SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions 
Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Sec. 103. Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric Iranian 
threats in the Middle East and North Africa. 
Sec. 104. Imposition of additional sanctions in response to Iran’s ballistic mis-
sile program. 
Sec. 105. Imposition of terrorism-related sanctions with respect to the IRGC. 
Sec. 106. Imposition of additional sanctions with respect to persons responsible 
for human rights abuses. 
Sec. 107. Enforcement of arms embargos. 
Sec. 108. Review of applicability of sanctions relating to Iran’s support for ter-
rorism and its ballistic missile program. 
Sec. 109. Report on coordination of sanctions between the United States and 
the European Union. 
Sec. 110. Report on United States citizens detained by Iran. 
Sec. 111. Exceptions for national security and humanitarian assistance; rule of 
construction. 
Sec. 112. Presidential waiver authority. 
TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION AND COMBATING TERRORISM AND ILLICIT FINANCING 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Sanctions and Other Measures With Respect to the Russian 
Federation 
Sec. 211. Findings. 
Sec. 212. Sense of Congress. 
PART 1—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT 
TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
Sec. 215. Short title. 
Sec. 216. Congressional review of certain actions relating to sanctions imposed 
with respect to the Russian Federation. 
PART 2—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
Sec. 221. Definitions. 
Sec. 222. Codification of sanctions relating to the Russian Federation.
Sec. 223. Modification of implementation of Executive Order No. 13662. 
Sec. 224. Imposition of sanctions with respect to activities of the Russian Fed-
eration undermining cybersecurity. 
Sec. 225. Imposition of sanctions relating to special Russian crude oil projects. 
Sec. 226. Imposition of sanctions with respect to Russian and other foreign fi-
nancial institutions. 
Sec. 227. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to significant corrup-
tion in the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 228. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to certain trans-
actions with foreign sanctions evaders and serious human 
rights abusers in the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 229. Notifications to Congress under Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 
2014. 
Sec. 230. Standards for termination of certain sanctions with respect to the 
Russian Federation. 
Sec. 231. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons engaging in trans-
actions with the intelligence or defense sectors of the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 232. Sanctions with respect to the development of pipelines in the Russian 
Federation. 
Sec. 233. Sanctions with respect to investment in or facilitation of privatization 
of state-owned assets by the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 234. Sanctions with respect to the transfer of arms and related materiel 
to Syria. 
Sec. 235. Sanctions described. 
Sec. 236. Exceptions, waiver, and termination. 
Sec. 237. Exception relating to activities of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration. 
Sec. 238. Rule of construction. 
PART 3—REPORTS 
Sec. 241. Report on oligarchs and parastatal entities of the Russian Federa-
tion. 
Sec. 242. Report on effects of expanding sanctions to include sovereign debt 
and derivative products. 
Sec. 243. Report on illicit finance relating to the Russian Federation. 
Subtitle B—Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia 
Sec. 251. Findings. 
Sec. 252. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 253. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 254. Coordinating aid and assistance across Europe and Eurasia. 
Sec. 255. Report on media organizations controlled and funded by the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 256. Report on Russian Federation influence on elections in Europe and 
Eurasia. 
Sec. 257. Ukranian energy security. 
Sec. 258. Termination. 
Sec. 259. Appropriate congressional committees defined. 
Subtitle C—Combating Terrorism and Illicit Financing 
PART 1—NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COMBATING TERRORIST AND OTHER 
ILLICIT FINANCING
Sec. 261. Development of national strategy. 
Sec. 262. Contents of national strategy. 
PART 2—ENHANCING ANTITERRORISM TOOLS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
Sec. 271. Improving antiterror finance monitoring of funds transfers. 
Sec. 272. Sense of Congress on international cooperation regarding terrorist fi-
nancing intelligence. 
Sec. 273. Examining the counter-terror financing role of the Department of the 
Treasury in embassies. 
Sec. 274. Inclusion of Secretary of the Treasury on the National Security 
Council. 
Sec. 275. Inclusion of all funds. 
PART 3—DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 281. Definitions. 
Subtitle D—Rule of Construction 
Sec. 291. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 292. Sense of Congress on the strategic importance of Article 5 of the 
North Atlantic Treaty. 
TITLE III—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Sanctions to Enforce and Implement United Nations Security 
Council Sanctions Against North Korea 
Sec. 311. Modification and expansion of requirements for the designation of 
persons. 
Sec. 312. Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts. 
Sec. 313. Limitations on foreign assistance to noncompliant governments. 
Sec. 314. Amendments to enhance inspection authorities. 
Sec. 315. Enforcing compliance with United Nations shipping sanctions against 
North Korea. 
Sec. 316. Report on cooperation between North Korea and Iran. 
Sec. 317. Report on implementation of United Nations Security Council resolu-
tions by other governments. 
Sec. 318. Briefing on measures to deny specialized financial messaging services 
to designated North Korean financial institutions. 
Subtitle B—Sanctions With Respect to Human Rights Abuses by the 
Government of North Korea 
Sec. 321. Sanctions for forced labor and slavery overseas of North Koreans. 
Sec. 322. Modifications to sanctions suspension and waiver authorities. 
Sec. 323. Reward for informants. 
Sec. 324. Determination on designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of 
terrorism. 
Subtitle C—General Authorities 
Sec. 331. Authority to consolidate reports.
Sec. 332. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 333. Regulatory authority. 
Sec. 334. Limitation on funds. 
TITLE I—SANCTIONS WITH 
RESPECT TO IRAN 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Iran’s De-
stabilizing Activities Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—The 
term ‘‘act of international terrorism’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanc-
tions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 
1701 note). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 
person. 
(4) IRANIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Iranian per-
son’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is a citizen or na-
tional of Iran; or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of 
the Government of Iran. 
(5) IRGC.—The term ‘‘IRGC’’ means Iran’s Is-
lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 
(6) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 14 of the 
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 
50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(7) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
SEC. 103. REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING CON-
VENTIONAL 
AND 
ASYMMETRIC 
IRANIAN 
THREATS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH 
AFRICA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years there-
after, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense,
the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall jointly develop and submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees and leadership a 
strategy for deterring conventional and asymmetric Ira-
nian activities and threats that directly threaten the 
United States and key allies in the Middle East, North 
Africa, and beyond. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 
(a) shall include at a minimum the following: 
(1) A summary of the near- and long-term 
United States objectives, plans, and means for coun-
tering Iran’s destabilizing activities, including identi-
fication of countries that share the objective of coun-
tering Iran’s destabilizing activities. 
(2) A summary of the capabilities and contribu-
tions of individual countries to shared efforts to 
counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, and a sum-
mary of additional actions or contributions that each 
country could take to further contribute. 
(3) An assessment of Iran’s conventional force 
capabilities and an assessment of Iran’s plans to up-
grade its conventional force capabilities, including its 
acquisition, development, and deployment of ballistic 
and cruise missile capabilities, unmanned aerial vehi-
(A) interdiction of Iranian lethal arms 
bound for groups designated as foreign terrorist 
organizations under section 219 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 
(B) Iran’s interference in international 
commercial shipping lanes; 
(C) attempts by Iran to undermine or sub-
vert internationally recognized governments in 
the Middle East region; and 
(D) Iran’s support for the regime of 
Bashar al-Assad in Syria, including— 
(i) financial assistance, military equip-
ment and personnel, and other support 
provided to that regime; and 
(ii) support and direction to other 
armed actors that are not Syrian or Ira-
nian and are acting on behalf of that re-
gime. 
(c) FORM OF STRATEGY.—The strategy required by 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(d) 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. 
SEC. 104. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS IN RE-
SPONSE TO IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary 
of State should continue to implement 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). 
(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 
impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with re-
spect to any person that the President determines, on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) knowingly engages in any activity that ma-
terially contributes to the activities of the Govern-
ment of Iran with respect to its ballistic missile pro-
gram, or any other program in Iran for developing, 
deploying, or maintaining systems capable of deliv-
ering weapons of mass destruction, including any ef-
forts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, 
transport, transfer, or use such capabilities; 
(2) is a successor entity to a person referred to 
in paragraph (1); 
(3) owns or controls or is owned or controlled 
by a person referred to in paragraph (1); 
(4) forms an entity with the purpose of evading 
sanctions that would otherwise be imposed pursuant 
to paragraph (3); 
(5) is acting for or on behalf of a person re-
ferred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or 
(6) knowingly provides or attempts to provide 
financial, material, technological, or other support 
for, or goods or services in support of, a person re-
ferred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5). 
(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(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 (b)
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 (b) 
that is an alien. 
(d) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub-
section (c)(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 
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. 
(e) REPORT ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAN’S BAL-
LISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 180 days thereafter, the President shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report describing each person that—
(A) has, during the period specified in 
paragraph (2), conducted any activity that has 
materially contributed to the activities of the 
Government of Iran with respect to its ballistic 
missile program, or any other program in Iran 
for developing, deploying, or maintaining sys-
tems capable of delivering weapons of mass de-
struction, including any efforts to manufacture, 
acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or 
use such capabilities; 
(B) is a successor entity to a person re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A); 
(C) owns or controls or is owned or con-
trolled by a person referred to in subparagraph 
(A); 
(D) forms an entity with the purpose of 
evading sanctions that could be imposed as a 
result of a relationship described in subpara-
graph (C); 
(E) is acting for or on behalf of a person 
referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or 
(D); or 
(F) is known or believed to have provided, 
or attempted to provide, during the period spec-
ified in paragraph (2), financial, material, tech-
nological, or other support for, or goods or serv-
ices in support of, any material contribution to 
a program described in subparagraph (A) car-
ried out by a person described in subparagraph 
(A), (B), (C), (D), or (E). 
(2) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified 
in this paragraph is— 
(A) in the case of the first report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1), the period begin-
ning January 1, 2016, and ending on the date 
the report is submitted; and 
(B) in the case of a subsequent such re-
port, the 180-day period preceding the submis-
sion of the report. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 
by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 105. IMPOSITION OF TERRORISM-RELATED SANC-
TIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE IRGC. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The IRGC is subject to sanctions pursuant 
to 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), 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
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
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
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
(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
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—
(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
(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.
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
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
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.
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
(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
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’’.
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
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’’.
(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.
(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,
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.
(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
(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—
(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
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
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
(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.
(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
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.
(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—
(i) referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs if 
the joint resolution relates to a report 
under subsection (a)(3)(A) that relates to 
an action that is not intended to signifi-
cantly alter United States foreign policy 
with regard to the Russian Federation; 
and 
(ii) referred to the Committee on For-
eign Relations if the joint resolution relates 
to a report under subsection (a)(3)(B) that 
relates to an action that is intended to sig-
nificantly alter United States foreign policy 
with respect to the Russian Federation. 
(B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 
committee to which a joint resolution of ap-
proval or joint resolution of disapproval was re-
ferred has not reported the joint resolution 
within 10 calendar days after the date of refer-
ral of the joint resolution, that committee shall 
be discharged from further consideration of the 
joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be 
placed on the appropriate calendar. 
(C) PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDERATION.— 
Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing
Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any time 
after the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs or the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations, as the case may be, reports a joint reso-
lution of approval or joint resolution of dis-
approval to the Senate or has been discharged 
from consideration of such a joint resolution 
(even though a previous motion to the same ef-
fect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed 
to the consideration of the joint resolution, and 
all points of order against the joint resolution 
(and against consideration of the joint resolu-
tion) are waived. The motion to proceed is not 
debatable. The motion is not subject to a mo-
tion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the motion is agreed to or dis-
agreed to shall not be in order. 
(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE-
DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 
relating to the application of the rules of the 
Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re-
lating to a joint resolution of approval or joint 
resolution of disapproval shall be decided with-
out debate.
(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
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-
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
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—
(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.
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)).
(4) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 
means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 
have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 
result. 
(5) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual or entity. 
(6) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
SEC. 222. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) CODIFICATION.—United States sanctions pro-
vided for in Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 
13493; relating to blocking property of certain persons 
contributing to the situation in Ukraine), Executive Order 
No. 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to blocking 
property of additional persons contributing to the situa-
tion in Ukraine), Executive Order No. 13662 (79 Fed.
Reg. 16169; relating to blocking property of additional 
persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine), Execu-
tive Order No. 13685 (79 Fed. Reg. 77357; relating to 
blocking property of certain persons and prohibiting cer-
tain transactions with respect to the Crimea region of 
Ukraine), Executive Order No. 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 
18077; relating to blocking the property of certain persons 
engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities), 
and Executive Order No. 13757 (82 Fed. Reg. 1; relating 
to taking additional steps to address the national emer-
gency with respect to significant malicious cyber-enabled 
activities), as in effect on the day before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, including with respect to all persons 
sanctioned under such Executive orders, shall remain in 
effect except as provided in subsection (b). 
