Special Russian Sanctions Authority Act of 2022
Bill: S.3723 | Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill (R-LA)
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Special Russian Sanctions Authority Act of 2022
This bill imposes sanctions pertaining to Russia and addresses related issues.
The President must impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on (1) members of the United Russia Party in the lower house of Russia's legislature, (2) Russian government officials and officers of Russia's armed forces above certain levels or ranks, and (3) and members of Russia's intelligence apparatus.
The President must also impose property-blocking sanctions on (1) specified individuals, including businessperson Roman Abramovich and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin; and (2) the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company.
Furthermore, the bill designates (1) the Wagner Group as a specially designated global terrorist organization, (2) Vladimir Putin as a specially designated global terrorist, and (3) any country in the Western Hemisphere with a military cooperation agreement with Russia as having engaged in a grave hostile act of a foreign power.
The bill also establishes the Joint Task Force on Russian Sanctions, which must coordinate the imposition of Russia-related sanctions.
The President may confiscate and liquidate any Russian government property subject to U.S. jurisdiction and transfer the resulting funds to the government of Ukraine.
The President may provide military hardware to Ukraine's government to resist the Russian invasion.
The Department of State must close all Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States except for the Russian embassy in Washington, DC.
The Department of the Treasury must impose certain reporting requirements related to residential real estate transactions involving Russian politically exposed persons.

To impose sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation in response 
    to the invasion of Ukraine, to confiscate assets of the Russian 
   Federation and remit those assets to the legitimate Government of 
                    Ukraine, 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 ``Special Russian 
Sanctions Authority Act of 2022''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
                           TITLE I--SANCTIONS

Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Joint Task Force on Russian Sanctions.
Sec. 103. Imposition of sanctions with respect to officials of the 
                            Government of the Russian Federation.
Sec. 104. Imposition of sanctions with respect to Navalny 35.
Sec. 105. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the Wagner Group.
Sec. 106. Implementation; penalties; exceptions.
                        TITLE II--OTHER MATTERS

Sec. 201. Confiscation of assets of Russian Federation; remittance to 
                            legitimate Government of Ukraine.
Sec. 202. Designation of Vladimir Putin as a specially designated 
                            global terrorist.
Sec. 203. Declaration of certain governments with military cooperation 
                            agreements with the Russian Federation as 
                            engaging in grave hostile acts of a foreign 
                            power.
Sec. 204. Recognition of government of Volodymyr Zelenskyy as 
                            legitimate government of Ukraine.
Sec. 205. Military assistance for Ukraine.
Sec. 206. Closure of consulates; restriction on free movement of 
                            Russian diplomats.
Sec. 207. Anti-money laundering requirements for real estate 
                            professionals.

                           TITLE I--SANCTIONS

SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Admission; admitted; alien.--The terms ``admission'', 
        ``admitted'', and ``alien'' have the meanings given those terms 
        in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1101).
            (2) Property.--The term ``property'' includes 
        cryptocurrency.
            (3) United states person.--The term ``United States 
        person'' means--
                    (A) an individual who is 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 any jurisdiction within the United 
                States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.

SEC. 102. JOINT TASK FORCE ON RUSSIAN SANCTIONS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a Joint Task Force on 
Russian Sanctions (in this section referred to as the ``Task Force'').
    (b) Leadership.--The Task Force shall be led by the Director of 
National Intelligence.
    (c) Composition.--The Task Force shall be composed of 
representatives from--
            (1) the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department 
        of the Treasury;
            (2) the head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination of the 
        Department of State;
            (3) each element of the intelligence community (as defined 
        in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
        3003(4))); and
            (4) any other agency the Director of National Intelligence 
        considers appropriate.
    (d) Duties.--The Task Force shall be responsible for coordinating 
the imposition of sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation.
    (e) Identification of Sanctionable Persons.--The Task Force shall, 
on an ongoing basis, submit to the President, the Director of the 
Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the head of the Office of 
Sanctions Coordination of the Department of State, lists of persons the 
Task Force identifies as subject to sanctions imposed by the United 
States with respect to the Russian Federation.
    (f) Identification of Cryptocurrency.--In carrying out subsections 
(d) and (e), the Task Force shall consider ways--
            (1) to identify cryptocurrency owned by persons subject to 
        sanctions imposed by the United States with respect to the 
        Russian Federation; and
            (2) to block and prohibit all transactions in such 
        cryptocurrency.

