H. R. 3364 
One Hundred Fifteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen 
An Act 
To provide congressional review and to counter aggression by the Governments 
of Iran, the Russian Federation, and North Korea, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering 
America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Sec. 103. Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric Iranian 
threats in the Middle East and North Africa. 
Sec. 104. Imposition of additional sanctions in response to Iran’s ballistic missile 
program. 
Sec. 105. Imposition of terrorism-related sanctions with respect to the IRGC. 
Sec. 106. Imposition of additional sanctions with respect to persons responsible for 
human rights abuses. 
Sec. 107. Enforcement of arms embargos. 
Sec. 108. Review of applicability of sanctions relating to Iran’s support for ter-
rorism and its ballistic missile program. 
Sec. 109. Report on coordination of sanctions between the United States and the 
European Union. 
Sec. 110. Report on United States citizens detained by Iran. 
Sec. 111. Exceptions for national security and humanitarian assistance; rule of con-
struction. 
Sec. 112. Presidential waiver authority. 
TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND 
COMBATING TERRORISM AND ILLICIT FINANCING 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Sanctions and Other Measures With Respect to the Russian Federation 
Sec. 211. Findings. 
Sec. 212. Sense of Congress. 
PART 1—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
Sec. 215. Short title. 
Sec. 216. Congressional review of certain actions relating to sanctions imposed with 
respect to the Russian Federation. 
PART 2—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
Sec. 221. Definitions. 
Sec. 222. Codification of sanctions relating to the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 223. Modification of implementation of Executive Order No. 13662.
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Sec. 224. Imposition of sanctions with respect to activities of the Russian Federa-
tion undermining cybersecurity. 
Sec. 225. Imposition of sanctions relating to special Russian crude oil projects. 
Sec. 226. Imposition of sanctions with respect to Russian and other foreign finan-
cial institutions. 
Sec. 227. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to significant corruption 
in the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 228. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to certain transactions 
with foreign sanctions evaders and serious human rights abusers in the 
Russian Federation. 
Sec. 229. Notifications to Congress under Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014. 
Sec. 230. Standards for termination of certain sanctions with respect to the Rus-
sian Federation. 
Sec. 231. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons engaging in transactions 
with the intelligence or defense sectors of the Government of the Rus-
sian Federation. 
Sec. 232. Sanctions with respect to the development of pipelines in the Russian 
Federation. 
Sec. 233. Sanctions with respect to investment in or facilitation of privatization of 
state-owned assets by the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 234. Sanctions with respect to the transfer of arms and related materiel to 
Syria. 
Sec. 235. Sanctions described. 
Sec. 236. Exceptions, waiver, and termination. 
Sec. 237. Exception relating to activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration. 
Sec. 238. Rule of construction. 
PART 3—REPORTS 
Sec. 241. Report on oligarchs and parastatal entities of the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 242. Report on effects of expanding sanctions to include sovereign debt and de-
rivative products. 
Sec. 243. Report on illicit finance relating to the Russian Federation. 
Subtitle B—Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia 
Sec. 251. Findings. 
Sec. 252. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 253. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 254. Coordinating aid and assistance across Europe and Eurasia. 
Sec. 255. Report on media organizations controlled and funded by the Government 
of the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 256. Report on Russian Federation influence on elections in Europe and Eur-
asia. 
Sec. 257. Ukranian energy security. 
Sec. 258. Termination. 
Sec. 259. Appropriate congressional committees defined. 
Subtitle C—Combating Terrorism and Illicit Financing 
PART 1—NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COMBATING TERRORIST AND OTHER ILLICIT 
FINANCING 
Sec. 261. Development of national strategy. 
Sec. 262. Contents of national strategy. 
PART 2—ENHANCING ANTITERRORISM TOOLS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
Sec. 271. Improving antiterror finance monitoring of funds transfers. 
Sec. 272. Sense of Congress on international cooperation regarding terrorist financ-
ing intelligence. 
Sec. 273. Examining the counter-terror financing role of the Department of the 
Treasury in embassies. 
Sec. 274. Inclusion of Secretary of the Treasury on the National Security Council. 
Sec. 275. Inclusion of all funds. 
PART 3—DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 281. Definitions. 
Subtitle D—Rule of Construction 
Sec. 291. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 292. Sense of Congress on the strategic importance of Article 5 of the North 
Atlantic Treaty.
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TITLE III—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Sanctions to Enforce and Implement United Nations Security Council 
Sanctions Against North Korea 
Sec. 311. Modification and expansion of requirements for the designation of per-
sons. 
Sec. 312. Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts. 
Sec. 313. Limitations on foreign assistance to noncompliant governments. 
Sec. 314. Amendments to enhance inspection authorities. 
Sec. 315. Enforcing compliance with United Nations shipping sanctions against 
North Korea. 
Sec. 316. Report on cooperation between North Korea and Iran. 
Sec. 317. Report on implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions 
by other governments. 
Sec. 318. Briefing on measures to deny specialized financial messaging services to 
designated North Korean financial institutions. 
Subtitle B—Sanctions With Respect to Human Rights Abuses by the Government 
of North Korea 
Sec. 321. Sanctions for forced labor and slavery overseas of North Koreans. 
Sec. 322. Modifications to sanctions suspension and waiver authorities. 
Sec. 323. Reward for informants. 
Sec. 324. Determination on designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of ter-
rorism. 
Subtitle C—General Authorities 
Sec. 331. Authority to consolidate reports. 
Sec. 332. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 333. Regulatory authority. 
Sec. 334. Limitation on funds. 
TITLE I—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
IRAN 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Iran’s Destabilizing 
Activities Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘act of 
international terrorism’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104– 
172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign person’’ means 
a person that is not a United States person. 
(4) IRANIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Iranian person’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is a citizen or national of Iran; 
or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of Iran or 
otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government 
of Iran. 
(5) IRGC.—The term ‘‘IRGC’’ means Iran’s Islamic Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps.
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(6) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 
1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(7) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United States per-
son’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 
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. 
SEC. 103. REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING CONVENTIONAL 
AND ASYMMETRIC IRANIAN THREATS IN THE MIDDLE 
EAST AND NORTH AFRICA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Sec-
retary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly 
develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
and leadership a strategy for deterring conventional and asymmetric 
Iranian activities and threats that directly threaten the United 
States and key allies in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection (a) shall 
include at a minimum the following: 
(1) A summary of the near- and long-term United States 
objectives, plans, and means for countering Iran’s destabilizing 
activities, including identification of countries that share the 
objective of countering Iran’s destabilizing activities. 
(2) A summary of the capabilities and contributions of 
individual countries to shared efforts to counter Iran’s desta-
bilizing activities, and a summary of additional actions or con-
tributions that each country could take to further contribute. 
(3) An assessment of Iran’s conventional force capabilities 
and an assessment of Iran’s plans to upgrade its conventional 
force capabilities, including its acquisition, development, and 
deployment 
of 
ballistic 
and 
cruise 
missile 
capabilities, 
unmanned aerial vehicles, and maritime offensive and anti- 
access or area denial capabilities. 
(4) An assessment of Iran’s chemical and biological weapons 
capabilities and an assessment of Iranian plans to upgrade 
its chemical or biological weapons capabilities. 
(5) An assessment of Iran’s asymmetric activities in the 
region, including— 
(A) the size, capabilities, and activities of the IRGC, 
including the Quds Force; 
(B) the size, capabilities, and activities of Iran’s cyber 
operations; 
(C) the types and amount of support, including funding, 
lethal and nonlethal contributions, and training, provided 
to Hezbollah, Hamas, special groups in Iraq, the regime 
of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Houthi fighters in Yemen, 
and other violent groups across the Middle East; and 
(D) the scope and objectives of Iran’s information oper-
ations and use of propaganda.
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(6) A summary of United States actions, unilaterally and 
in cooperation with foreign governments, to counter desta-
bilizing Iranian activities, including— 
(A) interdiction of Iranian lethal arms bound for groups 
designated as foreign terrorist organizations under section 
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 
(B) Iran’s interference in international commercial 
shipping lanes; 
(C) attempts by Iran to undermine or subvert inter-
nationally recognized governments in the Middle East 
region; and 
(D) Iran’s support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad 
in Syria, including— 
(i) financial assistance, military equipment and 
personnel, and other support provided to that regime; 
and 
(ii) support and direction to other armed actors 
that are not Syrian or Iranian and are acting on behalf 
of that regime. 
