased pro-
viding operational or financial support for acts of 
international terrorism and no longer satisfies the 
requirements for designation as a state sponsor of 
terrorism. 
(e) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means 
a country the government of which the Secretary of State 
has determined to be a government that has repeatedly 
provided support for acts of international terrorism for 
purposes of— 
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(1) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)(1)(A)) (as con-
tinued in effect pursuant to the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.)); 
(2) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 
(3) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 
(4) any other provision of law. 
SEC. 108. REVIEW OF APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS RE-
LATING TO IRAN’S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM 
AND ITS BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall con-
duct a review of all persons on the list of specially des-
ignated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the 
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 
Treasury for activities relating to Iran— 
(1) to assess the conduct of such persons as 
that conduct relates to— 
(A) any activity that materially contributes 
to the activities of the Government of Iran with 
respect to its ballistic missile program; or 
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(B) support by the Government of Iran for 
acts of international terrorism; and 
(2) to determine the applicability of sanctions 
with respect to such persons under— 
(A) Executive Order No. 13382 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; relating to blocking property of 
weapons of mass destruction delivery system 
proliferators and their supporters); or 
(B) Executive Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; relating to blocking property and 
prohibiting transactions with persons who com-
mit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS.—If the Presi-
dent determines under subsection (a) that sanctions under 
an Executive order specified in paragraph (2) of that sub-
section are applicable with respect to a person, the Presi-
dent shall— 
(1) impose sanctions with respect to that person 
pursuant to that Executive order; or 
(2) exercise the waiver authority provided under 
section 112. 
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SEC. 109. REPORT ON COORDINATION OF SANCTIONS BE-
TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EURO-
PEAN UNION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A description of each instance, during the 
period specified in subsection (b)— 
(A) in which the United States has im-
posed sanctions with respect to a person for ac-
tivity related to the proliferation of weapons of 
mass destruction or delivery systems for such 
weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of inter-
national terrorism by Iran, or human rights 
abuses in Iran, but in which the European 
Union has not imposed corresponding sanctions; 
and 
(B) in which the European Union has im-
posed sanctions with respect to a person for ac-
tivity related to the proliferation of weapons of 
mass destruction or delivery systems for such 
weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of inter-
national terrorism by Iran, or human rights 
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abuses in Iran, but in which the United States 
has not imposed corresponding sanctions. 
(2) An explanation for the reason for each dis-
crepancy between sanctions imposed by the Euro-
pean Union and sanctions imposed by the United 
States described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
paragraph (1). 
(b) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in this 
subsection is— 
(1) in the case of the first report submitted 
under subsection (a), the period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the 
date the report is submitted; and 
(2) in the case of a subsequent such report, the 
180-day period preceding the submission of the re-
port. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
include a classified annex. 
SEC. 110. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS DETAINED 
BY IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees and leadership a report on 
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United States citizens, including United States citizens 
who are also citizens of other countries, detained by Iran 
or groups supported by Iran that includes— 
(1) information regarding any officials of the 
Government of Iran involved in any way in the de-
tentions; and 
(2) a summary of efforts the United States 
Government has taken to secure the swift release of 
those United States citizens. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
AND LEADERSHIP DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees and leadership’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Finance, the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the majority and 
minority leaders of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Speaker, the majority lead-
er, and the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
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SEC. 111. EXCEPTIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND HU-
MANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; RULE OF CON-
STRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following activities shall be 
exempt from sanctions under sections 104, 105, 106, and 
107: 
(1) Any activity subject to the reporting re-
quirements under title V of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or to any au-
thorized intelligence activities of the United States. 
(2) The admission of an alien to the United 
States if such admission is necessary to comply with 
United States obligations under the Agreement be-
tween the United Nations and the United States of 
America regarding the Headquarters of the United 
Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 
entered into force November 21, 1947, or under the 
Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 
April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 
1967, or other applicable international obligations of 
the United States. 
(3) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction 
for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medi-
cine, or medical devices to Iran or for the provision 
of humanitarian assistance to the people of Iran, in-
cluding engaging in a financial transaction relating 
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to humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian pur-
poses or transporting goods or services that are nec-
essary to carry out operations relating to humani-
tarian assistance or humanitarian purposes. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 
all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this Act. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to limit the authority of the President 
under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITY.—The term 
‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade 
Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 
(2) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 16 of the Export Adminis-
tration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued 
in effect pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)). 
(3) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical de-
vice’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in 
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section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 
(4) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
321). 
SEC. 112. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY. 