SEC. 103. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO OFFICIALS OF THE 
              GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

    (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions 
described in subsection (b) with respect to any individual serving in 
any of the following positions on or after March 26, 2014:
            (1) As a member of the United Russia Party in the State 
        Duma.
            (2) As an official of the Government of the Russian 
        Federation at the level of director or higher.
            (3) As a member of the intelligence apparatus of the 
        Government of the Russian Federation.
            (4) As a officer of the Armed Forces of the Russian 
        Federation with the rank of colonel or higher.
    (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
subsection are the following:
            (1) Blocking of property.--The President shall exercise all 
        of the powers granted to the President under the International 
        Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the 
        extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 
        property and interests in property of an individual described 
        in 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) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole.--
                    (A) Visas, admission, or parole.--An alien 
                described in subsection (a) is--
                            (i) inadmissible to the United States;
                            (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
                        documentation to enter the United States; and
                            (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
                        or paroled into the United States or to receive 
                        any other benefit under the Immigration and 
                        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
                    (B) Current visas revoked.--
                            (i) In general.--An alien described in 
                        subsection (a) is subject to revocation of any 
                        visa or other entry documentation, regardless 
                        of when the visa or other entry documentation 
                        is or was issued.
                            (ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under 
                        clause (i) shall--
                                    (I) take effect immediately; and
                                    (II) automatically cancel any other 
                                valid visa or entry documentation that 
                                is in the alien's possession.

SEC. 104. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO NAVALNY 35.

    (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall exercise all of the powers 
granted to the President under the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 
and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of 
each individual specified in 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.
    (b) Individuals Specified.--The individuals specified in this 
subsection are the following:
            (1) Roman Abramovich, businessman.
            (2) Denis Bortnikov, Deputy President and Chairman of the 
        Management Board of VTB Bank.
            (3) Andrey Kostin, President and Chairman of the Management 
        Board of VTB Bank.
            (4) Dmitry Patrushev, Minister of Agriculture.
            (5) Igor Shuvalov, Chairman of the State Development 
        Corporation VEB.
            (6) Alisher Usmanov, businessman.
            (7) Oleg Deripaska, businessman.
            (8) Alexei Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee of 
        Gazprom.
            (9) Igor Sechin, Chairman of the Management Board of 
        Rosneft.
            (10) Gennady Timchenko, businessman.
            (11) Nikolai Tokarev, Chairman of Transneft.
            (12) Andrey Vorobyev, Governor of the Moscow Region XIII.
            (13) Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health.
            (14) Vladimir Solovyev, media personality.
            (15) Alexander Bastrykin, Head of the Investigative 
        Committee.
            (16) Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Federal Security 
        Service (FSB).
            (17) Konstantin Ernst, Chief Executive Officer of Channel 
        One TV station.
            (18) Victor Gavrilov, Head of the Department of Transport 
        of the Economic Security Service.
            (19) Dmitry Ivanov, Head of Chelyabinsk FSB.
            (20) Alexander Kalashnikov, Director of the Federal 
        Penitentiary Service (FSIN).
            (21) Sergei Kirienko, First Deputy Head of the Presidential 
        Administration.
            (22) Elena Morozova, Judge of Khimki District Court.
            (23) Denis Popov, Chief Prosecutor of Moscow.
            (24) Margarita Simonyan, Editor-in-Chief of RT.
            (25) Igor Yanchuk, Head of the Khimki Police Department.
            (26) Victor Zolotov, Director of the National Guard.
            (27) Alexander Beglov, Governor of St. Petersburg.
            (28) Yuri Chaika, former Prosecutor General.
            (29) Andrei Kartapolov, Deputy Defense Minister.
            (30) Pavel Krasheninnikov, Parliamentarian and former 
        Justice Minister.
            (31) Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of the Russian 
        Federation.
            (32) Ella Pamfilova, Head of Central Electoral Commission.
            (33) Dmitry Peskov, Presidential Press Secretary.
            (34) Sergei Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow.
            (35) Anton Vaino, Head of the Presidential Administration.