(c) FORM OF STRATEGY.—The strategy required by subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; 
and 
(2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee 
on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 104. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS IN RESPONSE TO 
IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM. 
(a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State should 
continue to implement Executive Order No. 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass destruction 
delivery system proliferators and their supporters). 
(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to any person 
that the President determines, on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act— 
(1) knowingly engages in any activity that materially 
contributes to the activities of the Government of Iran with 
respect to its ballistic missile program, or any other program 
in Iran for developing, deploying, or maintaining systems 
capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction, including 
any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, 
transfer, or use such capabilities; 
(2) is a successor entity to a person referred to in paragraph 
(1); 
(3) owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a person 
referred to in paragraph (1);
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(4) forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanctions 
that would otherwise be imposed pursuant to paragraph (3); 
(5) is acting for or on behalf of a person referred to in 
paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or 
(6) knowingly provides or attempts to provide financial, 
material, technological, or other support for, or goods or services 
in support of, a person referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), 
(4) or (5). 
(c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this sub-
section are the following: 
(1) BLOCKING
OF
PROPERTY.—The President shall block, 
in accordance with the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), all transactions in all 
property and interests in property of any person subject to 
subsection (b) 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) EXCLUSION
FROM
UNITED
STATES.—The Secretary of 
State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall exclude from the United States, any person sub-
ject to subsection (b) that is an alien. 
(d) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, 
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (c)(1) or 
any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that subsection 
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
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. 
(e) REPORT ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report describing each person that— 
(A) has, during the period specified in paragraph (2), 
conducted any activity that has materially contributed to 
the activities of the Government of Iran with respect to 
its ballistic missile program, or any other program in Iran 
for developing, deploying, or maintaining systems capable 
of delivering weapons of mass destruction, including any 
efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, 
transfer, or use such capabilities; 
(B) is a successor entity to a person referred to in 
subparagraph (A); 
(C) owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a 
person referred to in subparagraph (A); 
(D) forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanc-
tions that could be imposed as a result of a relationship 
described in subparagraph (C); 
(E) is acting for or on behalf of a person referred 
to in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or 
(F) is known or believed to have provided, or attempted 
to provide, during the period specified in paragraph (2), 
financial, material, technological, or other support for, or 
goods or services in support of, any material contribution 
to a program described in subparagraph (A) carried out
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by a person described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), 
or (E). 
(2) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in this para-
graph is— 
(A) in the case of the first report submitted under 
paragraph (1), the period beginning January 1, 2016, and 
ending on the date the report is submitted; and 
(B) in the case of a subsequent such report, the 180- 
day period preceding the submission of the report. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 105. IMPOSITION OF TERRORISM-RELATED SANCTIONS WITH 
RESPECT TO THE IRGC. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The IRGC is subject to sanctions pursuant to Executive 
Order No. 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 
property of weapons of mass destruction delivery system 
proliferators and their supporters), the Comprehensive Iran 
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 
U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), Executive Order No. 13553 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; relating to blocking property of certain persons 
with respect to serious human rights abuses by the Government 
of Iran), and Executive Order No. 13606 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
relating to blocking the property and suspending entry into 
the United States of certain persons with respect to grave 
human rights abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria 
via information technology). 
(2) The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘IRGC–QF’’) is the primary 
arm of the Government of Iran for executing its policy of 
supporting terrorist and insurgent groups. The IRGC–QF pro-
vides material, logistical assistance, training, and financial sup-
port to militants and terrorist operatives throughout the Middle 
East and South Asia and was designated for the imposition 
of sanctions by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to 
Executive Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons 
who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism) in 
October 2007 for its support of terrorism. 
(3) The IRGC, not just the IRGC–QF, is responsible for 
implementing Iran’s international program of destabilizing 
activities, support for acts of international terrorism, and bal-
listic missile program. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 
the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to the IRGC 
and foreign persons that are officials, agents, or affiliates of the 
IRGC. 
(c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this sub-
section are sanctions applicable with respect to a foreign person 
pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with per-
sons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism).
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SEC. 106. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a list of each person the Secretary determines, based on credible 
evidence, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) is responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other 
gross violations of internationally recognized human rights com-
mitted against individuals in Iran who seek— 
(A) to expose illegal activity carried out by officials 
of the Government of Iran; or 
(B) to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote internation-
ally recognized human rights and freedoms, such as the 
freedoms of religion, expression, association, and assembly, 
and the rights to a fair trial and democratic elections; 
or 
(2) acts as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign person 
in a matter relating to an activity described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, in accordance with 
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.), block all transactions in all property and interests 
in property of a person on the list required by 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 violates, attempts to violate, 
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of paragraph (1) 
or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out para-
graph (1) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent 
as a person that commits an unlawful act described in sub-
section (a) of that section. 
SEC. 107. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGOS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (d), the 
President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 
with respect to any person that the President determines— 
(1) knowingly engages in any activity that materially 
contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or indirectly 
to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any 
battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large caliber artillery 
systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles 
or missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the United 
Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or related materiel, 
including spare parts; or 
(2) knowingly provides to Iran any technical training, finan-
cial resources or services, advice, other services or assistance 
related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, 
or use of arms and related materiel described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) BLOCKING
OF
PROPERTY.—The President shall block, 
in accordance with the International Emergency Economic
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Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), all transactions in all 
property and interests in property of any person 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) EXCLUSION
FROM
UNITED
STATES.—The Secretary of 
State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall exclude from the United States, any person sub-
ject to subsection (a) that is an alien. 
(c) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, 
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (b)(1) or 
any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that subsection 
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
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.—The President is not required to impose sanc-
tions under subsection (a) with respect to a person for engaging 
in an activity described in that subsection if the President certifies 
to the appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) permitting the activity is in the national security 
interest of the United States; 
(2) Iran no longer presents a significant threat to the 
national security of the United States and to the allies of 
the United States; and 
(3) the Government of Iran has ceased providing oper-
ational or financial support for acts of international terrorism 
and no longer satisfies the requirements for designation as 
a state sponsor of terrorism. 
(e) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the govern-
ment of which the Secretary of State has determined to be a 
government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of inter-
national terrorism for purposes of— 
(1) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act of 
1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)(1)(A)) (as continued in effect pursuant 
to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.)); 
(2) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 
(3) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2780(d)); or 
(4) any other provision of law. 
SEC. 108. REVIEW OF APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO 
IRAN’S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM AND ITS BALLISTIC MIS-
SILE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall conduct a review 
of all persons on the list of specially designated nationals and 
blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 
of the Department of the Treasury for activities relating to Iran— 
(1) to assess the conduct of such persons as that conduct 
relates to—
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(A) any activity that materially contributes to the 
activities of the Government of Iran with respect to its 
ballistic missile program; or 
(B) support by the Government of Iran for acts of 
international terrorism; and 
(2) to determine the applicability of sanctions with respect 
to such persons under— 
(A) Executive Order No. 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
relating to blocking property of weapons of mass destruc-
tion delivery system proliferators and their supporters); 
or 
(B) Executive Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions 
with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 
terrorism). 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS.—If the President deter-
mines under subsection (a) that sanctions under an Executive order 
specified in paragraph (2) of that subsection are applicable with 
respect to a person, the President shall— 
(1) impose sanctions with respect to that person pursuant 
to that Executive order; or 
(2) exercise the waiver authority provided under section 
112. 
SEC. 109. REPORT ON COORDINATION OF SANCTIONS BETWEEN THE 
UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report that includes the following: 
(1) A description of each instance, during the period speci-
fied in subsection (b)— 
(A) in which the United States has imposed sanctions 
with respect to a person for activity related to the prolifera-
tion of weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems 
for such weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of inter-
national terrorism by Iran, or human rights abuses in 
Iran, but in which the European Union has not imposed 
corresponding sanctions; and 
(B) in which the European Union has imposed sanc-
tions with respect to a person for activity related to the 
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or delivery 
systems for such weapons to or by Iran, support for acts 
of international terrorism by Iran, or human rights abuses 
in Iran, but in which the United States has not imposed 
corresponding sanctions. 