(a) CASE-BY-CASE WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, 
on a case-by-case basis and for a period of not more 
than 180 days, a requirement under section 104, 
105, 106, 107, or 108 to impose or maintain sanc-
tions with respect to a person, and may waive the 
continued imposition of such sanctions, not less than 
30 days after the President determines and reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees that it 
is vital to the national security interests of the 
United States to waive such sanctions. 
(2) RENEWAL
OF
WAIVERS.—The President 
may, on a case-by-case basis, renew a waiver under 
paragraph (1) for an additional period of not more 
than 180 days if, not later than 15 days before that 
waiver expires, the President makes the determina-
tion and submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report described in paragraph (1). 
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(3) SUCCESSIVE RENEWAL.—The renewal au-
thority provided under paragraph (2) may be exer-
cised for additional successive periods of not more 
than 180 days if the President follows the proce-
dures set forth in paragraph (2), and submits the 
report described in paragraph (1), for each such re-
newal. 
(b) CONTENTS OF WAIVER REPORTS.—Each report 
submitted under subsection (a) in connection with a waiv-
er of sanctions under section 104, 105, 106, 107, or 108 
with respect to a person, or the renewal of such a waiver, 
shall include— 
(1) a specific and detailed rationale for the de-
termination that the waiver is vital to the national 
security interests of the United States; 
(2) a description of the activity that resulted in 
the person being subject to sanctions; 
(3) an explanation of any efforts made by the 
United States, as applicable, to secure the coopera-
tion of the government with primary jurisdiction 
over the person or the location where the activity de-
scribed in paragraph (2) occurred in terminating or, 
as appropriate, penalizing the activity; and 
(4) an assessment of the significance of the ac-
tivity described in paragraph (2) in contributing to 
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the ability of Iran to threaten the interests of the 
United States or allies of the United States, develop 
systems capable of delivering weapons of mass de-
struction, support acts of international terrorism, or 
violate the human rights of any person in Iran. 
(c) EFFECT OF REPORT ON WAIVER.—If the Presi-
dent submits a report under subsection (a) in connection 
with a waiver of sanctions under section 104, 105, 106, 
107, or 108 with respect to a person, or the renewal of 
such a waiver, the President shall not be required to im-
pose or maintain sanctions under section 104, 105, 106, 
107, or 108, as applicable, with respect to the person de-
scribed in the report during the 30-day period referred to 
in subsection (a). 
TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RE-
SPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FED-
ERATION 
AND 
COMBATING 
TERRORISM AND ILLICIT FI-
NANCING 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Russian 
Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017’’. 
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Subtitle A—Sanctions and Other 
Measures With Respect to the 
Russian Federation 
SEC. 211. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) On March 6, 2014, President Barack 
Obama issued Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. 
Reg. 13493; relating to blocking property of certain 
persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine), 
which authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, to impose 
sanctions on those determined to be undermining 
democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine or 
threatening the peace, security, stability, sov-
ereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine. Presi-
dent Obama subsequently issued Executive Order 
No. 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to block-
ing property of additional persons contributing to 
the situation in Ukraine) and Executive Order No. 
13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating to blocking 
property of additional persons contributing to the 
situation in Ukraine) to expand sanctions on certain 
persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine. 
(2) On December 18, 2014, the Ukraine Free-
dom Support Act of 2014 was enacted (Public Law 
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113–272; 22 U.S.C. 8921 et seq.), which includes 
provisions directing the President to impose sanc-
tions on foreign persons that the President deter-
mines to be entities owned or controlled by the Gov-
ernment of the Russian Federation or nationals of 
the Russian Federation that manufacture, sell, 
transfer, or otherwise provide certain defense articles 
into Syria. 
(3) On April 1, 2015, President Obama issued 
Executive Order No. 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; 
relating to blocking the property of certain persons 
engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled ac-
tivities), which authorizes the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General 
and the Secretary of State, to impose sanctions on 
persons determined to be engaged in malicious 
cyber-hacking. 
(4) On July 26, 2016, President Obama ap-
proved a Presidential Policy Directive on United 
States Cyber Incident Coordination, which states, 
‘‘certain cyber incidents that have significant im-
pacts on an entity, our national security, or the 
broader economy require a unique approach to re-
sponse efforts’’. 
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(5) On December 29, 2016, President Obama 
issued an annex to Executive Order No. 13694, 
which authorized sanctions on the following entities 
and individuals: 
(A) The Main Intelligence Directorate 
(also 
known 
as 
Glavnoe 
Razvedyvatel’noe 
Upravlenie or the GRU) in Moscow, Russian 
Federation. 
(B) The Federal Security Service (also 
known as Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti or 
the FSB) in Moscow, Russian Federation. 
