Title: Freezing Russian Sanctions Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Freezing Russian Sanctions Act
This bill provides that the following executive orders, as in effect on January 1, 2017, and any sanctions imposed pursuant to such orders, shall remain in effect:

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2935 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2935

 To codify Executive Order 13694 (relating to blocking the property of 
    certain persons engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled 
 activities) and to codify certain Executive orders imposing sanctions 
                in relation to the situation in Ukraine.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 2017

  Ms. Maxine Waters of California (for herself, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. 
   Jeffries, Mr. Evans, Mr. Rush, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kind, Mrs. Watson 
 Coleman, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Clarke of New York, and Mr. 
  McGovern) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the 
    Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To codify Executive Order 13694 (relating to blocking the property of 
    certain persons engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled 
 activities) and to codify certain Executive orders imposing sanctions 
                in relation to the situation in Ukraine.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freezing Russian Sanctions Act''.

SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 13694.

    Executive Order 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; relating to blocking the 
property of certain persons engaging in significant malicious cyber-
enabled activities), as in effect on January 1, 2017, and any sanctions 
imposed and designations made pursuant to Executive Order 13694, shall 
remain in effect.

SEC. 3. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS IMPOSING SANCTIONS IN RELATION 
              TO THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE.

    (a) In General.--The Executive orders specified in subsection (b), 
and sanctions imposed and designations made pursuant to such Executive 
orders, and any action taken or regulation issued by the Department of 
Commerce, pursuant to Export Administration Act of 1979 (as continued 
in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act), 
related to licensing exports to Russia, designated Russian persons, or 
designated Russian entities shall remain in effect.
    (b) Executive Orders Specified.--The Executive orders specified in 
this subsection are the following:
            (1) Executive Order 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to 
        blocking property of certain persons contributing to the 
        situation in Ukraine) (as in effect on January 1, 2017).
            (2) Executive Order 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to 
        blocking property of additional persons contributing to the 
        situation in Ukraine) (as in effect on January 1, 2017).
            (3) Executive Order 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating to 
        blocking property of additional persons contributing to the 
        situation in Ukraine) (as in effect on January 1, 2017).
            (4) Executive Order 13685 (79 Fed. Reg. 77357; relating to 
        blocking property of certain persons and prohibiting certain 
        transactions with respect to the Crimea region of Ukraine) (as 
        in effect on January 1, 2017).
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