II 
Calendar No. 313 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7108 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 17, 2022 
Received 
MARCH 24, 2022 
Read the first time 
MARCH 28, 2022 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To suspend normal trade relations treatment for the Russian 
Federation and the Republic of Belarus, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Suspending Normal 
Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The United States is a founding member of 
the World Trade Organization (WTO) and is com-
mitted to ensuring that the WTO remains an effec-
tive forum for peaceful economic engagement. 
(2) Ukraine is a sovereign nation-state that is 
entitled to enter into agreements with other sov-
ereign states and to full respect of its territorial in-
tegrity. 
(3) The United States will be unwavering in its 
support for a secure, democratic, and sovereign 
Ukraine, free to choose its own leaders and future. 
(4) Ukraine acceded to the Marrakesh Agree-
ment Establishing the World Trade Organization 
(WTO Agreement) and has been a WTO member 
since 2008. 
(5) Ukraine’s participation in the WTO Agree-
ment creates both rights and obligations vis-a`-vis 
other WTO members. 
(6) The Russian Federation acceded to the 
WTO on August 22, 2012, becoming the 156th 
WTO member, and the Republic of Belarus has ap-
plied to accede to the WTO. 
(7) From the date of its accession, the Russian 
Federation committed to apply fully all provisions of 
the WTO. 
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(8) The United States Congress authorized per-
manent normal trade relations for the Russian Fed-
eration through the Russia and Moldova Jackson- 
Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law 
Accountability Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–208). 
(9) Ukraine communicated to the WTO General 
Council on March 2, 2022, urging that all WTO 
members take action against the Russian Federation 
and ‘‘consider further steps with the view to sus-
pending the Russian Federation’s participation in 
the WTO for its violation of the purpose and prin-
ciples of this Organization’’. 
(10) Vladimir Putin, a ruthless dictator, has led 
the Russian Federation into a war of aggression 
against Ukraine, which— 
(A) denies Ukraine and its people their col-
lective rights to independence, sovereignty, and 
territorial integrity; 
(B) constitutes an emergency in inter-
national relations, because it is a situation of 
armed conflict that threatens the peace and se-
curity of all countries, including the United 
States; and 
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(C) denies Ukraine its rightful ability to 
participate in international organizations, in-
cluding the WTO. 
(11) The Republic of Belarus, also led by a 
ruthless dictator, Aleksander Lukashenka, is pro-
viding important material support to the Russian 
Federation’s aggression. 
(12) The Russian Federation’s exportation of 
goods in the energy sector is central to its ability to 
wage its war of aggression on Ukraine. 
(13) The United States, along with its allies 
and partners, has responded to recent aggression by 
the Russian Federation in Ukraine by imposing 
sweeping financial sanctions and stringent export 
controls. 
(14) The United States cannot allow the con-
sequences of the Russian Federation’s actions to go 
unaddressed, and must lead fellow countries, in all 
fora, including the WTO, to impose appropriate con-
sequences for the Russian Federation’s aggression. 
SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS WITH 
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE REPUB-
LIC OF BELARUS. 
(a) NONDISCRIMINATORY TARIFF TREATMENT.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on 
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the day after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
rates of duty set forth in column 2 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States shall apply to all 
products of the Russian Federation and of the Republic 
of Belarus. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO PROCLAIM INCREASED COLUMN 
2 RATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may proclaim 
increases in the rates of duty applicable to products 
of the Russian Federation or the Republic of 
Belarus, above the rates set forth in column 2 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. 
(2) PRIOR
CONSULTATION.—The President 
shall, not later than 5 calendar days before issuing 
any proclamation under paragraph (1), consult with 
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate regarding the basis for and anticipated 
impact of the proposed increases to rates of duty de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(3) TERMINATION.—The authority to issue 
proclamations under this subsection shall terminate 
on January 1, 2024. 
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SEC. 4. RESUMPTION OF APPLICATION OF HTS COLUMN 1 
RATES OF DUTY AND RESTORATION OF NOR-
MAL TRADE RELATIONS TREATMENT FOR 
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE REPUB-
LIC OF BELARUS. 
(a) TEMPORARY APPLICATION OF HTS COLUMN 1 
RATES OF DUTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law (including the application of column 
2 rates of duty under section 3), the President is au-
thorized to temporarily resume, for one or more pe-
riods not to exceed 1 year each, the application of 
the rates of duty set forth in column 1 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States to the 
products of the Russian Federation, the Republic of 
Belarus, or both, if the President submits to Con-
gress with respect to either or both such countries 
a certification under subsection (c) for each such pe-
riod. Such action shall take effect beginning on the 
date that is 90 calendar days after the date of sub-
mission of such certification for such period, unless 
there is enacted into law during such 90-day period 
a joint resolution of disapproval. 