(2) An explanation for the reason for each discrepancy 
between sanctions imposed by the European Union and sanc-
tions imposed by the United States described in subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) of paragraph (1). 
(b) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in this subsection 
is— 
(1) in the case of the first report submitted under subsection 
(a), the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and ending on the date the report is submitted; and 
(2) in the case of a subsequent such report, the 180-day 
period preceding the submission of the report.
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(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 110. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS DETAINED BY IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
and leadership a report on United States citizens, including United 
States citizens who are also citizens of other countries, detained 
by Iran or groups supported by Iran that includes— 
(1) information regarding any officials of the Government 
of Iran involved in any way in the detentions; and 
(2) a summary of efforts the United States Government 
has taken to secure the swift release of those United States 
citizens. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; 
and 
(2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee 
on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 111. EXCEPTIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND HUMANITARIAN 
ASSISTANCE; RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following activities shall be exempt from 
sanctions under sections 104, 105, 106, and 107: 
(1) Any activity subject to the reporting requirements under 
title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 
et seq.), or to any authorized intelligence activities of the United 
States. 
(2) The admission of an alien to the United States if such 
admission is necessary to comply with United States obligations 
under the Agreement between the United Nations and the 
United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the 
United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 
entered into force November 21, 1947, or under the Convention 
on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and 
entered into force March 19, 1967, or other applicable inter-
national obligations of the United States. 
(3) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction for the 
sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical 
devices to Iran or for the provision of humanitarian assistance 
to the people of Iran, including engaging in a financial trans-
action relating to humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian 
purposes or transporting goods or services that are necessary 
to carry out operations relating to humanitarian assistance 
or humanitarian purposes.
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(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all authori-
ties provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry 
out this Act. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued to limit the authority of the President under the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘agricultural 
commodity’’ has the meaning given that term in section 102 
of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 
(2) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 16 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 
(50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.)). 
(3) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical device’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in section 201 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 
(4) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has the meaning given 
the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 
SEC. 112. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY. 
(a) CASE-BY-CASE WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, on a case- 
by-case basis and for a period of not more than 180 days, 
a requirement under section 104, 105, 106, 107, or 108 to 
impose or maintain sanctions with respect to a person, and 
may waive the continued imposition of such sanctions, not 
less than 30 days after the President determines and reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees that it is vital 
to the national security interests of the United States to waive 
such sanctions. 
(2) RENEWAL OF WAIVERS.—The President may, on a case- 
by-case basis, renew a waiver under paragraph (1) for an addi-
tional period of not more than 180 days if, not later than 
15 days before that waiver expires, the President makes the 
determination and submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report described in paragraph (1). 
(3) SUCCESSIVE RENEWAL.—The renewal authority provided 
under paragraph (2) may be exercised for additional successive 
periods of not more than 180 days if the President follows 
the procedures set forth in paragraph (2), and submits the 
report described in paragraph (1), for each such renewal. 
(b) CONTENTS
OF WAIVER REPORTS.—Each report submitted 
under subsection (a) in connection with a waiver of sanctions under 
section 104, 105, 106, 107, or 108 with respect to a person, or 
the renewal of such a waiver, shall include— 
(1) a specific and detailed rationale for the determination 
that the waiver is vital to the national security interests of 
the United States; 
(2) a description of the activity that resulted in the person 
being subject to sanctions; 
(3) an explanation of any efforts made by the United States, 
as applicable, to secure the cooperation of the government 
with primary jurisdiction over the person or the location where
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the activity described in paragraph (2) occurred in terminating 
or, as appropriate, penalizing the activity; and 
(4) an assessment of the significance of the activity 
described in paragraph (2) in contributing to the ability of 
Iran to threaten the interests of the United States or allies 
of the United States, develop systems capable of delivering 
weapons of mass destruction, support acts of international ter-
rorism, or violate the human rights of any person in Iran. 
(c) EFFECT OF REPORT ON WAIVER.—If the President submits 
a report under subsection (a) in connection with a waiver of sanc-
tions under section 104, 105, 106, 107, or 108 with respect to 
a person, or the renewal of such a waiver, the President shall 
not be required to impose or maintain sanctions under section 
104, 105, 106, 107, or 108, as applicable, with respect to the person 
described in the report during the 30-day period referred to in 
subsection (a). 
TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT 
TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND 
COMBATING TERRORISM AND ILLICIT 
FINANCING 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Russian Influence 
in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017’’. 
Subtitle A—Sanctions and Other Measures 
With Respect to the Russian Federation 
SEC. 211. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) On March 6, 2014, President Barack Obama issued 
Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to 
blocking property of certain persons contributing to the situa-
tion in Ukraine), which authorizes the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to impose 
sanctions on those determined to be undermining democratic 
processes and institutions in Ukraine or threatening the peace, 
security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of 
Ukraine. President Obama subsequently issued Executive 
Order No. 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to blocking 
property of additional persons contributing to the situation 
in Ukraine) and Executive Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 
16169; relating to blocking property of additional persons 
contributing to the situation in Ukraine) to expand sanctions 
on certain persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine. 
(2) On December 18, 2014, the Ukraine Freedom Support 
Act of 2014 was enacted (Public Law 113–272; 22 U.S.C. 8921 
et seq.), which includes provisions directing the President to 
impose sanctions on foreign persons that the President deter-
mines to be entities owned or controlled by the Government
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of the Russian Federation or nationals of the Russian Federa-
tion that manufacture, sell, transfer, or otherwise provide cer-
tain defense articles into Syria. 
(3) On April 1, 2015, President Obama issued Executive 
Order No. 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; relating to blocking 
the property of certain persons engaging in significant malicious 
cyber-enabled activities), which authorizes the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the 
Secretary of State, to impose sanctions on persons determined 
to be engaged in malicious cyber-hacking. 
(4) On July 26, 2016, President Obama approved a Presi-
dential Policy Directive on United States Cyber Incident 
Coordination, which states, ‘‘certain cyber incidents that have 
significant impacts on an entity, our national security, or the 
broader economy require a unique approach to response efforts’’. 
(5) On December 29, 2016, President Obama issued an 
annex to Executive Order No. 13694, which authorized sanc-
tions on the following entities and individuals: 
(A) The Main Intelligence Directorate (also known as 
Glavnoe Razvedyvatel’noe Upravlenie or the GRU) in 
Moscow, Russian Federation. 
(B) The Federal Security Service (also known as 
Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti or the FSB) in Moscow, 
Russian Federation. 
(C) The Special Technology Center (also known as 
STLC, Ltd. Special Technology Center St. Petersburg) in 
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. 
(D) Zorsecurity (also known as Esage Lab) in Moscow, 
Russian Federation. 
(E) The autonomous noncommercial organization 
known as the Professional Association of Designers of Data 
Processing Systems (also known as ANO PO KSI) in 
Moscow, Russian Federation. 
(F) Igor Valentinovich Korobov. 
(G) Sergey Aleksandrovich Gizunov. 
(H) Igor Olegovich Kostyukov. 
(I) Vladimir Stepanovich Alexseyev. 
(6) On January 6, 2017, an assessment of the United States 
intelligence community entitled, ‘‘Assessing Russian Activities 
and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections’’ stated, ‘‘Russian Presi-
dent Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 
aimed at the United States presidential election.’’ The assess-
ment warns that ‘‘Moscow will apply lessons learned from its 
Putin-ordered campaign aimed at the U.S. Presidential election 
to future influence efforts worldwide, including against U.S. 
allies and their election processes’’. 
SEC. 212. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the President— 
(1) should continue to uphold and seek unity with European 
and other key partners on sanctions implemented against the 
Russian Federation, which have been effective and instru-
mental in countering Russian aggression in Ukraine; 
(2) should engage to the fullest extent possible with partner 
governments with regard to closing loopholes, including the 
allowance of extended prepayment for the delivery of goods
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and commodities and other loopholes, in multilateral and uni-
lateral restrictive measures against the Russian Federation, 
with the aim of maximizing alignment of those measures; and 
(3) should increase efforts to vigorously enforce compliance 
with sanctions in place as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act with respect to the Russian Federation in response 
to the crisis in eastern Ukraine, cyber intrusions and attacks, 
and human rights violators in the Russian Federation. 
