I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1751 
To impose sanctions in response to cyber intrusions by the Government 
of the Russian Federation and other aggressive activities of the Russian 
Federation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2017 
Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government 
Reform, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To impose sanctions in response to cyber intrusions by the 
Government of the Russian Federation and other aggres-
sive activities of the Russian Federation, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Counteracting Russian Hostilities Act of 2017’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—COUNTERING RUSSIAN CYBER INTRUSIONS 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Findings. 
Sec. 103. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons engaging in signifi-
cant activities undermining cybersecurity and democratic insti-
tutions. 
Sec. 104. Codification of Executive Order 13694. 
Sec. 105. 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. 106. Exemptions, waivers, and rulemaking. 
Sec. 107. Public service campaign relating to cybersecurity and combating 
disinformation. 
Sec. 108. Termination. 
Sec. 109. Rule of construction. 
TITLE II—COUNTERING RUSSIAN AGGRESSION 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Findings. 
Sec. 203. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 204. Prohibitions against United States recognition of the Russian Federa-
tion’s annexation of Crimea and occupation of South Ossetia 
and Abkhazia. 
Sec. 205. Statements of policy with respect to Ukraine. 
Sec. 206. Codification of Executive orders imposing sanctions in relation to the 
situation in Ukraine. 
Sec. 207. Sanctions with respect to the development and production of petro-
leum and natural gas resources in the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 208. Sanctions with respect to the development of pipelines in the Russian 
Federation. 
Sec. 209. Sanctions with respect to the development of civil nuclear projects by 
the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 210. Sanctions with respect to purchase, subscription to, or facilitation of 
the issuance of sovereign debt of the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 211. Sanctions with respect to investment in or facilitation of privatization 
of state-owned assets by the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 212. Prohibiting certain transactions in areas controlled by the Russian 
Federation. 
Sec. 213. Sanctions described. 
Sec. 214. Exemptions, waivers, and rulemaking. 
Sec. 215. Inclusion of all funds in records of certain transactions. 
Sec. 216. Termination. 
Sec. 217. Rule of construction. 
TITLE III—EUROPE AND EURASIA DEMOCRACY AND ANTI- 
CORRUPTION INITIATIVE 
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Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Findings. 
Sec. 303. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 304. Report on advertising on media outlets controlled and funded by the 
Government of the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 305. Europe and Eurasia Democracy and Anti-Corruption Fund. 
Sec. 306. Establishment of a Russia unit in the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network. 
Sec. 307. Termination. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(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, and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence 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, and the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence 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 
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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. 
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TITLE I—COUNTERING RUSSIAN 
CYBER INTRUSIONS 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Russian Cyber Intru-
sions Sanctions Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) On October 7, 2016, the Department of 
Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence stated, the ‘‘U.S. Intelligence 
Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian 
government directed the recent compromises of e- 
mails from U.S. persons and institutions, including 
from U.S. political organizations. The recent disclo-
sures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like 
DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 
2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods 
and motivations of Russian-directed efforts.’’. The 
statement concluded that ‘‘only Russia’s senior-most 
officials could have authorized these activities’’. 
(2) On April 1, 2015, President Barack Obama 
issued Executive Order 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 
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