To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of parliament of the Russian Federation who voted on February 15, 2022, in favor of the appeal to President Vladimir Putin to recognize the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in southeastern Ukraine as one or more independent states.
Bill: H.R.6842 | Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. (D-MA)
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This bill authorizes the President to impose asset- and visa-blocking sanctions on any member of Russia's parliament who voted on February 15, 2022, to appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as one or more independent states.

To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of parliament of 
the Russian Federation who voted on February 15, 2022, in favor of the 
appeal to President Vladimir Putin to recognize the regions of Donetsk 
 and Luhansk in southeastern Ukraine as one or more independent states.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SANCTIONS ON MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
              WHO VOTED ON FEBRUARY 15, 2022, IN FAVOR OF THE APPEAL TO 
              PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN TO RECOGNIZE THE REGIONS OF 
              DONETSK AND LUHANSK IN SOUTHEASTERN UKRAINE AS ONE OR 
              MORE INDEPENDENT STATES.

    (a) In General.--As a result of the decision of the Government of 
the Russian Federation to recognize the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk 
in southeastern Ukraine as one or more independent states on February 
21, 2022, the President is authorized to impose sanctions described in 
subsection (b) with respect to any member of the parliament of the 
Russian Federation who voted on February 15, 2022, in favor of the 
appeal to President Vladimir Putin to recognize the regions of Donetsk 
and Luhansk in southeastern Ukraine as one or more independent states.
    (b) Sanctions Described.--
            (1) In general.--The sanctions described in this subsection 
        are the following:
                    (A) 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 States, or 
                are or come within the possession or control of a 
                United States person.
                    (B) Inadmissibility of certain individuals.--
                            (i) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or 
                        parole.--A person determined by the President 
                        to be subject to 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.).
                            (ii) Current visas revoked.--A foreign 
                        person described in clause (i) is also subject 
                        to the following:
                                    (I) Revocation of any visa or other 
                                entry documentation regardless of when 
                                the visa or other entry documentation 
                                is or was issued.
                                    (II) A revocation under subclause 
                                (I) shall take effect immediately and 
                                automatically cancel any other valid 
                                visa or entry documentation that is in 
                                the foreign person's possession.
                    (C) United states person.--In subparagraph (A), the 
                term ``United States person'' means--
                            (i) a United States citizen or an alien 
                        lawfully admitted for permanent residence to 
                        the United States; or
                            (ii) 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.
            (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
        violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of 
        paragraph (1)(A) or any regulation, license, or order issued to 
        carry out paragraph (1)(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.
            (3) Exceptions.--
                    (A) Exception for intelligence activities.--
                Sanctions under this section shall not apply to 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 any authorized intelligence activities 
                of the United States.
                    (B) Exception to comply with international 
                obligations and for law enforcement activities.--
                Sanctions under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to an 
                alien if admitting the alien into the United States is 
                necessary--
                            (i) 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; or
                            (ii) to carry out or assist law enforcement 
                        activities in the United States.
                    (C) Exception relating to the importation of 
                goods.--
                            (i) In general.--The requirement to block 
                        and prohibit all transactions in all property 
                        and interests in property under paragraph 
                        (1)(A) shall not include the authority to 
                        impose sanctions on the importation of goods.
                            (ii) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the 
                        term ``good'' means any article, natural or 
                        man-made substance, material, supply or 
                        manufactured product, including inspection and 
                        test equipment, and excluding technical data.
    (c) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of sanctions 
under subsection (b) with respect to a person if the President--
            (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national 
        security interests of the United States; and
            (2) on or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, 
        submits to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
        on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial 
        Services of the House of Representatives a notice of and a 
        justification for the waiver.
    (d) Regulatory Authority.--The President shall issue such 
regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this 
section.
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