PART 1—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF SANC-
TIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
SEC. 215. SHORT TITLE. 
This part may be cited as the ‘‘Russia Sanctions Review Act 
of 2017’’. 
SEC. 216. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS RELATING 
TO SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
(a) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF PROPOSED ACTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, before taking any action described in paragraph (2), the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees and leadership a report that describes the proposed action 
and the reasons for that action. 
(2) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An action described in this para-
graph is— 
(i) an action to terminate the application of any 
sanctions described in subparagraph (B); 
(ii) with respect to sanctions described in subpara-
graph (B) imposed by the President with respect to 
a person, an action to waive the application of those 
sanctions with respect to that person; or 
(iii) a licensing action that significantly alters 
United States’ foreign policy with regard to the Russian 
Federation. 
(B) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 
in this subparagraph are— 
(i) sanctions provided for under— 
(I) this title or any provision of law amended 
by this title, including the Executive orders codi-
fied under section 222; 
(II) the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, 
Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act 
of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.); or 
(III) the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 
(22 U.S.C. 8921 et seq.); and 
(ii) the prohibition on access to the properties of 
the Government of the Russian Federation located in 
Maryland and New York that the President ordered 
vacated on December 29, 2016. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF TYPE OF ACTION.—Each report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) with respect to an action described
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in paragraph (2) shall include a description of whether the 
action— 
(A) is not intended to significantly alter United States 
foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation; or 
(B) is intended to significantly alter United States 
foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation. 
(4) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL MATTER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each report submitted under para-
graph (1) that relates to an action that is intended to 
significantly alter United States foreign policy with regard 
to the Russian Federation shall include a description of— 
(i) the significant alteration to United States for-
eign policy with regard to the Russian Federation; 
(ii) the anticipated effect of the action on the 
national security interests of the United States; and 
(iii) the policy objectives for which the sanctions 
affected by the action were initially imposed. 
(B) REQUESTS FROM BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES 
COMMITTEES.—The Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate or the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives may request the 
submission to the Committee of the matter described in 
clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (A) with respect to 
a report submitted under paragraph (1) that relates to 
an action that is not intended to significantly alter United 
States foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation. 
(5) CONFIDENTIALITY
OF
PROPRIETARY
INFORMATION.— 
Proprietary information that can be associated with a particular 
person with respect to an action described in paragraph (2) 
may be included in a report submitted under paragraph (1) 
only if the appropriate congressional committees and leadership 
provide assurances of confidentiality, unless such person other-
wise consents in writing to such disclosure. 
(6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Paragraph (2)(A)(iii) shall not 
be construed to require the submission of a report under para-
graph (1) with respect to the routine issuance of a license 
that does not significantly alter United States foreign policy 
with regard to the Russian Federation. 
(b) PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the period of 30 calendar days 
beginning on the date on which the President submits a report 
under subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in the case of a report that relates to an action 
that is not intended to significantly alter United States 
foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 
the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of 
the House of Representatives should, as appropriate, hold 
hearings and briefings and otherwise obtain information 
in order to fully review the report; and 
(B) in the case of a report that relates to an action 
that is intended to significantly alter United States foreign 
policy with regard to the Russian Federation, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
should, as appropriate, hold hearings and briefings and
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otherwise obtain information in order to fully review the 
report. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The period for congressional review under 
paragraph (1) of a report required to be submitted under sub-
section (a)(1) shall be 60 calendar days if the report is submitted 
on or after July 10 and on or before September 7 in any 
calendar year. 
(3) 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) of a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 
proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2), including 
any additional period for such review as applicable under the 
exception provided in paragraph (2), the President may not 
take that action unless a joint resolution of approval with 
respect to that action is enacted in accordance with subsection 
(c). 
(4) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING PRESIDENTIAL CONSID-
ERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, if a joint resolution of 
disapproval relating to a report submitted under subsection 
(a)(1) proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) passes 
both Houses of Congress in accordance with subsection (c), 
the President may not take that action for a period of 12 
calendar days after the date of passage of the joint resolution 
of disapproval. 
(5) LIMITATION
ON
ACTIONS
DURING
CONGRESSIONAL 
RECONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a joint resolution 
of disapproval relating to a report submitted under subsection 
(a)(1) proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) passes 
both Houses of Congress in accordance with subsection (c), 
and the President vetoes the joint resolution, the President 
may not take that action for a period of 10 calendar days 
after the date of the President’s veto. 
(6) EFFECT OF ENACTMENT OF A JOINT RESOLUTION OF DIS-
APPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a 
joint resolution of disapproval relating to a report submitted 
under subsection (a)(1) proposing an action described in sub-
section (a)(2) is enacted in accordance with subsection (c), the 
President may not take that action. 
(c) 
JOINT
RESOLUTIONS
OF
DISAPPROVAL
OR
APPROVAL 
DEFINED.—In this subsection: 
(1) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.—The term ‘‘joint reso-
lution of approval’’ means only a joint resolution of either 
House of Congress— 
(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A joint resolution 
approving the President’s proposal to take an action 
relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect 
to the Russian Federation.’’; and 
(B) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which 
is the following: ‘‘Congress approves of the action relating 
to the application of sanctions imposed with respect to 
the Russian Federation proposed by the President in the 
report submitted to Congress under section 216(a)(1) of 
the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017 on lllllll 
relating to llllllll.’’, with the first blank space
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being filled with the appropriate date and the second blank 
space being filled with a short description of the proposed 
action. 
(2) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—The term ‘‘joint 
resolution of disapproval’’ means only a joint resolution of either 
House of Congress— 
(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A joint resolution 
disapproving the President’s proposal to take an action 
relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect 
to the Russian Federation.’’; and 
(B) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which 
is the following: ‘‘Congress disapproves of the action 
relating to the application of sanctions imposed with respect 
to the Russian Federation proposed by the President in 
the report submitted to Congress under section 216(a)(1) 
of 
the 
Russia 
Sanctions 
Review 
Act 
of 
2017 
on 
lllllll relating to llllllll.’’, with the first 
blank space being filled with the appropriate date and 
the second blank space being filled with a short description 
of the proposed action. 
(3) INTRODUCTION.—During the period of 30 calendar days 
provided for under subsection (b)(1), including any additional 
period as applicable under the exception provided in subsection 
(b)(2), a joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of dis-
approval 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 minority leader (or the 
minority leader’s designee). 
(4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
If a committee of the House of Representatives to which a 
joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of disapproval 
has been referred has not reported the joint resolution within 
10 calendar days after the date of referral, that committee 
shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint reso-
lution. 
(5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
(A) COMMITTEE
REFERRAL.—A joint resolution of 
approval or joint resolution of disapproval introduced in 
the Senate shall be— 
(i) referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs if the joint resolution relates to 
a report under subsection (a)(3)(A) that relates to an 
action that is not intended to significantly alter United 
States foreign policy with regard to the Russian Fed-
eration; and 
(ii) referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
if the joint resolution relates to a report under sub-
section (a)(3)(B) that relates to an action that is 
intended to significantly alter United States foreign 
policy with respect to the Russian Federation. 
(B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the committee to 
which a joint resolution of approval or joint resolution 
of disapproval was referred has not reported the joint reso-
lution within 10 calendar days after the date of referral 
of the joint resolution, that committee shall be discharged
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from further consideration of the joint resolution and the 
joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate 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 Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs or the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, as the case may be, reports a joint resolution 
of approval or joint resolution of disapproval to the Senate 
or has been discharged from consideration of such a joint 
resolution (even though a previous motion to the same 
effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the 
consideration of the joint resolution, and all points of order 
against the joint resolution (and against consideration of 
the joint resolution) are waived. The motion to proceed 
is not debatable. The motion is not subject to a motion 
to postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in 
order. 