SEC. 105. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE WAGNER GROUP.

    (a) Blocking of Property.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall exercise all of the 
powers granted to the President under the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to 
block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in 
property of the Wagner Group 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.
    (b) Designation as Specially Designated Global Terrorist 
Organization.--The Wagner Group is designated as a specially designated 
global terrorist organization for purposes of Executive Order 13224 (50 
U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property and prohibiting 
transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 
terrorism), as amended before, on, or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.

SEC. 106. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES; EXCEPTIONS.

    (a) Implementation; Penalties.--
            (1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all 
        authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
        International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 
        1704) to carry out this title.
            (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
        violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 
        title or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out 
        this title 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.
    (b) Exceptions.--
            (1) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
                    (A) In general.--A requirement to block and 
                prohibit all transactions in all property and interests 
                in property under this title shall not include the 
                authority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the 
                importation of goods.
                    (B) Good.--In this paragraph, the term ``good'' 
                means any article, natural or manmade substance, 
                material, supply or manufactured product, including 
                inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical 
                data.
            (2) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters 
        agreement and law enforcement objectives.--Sanctions under 
        section 103(b)(2) shall not apply with respect to an alien if 
        admitting the alien into the United States--
                    (A) would further important law enforcement 
                objectives; or
                    (B) is necessary to permit the United States to 
                comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of 
                the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 
                1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between 
                the United Nations and the United States, or other 
                applicable international obligations of the United 
                States.

                        TITLE II--OTHER MATTERS

SEC. 201. CONFISCATION OF ASSETS OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION; REMITTANCE TO 
              LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE.

    (a) Confiscation.--
            (1) In general.--The President--
                    (A) may confiscate and vest, through instructions 
                or licenses or in such other manner as the President 
                determines appropriate, funds and other property of the 
                Government of the Russian Federation that are subject 
                to the jurisdiction of the United States;
                    (B) may liquidate or sell any of such property; and
                    (C) shall deposit any funds confiscated and vested 
                under subparagraph (A) and any funds resulting from the 
                liquidation or sale of property under subparagraph (B) 
                in the account established under subsection (d).
            (2) Vesting.--All right, title, and interest in funds and 
        other property confiscated under paragraph (1) shall vest in 
        the Government of the United States.
            (3) Inclusion of cryptocurrency.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (1), the term ``funds and other property'' includes 
        cryptocurrency.
    (b) Establishment of Account for Confiscated Property.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall establish a non-
        interest-bearing account to consist of the funds deposited into 
        the account under subsection (a)(1)(C).
            (2) Use of funds.--The funds in the account established 
        under paragraph (1) shall be available as specified in 
        subsection (c).
    (c) Transfer of Confiscated Property to Government of Ukraine.--The 
President may transfer funds from the account established under 
subsection (b) to the Government of Ukraine recognized under section 7.

SEC. 202. DESIGNATION OF VLADIMIR PUTIN AS A SPECIALLY DESIGNATED 
              GLOBAL TERRORIST.

    Vladimir Putin is designated as a specially designated global 
terrorist for purposes of Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons 
who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism), as amended 
before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 203. DECLARATION OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENTS WITH MILITARY COOPERATION 
              AGREEMENTS WITH THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS ENGAGING IN 
              GRAVE HOSTILE ACTS OF A FOREIGN POWER.

    The government of any country in the Western Hemisphere that has in 
effect a miliary cooperation agreement (or an equivalent agreement) 
with the Government of the Russian Federation is designated as having 
engaged in a grave hostile act of a foreign power (within the meaning 
of that term under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
(50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)).

SEC. 204. RECOGNITION OF GOVERNMENT OF VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY AS 
              LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE.

    It is the policy of the United States that--
            (1) Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the legitimate head of state of 
        Ukraine and his government is the legitimate government of 
        Ukraine, without regard to whether Volodymyr Zelenskyy or 
        officials of his government are in Ukraine or in control of 
        Ukraine; and
            (2) the United States will recognize as the legitimate 
        government of Ukraine only a government put in place pursuant 
        to the line of succession under the Constitution of Ukraine.