(2) CONSULTATION AND REPORT.—The Presi-
dent shall, not later than 45 calendar days before 
submitting a certification under paragraph (1)— 
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ment (normal trade relations) to the products of the 
Republic of Belarus. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—A certification under this sub-
section is a certification in writing that— 
(1) specifies the action proposed to be taken 
pursuant to the certification and whether such ac-
tion is pursuant to subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1) of this 
section; and 
(2) contains a determination of the President 
that the Russian Federation or the Republic of 
Belarus (or both)— 
(A) has reached an agreement relating to 
the 
respective 
withdrawal 
of 
Russian 
or 
Belarusian forces (or both, if applicable) and 
cessation of military hostilities that is accepted 
by the free and independent government of 
Ukraine; 
(B) poses no immediate military threat of 
aggression to any North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
nization member; and 
(C) recognizes the right of the people of 
Ukraine to independently and freely choose 
their own government. 
(d) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 
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(1) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘joint resolution of disapproval’’ means 
only a joint resolution— 
(A) which does not have a preamble; 
(B) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint 
resolution disapproving the President’s certifi-
cation under section 4(c) of the Suspending 
Normal Trade Relations with Russia and 
Belarus Act.’’; and 
(C) the matter after the resolving clause of 
which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves 
the certification of the President under section 
4(c) of the Suspending Normal Trade Relations 
with Russia and Belarus Act, submitted to Con-
gress on lll’’, the blank space being filled 
in with the appropriate date. 
(2) INTRODUCTION
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REP-
RESENTATIVES.—During a period of 5 legislative 
days beginning on the date that a certification under 
subsection (c) is submitted to Congress, a joint reso-
lution of disapproval may be introduced in the 
House of Representatives by the majority leader or 
the minority leader. 
(3) INTRODUCTION IN THE SENATE.—During a 
period of 5 days on which the Senate is in session 
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beginning on the date that a certification under sub-
section (c) is submitted to Congress, a joint resolu-
tion of disapproval may be introduced in the Senate 
by the majority leader (or the majority leader’s des-
ignee) or the minority leader (or the minority lead-
er’s designee). 
(4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.— 
(A) REPORTING
AND
DISCHARGE.—If a 
committee of the House to which a joint resolu-
tion of disapproval has been referred has not 
reported such joint resolution within 10 legisla-
tive days after the date of referral, that com-
mittee shall be discharged from further consid-
eration thereof. 
(B) PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDERATION.— 
Beginning on the third legislative day after 
each committee to which a joint resolution of 
disapproval has been referred reports it to the 
House or has been discharged from further con-
sideration thereof, it shall be in order to move 
to proceed to consider the joint resolution in the 
House. All points of order against the motion 
are waived. Such a motion shall not be in order 
after the House has disposed of a motion to 
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proceed on a joint resolution with regard to the 
same certification. The previous question shall 
be considered as ordered on the motion to its 
adoption without intervening motion. The mo-
tion shall not be debatable. A motion to recon-
sider the vote by which the motion is disposed 
of shall not be in order. 
(C) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution 
shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against the joint resolution and against its con-
sideration are waived. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the joint reso-
lution to final passage without intervening mo-
tion except two hours of debate equally divided 
and controlled by the sponsor of the joint reso-
lution (or a designee) and an opponent. A mo-
tion to reconsider the vote on passage of the 
joint resolution shall not be in order. 
(5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
(A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso-
lution of disapproval introduced in the Senate 
shall be referred to the Committee on Finance. 
(B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 
Committee on Finance has not reported such 
joint resolution of disapproval within 10 days 
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on which the Senate is in session after the date 
of referral of such joint resolution, that com-
mittee shall be discharged from further consid-
eration of such joint resolution and the joint 
resolution shall be placed on the appropriate 
calendar. 
(C) 
MOTION
TO
PROCEED.—Notwith-
standing Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, it is in order at any time after the 
Committee on Finance reports the joint resolu-
tion of disapproval to the Senate or has been 
discharged from its consideration (even though 
a previous motion to the same effect has been 
disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consid-
eration of the joint resolution, and all points of 
order against the joint resolution (and against 
consideration of the joint resolution) shall be 
waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. 
The motion is not subject to a motion to post-
pone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 
be in order. If a motion to proceed to the con-
sideration of the joint resolution of disapproval 
is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain 
the unfinished business until disposed of. 
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(D) DEBATE.—Debate on the joint resolu-
tion of disapproval, and on all debatable mo-
tions and appeals in connection therewith, shall 
be limited to not more than 10 hours, which 
shall be divided equally between the majority 
and minority leaders or their designees. A mo-
tion to further limit debate is in order and not 
debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to 
postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consid-
eration of other business, or a motion to recom-
mit the joint resolution of disapproval is not in 
order. 
(E) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on pas-
sage shall occur immediately following the con-
clusion of the debate on the joint resolution of 
disapproval and a single quorum call at the con-
clusion of the debate, if requested in accordance 
with the rules of the Senate. 
(F) RULES
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 the joint resolution of disapproval shall 
be decided without debate. 