(C) The Special Technology Center (also 
known as STLC, Ltd. Special Technology Cen-
ter St. Petersburg) in St. Petersburg, Russian 
Federation. 
(D) Zorsecurity (also known as Esage 
Lab) in Moscow, Russian Federation. 
(E) The autonomous noncommercial orga-
nization known as the Professional Association 
of Designers of Data Processing Systems (also 
known as ANO PO KSI) in Moscow, Russian 
Federation. 
(F) Igor Valentinovich Korobov. 
(G) Sergey Aleksandrovich Gizunov. 
(H) Igor Olegovich Kostyukov. 
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(I) Vladimir Stepanovich Alexseyev. 
(6) On January 6, 2017, an assessment of the 
United States intelligence community entitled, ‘‘As-
sessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent 
U.S. Elections’’ stated, ‘‘Russian President Vladimir 
Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed 
at the United States presidential election.’’ The as-
sessment warns that ‘‘Moscow will apply lessons 
learned from its Putin-ordered campaign aimed at 
the U.S. Presidential election to future influence ef-
forts worldwide, including against U.S. allies and 
their election processes’’. 
SEC. 212. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the President— 
(1) should continue to uphold and seek unity 
with European and other key partners on sanctions 
implemented against the Russian Federation, which 
have been effective and instrumental in countering 
Russian aggression in Ukraine; 
(2) should engage to the fullest extent possible 
with partner governments with regard to closing 
loopholes, including the allowance of extended pre-
payment for the delivery of goods and commodities 
and other loopholes, in multilateral and unilateral 
restrictive measures against the Russian Federation, 
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with the aim of maximizing alignment of those 
measures; and 
(3) should increase efforts to vigorously enforce 
compliance with sanctions in place as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act with respect to the Rus-
sian Federation in response to the crisis in eastern 
Ukraine, cyber intrusions and attacks, and human 
rights violators in the Russian Federation. 
PART 1—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF SANC-
TIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE RUS-
SIAN FEDERATION 
SEC. 215. SHORT TITLE. 
This part may be cited as the ‘‘Russia Sanctions Re-
view Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 216. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS 
RELATING TO SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RE-
SPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF PROPOSED AC-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, before taking any action described 
in paragraph (2), the President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees and leadership 
a report that describes the proposed action and the 
reasons for that action. 
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(2) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An action described in 
this paragraph is— 
(i) an action to terminate the applica-
tion of any sanctions described in subpara-
graph (B); 
(ii) with respect to sanctions described 
in subparagraph (B) imposed by the Presi-
dent with respect to a person, an action to 
waive the application of those sanctions 
with respect to that person; or 
(iii) a licensing action that signifi-
cantly alters United States’ foreign policy 
with regard to the Russian Federation. 
(B) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanc-
tions described in this subparagraph are— 
(i) sanctions provided for under— 
(I) this title or any provision of 
law amended by this title, including 
the Executive orders codified under 
section 222; 
(II) the Support for the Sov-
ereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and 
Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 
2014 (22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.); or 
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(III) the Ukraine Freedom Sup-
port Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8921 et 
seq.); and 
(ii) the prohibition on access to the 
properties of the Government of the Rus-
sian Federation located in Maryland and 
New York that the President ordered va-
cated on December 29, 2016. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF TYPE OF ACTION.—Each 
report submitted under paragraph (1) with respect 
to an action described in paragraph (2) shall include 
a description of whether the action— 
(A) is not intended to significantly alter 
United States foreign policy with regard to the 
Russian Federation; or 
(B) is intended to significantly alter 
United States foreign policy with regard to the 
Russian Federation. 
(4) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL MATTER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each report submitted 
under paragraph (1) that relates to an action 
that is intended to significantly alter United 
States foreign policy with regard to the Russian 
Federation shall include a description of— 
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(i) the significant alteration to United 
States foreign policy with regard to the 
Russian Federation; 
(ii) the anticipated effect of the action 
on the national security interests of the 
United States; and 
(iii) the policy objectives for which the 
sanctions affected by the action were ini-
tially imposed. 
(B) REQUESTS
FROM
BANKING
AND
FI-
NANCIAL
SERVICES
COMMITTEES.—The Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate or the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives may 
request the submission to the Committee of the 
matter described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of sub-
paragraph (A) with respect to a report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) that relates to an 
action that is not intended to significantly alter 
United States foreign policy with regard to the 
Russian Federation. 
(5) CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROPRIETARY INFOR-
MATION.—Proprietary information that can be asso-
ciated with a particular person with respect to an 
action described in paragraph (2) may be included 
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in a report submitted under paragraph (1) only if 
the appropriate congressional committees and lead-
ership provide assurances of confidentiality, unless 
such person otherwise consents in writing to such 
disclosure. 
(6) 
RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Paragraph 
(2)(A)(iii) shall not be construed to require the sub-
mission of a report under paragraph (1) with respect 
to the routine issuance of a license that does not sig-
nificantly alter United States foreign policy with re-
gard to the Russian Federation. 
(b) PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the period of 30 cal-
endar days beginning on the date on which the 
President 
submits 
a 
report 
under 
subsection 
(a)(1)— 
(A) in the case of a report that relates to 
an action that is not intended to significantly 
alter United States foreign policy with regard 
to the Russian Federation, the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives should, as 
appropriate, hold hearings and briefings and 
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otherwise obtain information in order to fully 
review the report; and 
(B) in the case of a report that relates to 
an action that is intended to significantly alter 
United States foreign policy with regard to the 
Russian Federation, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
should, as appropriate, hold hearings and brief-
ings and otherwise obtain information in order 
to fully review the report. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The period for congressional 
review under paragraph (1) of a report required to 
be submitted under subsection (a)(1) shall be 60 cal-
endar days if the report is submitted on or after 
July 10 and on or before September 7 in any cal-
endar year. 
(3) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING INITIAL 
CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, during the period for 
congressional review provided for under paragraph 
(1) of a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 
proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2), 
including any additional period for such review as 
applicable under the exception provided in paragraph 
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(2), the President may not take that action unless 
a joint resolution of approval with respect to that ac-
tion is enacted in accordance with subsection (c). 
(4) LIMITATION
ON
ACTIONS
DURING
PRESI-
DENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION 
OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, if a joint resolution of disapproval re-
lating to a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 
proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) 
passes both Houses of Congress in accordance with 
subsection (c), the President may not take that ac-
tion for a period of 12 calendar days after the date 
of passage of the joint resolution of disapproval. 
(5) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING CONGRES-
SIONAL RECONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION 
OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, if a joint resolution of disapproval re-
lating to a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 
proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) 
passes both Houses of Congress in accordance with 
subsection (c), and the President vetoes the joint 
resolution, the President may not take that action 
for a period of 10 calendar days after the date of 
the President’s veto. 
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(6) EFFECT OF ENACTMENT OF A JOINT RESO-
LUTION
OF
DISAPPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, if a joint resolution of dis-
approval relating to a report submitted under sub-
section (a)(1) proposing an action described in sub-
section (a)(2) is enacted in accordance with sub-
section (c), the President may not take that action. 
(c) JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF DISAPPROVAL OR AP-
PROVAL DEFINED.—In this subsection: 
(1) JOINT
RESOLUTION
OF
APPROVAL.—The 
term ‘‘joint resolution of approval’’ means only a 
joint resolution of either House of Congress— 
(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A joint 
resolution approving the President’s proposal to 
take an action relating to the application of cer-
tain sanctions with respect to the Russian Fed-
eration.’’; and 
(B) the sole matter after the resolving 
clause of which is the following: ‘‘Congress ap-
proves of the action relating to the application 
of sanctions imposed with respect to the Rus-
sian Federation proposed by the President in 
the report submitted to Congress under section 
216(a)(1) of the Russia Sanctions Review Act 
of 2017 on lllllll relating to 
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llllllll.’’, with the first blank space 
being filled with the appropriate date and the 
second blank space being filled with a short de-
scription of the proposed action. 
(2) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—The 
term ‘‘joint resolution of disapproval’’ means only a 
joint resolution of either House of Congress— 
(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A joint 
resolution disapproving the President’s proposal 
to take an action relating to the application of 
certain sanctions with respect to the Russian 
Federation.’’; and 
(B) the sole matter after the resolving 
clause of which is the following: ‘‘Congress dis-
approves of the action relating to the applica-
tion of sanctions imposed with respect to the 
Russian Federation proposed by the President 
in the report submitted to Congress under sec-
tion 216(a)(1) of the Russia Sanctions Review 
Act of 2017 on lllllll relating to 
llllllll.’’, with the first blank space 
being filled with the appropriate date and the 
second blank space being filled with a short de-
scription of the proposed action. 
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(3) INTRODUCTION.—During the period of 30 
calendar days provided for under subsection (b)(1), 
including any additional period as applicable under 
the exception provided in subsection (b)(2), a joint 
resolution of approval or joint resolution of dis-
approval may be introduced— 
(A) in the House of Representatives, by 
the majority leader or the minority leader; and 
(B) in the Senate, by the majority leader 
(or the majority leader’s designee) or the mi-
nority leader (or the minority leader’s des-
ignee). 