(b) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS.—Subject 
to section 216, the President may terminate the applica-
tion of sanctions described in subsection (a) that are im-
posed on a person in connection with activity conducted 
by the person if the President submits to the appropriate 
congressional committees a notice that— 
(1) the person is not engaging in the activity 
that was the basis for the sanctions or has taken 
significant verifiable steps toward stopping the activ-
ity; and
(2) the President has received reliable assur-
ances that the person will not knowingly engage in 
activity subject to sanctions described in subsection 
(a) in the future. 
(c) APPLICATION OF NEW CYBER SANCTIONS.—The 
President may waive the initial application under sub-
section (a) of sanctions with respect to a person under 
Executive Order No. 13694 or 13757 only if the President 
submits to the appropriate congressional committees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
(A) is in the vital national security inter-
ests of the United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this 
title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the 
Russian Federation has made significant efforts to 
reduce the number and intensity of cyber intrusions 
conducted by that Government. 
(d) APPLICATION OF NEW UKRAINE-RELATED SANC-
TIONS.—The President may waive the initial application 
under subsection (a) of sanctions with respect to a person 
under Executive Order No. 13660, 13661, 13662, or 
13685 only if the President submits to the appropriate 
congressional committees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver—
(A) is in the vital national security inter-
ests of the United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this 
title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the 
Russian Federation is taking steps to implement the 
Minsk Agreement to address the ongoing conflict in 
eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, Belarus, on Feb-
ruary 11, 2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, 
France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, which 
was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any suc-
cessor agreements that are agreed to by the Govern-
ment of Ukraine. 
SEC. 223. MODIFICATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECU-
TIVE ORDER NO. 13662. 
(a) DETERMINATION THAT CERTAIN ENTITIES ARE 
SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
may determine that a person meets one or more of the 
criteria in section 1(a) of Executive Order No. 13662 if 
that person is a state-owned entity operating in the rail-
way or metals and mining sector of the economy of the 
Russian Federation. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF DIRECTIVE 1 WITH RESPECT 
TO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR OF THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION ECONOMY.—Not later than 60 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall modify Directive 1 (as amended), dated 
September 12, 2014, issued by the Office of Foreign As-
sets Control under Executive Order No. 13662, or any 
successor directive (which shall be effective beginning on 
the date that is 60 days after the date of such modifica-
tion), to ensure that the directive prohibits the conduct 
by United States persons or persons within the United 
States of all transactions in, provision of financing for, 
and other dealings in new debt of longer than 14 days 
maturity or new equity of persons determined to be sub-
ject to the directive, their property, or their interests in 
property. 
(c) MODIFICATION OF DIRECTIVE 2 WITH RESPECT 
TO THE ENERGY SECTOR OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
ECONOMY.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
modify Directive 2 (as amended), dated September 12, 
2014, issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 
under Executive Order No. 13662, or any successor direc-
tive (which shall be effective beginning on the date that 
is 60 days after the date of such modification), to ensure 
that the directive prohibits the conduct by United States 
persons or persons within the United States of all trans-
actions in, provision of financing for, and other dealings
in new debt of longer than 60 days maturity of persons 
determined to be subject to the directive, their property, 
or their interests in property. 
(d) MODIFICATION OF DIRECTIVE 4.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall modify Directive 4, dated 
September 12, 2014, issued by the Office of Foreign As-
sets Control under Executive Order No. 13662, or any 
successor directive (which shall be effective beginning on 
the date that is 90 days after the date of such modifica-
tion), to ensure that the directive prohibits the provision, 
exportation, or reexportation, directly or indirectly, by 
United States persons or persons within the United 
States, of goods, services (except for financial services), 
or technology in support of exploration or production for 
new deepwater, Arctic offshore, or shale projects— 
(1) that have the potential to produce oil; and 
(2) that involve any person determined to be 
subject to the directive or the property or interests 
in property of such a person who has a controlling 
interest or a substantial non-controlling ownership 
interest in such a project defined as not less than a 
33 percent interest.
SEC. 224. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
ACTIVITIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
UNDERMINING CYBERSECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall— 
(1) impose the sanctions described in subsection 
(b) with respect to any person that the President de-
termines— 
(A) knowingly engages in significant activi-
ties undermining cybersecurity against any per-
son, including a democratic institution, or gov-
ernment on behalf of the Government of the 
Russian Federation; or 
(B) is owned or controlled by, or acts or 
purports to act for or on behalf of, directly or 
indirectly, a person described in subparagraph 
(A); 
(2) impose five or more of the sanctions de-
scribed in section 235 with respect to any person 
that the President determines knowingly materially 
assists, sponsors, or provides financial, material, or 
technological support for, or goods or services (ex-
cept financial services) in support of, an activity de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A); and
(3) impose three or more of the sanctions de-
scribed in section 4(c) of the of the Ukraine Free-
dom Support Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8923(c)) with 
respect to any person that the President determines 
knowingly provides financial services in support of 
an activity described in paragraph (1)(A). 
(b) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The exercise of all pow-
ers granted to the President by the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit 
all transactions in all property and interests in prop-
erty of a person determined by the President to be 
subject to subsection (a)(1) if such property and in-
terests 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
THE
UNITED
STATES 
AND REVOCATION OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTA-
TION.—In the case of an alien determined by the 
President to be subject to subsection (a)(1), denial 
of a visa to, and exclusion from the United States 
of, the alien, and revocation in accordance with sec-
tion 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any visa or other documenta-
tion of the alien. 
(c) APPLICATION OF NEW CYBER SANCTIONS.—The 
President may waive the initial application under sub-
section (a) of sanctions with respect to a person only if 
the President submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
(A) is in the vital national security inter-
ests of the United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this 
title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the 
Russian Federation has made significant efforts to 
reduce the number and intensity of cyber intrusions 
conducted by that Government. 
(d) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES UNDERMINING CYBER-
SECURITY DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘signifi-
cant activities undermining cybersecurity’’ includes— 
(1) significant efforts— 
(A) to deny access to or degrade, disrupt, 
or destroy an information and communications 
technology system or network; or 
(B) to exfiltrate, degrade, corrupt, destroy, 
or release information from such a system or
network without authorization for purposes 
of— 
(i) conducting influence operations; or 
(ii) causing a significant misappro-
priation of funds, economic resources, 
trade secrets, personal identifications, or 
financial information for commercial or 
competitive advantage or private financial 
gain; 
(2) significant destructive malware attacks; and 
(3) significant denial of service activities. 
SEC. 225. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO SPE-
CIAL RUSSIAN CRUDE OIL PROJECTS. 
Section 4(b)(1) of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act 
of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8923(b)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘on and after the date that is 45 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President may impose’’ and 
inserting ‘‘on and after the date that is 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of the Countering Russian Influence 
in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017, the President shall 
impose, unless the President determines that it is not in 
the national interest of the United States to do so,’’.
SEC. 226. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
RUSSIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 5 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 
2014 (22 U.S.C. 8924) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘may impose’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘shall impose, unless the President deter-
mines that it is not in the national interest of 
the United States to do so,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘on or 
after the date of the enactment of the Coun-
tering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia 
Act of 2017’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘may impose’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘shall impose, unless the President deter-
mines that it is not in the national interest of 
the United States to do so,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on or after the date that 
is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘on or after the date 
that is 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe 
and Eurasia Act of 2017’’.
SEC. 227. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH 
RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT CORRUPTION IN 
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
Section 9 of the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, 
and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 
8908(a)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘is authorized and encouraged to’’ 
and inserting ‘‘shall’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘President determines 
is’’ and inserting ‘‘President determines is, 
on or after the date of the enactment of 
the Countering Russian Influence in Eu-
rope and Eurasia Act of 2017,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or elsewhere’’ after 
‘‘in the Russian Federation’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘The Presi-
dent’’ and inserting ‘‘except as provided in sub-
section (d), the President’’; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(d) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The Presi-
dent may waive the initial application of sanctions under 
subsection (b) with respect to a person only if the Presi-
dent submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees— 
‘‘(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
‘‘(A) is in the vital national security inter-
ests of the United States; or 
‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this 
Act; and 
‘‘(2) a certification that the Government of the 
Russian Federation is taking steps to implement the 
Minsk Agreement to address the ongoing conflict in 
eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, Belarus, on Feb-
ruary 11, 2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, 
France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, which 
was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any suc-
cessor agreements that are agreed to by the Govern-
ment of Ukraine.’’.
SEC. 228. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH 
RESPECT TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH 
FOREIGN SANCTIONS EVADERS AND SERIOUS 
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS IN THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Support for the Sovereignty, 
Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine 
Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 10. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH 
RESPECT TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH 
PERSONS THAT EVADE SANCTIONS IMPOSED 
WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to a for-
eign person if the President determines that the foreign 
person knowingly, on or after the date of the enactment 
of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eur-
asia Act of 2017— 
‘‘(1) materially violates, attempts to violate, 
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of any li-
cense, order, regulation, or prohibition contained in 
or issued pursuant to any covered Executive order, 
this Act, or the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 
2014 (22 U.S.C. 8921 et seq.); or
‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of subsection (b) or any regulation, license, 
or order issued to carry out subsection (b) 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. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The Presi-
dent may waive the initial application of sanctions under 
subsection (b) with respect to a person only if the Presi-
dent submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees— 
‘‘(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
‘‘(A) is in the vital national security inter-
ests of the United States; or 
‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this 
Act; 
‘‘(2) in the case of sanctions imposed under this 
section in connection with a covered Executive order 
described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of 
subsection (f)(1), a certification that the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation is taking steps to 
implement the Minsk Agreement to address the on-
going conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, 
Belarus, on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of 
Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany, the Minsk 
Protocol, which was agreed to on September 5, 
2014, and any successor agreements that are agreed 
to by the Government of Ukraine; and 
‘‘(3) in the case of sanctions imposed under this 
section in connection with a covered Executive order 
described in subparagraphs (E) or (F) of subsection 
(f)(1), a certification that the Government of the 
Russian Federation has made significant efforts to 
reduce the number and intensity of cyber intrusions 
conducted by that Government. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the 
Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017, the President may 
terminate the application of sanctions under subsection 
(b) with respect to a person if the President submits to 
the appropriate congressional committees— 
‘‘(1) a notice of and justification for the termi-
nation; and 
‘‘(2) a notice that— 
‘‘(A) the person is not engaging in the ac-
tivity that was the basis for the sanctions or 
has taken significant verifiable steps toward 
stopping the activity; and
‘‘(B) the President has received reliable as-
surances that the person will not knowingly en-
gage in activity subject to sanctions under sub-
section (a) in the future. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term 
‘covered Executive order’ means any of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. 
Reg. 13493; relating to blocking property of 
certain persons contributing to the situation in 
Ukraine). 
‘‘(B) Executive Order No. 13661 (79 Fed. 
Reg. 15535; relating to blocking property of ad-
ditional persons contributing to the situation in 
Ukraine). 
‘‘(C) Executive Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. 
Reg. 16169; relating to blocking property of ad-
ditional persons contributing to the situation in 
Ukraine). 
‘‘(D) Executive Order No. 13685 (79 Fed. 
Reg. 77357; relating to blocking property of 
certain persons and prohibiting certain trans-
actions with respect to the Crimea region of 
Ukraine).
‘‘(E) Executive Order No. 13694 (80 Fed. 
Reg. 18077; relating to blocking the property of 
certain persons engaging in significant mali-
cious cyber-enabled activities), relating to the 
Russian Federation. 
‘‘(F) Executive Order No. 13757 (82 Fed. 
Reg. 1; relating to taking additional steps to 
address the national emergency with respect to 
significant malicious cyber-enabled activities), 
relating to the Russian Federation. 
‘‘(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per-
son’ has the meaning given such term in section 
595.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (as 
in effect on the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion). 
‘‘(3) STRUCTURED.—The term ‘structured’, 
with respect to a transaction, has the meaning given 
the term ‘structure’ in paragraph (xx) of section 
1010.100 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 
‘‘SEC. 11. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH 
RESPECT TO TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS 
RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to a for-
eign person if the President determines that the foreign 
person, based on credible information, on or after the date 
of the enactment of this section— 
‘‘(1) is responsible for, complicit in, or respon-
sible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, 
the commission of serious human rights abuses in 
any territory forcibly occupied or otherwise con-
trolled by the Government of the Russian Federa-
tion; 
‘‘(2) materially assists, sponsors, or provides fi-
nancial, material, or technological support for, or 
goods or services to, a foreign person described in 
paragraph (1); or 
‘‘(3) is owned or controlled by, or acts or pur-
ports to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, 
a foreign person described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(1) ASSET
BLOCKING.—The exercise of all 
powers granted to the President by the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit 
all transactions in all property and interests in prop-
erty of a person determined by the President to be 
subject to subsection (a) if such property and inter-
ests in property are in the United States, come with-
in the United States, or are or come within the pos-
session or control of a United States person. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION
FROM
THE
UNITED
STATES 
AND REVOCATION OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTA-
TION.—In the case of an alien determined by the 
President to be subject to subsection (a), denial of 
a visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, 
the alien, and revocation in accordance with section 
221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any visa or other documentation 
of the alien. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The Presi-
dent may waive the initial application of sanctions under 
subsection (b) with respect to a person only if the Presi-
dent submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees— 
‘‘(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
‘‘(A) is in the vital national security inter-
ests of the United States; or 
‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this 
Act; and 
‘‘(2) a certification that the Government of the 
Russian Federation has made efforts to reduce seri-
ous human rights abuses in territory forcibly occu-
pied or otherwise controlled by that Government.
‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may 
exercise all authorities provided to the President 
under sections 203 and 205 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 
and 1704) to carry out subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of subsection (b)(1) or any regulation, li-
cense, or order issued to carry out subsection (b)(1) 
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national 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. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of Rus-
sia Sanctions Review Act of 2017, the President may ter-
minate the application of sanctions under subsection (b) 
with respect to a person if the President submits to the 
appropriate congressional committees— 
‘‘(1) a notice of and justification for the termi-
nation; and 
‘‘(2) a notice— 
‘‘(A) that—
‘‘(i) the person is not engaging in the 
activity that was the basis for the sanc-
tions or has taken significant verifiable 
steps toward stopping the activity; and 
‘‘(ii) the President has received reli-
able assurances that the person will not 
knowingly engage in activity subject to 
sanctions under subsection (a) in the fu-
ture; or 
‘‘(B) that the President determines that 
insufficient basis exists for the determination by 
the President under subsection (a) with respect 
to the person.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL 
COMMITTEES.—Section 2(2) of the Support for the Sov-
ereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of 
Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8901(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs,’’ before ‘‘the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘the 
Committee on Financial Services’’ before ‘‘the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs’’.
SEC. 229. NOTIFICATIONS TO CONGRESS UNDER UKRAINE 
FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT OF 2014. 
(a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO DEFENSE AND EN-
ERGY SECTORS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.—Section 
4 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (22 
U.S.C. 8923) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as 
subsections (h) and (i), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) NOTIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS TO CON-
GRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The Presi-
dent shall notify the appropriate congressional com-
mittees in writing not later than 15 days after im-
posing sanctions with respect to a foreign person 
under subsection (a) or (b). 
‘‘(2) TERMINATION
OF
SANCTIONS
WITH
RE-
SPECT TO RUSSIAN PRODUCERS, TRANSFERORS, OR 
BROKERS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Subject to sec-
tion 216 of the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 
2017, the President may terminate the imposition of 
sanctions under subsection (a)(2) with respect to a 
foreign person if the President submits to the appro-
priate congressional committees—
‘‘(A) a notice of and justification for the 
termination; and 
‘‘(B) a notice that— 
‘‘(i) the foreign person is not engaging 
in the activity that was the basis for the 
sanctions or has taken significant verifiable 
steps toward stopping the activity; and 
‘‘(ii) the President has received reli-
able assurances that the foreign person will 
not knowingly engage in activity subject to 
sanctions under subsection (a)(2) in the 
future.’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (B)(ii) of subsection 
(a)(3), by striking ‘‘subsection (h)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (i)’’. 
(b) SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN 
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—Section 5 of the Ukraine 
Freedom Support Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8924) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS ON IMPOSITION OF 
SANCTIONS.—The President shall notify the appropriate
congressional committees in writing not later than 15 days 
after imposing sanctions with respect to a foreign financial 
institution under subsection (a) or (b).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g), as redesignated by para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘section 4(h)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 4(i)’’. 
SEC. 230. STANDARDS FOR TERMINATION OF CERTAIN 
SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
(a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO UNDERMINING THE 
PEACE, SECURITY, STABILITY, SOVEREIGNTY, OR TERRI-
TORIAL INTEGRITY OF UKRAINE.—Section 8 of the Sov-
ereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of 
Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8907) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the 
Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017, the President may 
terminate the application of sanctions under subsection 
(b) with respect to a person if the President submits to 
the appropriate congressional committees a notice that— 
‘‘(1) the person is not engaging in the activity 
that was the basis for the sanctions or has taken
activity subject to sanctions under subsection (a) in 
the future.’’. 
SEC. 231. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
PERSONS ENGAGING IN TRANSACTIONS WITH 
THE INTELLIGENCE OR DEFENSE SECTORS 
OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FED-
ERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall impose five or more of the sanctions described 
in section 235 with respect to a person the President de-
termines knowingly, on or after such date of enactment, 
engages in a significant transaction with a person that is 
part of, or operates for or on behalf of, the defense or 
intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Fed-
eration, including the Main Intelligence Agency of the 
General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federa-
tion or the Federal Security Service of the Russian Fed-
eration. 
(b) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The Presi-
dent may waive the initial application of sanctions under 
subsection (a) with respect to a person only if the Presi-
dent submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver—
(A) is in the vital national security inter-
ests of the United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this 
title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the 
Russian Federation has made significant efforts to 
reduce the number and intensity of cyber intrusions 
conducted by that Government. 
(c) DELAY
OF IMPOSITION
OF SANCTIONS.—The 
President may delay the imposition of sanctions under 
subsection (a) with respect to a person if the President 
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, not 
less frequently than every 180 days while the delay is in 
effect, that the person is substantially reducing the num-
ber of significant transactions described in subsection (a) 
in which that person engages. 
(d) REQUIREMENT TO ISSUE GUIDANCE.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the President shall issue regulations or other guidance to 
specify the persons that are part of, or operate for or on 
behalf of, the defense and intelligence sectors of the Gov-
ernment of the Russian Federation. 
(e) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of sub-
section (a) or any regulation, license, or order issued to
carry out subsection (a) shall be subject to the penalties 
set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 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. 
SEC. 232. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOP-
MENT OF PIPELINES IN THE RUSSIAN FED-
ERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, in coordination 
with allies of the United States, may impose five or more 
of the sanctions described in section 235 with respect to 
a person if the President determines that the person know-
ingly, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
makes an investment described in subsection (b) or sells, 
leases, or provides to the Russian Federation, for the con-
struction of Russian energy export pipelines, goods, serv-
ices, technology, information, or support described in sub-
section (c)— 
(1) any of which has a fair market value of 
$1,000,000 or more; or 
(2) that, during a 12-month period, have an ag-
gregate fair market value of $5,000,000 or more. 
(b) INVESTMENT DESCRIBED.—An investment de-
scribed in this subsection is an investment that directly 
and significantly contributes to the enhancement of the
ability of the Russian Federation to construct energy ex-
port pipelines. 
(c) GOODS, SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION, 
OR SUPPORT DESCRIBED.—Goods, services, technology, 
information, or support described in this subsection are 
goods, services, technology, information, or support that 
could directly and significantly facilitate the maintenance 
or expansion of the construction, modernization, or repair 
of energy export pipelines by the Russian Federation. 
SEC. 233. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO INVESTMENT IN 
OR FACILITATION OF PRIVATIZATION OF 
STATE-OWNED ASSETS BY THE RUSSIAN FED-
ERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose five 
or more of the sanctions described in section 235 if the 
President determines that a person, with actual knowl-
edge, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
makes an investment of $10,000,000 or more (or any com-
bination of investments of not less than $1,000,000 each, 
which in the aggregate equals or exceeds $10,000,000 in 
any 12-month period), or facilitates such an investment, 
if the investment directly and significantly contributes to 
the ability of the Russian Federation to privatize state- 
owned assets in a manner that unjustly benefits—
(1) officials of the Government of the Russian 
Federation; or 
(2) close associates or family members of those 
officials. 
(b) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The Presi-
dent may waive the initial application of sanctions under 
subsection (a) with respect to a person only if the Presi-
dent submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
(A) is in the vital national security inter-
ests of the United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this 
title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the 
Russian Federation is taking steps to implement the 
Minsk Agreement to address the ongoing conflict in 
eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, Belarus, on Feb-
ruary 11, 2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, 
France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, which 
was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any suc-
cessor agreements that are agreed to by the Govern-
ment of Ukraine.
SEC. 234. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSFER OF 
ARMS AND RELATED MATERIEL TO SYRIA. 
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose 
on a foreign person the sanctions described in sub-
section (b) if the President determines that such for-
eign person has, on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, knowingly exported, transferred, or 
otherwise provided to Syria significant financial, ma-
terial, or technological support that contributes ma-
terially to the ability of the Government of Syria 
to— 
(A) acquire or develop chemical, biological, 
or nuclear weapons or related technologies; 
(B) acquire or develop ballistic or cruise 
missile capabilities; 
(C) acquire or develop destabilizing num-
bers and types of advanced conventional weap-
ons; 
(D) acquire significant defense articles, de-
fense services, or defense information (as such 
terms are defined under the Arms Export Con-
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.)); or 
(E) acquire items designated by the Presi-
dent for purposes of the United States Muni-
(2) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 
OR PAROLE.— 
(A) 
EXCLUSION
FROM
THE
UNITED 
STATES.—If the foreign person is an individual, 
the Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ex-
clude from the United States, the foreign per-
son. 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The issuing con-
sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-
ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall re-
voke any visa or other entry documentation 
issued to the foreign person regardless of 
when issued. 
(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A rev-
ocation under clause (i) shall take effect 
immediately and shall automatically cancel 
any other valid visa or entry documenta-
tion that is in the possession of the foreign 
person. 
(c) WAIVER.—Subject to section 216, the President 
may waive the application of sanctions under subsection 
(b) with respect to a person if the President determines
guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or partici-
pation in the extension of credit in connection with 
the export of any goods or services to the sanctioned 
person. 
(2) EXPORT
SANCTION.—The President may 
order the United States Government not to issue 
any specific license and not to grant any other spe-
cific permission or authority to export any goods or 
technology to the sanctioned person under— 
(A) the Export Administration Act of 1979 
(50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) (as continued in effect 
pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)); 
(B) the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.); 
(C) the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); or 
(D) any other statute that requires the 
prior review and approval of the United States 
Government as a condition for the export or re-
export of goods or services. 
(3) LOANS FROM UNITED STATES FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTIONS.—The President may prohibit any 
United States financial institution from making 
loans or providing credits to the sanctioned person
totaling more than $10,000,000 in any 12-month 
period unless the person is engaged in activities to 
relieve human suffering and the loans or credits are 
provided for such activities. 
(4) LOANS
FROM
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTIONS.—The President may direct the 
United States executive director to each inter-
national financial institution to use the voice and 
vote of the United States to oppose any loan from 
the international financial institution that would 
benefit the sanctioned person. 
(5) PROHIBITIONS
ON
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—The following prohibitions may be imposed 
against the sanctioned person if that person is a fi-
nancial institution: 
(A) PROHIBITION
ON
DESIGNATION
AS 
PRIMARY DEALER.—Neither the Board of Gov-
ernors of the Federal Reserve System nor the 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York may des-
ignate, or permit the continuation of any prior 
designation of, the financial institution as a pri-
mary dealer in United States Government debt 
instruments. 
(B) PROHIBITION ON SERVICE AS A RE-
POSITORY
OF
GOVERNMENT
FUNDS.—The fi-
nancial institution may not serve as agent of 
the United States Government or serve as re-
pository for United States Government funds. 
The imposition of either sanction under subpara-
graph (A) or (B) shall be treated as one sanction for 
purposes of subsection (b), and the imposition of 
both such sanctions shall be treated as two sanctions 
for purposes of subsection (b). 
(6) PROCUREMENT
SANCTION.—The United 
States Government may not procure, or enter into 
any contract for the procurement of, any goods or 
services from the sanctioned person. 
(7) FOREIGN EXCHANGE.—The President may, 
pursuant to such regulations as the President may 
prescribe, prohibit any transactions in foreign ex-
change that are subject to the jurisdiction of the 
United States and in which the sanctioned person 
has any interest. 
(8) BANKING
TRANSACTIONS.—The President 
may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 
may prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or 
payments between financial institutions or by, 
through, or to any financial institution, to the extent 
that such transfers or payments are subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States and involve any in-
terest of the sanctioned person. 
(9) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The President 
may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 
may prescribe, prohibit any person from— 
(A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using, 
transferring, withdrawing, transporting, import-
ing, or exporting any property that is subject to 
the jurisdiction of the United States and with 
respect to which the sanctioned person has any 
interest; 
(B) dealing in or exercising any right, 
power, or privilege with respect to such prop-
erty; or 
(C) conducting any transaction involving 
such property. 
(10) BAN ON INVESTMENT IN EQUITY OR DEBT 
OF SANCTIONED PERSON.—The President may, pur-
suant to such regulations or guidelines as the Presi-
dent may prescribe, prohibit any United States per-
son from investing in or purchasing significant 
amounts of equity or debt instruments of the sanc-
tioned person. 
(11) EXCLUSION OF CORPORATE OFFICERS.— 
The President may direct the Secretary of State to
deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity to exclude from the United States, any alien 
that the President determines is a corporate officer 
or principal of, or a shareholder with a controlling 
interest in, the sanctioned person. 
(12) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OF-
FICERS.—The President may impose on the prin-
cipal executive officer or officers of the sanctioned 
person, or on persons performing similar functions 
and with similar authorities as such officer or offi-
cers, any of the sanctions under this subsection. 
