I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2798 
To prohibit access by the Government of the Russian Federation to certain 
Russian-owned diplomatic facilities and properties located in the States 
of Maryland and New York, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2017 
Mr. PASCRELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 
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 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit access by the Government of the Russian Federa-
tion to certain Russian-owned diplomatic facilities and 
properties located in the States of Maryland and New 
York, 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 ‘‘No Russian Diplomatic 
Access to Compounds Here in America Act’’ or ‘‘No Rus-
sian DACHA Act’’. 
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SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF SANCTIONS IM-
POSED WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FED-
ERATION. 
(a) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF POLICY CHANGES 
TO SANCTIONS ON THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.—Before 
taking any action to waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief 
from, or otherwise limit the application of paragraph (1) 
or (2) of section 2(a), the President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees and leadership a re-
port that— 
(1) describes the proposed action; 
(2) certifies that the Government of the Rus-
sian Federation did not use the facilities and prop-
erties described in section 2(b) for intelligence-re-
lated purposes; and 
(3) certifies that the Government of the Rus-
sian Federation has ceased the harassment of 
United States Government diplomatic personnel in 
the Russian Federation. 
(b) PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the 120-calendar-day 
period following submission by the President of a re-
port under subsection (a), the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives shall, 
as appropriate, hold hearings and briefings and oth-
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erwise obtain information in order to fully review the 
report and the certification required by subsection 
(a)(2). 
(2) 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), the President may not waive, suspend, reduce, 
provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application 
of paragraph (1) or (2) of section 2(a). 
(3) 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 
passes both Houses of Congress in accordance with 
subsection (c), the President may not waive, sus-
pend, reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit 
the application of paragraph (1) or (2) of section 
2(a), for a period of 12 calendar days following the 
date of passage of the joint resolution of dis-
approval. 
(4) 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 
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passes both Houses of Congress in accordance with 
subsection (c), and the President vetoes the joint 
resolution, the President may not waive, suspend, re-
duce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) or (2) of section 2(a), for 
a period of 10 calendar days following the date of 
the President’s veto. 
(c) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 
(1) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘joint resolu-
tion of disapproval’’ means a joint resolution of ei-
ther House of Congress the sole matter after the re-
solving clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress 
disapproves of the action proposed by the President 
in the report submitted to Congress under section 
3(a) of the No Russian Diplomatic Access to Com-
pounds Here in America Act on llll.’’, with 
the blank space being filled with the appropriate 
date. 
(2) EFFECT OF ENACTMENT.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the President may not 
take any action to waive, suspend, reduce, provide 
relief from, or otherwise limit the application of 
paragraph (1) or (2) of section 2(a), if a joint reso-
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lution of disapproval is enacted in accordance with 
this subsection. 
(3) INTRODUCTION.—During the 120-calendar- 
day period provided for under subsection (b)(1), a 
joint resolution of disapproval 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.— 
(A) REPORTING
AND
DISCHARGE.—If a 
committee of the House of Representatives to 
which a joint resolution of disapproval has been 
referred has not reported the resolution within 
10 legislative days after the date of referral, 
that committee shall be discharged from further 
consideration 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-
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sideration thereof, it shall be in order to move 
to proceed to consider the 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 
proceed on the resolution. The previous ques-
tion shall be considered as ordered on the mo-
tion to its adoption without intervening motion. 
The motion shall not be debatable. A motion to 
reconsider the vote by which the motion is dis-
posed of shall not be in order. 
(C) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution 
of disapproval shall be considered as read. All 
points of order against the resolution and 
against its consideration are waived. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on 
the resolution to final passage without inter-
vening motion except two hours of debate equal-
ly divided and controlled by the sponsor of the 
resolution (or a designee) and an opponent. A 
motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the 
resolution shall not be in order. 
(5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
(A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso-
lution of disapproval introduced in the Senate 
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shall be referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations. 
(B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 
Committee on Foreign Relations has not re-
ported a joint resolution of disapproval within 
10 session days after the date of referral of the 
resolution, that committee shall be discharged 
from further consideration of the resolution and 
the resolution shall be placed on the appro-
priate 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 Foreign Relations re-
ports the joint resolution of disapproval to the 
Senate or has been discharged from its consid-
eration (even though a previous motion to the 
same effect has been disagreed to) to move to 
proceed to the consideration of the resolution, 
and all points of order against the resolution 
(and against consideration of the resolution) 
are waived. The motion to proceed is not debat-
able. The motion is not subject to a motion to 
postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by 
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 
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shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 
the consideration of the resolution is agreed to, 
the resolution shall remain the unfinished busi-
ness until disposed of. 
(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 resolution 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) 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-
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lating to the joint resolution of disapproval shall 
be decided without debate. 
(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 the resolution, shall 
be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided be-
tween, and controlled by, the majority leader 
and the minority leader or their designees. 
(6) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE 
OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
(A) COORDINATION
WITH
ACTION
BY 
OTHER HOUSE.—If, before the passage by one 
House of a joint resolution of disapproval of 
that House, that House receives a joint resolu-
tion of disapproval from the other House, the 
following procedures shall apply: 
(i) The joint resolution of disapproval 
of the other House shall not be referred to 
a committee. 
(ii) With respect to the joint resolu-
tion of disapproval of the House receiving 
the joint resolution of disapproval from the 
other House— 
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(I) the procedure in that House 
shall be the same as if no joint resolu-
tion of disapproval had been received 
from the other House; but 
(II) the vote on passage shall be 
on the joint resolution of disapproval 
of the other House. 
(B) TREATMENT
OF
A
RESOLUTION
OF 
OTHER HOUSE.—If one House fails to introduce 
a joint resolution of disapproval, the joint reso-
lution of disapproval of the other House shall 
be entitled to expedited floor procedures under 
this subsection. 
(C) TREATMENT OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 
IN SENATE.—If, following passage of the joint 
resolution of disapproval in the Senate, the 
Senate then receives a joint resolution of dis-
approval from the House of Representatives, 
the joint resolution of disapproval of the House 
shall not be debatable. 
(D) APPLICATION
TO
REVENUE
MEAS-
URES.—The provisions of this paragraph shall 
not apply in the House of Representatives to a 
joint resolution of disapproval that is a revenue 
measure. 
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(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, but ap-
plicable only with respect to the procedure to be 
followed in that House in the case of a joint 
resolution of disapproval, and supersedes 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 Finance, the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Select 
Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on For-
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eign Relations, and the majority and minority lead-
ers of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Permanent Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Speaker, the majority lead-
er, and the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
Æ 
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