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(G) 
CONSIDERATION
OF
VETO
MES-
SAGES.—Debate in the Senate of any veto mes-
sage with respect to the joint resolution of dis-
approval, including all debatable motions and 
appeals in connection with such joint resolution, 
shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally di-
vided between, and controlled by, the majority 
leader and the minority leader or their des-
ignees. 
(6) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.—Except as 
otherwise provided in this subsection, the following 
procedures shall apply in the Senate to a joint reso-
lution of disapproval to which this subsection ap-
plies: 
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), a joint resolution of disapproval that has 
passed the House of Representatives shall, 
when received in the Senate, be referred to the 
Committee on Finance for consideration in ac-
cordance with this subsection. 
(B) If a joint resolution of disapproval to 
which this subsection applies was introduced in 
the Senate before receipt of a joint resolution of 
disapproval that has passed the House of Rep-
resentatives, the joint resolution from the 
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SEC. 6. MODIFICATIONS TO AND REAUTHORIZATION OF 
SANCTIONS UNDER THE GLOBAL MAGNITSKY 
HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY ACT WITH 
RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1262 of the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F 
of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) 
is amended by striking paragraph (2). 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Global Magnitsky 
Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title 
XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) 
is amended by inserting after section 1262 (as 
amended by subsection (a)) the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 1262A. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
‘‘It is the sense of Congress that the President should 
establish and regularize information sharing and sanc-
tions-related decisionmaking with like-minded govern-
ments possessing human rights and anti-corruption sanc-
tions programs similar in nature to those authorized under 
this subtitle.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 2(b) and in title XII of division A 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) are each amended 
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by inserting after the items relating to section 1262 
the following: 
‘‘Sec. 1262A. Sense of Congress.’’. 
(c) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 
1263 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Ac-
countability Act (Subtitle F of title XII of Public 
Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any 
foreign person that the President determines, based on 
credible information— 
‘‘(1) is responsible for or complicit in, or has di-
rectly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights 
abuse; 
‘‘(2) is a current or former government official, 
or a person acting for or on behalf of such an offi-
cial, who is responsible for or complicit in, or has di-
rectly or indirectly engaged in— 
‘‘(A) corruption, including— 
‘‘(i) the misappropriation of state as-
sets; 
‘‘(ii) the expropriation of private as-
sets for personal gain; 
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‘‘(iii) corruption related to government 
contracts or the extraction of natural re-
sources; or 
‘‘(iv) bribery; or 
‘‘(B) the transfer or facilitation of the 
transfer of the proceeds of corruption; 
‘‘(3) is or has been a leader or official of— 
‘‘(A) an entity, including a government en-
tity, that has engaged in, or whose members 
have engaged in, any of the activities described 
in paragraph (1) or (2) during the tenure of the 
leader or official; or 
‘‘(B) an entity whose property and inter-
ests in property are blocked pursuant to this 
section as a result of activities during the ten-
ure of the leader or official; 
‘‘(4) has materially assisted, sponsored, or pro-
vided financial, material, or technological support 
for, or goods or services to or in support of— 
‘‘(A) an activity described in paragraph (1) 
or (2) that is conducted by a foreign person; 
‘‘(B) a person whose property and inter-
ests in property are blocked pursuant to this 
section; or 
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‘‘(C) an entity, including a government en-
tity, that has engaged in, or whose members 
have engaged in, an activity described in para-
graph (1) or (2) conducted by a foreign person; 
or 
‘‘(5) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or 
been purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or 
indirectly, a person whose property and interests in 
property are blocked pursuant to this section.’’. 
(2) CONSIDERATION
OF
CERTAIN
INFORMA-
TION.—Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended 
by striking ‘‘violations of human rights’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘corruption and human rights abuses’’. 
(3) 
REQUESTS
BY
CONGRESS.—Subsection 
(d)(2) of such section is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
striking ‘‘HUMAN
RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘SERIOUS
HUMAN
RIGHTS 
ABUSE’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘described in para-
graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘described in subsection (a) relat-
ing to serious human rights abuse’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
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(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘described in paragraph (3) or 
(4) of subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘de-
scribed in subsection (a) relating to cor-
ruption or the transfer or facilitation of 
the transfer of the proceeds of corruption’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘ranking member of— 
’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘ranking member of 
one of the appropriate congressional com-
mittees.’’. 
(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Section 1264(a) of the 
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (sub-
title F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 
2656 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) a description of additional steps taken by 
the President through diplomacy, international en-
gagement, and assistance to foreign or security sec-
tors to address persistent underlying causes of seri-
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ous human rights abuse and corruption in each 
country in which foreign persons with respect to 
which sanctions have been imposed under section 
1263 are located; and 
‘‘(8) a description of additional steps taken by 
the President to ensure the pursuit of judicial ac-
countability in appropriate jurisdictions with respect 
to those foreign persons subject to sanctions under 
section 1263 for serious human rights abuse and 
corruption.’’. 
(e) REPEAL OF SUNSET.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1265 of the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (sub-
title F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 
U.S.C. 2656 note) is repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 2(b) and in title XII of division A 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) are each amended 
by striking the items relating to section 1265. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 17, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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