(A) is necessary— 
(i) for purposes of providing humani-
tarian assistance to the people of Russia; 
or 
(ii) for purposes of providing disaster 
relief and other urgent life-saving meas-
ures; or 
(B) is vital to the national security inter-
ests of the United States. 
(2) NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—The head 
of an executive agency shall notify the appropriate 
congressional committees of any contract entered 
into on the basis of an exception provided for under 
paragraph (1). 
(3) OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL LI-
CENSES.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not 
apply to a person or entity that has a valid license 
to operate in Russia issued by the Office of Foreign 
Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury or 
is otherwise authorized to operate notwithstanding 
the imposition of sanctions. 
(4) AMERICAN
DIPLOMATIC
MISSION
IN
RUS-
SIA.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not 
apply to contracts related to the operation and main-
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tenance of the United States Government’s consular 
offices and diplomatic posts in Russia. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with re-
spect to any contract entered into on or after such effec-
tive date. 
(d) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on the 
date on which the President submits to the appropriate 
congressional committees a certification in writing that 
contains a determination of the President that the Russian 
Federation— 
(1) has reached an agreement relating to the 
withdrawal of Russian forces and cessation of mili-
tary hostilities that is accepted by the free and inde-
pendent Government of Ukraine; 
(2) poses no immediate military threat of ag-
gression to any North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
member; and 
(3) recognizes the right of the people of 
Ukraine to independently and freely choose their 
own government. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form, the Committee on Armed Services, and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 
Armed Services, and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate. 
(2) BUSINESS OPERATIONS.—The term ‘‘busi-
ness operations’’ means engaging in commerce in 
any form, including acquiring, developing, maintain-
ing, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, or operating 
equipment, facilities, personnel, products, services, 
personal property, real property, or any other appa-
ratus of business or commerce. 
(3) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
133 of title 41, United States Code. 
(4) FOSSIL FUEL COMPANY.—The term ‘‘fossil 
fuel company’’ means a person that— 
(A) carries out oil, gas, or coal exploration, 
development, or production activities; 
(B) processes or refines oil, gas, or coal; or 
(C) transports, or constructs facilities for 
the transportation of, Russian oil, gas, or coal. 
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(5) GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION.—The term ‘‘Government of the Russian Fed-
eration’’ includes the government of any political 
subdivision of Russia, and any agency or instrumen-
tality of the Government of the Russian Federation. 
For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘agency or 
instrumentality of the Government of the Russian 
Federation’’ means an agency or instrumentality of 
a foreign state as defined in section 1603(b) of title 
28, United States Code, with each reference in such 
section to ‘‘a foreign state’’ deemed to be a reference 
to ‘‘Russia’’. 
(6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means— 
(A) a natural person, corporation, com-
pany, business association, partnership, society, 
trust, or any other nongovernmental entity, or-
ganization, or group; 
(B) any governmental entity or instrumen-
tality of a government, including a multilateral 
development institution (as defined in section 
1701(c)(3) of the International Financial Insti-
tutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(3))); and 
(C) any successor, subunit, parent entity, 
or subsidiary of, or any entity under common 
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ownership or control with, any entity described 
in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
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