(4) Executive Order 13685 (79 Fed. Reg. 
77357; relating to blocking property of certain per-
sons and prohibiting certain transactions with re-
spect to the Crimea region of Ukraine) (as in effect 
on January 1, 2017). 
SEC. 4. 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 sanctions with 
respect to the Russian Federation, the President shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees and lead-
ership a report that— 
(1) describes the proposed action; and 
(2) certifies that the Government of the Rus-
sian Federation has ceased— 
(A) ordering, controlling, or otherwise di-
recting, supporting, or financing, significant 
acts intended to undermine the peace, security, 
stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of 
Ukraine, including through an agreement be-
tween the appropriate parties; and 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
00:40 Feb 22, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1059.IH
H1059
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with BILLS
(B) cyberattacks against the United States 
Government and United States persons. 
(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-
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 sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation. 
(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-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
00:15 Feb 23, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1059.IH
H1059
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with BILLS
pend, reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit 
the application of sanctions with respect to the Rus-
sian Federation, for a period of 12 calendar days 
following the date of passage of the joint resolution 
of disapproval. 
(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 
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 sanctions with respect to the Russian 
Federation, for a period of 10 calendar days fol-
lowing 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 
4(a) of the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017 on 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
00:40 Feb 22, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1059.IH
H1059
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with BILLS
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 
sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation, if 
a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted in accord-
ance 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, 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
00:15 Feb 23, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1059.IH
H1059
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with BILLS
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-
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-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
00:40 Feb 22, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00007
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1059.IH
H1059
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with BILLS
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 
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 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
00:40 Feb 22, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00008
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1059.IH
H1059
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with BILLS
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-
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: 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
00:40 Feb 22, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00010
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1059.IH
H1059
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with BILLS
(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— 
(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, 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
00:40 Feb 22, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00011
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1059.IH
H1059
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with BILLS
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. 
(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. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
00:40 Feb 22, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00012
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1059.IH
H1059
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with BILLS
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES
AND
LEADERSHIP.—The term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees and leadership’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Finance, the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the ma-
jority and minority leaders of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Ways and Means, 
the Committee on Financial Services, the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Speak-
er, the majority leader, and the minority leader 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) 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. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
00:40 Feb 22, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00013
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H1059.IH
H1059
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with BILLS