I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5216 
To direct the President to impose sanctions on certain senior foreign political 
figures and oligarchs in the Russian Federation and certain Russian 
parastatal entities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2018 
Mr. HECK (for himself, Ms. BASS, Mr. LANCE, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. BERA, Mr. 
BROWN of Maryland, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SHEA- 
PORTER, Mr. CRIST, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. SOTO, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. 
ESTY of Connecticut, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. COSTA, Mr. HIMES, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 
VARGAS, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. 
GALLEGO, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. SUOZZI, 
Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. 
DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. PALLONE, 
Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Mr. ENGEL, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. WELCH, Ms. KELLY of Illi-
nois, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 
CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. LOFGREN, 
Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. MENG, Ms. CLARK of Mas-
sachusetts, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. POCAN, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. KILMER, 
Mr. TONKO, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. CLY-
BURN, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 direct the President to impose sanctions on certain senior 
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foreign political figures and oligarchs in the Russian 
Federation and certain Russian parastatal entities, 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 ‘‘Directing Implementa-
tion of Sanctions and Accountability for Russian Mischief 
Act’’ or ‘‘DISARM Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Title II of the Countering America’s Adver-
saries Through Sanctions Act (Public Law 115–44; 
22 U.S.C. 9501 et seq.), enacted in July 2017, seeks 
to— 
(A) punish the Russian Federation for 
interfering in the 2016 United States presi-
dential election; 
(B) deter Russia’s ongoing aggression in 
Ukraine, cyber intrusions, attacks against the 
United States and its partners, and human 
rights violations; and 
(C) urge the Administration to vigorously 
enforce existing sanctions imposed by the 
United States against Russia. 
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(2) Section 241(a) of the Countering America’s 
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act requires the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of such Act, to submit to 
Congress a detailed report on senior foreign political 
figures and oligarchs in the Russian Federation, in-
cluding 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 
corruption 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.’’. 
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(E) ‘‘An identification of the non-Russian 
business affiliations of those individuals.’’. 
(3) Section 241(a) of the Countering America’s 
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act further requires 
the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to Congress 
a detailed report on Russian parastatal entities, in-
cluding an assessment 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 busi-
ness affiliations of those entities.’’. 
(4) On January 29, 2018, the Secretary of the 
Treasury submitted to Congress the report required 
by section 241 of the Countering America’s Adver-
saries Through Sanctions Act, which included the 
names of 114 senior foreign political figures and 96 
oligarchs. 
(5) The list of the senior foreign political fig-
ures and oligarchs in the report corresponds identi-
cally to lists on the English-language websites of the 
Kremlin, the Government of the Russian Federation, 
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and the Russian edition of the Forbes billionaires 
list. 
(6) The list omits any description of the rela-
tionship between individuals identified in the report 
and indices of corruption with respect to those indi-
viduals. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) sanctions serve as a deterrent only if the 
threat of sanctions is credible; 
(2) the January 29, 2018, report submitted by 
the Secretary of the Treasury to Congress under 
section 241 of the Countering America’s Adversaries 
Through Sanctions Act— 
(A) does not meet the intent of such sec-
tion at the time of passage; 
(B) copies lists on the English-language 
websites of the Kremlin, the Government of the 
Russian Federation, and the Russian edition of 
the Forbes billionaires list and fails to exem-
plify the due diligence and rigorous forensic ac-
counting expected by Congress; and 
(C) coupled with total silence by senior 
United States Administration officials regarding 
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the report, sends the wrong signal to Russian 
President Putin and his inner circle; and 
(3) the Administration needs to act with 
strength, to act publicly, and to act forcefully to im-
plement sanctions as intended, including using the 
report submitted under section 241 of the Coun-
tering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act 
as the basis to impose sanctions against senior for-
eign political figures and oligarchs listed in such re-
port. 
SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN SENIOR 
FOREIGN 
POLITICAL 
FIGURES 
AND 
OLIGARCHS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
AND CERTAIN RUSSIAN PARASTATAL ENTI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im-
pose sanctions described in subsection (c)— 
(1) with respect to not less than five individuals 
who— 
(A) are identified as senior foreign political 
figures or oligarchs in the Russian Federation 
in the report required by section 241(a)(1) of 
the Countering America’s Adversaries Through 
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Sanctions Act and submitted to Congress on 
January 29, 2018; and 
(B) are not currently subject to sanctions 
imposed by the United States; and 
(2) with respect to not less than five entities, 
including any individuals associated with such enti-
ties, that— 
(A) are identified as Russian parastatal 
entities in the report required by section 
241(a)(2) of the Countering America’s Adver-
saries Through Sanctions Act and submitted to 
Congress on January 29, 2018; and 
(B) are not currently subject to sanctions 
imposed by the United States. 
(b) CRITERIA.— 
(1) SENIOR FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURES AND 
OLIGARCHS.—In determining those individuals de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1) with respect to which 
sanctions described in subsection (c) are to be im-
posed, the President shall take into account the ex-
tent to which such individuals meet the criteria de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 
241(a)(1) of the Countering America’s Adversaries 
Through Sanctions Act. 
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(2) PARASTATAL
ENTITIES.—In determining 
those entities and individuals described in subsection 
(a)(2) with respect to which sanctions described in 
subsection (c) are to be imposed, the President shall 
take into account the extent to which such entities 
and individuals meet the criteria described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (C) of section 241(a)(2) of 
the Countering America’s Adversaries Through 
Sanctions Act. 
(c) 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) 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 
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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. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In subsection (c), the term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(1) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence to the United 
States; or 
(2) 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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