(4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—If a committee of the House of 
Representatives to which a joint resolution of ap-
proval or joint resolution of disapproval has been re-
ferred has not reported the joint resolution within 
10 calendar days after the date of referral, that 
committee shall be discharged from further consider-
ation of the joint resolution. 
(5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
(A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso-
lution of approval or joint resolution of dis-
approval introduced in the Senate shall be— 
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(E) 
CONSIDERATION
OF
VETO
MES-
SAGES.—Debate in the Senate of any veto mes-
sage with respect to a joint resolution of ap-
proval or joint resolution of disapproval, includ-
ing all debatable motions and appeals in con-
nection with the joint resolution, shall be lim-
ited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, 
and controlled by, the majority leader and the 
minority leader or their designees. 
(6) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE 
OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
(A) TREATMENT OF SENATE JOINT RESO-
LUTION
IN
HOUSE.—In the House of Rep-
resentatives, the following procedures shall 
apply to a joint resolution of approval or a joint 
resolution of disapproval received from the Sen-
ate (unless the House has already passed a 
joint resolution relating to the same proposed 
action): 
(i) The joint resolution shall be re-
ferred to the appropriate committees. 
(ii) If a committee to which a joint 
resolution has been referred has not re-
ported the joint resolution within 2 cal-
endar days after the date of referral, that 
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committee shall be discharged from further 
consideration of the joint resolution. 
(iii) Beginning on the third legislative 
day after each committee to which a joint 
resolution has been referred reports the 
joint resolution to the House or has been 
discharged 
from 
further 
consideration 
thereof, it shall be in order to move to pro-
ceed to consider the joint resolution in the 
House. All points of order against the mo-
tion are waived. Such a motion shall not be 
in order after the House has disposed of a 
motion to proceed on the joint resolution. 
The previous question shall be considered 
as ordered on the motion to its adoption 
without intervening motion. The motion 
shall not be debatable. A motion to recon-
sider the vote by which the motion is dis-
posed of shall not be in order. 
(iv) The joint resolution shall be con-
sidered as read. All points of order against 
the joint resolution and against its consid-
eration are waived. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the joint 
resolution to final passage without inter-
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vening motion except 2 hours of debate 
equally divided and controlled by the spon-
sor of the joint resolution (or a designee) 
and an opponent. A motion to reconsider 
the vote on passage of the joint resolution 
shall not be in order. 
(B) TREATMENT OF HOUSE JOINT RESO-
LUTION IN SENATE.— 
(i) If, before the passage by the Sen-
ate of a joint resolution of approval or 
joint resolution of disapproval, the Senate 
receives an identical joint resolution from 
the House of Representatives, the following 
procedures shall apply: 
(I) That joint resolution shall not 
be referred to a committee. 
(II) With respect to that joint 
resolution— 
(aa) the procedure in the 
Senate shall be the same as if no 
joint resolution had been received 
from the House of Representa-
tives; but 
(bb) the vote on passage 
shall be on the joint resolution 
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from the House of Representa-
tives. 
(ii) If, following passage of a joint 
resolution of approval or joint resolution of 
disapproval in the Senate, the Senate re-
ceives an identical joint resolution from the 
House of Representatives, that joint reso-
lution shall be placed on the appropriate 
Senate calendar. 
(iii) If a joint resolution of approval 
or a joint resolution of disapproval is re-
ceived from the House, and no companion 
joint resolution has been introduced in the 
Senate, the Senate procedures under this 
subsection shall apply to the House joint 
resolution. 
(C) APPLICATION
TO
REVENUE
MEAS-
URES.—The provisions of this paragraph shall 
not apply in the House of Representatives to a 
joint resolution of approval or joint resolution 
of disapproval that is a revenue measure. 
(7) RULES
OF
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES 
AND SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by Con-
gress— 
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(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 
of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part 
of the rules of each House, respectively, and su-
persedes other rules only to the extent that it 
is inconsistent with such rules; and 
(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules 
(so far as relating to the procedure of that 
House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
to the same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that House. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
AND LEADERSHIP DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees and leadership’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; 
and 
(2) the Committee on Financial Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Speaker, the 
majority leader, and the minority leader of the 
House of Representatives. 
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PART 2—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
SEC. 221. DEFINITIONS. 
In this part: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives. 
(2) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 16 of the Export Adminis-
tration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued 
in effect pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)). 
(3) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TION.—The term ‘‘international financial institu-
tion’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
1701(c) of the International Financial Institutions 
Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)). 
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