(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.—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 relating to a joint resolution of approval or joint 
resolution of disapproval shall be decided without debate. 
(E) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.—Debate in the 
Senate of any veto message with respect to a joint resolu-
tion of approval or joint resolution of disapproval, including 
all debatable motions and appeals in connection with the 
joint resolution, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally 
divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader 
and the minority leader or their designees. 
(6) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.— 
(A) TREATMENT
OF
SENATE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
IN 
HOUSE.—In the House of Representatives, the following 
procedures shall apply to a joint resolution of approval 
or a joint resolution of disapproval received from the Senate 
(unless the House has already passed a joint resolution 
relating to the same proposed action): 
(i) The joint resolution shall be referred to the 
appropriate committees. 
(ii) If a committee to which a joint resolution has 
been referred has not reported the joint resolution 
within 2 calendar days after the date of referral, that 
committee shall be discharged from further consider-
ation of the joint resolution. 
(iii) Beginning on the third legislative day after 
each committee to which a joint resolution has been 
referred reports the joint resolution to the House or 
has been discharged from further consideration thereof, 
it shall be in order to move to proceed to consider 
the joint 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 joint resolution. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the motion 
to its adoption without intervening motion. The motion 
shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the
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vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be 
in order. 
(iv) The joint resolution shall be considered as 
read. All points of order against the joint resolution 
and against its consideration are waived. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the joint 
resolution to final passage without intervening motion 
except 2 hours of debate equally divided and controlled 
by the sponsor of the joint resolution (or a designee) 
and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on 
passage of the joint resolution shall not be in order. 
(B) TREATMENT
OF
HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
IN 
SENATE.— 
(i) If, before the passage by the Senate of a joint 
resolution of approval or joint resolution of disapproval, 
the Senate receives an identical joint resolution from 
the House of Representatives, the following procedures 
shall apply: 
(I) That joint resolution shall not be referred 
to a committee. 
(II) With respect to that joint resolution— 
(aa) the procedure in the Senate shall be 
the same as if no joint resolution had been 
received from the House of Representatives; 
but 
(bb) the vote on passage shall be on the 
joint resolution from the House of Representa-
tives. 
(ii) If, following passage of a joint resolution of 
approval or joint resolution of disapproval in the 
Senate, the Senate receives an identical joint resolution 
from the House of Representatives, that joint resolution 
shall be placed on the appropriate Senate calendar. 
(iii) If a joint resolution of approval or a joint 
resolution of disapproval is received from the House, 
and no companion joint resolution has been introduced 
in the Senate, the Senate procedures under this sub-
section shall apply to the House joint resolution. 
(C) APPLICATION TO REVENUE MEASURES.—The provi-
sions of this paragraph shall not apply in the House of 
Representatives to a joint resolution of approval or joint 
resolution of disapproval that is a revenue measure. 
(7) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE.— 
This subsection is enacted by Congress— 
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and 
as such is deemed a part of the rules of each House, 
respectively, and supersedes other rules only to the extent 
that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 
(B) with full recognition of the constitutional 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. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership’’ means—
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(1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the majority and 
minority leaders of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and the Speaker, the majority leader, and 
the minority leader of the House of Representatives. 
PART 2—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
SEC. 221. DEFINITIONS. 
In this part: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives. 
(2) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 16 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 
(50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.)). 
(3) INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘‘international financial institution’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 1701(c) of the International Financial Institu-
tions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)). 
(4) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with respect to 
conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person 
has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, 
the circumstance, or the result. 
(5) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or 
entity. 
(6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United States per-
son’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 
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. 
SEC. 222. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
(a) CODIFICATION.—United States sanctions provided for in 
Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to blocking 
property of certain persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine), 
Executive Order No. 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to blocking 
property of additional persons contributing to the situation in 
Ukraine), Executive Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating 
to blocking property of additional persons contributing to the situa-
tion in Ukraine), Executive Order No. 13685 (79 Fed. Reg. 77357; 
relating to blocking property of certain persons and prohibiting 
certain transactions with respect to the Crimea region of Ukraine), 
Executive Order No. 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; relating to blocking
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the property of certain persons engaging in significant malicious 
cyber-enabled activities), and Executive Order No. 13757 (82 Fed. 
Reg. 1; relating to taking additional steps to address the national 
emergency with respect to significant malicious cyber-enabled activi-
ties), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, including with respect to all persons sanctioned under 
such Executive orders, shall remain in effect except as provided 
in subsection (b). 
(b) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS.—Subject to section 
216, the President may terminate the application of sanctions 
described in subsection (a) that are imposed on a person in connec-
tion with activity conducted by the person if the President submits 
to the appropriate congressional committees a notice that— 
(1) the person is not engaging in the activity that was 
the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant verifiable 
steps toward stopping the activity; and 
(2) the President has received reliable assurances that 
the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject to 
sanctions described in subsection (a) in the future. 
(c) APPLICATION
OF NEW CYBER SANCTIONS.—The President 
may waive the initial application under subsection (a) of sanctions 
with respect to a person under Executive Order No. 13694 or 
13757 only if the President submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 
Federation has made significant efforts to reduce the number 
and intensity of cyber intrusions conducted by that Govern-
ment. 
(d) APPLICATION OF NEW UKRAINE-RELATED SANCTIONS.—The 
President may waive the initial application under subsection (a) 
of sanctions with respect to a person under Executive Order No. 
13660, 13661, 13662, or 13685 only if the President submits to 
the appropriate congressional committees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 
Federation is taking steps to implement the Minsk Agreement 
to address the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in 
Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of 
Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, 
which was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any successor 
agreements that are agreed to by the Government of Ukraine. 
SEC. 223. MODIFICATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 
NO. 13662. 
(a) DETERMINATION THAT CERTAIN ENTITIES ARE SUBJECT TO 
SANCTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury may determine that 
a person meets one or more of the criteria in section 1(a) of Execu-
tive Order No. 13662 if that person is a state-owned entity operating 
in the railway or metals and mining sector of the economy of 
the Russian Federation.
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(b) MODIFICATION OF DIRECTIVE 1 WITH RESPECT TO THE FINAN-
CIAL SERVICES SECTOR OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ECONOMY.— 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall modify Directive 1 (as 
amended), dated September 12, 2014, issued by the Office of Foreign 
Assets Control under Executive Order No. 13662, or any successor 
directive (which shall be effective beginning on the date that is 
60 days after the date of such modification), to ensure that the 
directive prohibits the conduct by United States persons or persons 
within the United States of all transactions in, provision of financing 
for, and other dealings in new debt of longer than 14 days maturity 
or new equity of persons determined to be subject to the directive, 
their property, or their interests in property. 
(c) MODIFICATION
OF DIRECTIVE 2 WITH RESPECT
TO
THE 
ENERGY SECTOR OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ECONOMY.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall modify Directive 2 (as amended), 
dated September 12, 2014, issued by the Office of Foreign Assets 
Control under Executive Order No. 13662, or any successor directive 
(which shall be effective beginning on the date that is 60 days 
after the date of such modification), to ensure that the directive 
prohibits the conduct by United States persons or persons within 
the United States of all transactions in, provision of financing 
for, and other dealings in new debt of longer than 60 days maturity 
of persons determined to be subject to the directive, their property, 
or their interests in property. 
(d) MODIFICATION OF DIRECTIVE 4.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall modify Directive 4, dated September 12, 2014, issued 
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control under Executive Order 
No. 13662, or any successor directive (which shall be effective 
beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of such 
modification), to ensure that the directive prohibits the provision, 
exportation, or reexportation, directly or indirectly, by United States 
persons or persons within the United States, of goods, services 
(except for financial services), or technology in support of exploration 
or production for new deepwater, Arctic offshore, or shale projects— 
(1) that have the potential to produce oil; and 
(2) that involve any person determined to be subject to 
the directive or the property or interests in property of such 
a person who has a controlling interest or a substantial non- 
controlling ownership interest in such a project defined as 
not less than a 33 percent interest. 
