nexation of the three Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, 
and Estonia into the Soviet Union under a policy known 
as the ‘‘Stimson Doctrine’’. 
SEC. 102. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST UNITED STATES REC-
OGNITION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION’S 
ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with United States 
policy enumerated in section 101, no Federal department 
or agency should take any action or extend any assistance 
that recognizes or implies any recognition of the de jure 
or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Cri-
mea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. 
(b) DOCUMENTS PORTRAYING CRIMEA AS PART OF 
RUSSIAN
FEDERATION.—In accordance with United 
States policy enumerated in section 101, the Government 
Publishing Office should not print any map, document, 
record, or other paper of the United States portraying or 
otherwise indicating Crimea as part of the territory of the 
Russian Federation. 
SEC. 103. DETERMINATIONS AND CODIFICATION OF SANC-
TIONS UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 13685. 
(a) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
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mittees a report that contains the assessment de-
scribed in paragraph (2). 
(2) ASSESSMENT DESCRIBED.—The assessment 
described in this paragraph is— 
(A) a review of each person designated 
pursuant to Executive Order No. 13660 (March 
6, 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to block-
ing property of certain persons contributing to 
the situation in Ukraine) or Executive Order 
No. 13661 (March 16, 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 
15535; relating to blocking property of addi-
tional persons contributing to the situation in 
Ukraine); and 
(B) a determination as to whether any 
such person meets the criteria for designation 
pursuant to Executive Order No. 13685 (De-
cember 19, 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 77357; relating 
to blocking property of certain persons and pro-
hibiting certain transactions with respect to the 
Crimea region of Ukraine). 
(3) FORM.—The assessment required by para-
graph (2) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 
may contain a classified annex. 
(b) CODIFICATION.—United States sanctions pro-
vided for in Executive Order No. 13685, as in effect on 
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the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 
remain in effect until the date on which the President sub-
mits to the appropriate congressional committees a certifi-
cation described in subsection (c). 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 
subsection is a certification of the President that 
Ukraine’s sovereignty over Crimea has been restored. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to restrict the authority of the 
President to impose additional United States sanctions 
with specific respect to the Russian Federation’s occupa-
tion of Crimea pursuant to Executive Order No. 13685. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate. 
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TITLE II—SANCTIONS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. PROHIBITING CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH 
FOREIGN SANCTIONS EVADERS AND SERIOUS 
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS WITH RESPECT TO 
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
The Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democ-
racy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113–95; 22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 10. PROHIBITING CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH 
FOREIGN SANCTIONS EVADERS WITH RE-
SPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 
impose with respect to a foreign person the sanctions de-
scribed in subsection (b) if the President determines that 
the foreign person knowingly— 
‘‘(1) has materially violated, attempted to vio-
late, conspired to violate, or caused a violation of 
any license, order, regulation, or prohibition con-
tained in, or issued pursuant to any covered Execu-
tive order; or 
‘‘(2) has facilitated significant deceptive or 
structured transactions for or on behalf of any per-
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son subject to United States sanctions concerning 
the Russian Federation. 
‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 
this subsection are the exercise of all powers 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 trans-
actions in all property and interests in property of 
a person determined by the President to be subject 
to subsection (a) if such property and interests in 
property are in the United States, come within the 
United States, or are or come within the possession 
or control of a United States person. 
‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—A person that is subject to 
sanctions described in paragraph (1) shall be subject 
to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-
tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of sanctions under subsection (b) on a case-by-case 
for a period of not more than 120 days, and may renew 
that waiver for additional periods of not more than 120 
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days with respect to a person if the President determines 
that such a waiver is in the national interests of the 
United States and on or before the date on which the waiv-
er takes effect, submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a notice of and justification for the waiver. 
‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 
may exercise all authorities provided to the President 
under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 
for purposes of carrying out this section. 
‘‘(e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall 
issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
the Committee on Financial Services, and the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
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‘‘(3) is owned or controlled by a foreign person, 
or has acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, 
directly or indirectly, a foreign person, that is re-
sponsible for, complicit in, or responsible for order-
ing, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commis-
sion of serious human rights abuses in any territory 
forcibly occupied or otherwise controlled by the Gov-
ernment of the Russian Federation. 
‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 
this subsection are the exercise of all powers granted 
to the President by the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 
without regard to section 202 of such Act, to the ex-
tent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions 
in all property and interests in property of a person 
determined by the President to be subject to sub-
section (a) if such property and interests in property 
are in the United States, come within the United 
States, or are or come within the possession or con-
trol of a United States person. 
‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—A person that is subject to 
sanctions described in paragraph (1) shall be subject 
to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-
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nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-
tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of sanctions under subsection (b) on a case-by-case 
for a period of not more than 120 days, and may renew 
that waiver for additional periods of not more than 120 
days with respect to a person if the President determines 
that such a waiver is in the national interests of the 
United States and on or before the date on which the waiv-
er takes effect, submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a notice of and justification for the waiver. 
‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 
may exercise all authorities provided to the President 
under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 
for purposes of carrying out this section. 
‘‘(e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall 
issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
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‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
the Committee on Financial Services, and the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per-
son’ has the meaning given such term in section 
595.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
in effect on the date of enactment of this section. 
‘‘(3) UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The term 
‘United States person’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 589.312 of title 31, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of 
this section.’’. 
SEC. 202. REPORT ON CERTAIN FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTI-
TUTIONS. 
The Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democ-
racy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113–95; 22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 11 (as added by section 201 of 
this Act) the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 12. REPORT ON CERTAIN FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTI-
TUTIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of 
State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on— 
‘‘(1) foreign financial institutions that are in di-
rect control of assets owned or controlled by the 
Government of Ukraine in a manner determined by 
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 
Treasury to be in violation of the sovereignty, inde-
pendence, or territorial integrity of Ukraine; 
‘‘(2) foreign financial institutions that are di-
rectly or indirectly assisting or otherwise aiding the 
violation of sovereignty, independence, and territorial 
integrity of Ukraine; and 
‘‘(3) foreign financial institutions determined by 
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 
Treasury to be complicit in illicit financial activity, 
including money laundering, financing of terrorism, 
transnational organized crime, or misappropriation 
of state assets, that are— 
‘‘(A) organized under the laws of the Rus-
sian Federation; or 
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‘‘(B) owned or controlled by a foreign per-
son whose property or interests in property 
have been blocked pursuant to any covered Ex-
ecutive order. 
‘‘(b) FORM.—The report required to be submitted 
under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may include a classified annex. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
the Committee on Financial Services, the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) COVERED EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term 
‘covered Executive order’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 10(f) of this Act.’’. 
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