(b) SANCTIONED PERSON DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘sanctioned person’’ means a person subject to 
sanctions under section 224(a)(2), 231(b), 232(a), or 
233(a). 
SEC. 236. EXCEPTIONS, WAIVER, AND TERMINATION. 
(a) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of this part and 
amendments made by this part shall not apply with re-
spect to the following: 
(1) Activities subject to the reporting require-
ments under title V of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or any authorized in-
telligence 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, under the 
Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 
April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 
1967, or under other international agreements. 
(b) WAIVER OF SANCTIONS THAT ARE IMPOSED.— 
Subject to section 216, if the President imposes sanctions 
with respect to a person under this part or the amend-
ments made by this part, the President may waive the ap-
plication of those sanctions if the President determines 
that such a waiver is in the national security interest of 
the United States. 
(c) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216, the 
President may terminate the application of sanctions 
under section 224, 231, 232, 233, or 234 with respect to 
a person if the President submits to the appropriate con-
gressional committees— 
(1) a notice of and justification for the termi-
nation; and 
(2) a notice that— 
(A) the person is not engaging in the activ-
ity that was the basis for the sanctions or has
taken significant verifiable steps toward stop-
ping the activity; and 
(B) the President has received reliable as-
surances that the person will not knowingly en-
gage in activity subject to sanctions under this 
part in the future. 
SEC. 237. EXCEPTION RELATING TO ACTIVITIES OF THE NA-
TIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amendments 
made by this Act shall not apply with respect to activities 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed 
to authorize the imposition of any sanction or other condi-
tion, limitation, restriction, or prohibition, that directly or 
indirectly impedes the supply by any entity of the Russian 
Federation of any product or service, or the procurement 
of such product or service by any contractor or subcon-
tractor of the United States or any other entity, relating 
to or in connection with any space launch conducted for— 
(1) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration; or 
(2) any other non-Department of Defense cus-
tomer.
SEC. 238. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this part or the amendments made by this 
part shall be construed— 
(1) to supersede the limitations or exceptions on 
the use of rocket engines for national security pur-
poses under section 1608 of the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 
113–291; 128 Stat. 3626; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note), as 
amended by section 1607 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 
114–92; 129 Stat. 1100) and section 1602 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2582); or 
(2) to prohibit a contractor or subcontractor of 
the Department of Defense from acquiring compo-
nents referred to in such section 1608. 
PART 3—REPORTS 
SEC. 241. REPORT ON OLIGARCHS AND PARASTATAL ENTI-
TIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Director of National In-
telligence and the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a detailed report on 
the following:
(1) Senior foreign political figures and oligarchs 
in the Russian Federation, including the following: 
(A) An identification of the most signifi-
cant 
senior 
foreign 
political 
figures 
and 
oligarchs in the Russian Federation, as deter-
mined by their closeness to the Russian regime 
and their net worth. 
(B) An assessment of the relationship be-
tween individuals identified under subparagraph 
(A) and President Vladimir Putin or other 
members of the Russian ruling elite. 
(C) An identification of any indices of cor-
ruption with respect to those individuals. 
(D) The estimated net worth and known 
sources of income of those individuals and their 
family members (including spouses, children, 
parents, and siblings), including assets, invest-
ments, other business interests, and relevant 
beneficial ownership information. 
(E) An identification of the non-Russian 
business affiliations of those individuals. 
(2) Russian parastatal entities, including an as-
sessment of the following:
(A) The emergence of Russian parastatal 
entities and their role in the economy of the 
Russian Federation. 
(B) The leadership structures and bene-
ficial ownership of those entities. 
(C) The scope of the non-Russian business 
affiliations of those entities. 
(3) The exposure of key economic sectors of the 
United States to Russian politically exposed persons 
and parastatal entities, including, at a minimum, the 
banking, securities, insurance, and real estate sec-
tors. 
(4) The likely effects of imposing debt and eq-
uity restrictions on Russian parastatal entities, as 
well as the anticipated effects of adding Russian 
parastatal entities to the list of specially designated 
nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Of-
fice of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
the Treasury. 
(5) The potential impacts of imposing sec-
ondary sanctions with respect to Russian oligarchs, 
Russian 
state-owned 
enterprises, 
and 
Russian 
parastatal entities, including impacts on the entities 
themselves and on the economy of the Russian Fed-
eration, as well as on the economies of the United 
States and allies of the United States. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, 
but may contain a classified annex. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(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) SENIOR FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURE.—The 
term ‘‘senior foreign political figure’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 1010.605 of title 31, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding 
similar regulation or ruling).
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SEC. 242. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF EXPANDING SANCTIONS 
TO INCLUDE SOVEREIGN DEBT AND DERIVA-
TIVE PRODUCTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Director of National In-
telligence and the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report describing 
in detail the potential effects of expanding sanctions under 
Directive 1 (as amended), dated September 12, 2014, 
issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control under Exec-
utive Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating to 
blocking property of additional persons contributing to the 
situation in Ukraine), or any successor directive, to in-
clude sovereign debt and the full range of derivative prod-
ucts. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, 
but may contain a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and
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(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 243. REPORT ON ILLICIT FINANCE RELATING TO THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than the 
end of each 1-year period thereafter until 2021, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report describing interagency ef-
forts in the United States to combat illicit finance relating 
to the Russian Federation. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall contain a summary of efforts by the United 
States to do the following: 
(1) Identify, investigate, map, and disrupt illicit 
financial flows linked to the Russian Federation if 
such flows affect the United States financial system 
or those of major allies of the United States. 
(2) Conduct outreach to the private sector, in-
cluding information sharing efforts to strengthen 
compliance efforts by entities, including financial in-
stitutions, to prevent illicit financial flows described 
in paragraph (1).
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(3) Engage and coordinate with allied inter-
national partners on illicit finance, especially in Eu-
rope, to coordinate efforts to uncover and prosecute 
the networks responsible for illicit financial flows de-
scribed in paragraph (1), including examples of that 
engagement and coordination. 
(4) Identify foreign sanctions evaders and loop-
holes within the sanctions regimes of foreign part-
ners of the United States. 
(5) Expand the number of real estate geo-
graphic targeting orders or other regulatory actions, 
as appropriate, to degrade illicit financial activity re-
lating to the Russian Federation in relation to the 
financial system of the United States. 
(6) Provide support to counter those involved in 
illicit finance relating to the Russian Federation 
across all appropriate law enforcement, intelligence, 
regulatory, and financial authorities of the Federal 
Government, including by imposing sanctions with 
respect to or prosecuting those involved. 
(7) In the case of the Department of the Treas-
ury and the Department of Justice, investigate or 
otherwise develop major cases, including a descrip-
tion of those cases.
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(c) BRIEFING.—After submitting a report under this 
section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide brief-
ings to the appropriate congressional committees with re-
spect to that report. 
(d) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall coordinate with the Attorney General, the Director 
of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, and the Secretary of State in preparing each report 
under this section. 
(e) FORM.—Each report submitted under this section 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 
a classified annex. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(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.
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(2) ILLICIT
FINANCE.—The term ‘‘illicit fi-
nance’’ means the financing of terrorism, narcotics 
trafficking, or proliferation, money laundering, or 
other forms of illicit financing domestically or inter-
nationally, as defined by the President. 
Subtitle B—Countering Russian 
Influence in Europe and Eurasia 
SEC. 251. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Government of the Russian Federation 
has sought to exert influence throughout Europe and 
Eurasia, including in the former states of the Soviet 
Union, by providing resources to political parties, 
think tanks, and civil society groups that sow dis-
trust in democratic institutions and actors, promote 
xenophobic and illiberal views, and otherwise under-
mine European unity. The Government of the Rus-
sian Federation has also engaged in well-documented 
corruption practices as a means toward undermining 
and buying influence in European and Eurasian 
countries. 
(2) The Government of the Russian Federation 
has largely eliminated a once-vibrant Russian-lan-
guage independent media sector and severely curtails 
free and independent media within the borders of
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the Russian Federation. Russian-language media or-
ganizations that are funded and controlled by the 
Government of the Russian Federation and dissemi-
nate information within and outside of the Russian 
Federation 
routinely 
traffic 
in 
anti-Western 
disinformation, while few independent, fact-based 
media sources provide objective reporting for Rus-
sian-speaking audiences inside or outside of the Rus-
sian Federation. 
(3) The Government of the Russian Federation 
continues to violate its commitments under the 
Memorandum on Security Assurances in connection 
with Ukraine’s Accession to the Treaty on the Non- 
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Budapest 
December 5, 1994, and the Conference on Security 
and Co-operation in Europe Final Act, concluded at 
Helsinki August 1, 1975 (commonly referred to as 
the ‘‘Helsinki Final Act’’), which laid the ground- 
work for the establishment of the Organization for 
Security and Co-operation in Europe, of which the 
Russian Federation is a member, by its illegal an-
nexation of Crimea in 2014, its illegal occupation of 
South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia in 2008, and 
its 
ongoing 
destabilizing 
activities 
in 
eastern 
Ukraine.
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(4) The Government of the Russian Federation 
continues to ignore the terms of the August 2008 
ceasefire agreement relating to Georgia, which re-
quires the withdrawal of Russian Federation troops, 
free access by humanitarian groups to the regions of 
South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and monitoring of the 
conflict areas by the European Union Monitoring 
Mission. 
(5) The Government of the Russian Federation 
is failing to comply with the terms of the Minsk 
Agreement to address the ongoing conflict in eastern 
Ukraine, signed in Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 
2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France, 
and Germany, as well as the Minsk Protocol, which 
was agreed to on September 5, 2014. 
(6) The Government of the Russian Federation 
is— 
(A) in violation of the Treaty between the 
United States of America and the Union of So-
viet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of 
their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range 
Missiles, signed at Washington December 8, 
1987, and entered into force June 1, 1988 
(commonly known as the ‘‘INF Treaty’’); and
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(B) failing to meet its obligations under 
the Treaty on Open Skies, done at Helsinki 
March 24, 1992, and entered into force Janu-
ary 1, 2002 (commonly known as the ‘‘Open 
Skies Treaty’’). 
SEC. 252. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Government of the Russian Federation 
bears responsibility for the continuing violence in 
Eastern Ukraine, including the death on April 24, 
2017, of Joseph Stone, a citizen of the United 
States working as a monitor for the Organization for 
Security and Co-operation in Europe; 
(2) the President should call on the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation— 
(A) to withdraw all of its forces from the 
territories of Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova; 
(B) to return control of the borders of 
those territories to their respective govern-
ments; and 
(C) to cease all efforts to undermine the 
popularly elected governments of those coun-
tries; 
(3) the Government of the Russian Federation 
has applied, and continues to apply, to the countries
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and peoples of Georgia and Ukraine, traditional uses 
of force, intelligence operations, and influence cam-
paigns, which represent clear and present threats to 
the countries of Europe and Eurasia; 
(4) in response, the countries of Europe and 
Eurasia should redouble efforts to build resilience 
within their institutions, political systems, and civil 
societies; 
(5) the United States supports the institutions 
that the Government of the Russian Federation 
seeks to undermine, including the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization and the European Union; 
(6) a strong North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion is critical to maintaining peace and security in 
Europe and Eurasia; 
(7) the United States should continue to work 
with the European Union as a partner against ag-
gression by the Government of the Russian Federa-
tion, coordinating aid programs, development assist-
ance, and other counter-Russian efforts; 
(8) the United States should encourage the es-
tablishment of a commission for media freedom 
within the Council of Europe, modeled on the Venice 
Commission regarding rule of law issues, that would 
be chartered to provide governments with expert rec-
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ommendations on maintaining legal and regulatory 
regimes supportive of free and independent media 
and an informed citizenry able to distinguish be-
tween 
fact-based 
reporting, 
opinion, 
and 
disinformation; 
(9) in addition to working to strengthen the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Euro-
pean Union, the United States should work with the 
individual countries of Europe and Eurasia— 
(A) to identify vulnerabilities to aggres-
sion, disinformation, corruption, and so-called 
hybrid warfare by the Government of the Rus-
sian Federation; 
(B) to establish strategic and technical 
plans for addressing those vulnerabilities; 
(C) to ensure that the financial systems of 
those countries are not being used to shield il-
licit financial activity by officials of the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation or individuals 
in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle who 
have been enriched through corruption; 
(D) to investigate and prosecute cases of 
corruption by Russian actors; and 
(E) to work toward full compliance with 
the Convention on Combating Bribery of For-
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eign Public Officials in International Business 
Transactions (commonly referred to as the 
‘‘Anti-Bribery Convention’’) of the Organization 
for Economic Co-operation and Development; 
and 
(10) the President of the United States should 
use the authority of the President to impose sanc-
tions under— 
(A) the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Ac-
countability Act of 2012 (title IV of Public Law 
112–208; 22 U.S.C. 5811 note); and 
(B) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 
Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of 
Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 
SEC. 253. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
The United States, consistent with the principle of 
ex injuria jus non oritur, supports the policy known as 
the ‘‘Stimson Doctrine’’ and thus does not recognize terri-
torial changes effected by force, including the illegal inva-
sions and occupations of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Crimea, 
Eastern Ukraine, and Transnistria. 