SEC. 205. MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR UKRAINE.

    (a) Authority.--The President may provide lethal and non-lethal 
assistance in the form of military hardware to the Government of 
Ukraine to resist invasion by the Russian Federation.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $10,000,000,000 to the Secretary of State for fiscal year 
2022 for Foreign Military Financing assistance to Ukraine as authorized 
under subsection (a).

SEC. 206. CLOSURE OF CONSULATES; RESTRICTION ON FREE MOVEMENT OF 
              RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS.

    (a) Closure of Consulates.--The Secretary of State shall take such 
actions as are necessary to close, as soon as possible after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, all property and facilities affiliated 
with the mission of the Russian Federation in the United States other 
than the embassy located in Washington, D.C.
    (b) Restriction on Free Movement of Russian Diplomats.--The 
Secretary of State shall ensure that members of the foreign mission of 
the Russian Federation in the United States and their family members 
are not permitted outside of a 10-mile radius surrounding the embassy 
of the Russian Federation located in Washington, D.C. The Secretary 
shall coordinate with the heads of other Federal departments and 
agencies as necessary to ensure that such members and family members 
are not allowed to use such permitted space to leave the United States 
by land, air, or sea, consistent with obligations under international 
law.

SEC. 207. ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REQUIREMENTS FOR REAL ESTATE 
              PROFESSIONALS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Beneficial owner.--The term ``beneficial owner'' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 5336(a) of title 31, 
        United States Code.
            (2) Covered transaction.--The term ``covered transaction'' 
        means the purchase of residential real property by a Russian 
        politically exposed person, regardless of the total purchase 
        price.
            (3) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        FinCEN.
            (4) FinCEN.--The term ``FinCEN'' means the Financial Crimes 
        Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury.
            (5) Responsible party.--The term ``responsible party'' 
        means a person described in section 5312(a)(2)(U) of title 31, 
        United States Code, including--
                    (A) a title insurance company;
                    (B) an escrow agent;
                    (C) a real estate lawyer; and
                    (D) a real estate agent.
            (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Treasury.
    (b) Reporting Real Estate Transactions Involving Russian 
Politically Exposed Persons.--With respect to a covered transaction, 
the Director shall require a responsible party to the covered 
transaction to report to the Director--
            (1) the source of funding for the covered transaction; and
            (2) the name of each Russian politically exposed person 
        involved in the covered transaction.
    (c) Requirements for Geographic Targeting Orders.--In issuing a 
Geographic Targeting Order that requires responsible parties to collect 
and report information about certain persons involved in certain 
residential real estate transactions, the Director--
            (1) shall not limit the transactions to be reported under 
        the order by total purchase price;
            (2) shall expand the entities that are required to collect 
        and report information to primarily be the title insurance 
        company, followed by the parties described in subparagraphs (B) 
        through (D) of subsection (a)(4);
            (3) shall define the term ``beneficial ownership'' as 
        provided in section 5336(a) of title 31, United States Code; 
        and
            (4) shall require the reporting of residential real 
        property that is purchased by a trust.
    (d) Anti-money Laundering Requirements for Real Estate 
Professionals.--In accordance with the authority under section 
5318(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary shall issue 
regulations that require all responsible parties with respect to 
residential real estate transactions of any total purchase price to 
comply with the due diligence and reporting requirements applicable to 
financial institutions under subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, 
United States Code, including--
            (1) reporting suspicious transactions under section 
        5318(g)(1) of title 31, United States Code;
            (2) establishing anti-money laundering programs under 
        section 5318(h) of title 31, United States Code;
            (3) establishing due diligence policies, procedures, and 
        controls under section 5318(i) of title 31, United States Code; 
        and
            (4) identifying and verifying account holders (or 
        functional equivalents) under section 5318(l) of title 31, 
        United States Code, including by establishing and maintaining 
        written procedures that are reasonably designed to enable the 
        responsible party to identify and verify beneficial owners.
                                                       Calendar No. 293

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3723

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