SEC. 224. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ACTIVITIES 
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION UNDERMINING CYBERSE-
CURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall— 
(1) impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with 
respect to any person that the President determines— 
(A) knowingly engages in significant activities under-
mining cybersecurity against any person, including a demo-
cratic institution, or government on behalf of the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation; or
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(B) is owned or controlled by, or acts or purports to 
act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a person 
described in subparagraph (A); 
(2) impose five or more of the sanctions described in section 
235 with respect to any person that the President determines 
knowingly materially assists, sponsors, or provides financial, 
material, or technological support for, or goods or services 
(except financial services) in support of, an activity described 
in paragraph (1)(A); and 
(3) impose three or more of the sanctions described in 
section 4(c) of the of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 
2014 (22 U.S.C. 8923(c)) with respect to any person that the 
President determines knowingly provides financial services in 
support of an activity described in paragraph (1)(A). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) ASSET BLOCKING.—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 transactions in all property and 
interests in property of a person determined by the President 
to be subject to subsection (a)(1) 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) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES AND REVOCATION 
OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION.—In the case of an alien 
determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a)(1), 
denial of a 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. 
(c) APPLICATION
OF NEW CYBER SANCTIONS.—The President 
may waive the initial application under subsection (a) of sanctions 
with respect to a person only if the President submits to the 
appropriate congressional committees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 
Federation has made significant efforts to reduce the number 
and intensity of cyber intrusions conducted by that Govern-
ment. 
(d) SIGNIFICANT
ACTIVITIES
UNDERMINING
CYBERSECURITY 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘significant activities under-
mining cybersecurity’’ includes— 
(1) significant efforts— 
(A) to deny access to or degrade, disrupt, or destroy 
an information and communications technology system or 
network; or 
(B) to exfiltrate, degrade, corrupt, destroy, or release 
information from such a system or network without 
authorization for purposes of— 
(i) conducting influence operations; or
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(ii) causing a significant misappropriation of funds, 
economic resources, trade secrets, personal identifica-
tions, or financial information for commercial or 
competitive advantage or private financial gain; 
(2) significant destructive malware attacks; and 
(3) significant denial of service activities. 
SEC. 225. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO SPECIAL RUSSIAN 
CRUDE OIL PROJECTS. 
Section 4(b)(1) of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 
(22 U.S.C. 8923(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘on and after the 
date that is 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the President may impose’’ and inserting ‘‘on and after the date 
that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of the Countering 
Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017, the President 
shall impose, unless the President determines that it is not in 
the national interest of the United States to do so,’’. 
SEC. 226. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO RUSSIAN AND 
OTHER FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 5 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (22 
U.S.C. 8924) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘may impose’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 
impose, unless the President determines that it is not 
in the national interest of the United States to do so,’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘on or after the date of the 
enactment of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe 
and Eurasia Act of 2017’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘may impose’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 
impose, unless the President determines that it is not 
in the national interest of the United States to do so,’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on or after the date that is 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of the Countering Russian Influence in 
Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 227. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
SIGNIFICANT CORRUPTION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
Section 9 of the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Eco-
nomic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8908(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘is authorized and encouraged to’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘President determines is’’ and 
inserting ‘‘President determines is, on or after the date 
of the enactment of the Countering Russian Influence 
in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or elsewhere’’ after ‘‘in the Rus-
sian Federation’’;
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(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘The President’’ and 
inserting ‘‘except as provided in subsection (d), the President’’; 
and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION
OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may 
waive the initial application of sanctions under subsection (b) with 
respect to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate 
congressional committees— 
‘‘(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
‘‘(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this Act; and 
‘‘(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 
Federation is taking steps to implement the Minsk Agreement 
to address the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in 
Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of 
Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, 
which was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any successor 
agreements that are agreed to by the Government of Ukraine.’’. 
SEC. 228. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
CERTAIN 
TRANSACTIONS 
WITH 
FOREIGN 
SANCTIONS 
EVADERS AND SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS IN THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, 
Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 
U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 10. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS THAT EVADE 
SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FED-
ERATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the sanctions 
described in subsection (b) with respect to a foreign person if 
the President determines that the foreign person knowingly, on 
or after the date of the enactment of the Countering Russian 
Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017— 
‘‘(1) materially violates, attempts to violate, conspires to 
violate, or causes a violation of any license, order, regulation, 
or prohibition contained in or issued pursuant to any covered 
Executive order, this Act, or the Ukraine Freedom Support 
Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8921 et seq.); or 
‘‘(2) facilitates a significant transaction or transactions, 
including deceptive or structured transactions, for or on behalf 
of— 
‘‘(A) any person subject to sanctions imposed by the 
United States with respect to the Russian Federation; or 
‘‘(B) any child, spouse, parent, or sibling of an indi-
vidual described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—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 
transactions 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
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within the United States, or are or come within the possession 
or control of a United States person. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all 
authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 
205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to vio-
late, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection 
(b) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out 
subsection (b) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent 
as a person that commits an unlawful act described in sub-
section (a) of that section. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION
OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may 
waive the initial application of sanctions under subsection (b) with 
respect to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate 
congressional committees— 
‘‘(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
‘‘(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this Act; 
‘‘(2) in the case of sanctions imposed under this section 
in connection with a covered Executive order described in 
subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of subsection (f)(1), a certifi-
cation that the Government of the Russian Federation is taking 
steps to implement the Minsk Agreement to address the 
ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, Belarus, 
on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, 
France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, which was agreed 
to on September 5, 2014, and any successor agreements that 
are agreed to by the Government of Ukraine; and 
‘‘(3) in the case of sanctions imposed under this section 
in connection with a covered Executive order described in sub-
paragraphs (E) or (F) of subsection (f)(1), a certification that 
the Government of the Russian Federation has made significant 
efforts to reduce the number and intensity of cyber intrusions 
conducted by that Government. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the Russia Sanc-
tions Review Act of 2017, the President may terminate the applica-
tion of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person 
if the President submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees— 
‘‘(1) a notice of and justification for the termination; and 
‘‘(2) a notice that— 
‘‘(A) the person is not engaging in the activity that 
was the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant 
verifiable steps toward stopping the activity; and 
‘‘(B) the President has received reliable assurances that 
the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject 
to sanctions under subsection (a) in the future. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term ‘covered Execu-
tive order’ means any of the following:
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‘‘(A) Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13493; 
relating to blocking property of certain persons contributing 
to the situation in Ukraine). 
‘‘(B) Executive Order No. 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; 
relating to blocking property of additional persons contrib-
uting to the situation in Ukraine). 
‘‘(C) Executive Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; 
relating to blocking property of additional persons contrib-
uting to the situation in Ukraine). 
‘‘(D) Executive Order No. 13685 (79 Fed. Reg. 77357; 
relating to blocking property of certain persons and prohib-
iting certain transactions with respect to the Crimea region 
of Ukraine). 
‘‘(E) Executive Order No. 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; 
relating to blocking the property of certain persons 
engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities), 
relating to the Russian Federation. 
‘‘(F) Executive Order No. 13757 (82 Fed. Reg. 1; 
relating to taking additional steps to address the national 
emergency with respect to significant malicious cyber- 
enabled activities), relating to the Russian Federation. 
‘‘(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign person’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 595.304 of title 31, Code 
of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this section). 
‘‘(3) STRUCTURED.—The term ‘structured’, with respect to 
a transaction, has the meaning given the term ‘structure’ in 
paragraph (xx) of section 1010.100 of title 31, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 
‘‘SEC. 11. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN 
RIGHTS ABUSES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the sanctions 
described in subsection (b) with respect to a foreign person if 
the President determines that the foreign person, based on credible 
information, on or after the date of the enactment of this section— 
‘‘(1) is responsible for, complicit in, or responsible for 
ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission 
of serious human rights abuses in any territory forcibly occupied 
or otherwise controlled by the Government of the Russian Fed-
eration; 
‘‘(2) materially assists, sponsors, or provides financial, 
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to, 
a foreign person described in paragraph (1); or 
‘‘(3) is owned or controlled by, or acts or purports to act 
for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a foreign person 
described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(1) ASSET BLOCKING.—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 transactions 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
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States, or are or come within the possession or control of 
a United States person. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES AND REVOCATION 
OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION.—In the case of an alien 
determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a), 
denial of a 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. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION
OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may 
waive the initial application of sanctions under subsection (b) with 
respect to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate 
congressional committees— 
‘‘(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
‘‘(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this Act; and 
‘‘(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 
Federation has made efforts to reduce serious human rights 
abuses in territory forcibly occupied or otherwise controlled 
by that Government. 
‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all 
authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 
205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to vio-
late, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection 
(b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out 
subsection (b)(1) shall be subject to the penalties set forth 
in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers 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. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of Russia Sanctions 
Review Act of 2017, the President may terminate the application 
of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person if the 
President submits to the appropriate congressional committees— 
‘‘(1) a notice of and justification for the termination; and 
‘‘(2) a notice— 
‘‘(A) that— 
‘‘(i) the person is not engaging in the activity that 
was the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant 
verifiable steps toward stopping the activity; and 
‘‘(ii) the President has received reliable assurances 
that the person will not knowingly engage in activity 
subject to sanctions under subsection (a) in the future; 
or 
‘‘(B) that the President determines that insufficient 
basis exists for the determination by the President under 
subsection (a) with respect to the person.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Section 2(2) of the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, 
Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 
U.S.C. 8901(2)) is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,’’ before ‘‘the Committee 
on Foreign Relations’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘the Committee on 
Financial Services’’ before ‘‘the Committee on Foreign Affairs’’. 
SEC. 229. NOTIFICATIONS TO CONGRESS UNDER UKRAINE FREEDOM 
SUPPORT ACT OF 2014. 
(a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO DEFENSE AND ENERGY SECTORS 
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.—Section 4 of the Ukraine Freedom 
Support Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8923) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections 
(h) and (i), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 
‘‘(g) NOTIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall notify 
the appropriate congressional committees in writing not later 
than 15 days after imposing sanctions with respect to a foreign 
person under subsection (a) or (b). 
‘‘(2) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO RUSSIAN 
PRODUCERS, TRANSFERORS, OR BROKERS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.— 
Subject to section 216 of the Russia Sanctions Review Act 
of 2017, the President may terminate the imposition of sanc-
tions under subsection (a)(2) with respect to a foreign person 
if the President submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees— 
‘‘(A) a notice of and justification for the termination; 
and 
‘‘(B) a notice that— 
‘‘(i) the foreign person is not engaging in the 
activity that was the basis for the sanctions or has 
taken significant verifiable steps toward stopping the 
activity; and 
‘‘(ii) the President has received reliable assurances 
that the foreign person will not knowingly engage in 
activity subject to sanctions under subsection (a)(2) 
in the future.’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (B)(ii) of subsection (a)(3), by striking 
‘‘subsection (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (i)’’. 
(b) SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTIONS.—Section 5 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 
2014 (22 U.S.C. 8924) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
(f) and (g), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: 
‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION
TO CONGRESS
ON IMPOSITION
OF SANC-
TIONS.—The President shall notify the appropriate congressional 
committees in writing not later than 15 days after imposing sanc-
tions with respect to a foreign financial institution under subsection 
(a) or (b).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g), as redesignated by paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘section 4(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(i)’’. 
SEC. 230. STANDARDS FOR TERMINATION OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS 
WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO UNDERMINING THE PEACE, SECU-
RITY, STABILITY, SOVEREIGNTY, OR
TERRITORIAL
INTEGRITY
OF 
UKRAINE.—Section 8 of the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and
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Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8907) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the Russia Sanc-
tions Review Act of 2017, the President may terminate the applica-
tion of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person 
if the President submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a notice that— 
‘‘(1) the person is not engaging in the activity that was 
the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant verifiable 
steps toward stopping the activity; and 
‘‘(2) the President has received reliable assurances that 
the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject to 
sanctions under subsection (a) in the future.’’. 
(b) SANCTIONS RELATING
TO CORRUPTION.—Section 9 of the 
Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of 
Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8908) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the Russia Sanc-
tions Review Act of 2017, the President may terminate the applica-
tion of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person 
if the President submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a notice that— 
‘‘(1) the person is not engaging in the activity that was 
the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant verifiable 
steps toward stopping the activity; and 
‘‘(2) the President has received reliable assurances that 
the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject to 
sanctions under subsection (a) in the future.’’. 
SEC. 231. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS 
ENGAGING IN TRANSACTIONS WITH THE INTELLIGENCE 
OR DEFENSE SECTORS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUS-
SIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
impose five or more of the sanctions described in section 235 with 
respect to a person the President determines knowingly, on or 
after such date of enactment, engages in a significant transaction 
with a person that is part of, or operates for or on behalf of, 
the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian 
Federation, including the Main Intelligence Agency of the General 
Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or the Federal 
Security Service of the Russian Federation. 
(b) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may waive 
the initial application of sanctions under subsection (a) with respect 
to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 
Federation has made significant efforts to reduce the number
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and intensity of cyber intrusions conducted by that Govern-
ment. 
(c) DELAY OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President may 
delay the imposition of sanctions under subsection (a) with respect 
to a person if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees, not less frequently than every 180 days while the 
delay is in effect, that the person is substantially reducing the 
number of significant transactions described in subsection (a) in 
which that person engages. 
(d) REQUIREMENT TO ISSUE GUIDANCE.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
issue regulations or other guidance to specify the persons that 
are part of, or operate for or on behalf of, the defense and intel-
ligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation. 
(e) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, 
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (a) or any 
regulation, license, or order issued to carry out subsection (a) shall 
be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
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. 
SEC. 232. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIPE-
LINES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, in coordination with allies 
of the United States, may impose five or more of the sanctions 
described in section 235 with respect to a person if the President 
determines that the person knowingly, on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, makes an investment described in sub-
section (b) or sells, leases, or provides to the Russian Federation, 
for the construction of Russian energy export pipelines, goods, serv-
ices, technology, information, or support described in subsection 
(c)— 
(1) any of which has a fair market value of $1,000,000 
or more; or 
(2) that, during a 12-month period, have an aggregate 
fair market value of $5,000,000 or more. 
(b) INVESTMENT DESCRIBED.—An investment described in this 
subsection is an investment that directly and significantly contrib-
utes to the enhancement of the ability of the Russian Federation 
to construct energy export pipelines. 
(c) GOODS, SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION, OR SUPPORT 
DESCRIBED.—Goods, services, technology, information, or support 
described in this subsection are goods, services, technology, informa-
tion, or support that could directly and significantly facilitate the 
maintenance or expansion of the construction, modernization, or 
repair of energy export pipelines by the Russian Federation. 
SEC. 233. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO INVESTMENT IN OR FACILITA-
TION OF PRIVATIZATION OF STATE-OWNED ASSETS BY THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose five or more 
of the sanctions described in section 235 if the President determines 
that a person, with actual knowledge, on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, makes an investment of $10,000,000 
or more (or any combination of investments of not less than 
$1,000,000 each, which in the aggregate equals or exceeds
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$10,000,000 in any 12-month period), or facilitates such an invest-
ment, if the investment directly and significantly contributes to 
the ability of the Russian Federation to privatize state-owned assets 
in a manner that unjustly benefits— 
(1) officials of the Government of the Russian Federation; 
or 
(2) close associates or family members of those officials. 
(b) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may waive 
the initial application of sanctions under subsection (a) with respect 
to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 
Federation is taking steps to implement the Minsk Agreement 
to address the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in 
Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of 
Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, 
which was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any successor 
agreements that are agreed to by the Government of Ukraine. 
SEC. 234. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSFER OF ARMS 
AND RELATED MATERIEL TO SYRIA. 
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose on a foreign 
person the sanctions described in subsection (b) if the President 
determines that such foreign person has, on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, knowingly exported, transferred, 
or otherwise provided to Syria significant financial, material, 
or technological support that contributes materially to the 
ability of the Government of Syria to— 
(A) acquire or develop chemical, biological, or nuclear 
weapons or related technologies; 
(B) acquire or develop ballistic or cruise missile 
capabilities; 
(C) acquire or develop destabilizing numbers and types 
of advanced conventional weapons; 
(D) acquire significant defense articles, defense serv-
ices, or defense information (as such terms are defined 
under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 
seq.)); or 
(E) acquire items designated by the President for pur-
poses of the United States Munitions List under section 
38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2778(a)(1)). 
