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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3841 
To provide for the imposition of sanctions against 24 senior officials of 
the Border Service and Federal Security Service of Russia until the 
release of certain seized Ukrainian ships and crewmembers, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2019 
Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. QUIGLEY, and Mr. HARRIS) 
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 provide for the imposition of sanctions against 24 senior 
officials of the Border Service and Federal Security Serv-
ice of Russia until the release of certain seized Ukrainian 
ships and crewmembers, 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 ‘‘Stopping Aggressive 
Incursions on Liberty by Ordering Russian Sanctions 
Act’’ or the ‘‘SAILORS Act’’. 
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(3) welcomes the actions of the Secretary of the 
Treasury to implement sanctions on senior border 
officials of the Russian Federal Security Service in-
volved in the Kerch Strait attach on March 15, 
2019; 
(4) urges the President to continue to prioritize 
the return of these ships and crewmembers, includ-
ing through the implementation of additional sanc-
tions on Russian financial institutions, responsible 
parties in the Border Service and Federal Security 
Service, and parties associated with the Nord 
Stream 2 project, in order to increase the costs of 
such aggression; and 
(5) reaffirms its resolute support for the 
Ukrainian people and their territorial and maritime 
sovereignty. 
SEC. 4. SANCTIONS IMPOSED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im-
pose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect 
to 24 individuals who are senior officers of the Border 
Service or the Federal Security Service of Russia, with 
respect to the families of such senior officers, and with 
respect to any person the President determines is a close 
associate of any such senior officer. 
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(b) 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 subject to sanctions imposed pursu-
ant 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 posses-
sion or control of a United States person. 
(2) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES.— 
In the case of an individual subject to sanctions im-
posed pursuant to subsection (a), denial of a visa to, 
and exclusion from the United States of, such indi-
vidual, 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 individual. 
(c) TERMINATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) TERMINATION.—The authority to impose or 
maintain sanctions pursuant to this section shall ter-
minate on the date on which the President certifies 
to the appropriate congressional committees that the 
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Ukranian ships and crewmembers described in sec-
tion 2 of this Act have been released back to 
Ukraine. 
(2) PENALTIES.—Any person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of any sanction imposed pursuant to this 
section or any regulation, license, or order issued to 
carry out this section shall be subject to the pen-
alties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 
206 of the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a 
person that commits an unlawful act described in 
subsection (a) of that section. 
(d) EXCEPTION RELATING TO THE IMPORTATION OF 
GOODS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The authority to impose 
sanctions under this section shall not include the au-
thority to impose sanctions on the importation of 
goods. 
(2) GOOD
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or manmade 
substance, material, supply or manufactured prod-
uct, including inspection and test equipment, and ex-
cluding technical data. 
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(e) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NATIONS 
HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Sanctions under this sec-
tion shall not apply to an individual if admitting the indi-
vidual into the United States is necessary to permit the 
United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 
Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Suc-
cess June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 
1947, between the United Nations and the United States, 
or other applicable international obligations. 
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