SEC. 254. COORDINATING AID AND ASSISTANCE ACROSS 
EUROPE AND EURASIA. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for the Countering Rus-
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sian Influence Fund $250,000,000 for fiscal years 2018 
and 2019. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Countering 
Russian Influence Fund shall be used to effectively imple-
ment, prioritized in the following order and subject to the 
availability of funds, the following goals: 
(1) To assist in protecting critical infrastruc-
ture and electoral mechanisms from cyberattacks in 
the following countries: 
(A) Countries that are members of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the Eu-
ropean Union that the Secretary of State deter-
mines— 
(i) are vulnerable to influence by the 
Russian Federation; and 
(ii) lack the economic capability to ef-
fectively respond to aggression by the Rus-
sian Federation without the support of the 
United States. 
(B) Countries that are participating in the 
enlargement process of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization or the European Union, 
including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Kosovo, Serbia, 
and Ukraine.
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(2) To combat corruption, improve the rule of 
law, and otherwise strengthen independent judi-
ciaries and prosecutors general offices in the coun-
tries described in paragraph (1). 
(3) To respond to the humanitarian crises and 
instability caused or aggravated by the invasions and 
occupations of Georgia and Ukraine by the Russian 
Federation. 
(4) To improve participatory legislative proc-
esses and legal education, political transparency and 
competition, and compliance with international obli-
gations in the countries described in paragraph (1). 
(5) To build the capacity of civil society, media, 
and other nongovernmental organizations countering 
the influence and propaganda of the Russian Fed-
eration to combat corruption, prioritize access to 
truthful information, and operate freely in all re-
gions in the countries described in paragraph (1). 
(6) To assist the Secretary of State in exe-
cuting the functions specified in section 1287(b) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 
note) for the purposes of recognizing, understanding, 
exposing, 
and 
countering 
propaganda 
and 
disinformation efforts by foreign governments, in co-
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ordination with the relevant regional Assistant Sec-
retary or Assistant Secretaries of the Department of 
State. 
(c) REVISION OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH AMOUNTS 
MAY BE USED.—The Secretary of State may modify the 
goals described in subsection (b) if, not later than 15 days 
before revising such a goal, the Secretary notifies the ap-
propriate congressional committees of the revision. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, 
acting through the Coordinator of United States As-
sistance to Europe and Eurasia (authorized pursu-
ant to section 601 of the Support for East European 
Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5461) 
and section 102 of the Freedom for Russia and 
Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets 
Support Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5812)), and in con-
sultation with the Administrator for the United 
States Agency for International Development, the 
Director of the Global Engagement Center of the 
Department of State, the Secretary of Defense, the 
Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, co-
ordinate and carry out activities to achieve the goals 
described in subsection (b).
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(2) METHOD.—Activities to achieve the goals 
described in subsection (b) shall be carried out 
through— 
(A) initiatives of the United States Gov-
ernment; 
(B) Federal grant programs such as the 
Information Access Fund; or 
(C) nongovernmental or international orga-
nizations, such as the Organization for Security 
and Co-operation in Europe, the National En-
dowment for Democracy, the Black Sea Trust, 
the Balkan Trust for Democracy, the Prague 
Civil Society Centre, the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization Strategic Communications Centre 
of Excellence, the European Endowment for 
Democracy, and related organizations. 
(3) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1 
of each year, the Secretary of State, acting 
through the Coordinator of United States As-
sistance to Europe and Eurasia, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on the programs and activities carried out 
to achieve the goals described in subsection (b) 
during the preceding fiscal year.
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(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by 
subparagraph (A) shall include, with respect to 
each program or activity described in that sub-
paragraph— 
(i) the amount of funding for the pro-
gram or activity; 
(ii) the goal described in subsection 
(b) to which the program or activity re-
lates; and 
(iii) an assessment of whether or not 
the goal was met. 
(e) COORDINATION WITH GLOBAL PARTNERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to maximize cost 
efficiency, eliminate duplication, and speed the 
achievement of the goals described in subsection (b), 
the Secretary of State shall ensure coordination 
with— 
(A) the European Union and its institu-
tions; 
(B) the governments of countries that are 
members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation or the European Union; and 
(C) international organizations and quasi- 
governmental funding entities that carry out
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programs and activities that seek to accomplish 
the goals described in subsection (b). 
(2) REPORT BY SECRETARY OF STATE.—Not 
later than April 1 of each year, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that includes— 
(A) the amount of funding provided to 
each country referred to in subsection (b) by— 
(i) the European Union or its institu-
tions; 
(ii) the government of each country 
that is a member of the European Union 
or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 
and 
(iii) international organizations and 
quasi-governmental funding entities that 
carry out programs and activities that seek 
to accomplish the goals described in sub-
section (b); and 
(B) an assessment of whether the funding 
described in subparagraph (A) is commensurate 
with funding provided by the United States for 
those goals. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to apply to or limit United States
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foreign assistance not provided using amounts available in 
the Countering Russian Influence Fund. 
(g) ENSURING ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR GOVERN-
ANCE ACTIVITIES.—In order to ensure that the United 
States Government is properly focused on combating cor-
ruption, improving rule of law, and building the capacity 
of civil society, media, and other nongovernmental organi-
zations in countries described in subsection (b)(1), the 
Secretary of State shall establish a pilot program for For-
eign Service officer positions focused on governance and 
anticorruption activities in such countries. 
SEC. 
255. 
REPORT 
ON 
MEDIA 
ORGANIZATIONS 
CON-
TROLLED AND FUNDED BY THE GOVERN-
MENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report that includes a description of 
media organizations that are controlled and funded by the 
Government of the Russian Federation, and any affiliated 
entities, whether operating within or outside the Russian 
Federation, including broadcast and satellite-based tele-
vision, radio, Internet, and print media organizations.
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(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
include a classified annex. 
SEC. 256. REPORT ON RUSSIAN FEDERATION INFLUENCE 
ON ELECTIONS IN EUROPE AND EURASIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and leadership a report on funds pro-
vided by, or funds the use of which was directed by, the 
Government of the Russian Federation or any Russian 
person with the intention of influencing the outcome of 
any election or campaign in any country in Europe or Eur-
asia during the preceding year, including through direct 
support to any political party, candidate, lobbying cam-
paign, nongovernmental organization, or civic organiza-
tion. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 
may include a classified annex. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES
AND
LEADERSHIP.—The term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees and leadership’’ means—
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(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs, the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Appro-
priations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, 
and the majority and minority leaders of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Homeland Security, the Committee on Appro-
priations, the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence, and the Speaker, the majority 
leader, and the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives. 
(2) RUSSIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Russian per-
son’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is a citizen or na-
tional 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 Rus-
sian Federation.
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SEC. 257. UKRANIAN ENERGY SECURITY. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States— 
(1) to support the Government of Ukraine in 
restoring its sovereign and territorial integrity; 
(2) to condemn and oppose all of the desta-
bilizing efforts by the Government of the Russian 
Federation in Ukraine in violation of its obligations 
and international commitments; 
(3) to never recognize the illegal annexation of 
Crimea by the Government of the Russian Federa-
tion or the separation of any portion of Ukrainian 
territory through the use of military force; 
(4) to deter the Government of the Russian 
Federation from further destabilizing and invading 
Ukraine and other independent countries in Central 
and Eastern Europe and the Caucuses; 
(5) to assist in promoting reform in regulatory 
oversight and operations in Ukraine’s energy sector, 
including the establishment and empowerment of an 
independent regulatory organization; 
(6) to encourage and support fair competition, 
market liberalization, and reliability in Ukraine’s en-
ergy sector; 
(7) to help Ukraine and United States allies 
and partners in Europe reduce their dependence on
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Russian energy resources, especially natural gas, 
which the Government of the Russian Federation 
uses as a weapon to coerce, intimidate, and influence 
other countries; 
(8) to work with European Union member 
states and European Union institutions to promote 
energy security through developing diversified and 
liberalized energy markets that provide diversified 
sources, suppliers, and routes; 
(9) to continue to oppose the NordStream 2 
pipeline given its detrimental impacts on the Euro-
pean Union’s energy security, gas market develop-
ment in Central and Eastern Europe, and energy re-
forms in Ukraine; and 
(10) that the United States Government should 
prioritize the export of United States energy re-
sources in order to create American jobs, help 
United States allies and partners, and strengthen 
United States foreign policy. 
(b) PLAN TO PROMOTE ENERGY SECURITY
IN 
UKRAINE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development and 
the Secretary of Energy, shall work with the Govern-
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ment of Ukraine to develop a plan to increase energy 
security in Ukraine, increase the amount of energy 
produced in Ukraine, and reduce Ukraine’s reliance 
on energy imports from the Russian Federation. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan developed under 
paragraph (1) shall include strategies for market lib-
eralization, effective regulation and oversight, supply 
diversification, energy reliability, and energy effi-
ciency, such as through supporting— 
(A) the promotion of advanced technology 
and modern operating practices in Ukraine’s oil 
and gas sector; 
(B) modern geophysical and meteorological 
survey work as needed followed by international 
tenders to help attract qualified investment into 
exploration and development of areas with un-
tapped resources in Ukraine; 
(C) a broadening of Ukraine’s electric 
power transmission interconnection with Eu-
rope; 
(D) the strengthening of Ukraine’s capa-
bility to maintain electric power grid stability 
and reliability;
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(E) independent regulatory oversight and 
operations of Ukraine’s gas market and elec-
tricity sector; 
(F) the implementation of primary gas law 
including pricing, tariff structure, and legal reg-
ulatory implementation; 
(G) privatization of government owned en-
ergy companies through credible legal frame-
works and a transparent process compliant with 
international best practices; 
(H) procurement and transport of emer-
gency fuel supplies, including reverse pipeline 
flows from Europe; 
(I) provision of technical assistance for cri-
sis planning, crisis response, and public out-
reach; 
(J) repair of infrastructure to enable the 
transport of fuel supplies; 
(K) repair of power generating or power 
transmission equipment or facilities; and 
(L) improved building energy efficiency 
and other measures designed to reduce energy 
demand in Ukraine. 
(3) REPORTS.—
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(A) IMPLEMENTATION OF UKRAINE FREE-
DOM SUPPORT ACT OF 2014 PROVISIONS.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report detailing the status of imple-
menting the provisions required under section 
7(c) of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 
2014 (22 U.S.C. 8926(c)), including detailing 
the plans required under that section, the level 
of funding that has been allocated to and ex-
pended for the strategies set forth under that 
section, and progress that has been made in im-
plementing the strategies developed pursuant to 
that section. 
(B) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report detailing the 
plan developed under paragraph (1), the level of 
funding that has been allocated to and ex-
pended for the strategies set forth in paragraph 
(2), and progress that has been made in imple-
menting the strategies.
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(C) BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary of State, 
or a designee of the Secretary, shall brief the 
appropriate congressional committees not later 
than 30 days after the submission of each re-
port under subparagraph (B). In addition, the 
Department of State shall make relevant offi-
cials available upon request to brief the appro-
priate congressional committees on all available 
information that relates directly or indirectly to 
Ukraine or energy security in Eastern Europe. 
(D) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEES
DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(i) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate; and 
(ii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
(c) SUPPORTING EFFORTS OF COUNTRIES IN EU-
ROPE AND EURASIA TO DECREASE THEIR DEPENDENCE 
ON RUSSIAN SOURCES OF ENERGY.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following 
findings:
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(A) The Government of the Russian Fed-
eration uses its strong position in the energy 
sector as leverage to manipulate the internal 
politics and foreign relations of the countries of 
Europe and Eurasia. 
(B) This influence is based not only on the 
Russian Federation’s oil and natural gas re-
sources, but also on its state-owned nuclear 
power and electricity companies. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that— 
(A) the United States should assist the ef-
forts of the countries of Europe and Eurasia to 
enhance their energy security through diver-
sification of energy supplies in order to lessen 
dependencies on Russian Federation energy re-
sources and state-owned entities; and 
(B) the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States and the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation should play key roles in supporting 
critical energy projects that contribute to that 
goal. 
(3) USE OF COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE 
FUND
TO
PROVIDE
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.— 
Amounts in the Countering Russian Influence Fund
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pursuant to section 254 shall be used to provide 
technical advice to countries described in subsection 
(b)(1) of such section designed to enhance energy se-
curity and lessen dependence on energy from Rus-
sian Federation sources. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State 
a total of $30,000,000 for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 to 
carry out the strategies set forth in subsection (b)(2) and 
other activities under this section related to the promotion 
of energy security in Ukraine. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as affecting the responsibilities re-
quired and authorities provided under section 7 of the 
Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8926). 
SEC. 258. TERMINATION. 
The provisions of this subtitle shall terminate on the 
date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 259. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 
DEFINED. 
Except as otherwise provided, in this subtitle, the 
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
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fairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
Subtitle C—Combating Terrorism 
and Illicit Financing 
PART 1—NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COMBATING 
TERRORIST AND OTHER ILLICIT FINANCING 
SEC. 261. DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting through the 
Secretary, shall, in consultation with the Attorney Gen-
eral, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Director of National Intelligence, the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget, and the ap-
propriate Federal banking agencies and Federal functional 
regulators, develop a national strategy for combating the 
financing of terrorism and related forms of illicit finance. 
(b) TRANSMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a comprehensive national strategy developed 
in accordance with subsection (a). 
(2) UPDATES.—Not later than January 31, 
2020, and January 31, 2022, the President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
updated versions of the national strategy submitted 
under paragraph (1). 
(c) SEPARATE PRESENTATION OF CLASSIFIED MA-
TERIAL.—Any part of the national strategy that involves 
information that is properly classified under criteria estab-
lished by the President shall be submitted to Congress sep-
arately in a classified annex and, if requested by the chair-
man or ranking member of one of the appropriate congres-
sional committees, as a briefing at an appropriate level 
of security. 
SEC. 262. CONTENTS OF NATIONAL STRATEGY. 
The strategy described in section 261 shall contain 
the following: 
(1) EVALUATION OF EXISTING EFFORTS.—An 
assessment of the effectiveness of and ways in which 
the United States is currently addressing the highest 
levels of risk of various forms of illicit finance, in-
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cluding those identified in the documents entitled 
‘‘2015 National Money Laundering Risk Assess-
ment’’ and ‘‘2015 National Terrorist Financing Risk 
Assessment’’, published by the Department of the 
Treasury and a description of how the strategy is in-
tegrated into, and supports, the broader counter ter-
rorism strategy of the United States. 
(2) GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND PRIORITIES.—A 
comprehensive, research-based, long-range, quantifi-
able discussion of goals, objectives, and priorities for 
disrupting and preventing illicit finance activities 
within and transiting the financial system of the 
United States that outlines priorities to reduce the 
incidence, dollar value, and effects of illicit finance. 
(3) THREATS.—An identification of the most 
significant illicit finance threats to the financial sys-
tem of the United States. 
(4) REVIEWS AND PROPOSED CHANGES.—Re-
views of enforcement efforts, relevant regulations 
and relevant provisions of law and, if appropriate, 
discussions of proposed changes determined to be 
appropriate to ensure that the United States pur-
sues coordinated and effective efforts at all levels of 
government, and with international partners of the 
United States, in the fight against illicit finance.
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(5) DETECTION
AND
PROSECUTION
INITIA-
TIVES.—A description of efforts to improve, as nec-
essary, detection and prosecution of illicit finance, 
including efforts to ensure that— 
(A) subject to legal restrictions, all appro-
priate data collected by the Federal Govern-
ment that is relevant to the efforts described in 
this section be available in a timely fashion to— 
(i) all appropriate Federal depart-
ments and agencies; and 
(ii) as appropriate and consistent with 
section 314 of the International Money 
Laundering 
Abatement 
and 
Financial 
Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 (31 U.S.C. 
5311 note), to financial institutions to as-
sist the financial institutions in efforts to 
comply with laws aimed at curbing illicit fi-
nance; and 
(B) appropriate efforts are undertaken to 
ensure that Federal departments and agencies 
charged with reducing and preventing illicit fi-
nance make thorough use of publicly available 
data in furtherance of this effort. 
(6) THE
ROLE
OF
THE
PRIVATE
FINANCIAL 
SECTOR IN PREVENTION OF ILLICIT FINANCE.—A
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discussion of ways to enhance partnerships between 
the private financial sector and Federal departments 
and agencies with regard to the prevention and de-
tection of illicit finance, including— 
(A) efforts to facilitate compliance with 
laws aimed at stopping such illicit finance while 
maintaining the effectiveness of such efforts; 
and 
(B) providing guidance to strengthen inter-
nal controls and to adopt on an industry-wide 
basis more effective policies. 
(7) ENHANCEMENT
OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
COOPERATION.—A discussion of ways to combat il-
licit finance by enhancing— 
(A) cooperative efforts between and among 
Federal, State, and local officials, including 
State regulators, State and local prosecutors, 
and other law enforcement officials; and 
(B) cooperative efforts with and between 
governments of countries and with and between 
multinational institutions with expertise in 
fighting illicit finance, including the Financial 
Action Task Force and the Egmont Group of 
Financial Intelligence Units.
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(8) TREND ANALYSIS OF EMERGING ILLICIT FI-
NANCE THREATS.—A discussion of and data regard-
ing trends in illicit finance, including evolving forms 
of value transfer such as so-called cryptocurrencies, 
other methods that are computer, telecommuni-
cations, or Internet-based, cyber crime, or any other 
threats that the Secretary may choose to identify. 
(9) BUDGET PRIORITIES.—A multiyear budget 
plan that identifies sufficient resources needed to 
successfully execute the full range of missions called 
for in this section. 
(10) TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS.—An anal-
ysis of current and developing ways to leverage tech-
nology to improve the effectiveness of efforts to stop 
the financing of terrorism and other forms of illicit 
finance, including better integration of open-source 
data. 
PART 2—ENHANCING ANTITERRORISM TOOLS OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
SEC. 271. IMPROVING ANTITERROR FINANCE MONITORING 
OF FUNDS TRANSFERS. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To improve the ability of the 
Department of the Treasury to better track cross- 
border fund transfers and identify potential financ-
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ing of terrorist or other forms of illicit finance, the 
Secretary shall carry out a study to assess— 
(A) the potential efficacy of requiring 
banking regulators to establish a pilot program 
to provide technical assistance to depository in-
stitutions and credit unions that wish to provide 
account services to money services businesses 
serving individuals in Somalia; 
(B) whether such a pilot program could be 
a model for improving the ability of United 
States persons to make legitimate funds trans-
fers through transparent and easily monitored 
channels while preserving strict compliance with 
the Bank Secrecy Act (Public Law 91–508; 84 
Stat. 1114) and related controls aimed at stop-
ping money laundering and the financing of ter-
rorism; and 
(C) consistent with current legal require-
ments regarding confidential supervisory infor-
mation, the potential impact of allowing money 
services businesses to share certain State exam-
ination information with depository institutions 
and credit unions, or whether another appro-
priate mechanism could be identified to allow a 
similar exchange of information to give the de-
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pository institutions and credit unions a better 
understanding of whether an individual money 
services business is adequately meeting its anti- 
money laundering and counter-terror financing 
obligations to combat money laundering, the fi-
nancing of terror, or related illicit finance. 
(2) PUBLIC INPUT.—The Secretary should so-
licit and consider public input as appropriate in de-
veloping the study required under subsection (a). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Financial Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives a report that contains all findings and determina-
tions made in carrying out the study required under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 272. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL CO-
OPERATION REGARDING TERRORIST FINANC-
ING INTELLIGENCE. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary, acting 
through the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial 
Crimes, should intensify work with foreign partners to 
help the foreign partners develop intelligence analytic ca-
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pacities, in a financial intelligence unit, finance ministry, 
or other appropriate agency, that are— 
(1) commensurate to the threats faced by the 
foreign partner; and 
(2) designed to better integrate intelligence ef-
forts with the anti-money laundering and counter- 
terrorist financing regimes of the foreign partner. 
SEC. 273. EXAMINING THE COUNTER-TERROR FINANCING 
ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREAS-
URY IN EMBASSIES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report 
that contains— 
(1) a list of the United States embassies in 
which a full-time Department of the Treasury finan-
cial attache´ is stationed and a description of how the 
interests of the Department of the Treasury relating 
to terrorist financing and money laundering are ad-
dressed (via regional attache´s or otherwise) at 
United States embassies where no such attache´s are 
present;
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(2) a list of the United States embassies at 
which the Department of the Treasury has assigned 
a technical assistance advisor from the Office of 
Technical Assistance of the Department of the 
Treasury; 
(3) an overview of how Department of the 
Treasury financial attache´s and technical assistance 
advisors assist in efforts to counter illicit finance, to 
include money laundering, terrorist financing, and 
proliferation financing; and 
(4) an overview of patterns, trends, or other 
issues identified by the Department of the Treasury 
and whether resources are sufficient to address these 
issues. 
SEC. 274. INCLUSION OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ON 
THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(c)(1) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(c)(1)) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Treasury,’’ before ‘‘and 
such other officers’’. 
(b) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—The amendment 
made by subsection (a) may not be construed to authorize 
the National Security Council to have a professional staff 
level that exceeds the limitation set forth under section
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101(e)(3) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3021(e)(3)). 
SEC. 275. INCLUSION OF ALL FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5326 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the heading of such section, by striking 
‘‘coin and currency’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subtitle and’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subtitle or to’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
‘‘United States coins or currency (or such other 
monetary instruments as the Secretary may de-
scribe in such order)’’ and inserting ‘‘funds (as 
the Secretary may describe in such order),’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘coins 
or currency (or monetary instruments)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘funds’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘coins or 
currency (or such other monetary instruments 
as the Secretary may describe in the regulation 
or order)’’ and inserting ‘‘funds (as the Sec-
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retary may describe in the regulation or 
order)’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
in the item relating to section 5326 by striking ‘‘coin and 
currency’’. 
PART 3—DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 281. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle— 
(1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, Committee on Armed Services, Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs, and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Financial Services, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
the Judiciary, Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives;
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(2) the term ‘‘appropriate Federal banking 
agencies’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 
1813); 
(3) the term ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act’’ means— 
(A) section 21 of the Federal Deposit In-
surance Act (12 U.S.C. 1829b); 
(B) chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91– 
508 (12 U.S.C. 1951 et seq.); and 
(C) subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, 
United States Code; 
(4) the term ‘‘Federal functional regulator’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 509 of the 
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 6809); 
(5) the term ‘‘illicit finance’’ means the financ-
ing of terrorism, narcotics trafficking, or prolifera-
tion, money laundering, or other forms of illicit fi-
nancing domestically or internationally, as defined 
by the President; 
(6) the term ‘‘money services business’’ has the 
meaning given the term under section 1010.100 of 
title 31, Code of Federal Regulations; 
(7) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Treasury; and
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(8) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and each territory 
or possession of the United States. 
Subtitle D—Rule of Construction 
SEC. 291. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this 
title (other than sections 216 and 236(b)) shall be con-
strued to limit the authority of the President under the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
SEC. 292. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE STRATEGIC IMPOR-
TANCE OF ARTICLE 5 OF THE NORTH ATLAN-
TIC TREATY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The principle of collective defense of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is im-
mortalized in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty 
in which members pledge that ‘‘an armed attack 
against one or more of them in Europe or North 
America shall be considered an attack against them 
all’’. 
(2) For almost 7 decades, the principle of col-
lective defense has effectively served as a strategic 
deterrent for the member nations of the North At-
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lantic Treaty Organization and provided stability 
throughout the world, strengthening the security of 
the United States and all 28 other member nations. 
(3) Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist 
attacks in New York, Washington, and Pennsyl-
vania, the Alliance agreed to invoke Article 5 for the 
first time, affirming its commitment to collective de-
fense. 
(4) Countries that are members of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization have made historic 
contributions and sacrifices while combating ter-
rorism in Afghanistan through the International Se-
curity Assistance Force and the Resolute Support 
Mission. 
(5) The recent attacks in the United Kingdom 
underscore the importance of an international alli-
ance to combat hostile nation states and terrorist 
groups. 
(6) At the 2014 NATO summit in Wales, the 
member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization decided that all countries that are mem-
bers of NATO would spend an amount equal to 2 
percent of their gross domestic product on defense 
by 2024.
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(7) Collective defense unites the 29 members of 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, each com-
mitting to protecting and supporting one another 
from external adversaries, which bolsters the North 
Atlantic Alliance. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress— 
(1) to express the vital importance of Article 5 
of the North Atlantic Treaty, the charter of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as it continues 
to serve as a critical deterrent to potential hostile 
nations and terrorist organizations; 
(2) to remember the first and only invocation of 
Article 5 by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
in support of the United States after the terrorist 
attacks of September 11, 2001; 
(3) to affirm that the United States remains 
fully committed to the North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
nization and will honor its obligations enshrined in 
Article 5; and 
(4) to condemn any threat to the sovereignty, 
territorial integrity, freedom, or democracy of any 
country that is a member of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization.
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TITLE III—SANCTIONS WITH 
RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Korean Interdiction 
and Modernization of Sanctions Act’’. 
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS IN THE NORTH 
KOREA SANCTIONS AND POLICY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 
2016.— 
(1) APPLICABLE EXECUTIVE ORDER.—Section 
3(1)(A) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202(1)(A)) 
is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or Executive Order 
13694’’ and inserting ‘‘Executive Order No. 
13694’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or Executive Order No. 
13722 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to block-
ing the property of the Government of North 
Korea and the Workers’ Party of Korea, and 
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect 
to North Korea),’’ before ‘‘to the extent’’. 