(2) APPLICABILITY TO OTHER FOREIGN PERSONS.—The sanc-
tions described in subsection (b) shall also be imposed on any 
foreign person that— 
(A) is a successor entity to a foreign person described 
in paragraph (1); or 
(B) is owned or controlled by, or has acted for or 
on behalf of, a foreign person described in paragraph (1). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be imposed on 
a foreign person described in subsection (a) are the following:
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(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President shall exercise 
all powers granted by the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the require-
ments of section 202 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not 
apply) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all trans-
actions in all property and interests in property of the foreign 
person 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) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 
(A) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES.—If the for-
eign person is an individual, the Secretary of State shall 
deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall exclude from the United States, the foreign person. 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The issuing consular officer, the 
Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) shall 
revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued 
to the foreign person regardless of when issued. 
(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A revocation under 
clause (i) shall take effect immediately and shall auto-
matically cancel any other valid visa or entry docu-
mentation that is in the possession of the foreign per-
son. 
(c) WAIVER.—Subject to section 216, the President may waive 
the application of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to 
a person if the President determines that such a waiver is in 
the national security interest of the United States. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FINANCIAL, MATERIAL, OR TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT.— 
The term ‘‘financial, material, or technological support’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 542.304 of title 31, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regu-
lation or ruling). 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign person’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 594.304 of title 31, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation 
or ruling). 
(3) SYRIA.—The term ‘‘Syria’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 542.316 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 
SEC. 235. SANCTIONS DESCRIBED. 
(a) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be imposed with 
respect to a person under section 224(a)(2), 231(b), 232(a), or 233(a) 
are the following: 
(1) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ASSISTANCE FOR EXPORTS TO SANC-
TIONED PERSONS.—The President may direct the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States not to give approval to the issuance 
of any guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or participation 
in the extension of credit in connection with the export of 
any goods or services to the sanctioned person. 
(2) EXPORT
SANCTION.—The President may order the 
United States Government not to issue any specific license 
and not to grant any other specific permission or authority
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to export any goods or technology to the sanctioned person 
under— 
(A) the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
4601 et seq.) (as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.)); 
(B) the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 
seq.); 
(C) the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 
et seq.); or 
(D) any other statute that requires the prior review 
and approval of the United States Government as a condi-
tion for the export or reexport of goods or services. 
(3) LOANS FROM UNITED STATES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The President may prohibit any United States financial institu-
tion from making loans or providing credits to the sanctioned 
person totaling more than $10,000,000 in any 12-month period 
unless the person is engaged in activities to relieve human 
suffering and the loans or credits are provided for such activi-
ties. 
(4) LOANS FROM INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The President may direct the United States executive director 
to each international financial institution to use the voice and 
vote of the United States to oppose any loan from the inter-
national financial institution that would benefit the sanctioned 
person. 
(5) PROHIBITIONS
ON
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS.—The fol-
lowing prohibitions may be imposed against the sanctioned 
person if that person is a financial institution: 
(A) 
PROHIBITION
ON
DESIGNATION
AS
PRIMARY 
DEALER.—Neither the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System nor the Federal Reserve Bank of New 
York may designate, or permit the continuation of any 
prior designation of, the financial institution as a primary 
dealer in United States Government debt instruments. 
(B) PROHIBITION
ON
SERVICE
AS
A
REPOSITORY
OF 
GOVERNMENT
FUNDS.—The financial institution may not 
serve as agent of the United States Government or serve 
as repository for United States Government funds. 
The imposition of either sanction under subparagraph (A) or 
(B) shall be treated as one sanction for purposes of subsection 
(b), and the imposition of both such sanctions shall be treated 
as two sanctions for purposes of subsection (b). 
(6) PROCUREMENT SANCTION.—The United States Govern-
ment may not procure, or enter into any contract for the 
procurement of, any goods or services from the sanctioned 
person. 
(7) FOREIGN EXCHANGE.—The President may, pursuant to 
such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any 
transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to the jurisdic-
tion of the United States and in which the sanctioned person 
has any interest. 
(8) BANKING TRANSACTIONS.—The President may, pursuant 
to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit 
any transfers of credit or payments between financial institu-
tions or by, through, or to any financial institution, to the
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extent that such transfers or payments are subject to the juris-
diction of the United States and involve any interest of the 
sanctioned person. 
(9) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The President may, pursu-
ant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit 
any person from— 
(A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using, transferring, 
withdrawing, transporting, importing, or exporting any 
property that is subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States and with respect to which the sanctioned person 
has any interest; 
(B) dealing in or exercising any right, power, or privi-
lege with respect to such property; or 
(C) conducting any transaction involving such property. 
(10) BAN ON INVESTMENT IN EQUITY OR DEBT OF SANCTIONED 
PERSON.—The President may, pursuant to such regulations or 
guidelines as the President may prescribe, prohibit any United 
States person from investing in or purchasing significant 
amounts of equity or debt instruments of the sanctioned person. 
(11) EXCLUSION OF CORPORATE OFFICERS.—The President 
may direct the Secretary of State to deny a visa to, and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to exclude from the United 
States, any alien that the President determines is a corporate 
officer or principal of, or a shareholder with a controlling 
interest in, the sanctioned person. 
(12) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.—The 
President may impose on the principal executive officer or 
officers of the sanctioned person, or on persons performing 
similar functions and with similar authorities as such officer 
or officers, any of the sanctions under this subsection. 
(b) SANCTIONED PERSON DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘sanctioned person’’ means a person subject to sanctions under 
section 224(a)(2), 231(b), 232(a), or 233(a). 
SEC. 236. EXCEPTIONS, WAIVER, AND TERMINATION. 
(a) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of this part and amendments 
made by this part shall not apply with respect to the following: 
(1) Activities subject to the reporting requirements under 
title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 
et seq.), or any authorized intelligence activities of the United 
States. 
(2) The admission of an alien to the United States if such 
admission is necessary to comply with United States obligations 
under the Agreement between the United Nations and the 
United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the 
United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 
entered into force November 21, 1947, under the Convention 
on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and 
entered into force March 19, 1967, or under other international 
agreements. 
(b) WAIVER OF SANCTIONS THAT ARE IMPOSED.—Subject to sec-
tion 216, if the President imposes sanctions with respect to a 
person under this part or the amendments made by this part, 
the President may waive the application of those sanctions if the 
President determines that such a waiver is in the national security 
interest of the United States.
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(c) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216, the President may 
terminate the application of sanctions under section 224, 231, 232, 
233, or 234 with respect to a person if the President submits 
to the appropriate congressional committees— 
(1) a notice of and justification for the termination; and 
(2) a notice that— 
(A) the person is not engaging in the activity that 
was the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant 
verifiable steps toward stopping the activity; and 
(B) the President has received reliable assurances that 
the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject 
to sanctions under this part in the future. 
SEC. 237. EXCEPTION RELATING TO ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL 
AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amendments made by this 
Act shall not apply with respect to activities of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act or the amend-
ments made by this Act shall be construed to authorize the imposi-
tion of any sanction or other condition, limitation, restriction, or 
prohibition, that directly or indirectly impedes the supply by any 
entity of the Russian Federation of any product or service, or 
the procurement of such product or service by any contractor or 
subcontractor of the United States or any other entity, relating 
to or in connection with any space launch conducted for— 
(1) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; 
or 
(2) any other non-Department of Defense customer. 
SEC. 238. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this part or the amendments made by this part 
shall be construed— 
(1) to supersede the limitations or exceptions on the use 
of rocket engines for national security purposes under section 
1608 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 
113–291; 128 Stat. 3626; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note), as amended 
by section 1607 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1100) and 
section 1602 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2582); or 
(2) to prohibit a contractor or subcontractor of the Depart-
ment of Defense from acquiring components referred to in such 
section 1608. 
PART 3—REPORTS 
SEC. 241. REPORT ON OLIGARCHS AND PARASTATAL ENTITIES OF THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta-
tion with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary 
of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a detailed report on the following: 
(1) Senior foreign political figures and oligarchs in the 
Russian Federation, including the following: