I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5428 
To impose sanctions on certain persons responsible for the March 12, 2018, 
attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2018 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself and Mr. TURNER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad-
dition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To impose sanctions on certain persons responsible for the 
March 12, 2018, attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stand with UK against 
Russia Violations Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) On March 4, 2018, Sergei V. Skripal, and 
his daughter, Yulia Skripal, were found unconscious 
on a park bench in Salisbury, England. 
(2) British Prime Minister Theresa May an-
nounced on March 12, 2018, that the poison used in 
the attack was Novichok, a military-grade nerve 
agent developed by Soviet scientists for use on North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization troops, and that Rus-
sia was responsible for the attack. 
(3) On March 15, 2018, the United Kingdom, 
France, and Germany issued a joint statement hold-
ing the Government of Russia responsible for the 
poisoning and characterizing the attack as ‘‘an as-
sault on UK sovereignty’’. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) The attempts of the Government of Russia 
to commit murders on British soil are unconscion-
able and violate international law. 
(2) The United States stands in strong soli-
darity with the British government and its people as 
they respond to this violation. 
(3) Russian aggression must be met with 
strength and resolve, including through sanctions to 
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deter future Russian attacks on dissidents, expatri-
ates, and democratic activists. 
SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO RUS-
SIAN PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR MARCH 12 
ATTACK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im-
pose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect 
to any person that the President determines— 
(1) knowingly engaged in, provided material 
support to, worked on behalf of, or acted as an 
agent or instrumentality of any person who per-
petrated the attack against Sergei Skripal and Yulia 
Skripal on March 12, 2018; or 
(2) is an officer, employee, or agent of the Gov-
ernment of Russia and knowingly, on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, materially as-
sisted, worked on behalf of, or acted as an agent or 
instrumentality of the Russian Government in the 
murder, attempted murder, or assault committed 
outside of Russia against any expatriate, dissident, 
or foreign national. 
(b) CONCURRENT REPORT.—The President shall 
submit to Congress a report, concurrent with the imposi-
tion of any sanction under subsection (a), that lists each 
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person determined to have engaged in the conduct result-
ing in such sanction. 
(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this paragraph are the sanctions described in 
section 224(b) of the Countering America’s Adversaries 
Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9524(b)). 
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO 
NEW RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN DEBT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the imposition of a sanction pursuant to section 
4(a)(2), the President shall— 
(1) issue regulations prohibiting United States 
persons from engaging in transactions with, pro-
viding financing for, or in any other way dealing in 
Russian sovereign debt that is issued on or after the 
date that is 180 days after such date of imposition 
of sanctions; and 
(2) exercise all powers granted to the President 
by the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 13 et seq.) to the extent nec-
essary to block and prohibit all transactions in all 
property and interests in property of one or more of 
the financial institutions listed in subsection (c) if 
such property and interests in property are in the 
United States, come within the United States, or are 
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or come within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
(b) RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN DEBT DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘Russian sovereign debt’’ 
means— 
(1) bonds issued by the Russian Central Bank, 
the Russian National Wealth Fund, the Russian 
Federal Treasury, or agents or affiliates of any such 
institution, with a maturity of more than 14 days; 
(2) new foreign exchange swap agreements with 
the Russian Central Bank, the Russian National 
Wealth Fund, or the Russian Federal Treasury, the 
duration of which agreement is longer than 14 days; 
and 
(3) any other financial instrument, the duration 
or maturity of which is more than 14 days, that— 
(A) the President determines represents 
the sovereign debt of Russia; or 
(B) is issued by a bank listed in subsection 
(c). 
(c) RUSSIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The finan-
cial institutions listed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) Sberbank. 
(2) VTB Bank. 
(3) Gazprombank. 
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