(2) APPLICABLE
UNITED
NATIONS
SECURITY 
COUNCIL
RESOLUTION.—Section 3(2)(A) of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act
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of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202(2)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘or 2094 (2013)’’ and inserting ‘‘2094 
(2013), 2270 (2016), or 2321 (2016)’’. 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—Section 3 of the North 
Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 
2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202) is amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(5) 
through (14) as paragraphs (6) through (15), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per-
son’ means— 
‘‘(A) an individual who is not a United 
States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence to the United States; or 
‘‘(B) an entity that is not a United States 
person.’’. 
(4) LUXURY GOODS.—Paragraph (9) of section 
3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy En-
hancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202), as redes-
ignated by paragraph (3) of this subsection, is 
amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end;
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) also includes any items so designated 
under an applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolution.’’. 
(5) NORTH KOREAN PERSON.—Section 3 of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 
of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202), as amended by para-
graph (3) of this subsection, is further amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (13) 
through (15) as paragraphs (14) through (16), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (12) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) NORTH
KOREAN
PERSON.—The term 
‘North Korean person’ means— 
‘‘(A) a North Korean citizen or national; 
or 
‘‘(B) an entity owned or controlled by the 
Government of North Korea or by a North Ko-
rean citizen or national.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ACT.—In 
this title:
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(A) any program related to the develop-
ment of nuclear, chemical, or biological weap-
ons, and their means of delivery, including bal-
listic missiles; and 
(B) any program to develop related mate-
rials with respect to a program described in 
subparagraph (A). 
Subtitle A—Sanctions to Enforce 
and Implement United Nations 
Security 
Council 
Sanctions 
Against North Korea 
SEC. 311. MODIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR THE DESIGNATION OF PERSONS. 
(a) EXPANSION OF MANDATORY DESIGNATIONS.— 
Section 104(a) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
serting ‘‘or any defense article or defense service (as 
such terms are defined in section 47 of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794));’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para-
graph (15); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs:
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‘‘(10) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur-
chases or otherwise acquires from North Korea any 
significant amounts of gold, titanium ore, vanadium 
ore, copper, silver, nickel, zinc, or rare earth min-
erals; 
‘‘(11) knowingly, directly or indirectly, sells or 
transfers to North Korea any significant amounts of 
rocket, aviation, or jet fuel (except for use by a civil-
ian passenger aircraft outside North Korea, exclu-
sively for consumption during its flight to North 
Korea or its return flight); 
‘‘(12) knowingly, directly or indirectly, provides 
significant amounts of fuel or supplies, provides bun-
kering services, or facilitates a significant trans-
action or transactions to operate or maintain, a ves-
sel or aircraft that is designated under an applicable 
Executive order or an applicable United Nations Se-
curity Council resolution, or that is owned or con-
trolled by a person designated under an applicable 
Executive order or applicable United Nations Secu-
rity Council resolution; 
‘‘(13) knowingly, directly or indirectly, insures, 
registers, facilitates the registration of, or maintains 
insurance or a registration for, a vessel owned or 
controlled by the Government of North Korea, ex-
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cept as specifically approved by the United Nations 
Security Council; 
‘‘(14) knowingly, directly or indirectly, main-
tains a correspondent account (as defined in section 
201A(d)(1)) with any North Korean financial insti-
tution, except as specifically approved by the United 
Nations Security Council; or’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (15), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘(14)’’. 
(b) EXPANSION
OF ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY 
DESIGNATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 104(b)(1) of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 
of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214(b)(1)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘pur-
suant to an applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolution;’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘pursuant to— 
‘‘(i) an applicable United Nations Se-
curity Council resolution; 
‘‘(ii) 
any 
regulation 
promulgated 
under section 404; or 
‘‘(iii) 
any 
applicable 
Executive 
order;’’;
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(B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(D) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur-
chased or otherwise acquired from the Govern-
ment of North Korea significant quantities of 
coal, iron, or iron ore, in excess of the limita-
tions provided in applicable United Nations Se-
curity Council resolutions; 
‘‘(E) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur-
chased or otherwise acquired significant types 
or amounts of textiles from the Government of 
North Korea; 
‘‘(F) knowingly facilitated a significant 
transfer of funds or property of the Govern-
ment of North Korea that materially contrib-
utes to any violation of an applicable United 
National Security Council resolution; 
‘‘(G) knowingly, directly or indirectly, fa-
cilitated a significant transfer to or from the 
Government of North Korea of bulk cash, pre-
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cious metals, gemstones, or other stores of 
value not described under subsection (a)(10); 
‘‘(H) knowingly, directly or indirectly, sold, 
transferred, or otherwise provided significant 
amounts of crude oil, condensates, refined pe-
troleum, other types of petroleum or petroleum 
byproducts, liquified natural gas, or other nat-
ural gas resources to the Government of North 
Korea (except for heavy fuel oil, gasoline, or 
diesel fuel for humanitarian use or as excepted 
under subsection (a)(11)); 
‘‘(I) knowingly, directly or indirectly, en-
gaged in, facilitated, or was responsible for the 
online commercial activities of the Government 
of North Korea, including online gambling; 
‘‘(J) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur-
chased or otherwise acquired fishing rights 
from the Government of North Korea; 
‘‘(K) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pur-
chased or otherwise acquired significant types 
or amounts of food or agricultural products 
from the Government of North Korea; 
‘‘(L) knowingly, directly or indirectly, en-
gaged in, facilitated, or was responsible for the 
exportation of workers from North Korea in a
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manner intended to generate significant rev-
enue, directly or indirectly, for use by the Gov-
ernment of North Korea or by the Workers’ 
Party of Korea; 
‘‘(M) knowingly conducted a significant 
transaction or transactions in North Korea’s 
transportation, mining, energy, or financial 
services industries; or 
‘‘(N) except as specifically approved by the 
United Nations Security Council, and other 
than through a correspondent account as de-
scribed in subsection (a)(14), knowingly facili-
tated the operation of any branch, subsidiary, 
or office of a North Korean financial institu-
tion.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act and apply with respect to con-
duct described in subparagraphs (D) through (N) of 
section 104(b)(1) of the North Korea Sanctions and 
Policy Enhancement Act of 2016, as added by para-
graph (1), engaged in on or after such date of enact-
ment. 
(c) 
MANDATORY
AND
DISCRETIONARY
ASSET 
BLOCKING.—Section 104(c) of the North Korea Sanctions
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and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214(c)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘of a designated person’’ and in-
serting ‘‘of a person designated under subsection 
(a)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) 
MANDATORY
ASSET
BLOCKING.—The 
President’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) DISCRETIONARY
ASSET
BLOCKING.—The 
President may also exercise such powers, in the 
same manner and to the same extent described in 
paragraph (1), with respect to a person designated 
under subsection (b).’’. 
(d) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL PERSONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report including a determination 
as to whether reasonable grounds exist, and an ex-
planation of the reasons for any determination that 
such grounds do not exist, to designate, pursuant to 
section 104 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy
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Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214), as 
amended by this section, each of the following: 
(A) The Korea Shipowners’ Protection and 
Indemnity Association, a North Korean insur-
ance company, with respect to facilitating im-
ports, exports, and reexports of arms and re-
lated materiel to and from North Korea, or for 
other activities prohibited by such section 104. 
(B) Chinpo Shipping Company (Private) 
Limited, a Singapore corporation, with respect 
to facilitating imports, exports, and reexports of 
arms and related materiel to and from North 
Korea. 
(C) The Central Bank of the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea, with respect to the 
sale of gold to, the receipt of gold from, or the 
import or export of gold by the Government of 
North Korea. 
(D) Kumgang Economic Development Cor-
poration (KKG), with respect to being an entity 
controlled by Bureau 39 of the Workers’ Party 
of the Government of North Korea. 
(E) Sam Pa, also known as Xu Jinghua, 
Xu Songhua, Sa Muxu, Samo, Sampa, or Sam 
King, and any entities owned or controlled by
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such individual, with respect to transactions 
with KKG. 
(F) The Chamber of Commerce of the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, with re-
spect to the exportation of workers in violation 
of section 104(a)(5) or of section 104(b)(1)(M) 
of such Act, as amended by subsection (b) of 
this section. 
(2) FORM.—The report submitted under para-
graph (1) may contain a classified annex. 
SEC. 312. PROHIBITION ON INDIRECT CORRESPONDENT 
ACCOUNTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the North Korea Sanc-
tions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
9221 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 201 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 201A. PROHIBITION ON INDIRECT CORRESPONDENT 
ACCOUNTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), if a United States financial institution has or obtains 
knowledge that a correspondent account established, 
maintained, administered, or managed by that institution 
for a foreign financial institution is being used by the for-
eign financial institution to provide significant financial 
services indirectly to any person, foreign government, or
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ice, as such terms are defined in section 47 of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794), 
if the President determines that a significant 
type or amount of such article or service has 
been so provided or received’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘or emer-
gency’’ and inserting ‘‘maternal and child health, 
disease prevention and response, or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) REPORT
ON ARMS TRAFFICKING INVOLVING 
NORTH KOREA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that specifically describes the 
compliance of foreign countries and other foreign ju-
risdictions with the requirement to curtail the trade 
described in subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 
may contain a classified annex.’’.
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SEC. 314. AMENDMENTS TO ENHANCE INSPECTION AU-
THORITIES. 
Title II of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy En-
hancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9221 et seq.), as 
amended by section 102 of this Act, is further amended 
by striking section 205 and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 205. ENHANCED INSPECTION AUTHORITIES. 
‘‘(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, and 
annually thereafter for 5 years, the President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report— 
‘‘(A) identifying the operators of foreign 
sea ports and airports that knowingly— 
‘‘(i) significantly fail to implement or 
enforce regulations to inspect ships, air-
craft, cargo, or conveyances in transit to or 
from North Korea, as required by applica-
ble United Nations Security Council reso-
lutions; 
‘‘(ii) facilitate the transfer, trans-
shipment, or conveyance of significant 
types or quantities of cargo, vessels, or air-
craft owned or controlled by persons des-
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ignated under applicable United Nations 
Security Council resolutions; or 
‘‘(iii) facilitate any of the activities de-
scribed in section 104(a); 
‘‘(B) describing the extent to which the re-
quirements of applicable United Nations Secu-
rity Council resolutions to de-register any vessel 
owned, controlled, or operated by or on behalf 
of the Government of North Korea have been 
implemented by other foreign countries; 
‘‘(C) describing the compliance of the Is-
lamic Republic of Iran with the sanctions man-
dated in applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolutions; 
‘‘(D) identifying vessels, aircraft, and con-
veyances owned or controlled by the Reconnais-
sance General Bureau of the Workers’ Party of 
Korea; and 
‘‘(E) describing the diplomatic and en-
forcement efforts by the President to secure the 
full implementation of the applicable United 
Nations Security Council resolutions, as de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (C).
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‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 
may contain a classified annex. 
‘‘(b) SPECIFIC FINDINGS.—Each report required 
under subsection (a) shall include specific findings with 
respect to the following ports and airports: 
‘‘(1) The ports of Dandong, Dalian, and any 
other port in the People’s Republic of China that the 
President deems appropriate. 
‘‘(2) The ports of Abadan, Bandar-e-Abbas, 
Chabahar, 
Bandar-e-Khomeini, 
Bushehr 
Port, 
Asaluyeh Port, Kish, Kharg Island, Bandar-e-Lenge, 
and Khorramshahr, and Tehran Imam Khomeini 
International Airport, in the Islamic Republic of 
Iran. 
‘‘(3) The ports of Nakhodka, Vanino, and Vlad-
ivostok, in the Russian Federation. 
‘‘(4) The ports of Latakia, Banias, and 
Tartous, and Damascus International Airport, in the 
Syrian Arab Republic. 
‘‘(c) ENHANCED SECURITY TARGETING REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary of Homeland Security may, 
using a layered approach, require enhanced screen-
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ing procedures to determine whether physical inspec-
tions are warranted of any cargo bound for or land-
ed in the United States that— 
‘‘(A) has been transported through a sea 
port or airport the operator of which has been 
identified by the President in accordance with 
subsection (a)(1) as having repeatedly failed to 
comply with applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolutions; 
‘‘(B) is aboard a vessel or aircraft, or with-
in a conveyance that has, within the last 365 
days, entered the territory or waters of North 
Korea, or landed in any of the sea ports or air-
ports of North Korea; or 
‘‘(C) is registered by a country or jurisdic-
tion whose compliance has been identified by 
the President as deficient pursuant to sub-
section (a)(2). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION
FOR
FOOD, MEDICINE, AND 
HUMANITARIAN
SHIPMENTS.—Paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to any vessel, aircraft, or conveyance that 
has entered the territory or waters of North Korea, 
or landed in any of the sea ports or airports of 
North Korea, exclusively for the purposes described 
in section 208(b)(3)(B), or to import food, medicine,
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or supplies into North Korea to meet the humani-
tarian needs of the North Korean people. 
‘‘(d) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE.—A vessel, aircraft, 
or conveyance used to facilitate any of the activities de-
scribed in section 104(a) under the jurisdiction of the 
United States may be seized and forfeited, or subject to 
forfeiture, under— 
‘‘(1) chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code; 
or 
‘‘(2) part V of title IV of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1581 et seq.).’’. 
SEC. 315. ENFORCING COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS 
SHIPPING 
SANCTIONS 
AGAINST 
NORTH 
KOREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Ports and Waterways Safety 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 16. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY AND OPERATION. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, no vessel described in sub-
section (b) may enter or operate in the navigable 
waters of the United States or transfer cargo in any 
port or place under the jurisdiction of the United 
States.
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‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS ON APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition under 
paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to— 
‘‘(i) a vessel described in subsection 
(b)(1), if the Secretary of State determines 
that— 
‘‘(I) the vessel is owned or oper-
ated by or on behalf of a country the 
government of which the Secretary of 
State determines is closely cooperating 
with the United States with respect to 
implementing the applicable United 
Nations Security Council resolutions 
(as such term is defined in section 3 
of the North Korea Sanctions and 
Policy Enhancement Act of 2016); or 
‘‘(II) it is in the national security 
interest not to apply the prohibition to 
such vessel; or 
‘‘(ii) a vessel described in subsection 
(b)(2), if the Secretary of State determines 
that the vessel is no longer registered as 
described in that subsection. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE.—Not later than 15 days 
after making a determination under subpara-
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graph (A), the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate written notice of the deter-
mination and the basis upon which the deter-
mination was made. 
‘‘(C) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of 
State shall publish a notice in the Federal Reg-
ister of each determination made under sub-
paragraph (A). 
‘‘(b) VESSELS DESCRIBED.—A vessel referred to in 
subsection (a) is a foreign vessel for which a notice of ar-
rival is required to be filed under section 4(a)(5), and 
that— 
‘‘(1) is on the most recent list of vessels pub-
lished in Federal Register under subsection (c)(2); 
or 
‘‘(2) more than 180 days after the publication 
of such list, is knowingly registered, pursuant to the 
1958 Convention on the High Seas entered into 
force on September 30, 1962, by a government the 
agents or instrumentalities of which are maintaining
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a registration of a vessel that is included on such 
list. 
‘‘(c) INFORMATION
AND PUBLICATION.—The Sec-
retary of the department in which the Coast Guard is op-
erating, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 
shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain timely information on the reg-
istrations of all foreign vessels over 300 gross tons 
that are known to be— 
‘‘(A) owned or operated by or on behalf of 
the Government of North Korea or a North Ko-
rean person; 
‘‘(B) owned or operated by or on behalf of 
any country in which a sea port is located, the 
operator of which the President has identified 
in the most recent report submitted under sec-
tion 205(a)(1)(A) of the North Korea Sanctions 
and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016; or 
‘‘(C) owned or operated by or on behalf of 
any country identified by the President as a 
country that has not complied with the applica-
ble United Nations Security Council resolutions 
(as such term is defined in section 3 of such 
Act); and
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‘‘(2) not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this section, and periodically there-
after, publish in the Federal Register a list of the 
vessels described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF GOVERNMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 
shall notify each government, the agents or instru-
mentalities of which are maintaining a registration 
of a foreign vessel that is included on a list pub-
lished under subsection (c)(2), not later than 30 
days after such publication, that all vessels reg-
istered under such government’s authority are sub-
ject to subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION.—In the case 
of a government that continues to maintain a reg-
istration for a vessel that is included on such list 
after receiving an initial notification under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall issue an additional no-
tification to such government not later than 120 
days after the publication of a list under subsection 
(c)(2). 
‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION OF VESSELS.—Upon receiving a 
notice of arrival under section 4(a)(5) from a vessel de-
scribed in subsection (b), the Secretary of the department 
in which the Coast Guard is operating shall notify the
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master of such vessel that the vessel may not enter or op-
erate in the navigable waters of the United States or 
transfer cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction 
of the United States, unless— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of State has made a deter-
mination under subsection (a)(2); or 
‘‘(2) the Secretary of the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating allows provisional 
entry of the vessel, or transfer of cargo from the ves-
sel, under subsection (f). 
‘‘(f) PROVISIONAL ENTRY OR CARGO TRANSFER.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating may allow provisional entry of, or transfer of 
cargo from, a vessel, if such entry or transfer is necessary 
for the safety of the vessel or persons aboard. 
‘‘(g) RIGHT OF INNOCENT PASSAGE AND RIGHT OF 
TRANSIT PASSAGE.—This section shall not be construed 
as authority to restrict the right of innocent passage or 
the right of transit passage as recognized under inter-
national law. 
‘‘(h) FOREIGN VESSEL DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘foreign vessel’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 110 of title 46, United States Code.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) SPECIAL POWERS.—Section 4(b)(2) of the 
Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 
1223(b)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 16’’ after 
‘‘section 9’’. 
(2) DENIAL OF ENTRY.—Section 13(e) of the 
Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 
1232(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 9’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 9 or 16’’. 
SEC. 316. REPORT ON COOPERATION BETWEEN NORTH 
KOREA AND IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
for 5 years, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees and leadership a report that in-
cludes— 
(1) an assessment of the extent of cooperation 
(including through the transfer of goods, services, 
technology, or intellectual property) between North 
Korea and Iran relating to their respective nuclear, 
ballistic missile development, chemical or biological 
weapons development, or conventional weapons pro-
grams; 
(2) the names of any Iranian or North Korean 
persons that have knowingly engaged in or di-
rected—
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(A) the provision of material support to 
such programs; or 
(B) the exchange of information between 
North Korea and Iran with respect to such pro-
grams; 
(3) the names of any other foreign persons that 
have facilitated the activities described in paragraph 
(1); and 
(4) a determination whether any of the activi-
ties described in paragraphs (1) and (2) violate 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 
(2015). 
(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 
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 Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs, and the majority and minority leaders of the 
Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on
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Ways and Means, and the Speaker, the majority 
leader, and the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 317. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED NA-
TIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS BY 
OTHER GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
for 5 years, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees and leadership a report that 
evaluates the degree to which the governments of other 
countries have knowingly failed to— 
(1) close the representative offices of persons 
designated under applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolutions; 
(2) expel any North Korean nationals, including 
diplomats, working on behalf of such persons; 
(3) prohibit the opening of new branches, sub-
sidiaries, or representative offices of North Korean 
financial institutions within the jurisdictions of such 
governments; or 
(4) expel any representatives of North Korean 
financial institutions.
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(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 
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 Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs, and the majority and minority leaders of the 
Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
Ways and Means, and the Speaker, the majority 
leader, and the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 318. BRIEFING ON MEASURES TO DENY SPECIALIZED 
FINANCIAL MESSAGING SERVICES TO DES-
IGNATED NORTH KOREAN FINANCIAL INSTI-
TUTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter for 5 years, the President shall provide to the 
appropriate congressional committees a briefing that in-
cludes the following information:
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(1) A list of each person or foreign government 
the President has identified that directly provides 
specialized financial messaging services to, or en-
ables or facilitates direct or indirect access to such 
messaging services for— 
(A) any North Korean financial institution 
(as such term is defined in section 3 of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhance-
ment Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202)) designated 
under an applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolution; or 
(B) any other North Korean person, on be-
half of such a North Korean financial institu-
tion. 
(2) A detailed assessment of the status of ef-
forts by the Secretary of the Treasury to work with 
the relevant authorities in the home jurisdictions of 
such specialized financial messaging providers to end 
such provision or access. 
(b) FORM.—The briefing required under subsection 
(a) may be classified.
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Subtitle B—Sanctions With Respect 
to Human Rights Abuses by the 
Government of North Korea 
SEC. 321. SANCTIONS FOR FORCED LABOR AND SLAVERY 
OVERSEAS OF NORTH KOREANS. 
(a) SANCTIONS FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(b) of the North 
Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 
2016 (22 U.S.C. 9241(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) a list of foreign persons that knowingly 
employ North Korean laborers, as described in sec-
tion 104(b)(1)(M).’’. 
(2) 
ADDITIONAL
DETERMINATIONS; 
RE-
PORTS.—With respect to any country identified in 
section 302(b)(2) of the North Korea Sanctions and 
Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
9241(b)(2)), as amended by paragraph (1), the re-
port required under section 302(a) of such Act 
shall—
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(A) include a determination whether each 
person identified in section 302(b)(3) of such 
Act (as amended by paragraph (1)) who is a 
national or a citizen of such identified country 
meets the criteria for sanctions under— 
(i) section 111 of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7108) (relating to the prevention of traf-
ficking in persons); or 
(ii) section 104(a) or 104(b)(1) of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy En-
hancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
9214(a)), as amended by section 101 of 
this Act; 
(B) be included in the report required 
under section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) 
(relating to the annual report on trafficking in 
persons); and 
(C) be considered in any determination 
that the government of such country has made 
serious and sustained efforts to eliminate severe 
forms of trafficking in persons, as such term is 
defined for purposes of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000.
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(b) SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PERSONS THAT EM-
PLOY NORTH KOREAN LABOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the North Korea 
Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 
U.S.C. 9241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 302 the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 302A. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION APPLICABLE TO 
GOODS MADE WITH NORTH KOREAN LABOR. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), any significant goods, wares, articles, and merchan-
dise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part 
by the labor of North Korean nationals or citizens shall 
be deemed to be prohibited under section 307 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) and shall not be entitled 
to entry at any of the ports of the United States. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition described in sub-
section (a) shall not apply if the Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection finds, by clear and con-
vincing evidence, that the goods, wares, articles, or mer-
chandise described in such paragraph were not produced 
with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor under 
penal sanctions.
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‘‘SEC. 302B. SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PERSONS EMPLOYING 
NORTH KOREAN LABOR. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(c), the President shall designate any person identified 
under section 302(b)(3) for the imposition of sanctions 
under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose 
the sanctions described in paragraph (2) with re-
spect to any person designated under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions 
described in this paragraph are sanctions pursuant 
to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to block and prohibit 
all transactions in property and interests in property 
of a person designated under 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. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person may not be des-
ignated under subsection (a) if the President cer-
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
that the President has received reliable assurances 
from such person that—
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‘‘(A) the employment of North Korean la-
borers does not result in the direct or indirect 
transfer of convertible currency, luxury goods, 
or other stores of value to the Government of 
North Korea; 
‘‘(B) all wages and benefits are provided 
directly to the laborers, and are held, as appli-
cable, in accounts within the jurisdiction in 
which they reside in locally denominated cur-
rency; and 
‘‘(C) the laborers are subject to working 
conditions consistent with international stand-
ards. 
‘‘(2) RECERTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 
days after the date on which the President transmits 
to the appropriate congressional committees an ini-
tial certification under paragraph (1), and every 180 
days thereafter, the President shall— 
‘‘(A) transmit a recertification stating that 
the conditions described in such paragraph con-
tinue to be met; or 
‘‘(B) if such recertification cannot be 
transmitted, impose the sanctions described in 
subsection (b) beginning on the date on which
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the President determines that such recertifi-
cation cannot be transmitted.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the North Korea Sanctions 
and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 302 the 
following new items: 
‘‘Sec. 302A. Rebuttable presumption applicable to goods made with North Ko-
rean labor. 
‘‘Sec. 302B. Sanctions on foreign persons employing North Korean labor.’’. 
SEC. 322. MODIFICATIONS TO SANCTIONS SUSPENSION AND 
WAIVER AUTHORITIES. 
(a) EXEMPTIONS.—Section 208(a) of the North 
Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 
U.S.C. 9228(a)) is amended in the matter preceding para-
graph (1)— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after ‘‘209,’’. 
(b) HUMANITARIAN WAIVER.—Section 208(b) of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 
2016 (22 U.S.C. 9228(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’ in each 
place it appears; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after ‘‘209(b),’’ 
in each place it appears. 
(c) WAIVER.—Section 208(c) of the North Korea 
Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22
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U.S.C. 9228(c)) is amended in the matter preceding para-
graph (1)— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’; and 
(2) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘302A, 
302B,’’ 
after 
‘‘209(b),’’. 
SEC. 323. REWARD FOR INFORMANTS. 
Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(11) the identification or location of any per-
son who, while acting at the direction of or under 
the control of a foreign government, aids or abets a 
violation of section 1030 of title 18, United States 
Code; or 
‘‘(12) the disruption of financial mechanisms of 
any person who has engaged in the conduct de-
scribed in sections 104(a) or 104(b)(1) of the North 
Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 
2016 (22 U.S.C. 2914(a) or (b)(1)).’’.
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SEC. 324. DETERMINATION ON DESIGNATION OF NORTH 
KOREA AS A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM. 
(a) DETERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a determination whether North 
Korea meets the criteria for designation as a state 
sponsor of terrorism. 
(2) FORM.—The determination required by 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may include a classified annex, if appro-
priate. 
(b) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘state sponsor of ter-
rorism’’ means a country the government of which the 
Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 
6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
4605(j)) (as in effect pursuant to the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act), section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or any 
other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly 
provided support for acts of international terrorism.