Title: A bill to prohibit nationals of the Russian Federation and Belarus from working in Department of Energy National Laboratories.
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to take actions to, immediately after the enactment of this bill, terminate the employment of all nationals of Russia and Belarus (other than such nationals who are lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States) working in DOE National Laboratories.
DOE must prohibit such nationals from working in such laboratories until (1) the armed forces of Russia and any country that is an ally of Russia are no longer present in Ukraine, and (2) all sanctions imposed by the United States in response to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia that began on February 24, 2022, have been terminated.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4098 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4098

   To prohibit nationals of the Russian Federation and Belarus from 
         working in Department of Energy National Laboratories.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 27, 2022

 Mr. Barrasso (for himself and Mr. Marshall) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit nationals of the Russian Federation and Belarus from 
         working in Department of Energy National Laboratories.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON NATIONALS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND 
              BELARUS WORKING IN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESEARCH 
              FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Energy shall--
            (1) take such actions as are necessary to, immediately 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, terminate the 
        employment of all nationals of the Russian Federation and 
        Belarus (other than such nationals who are lawfully admitted 
        for permanent residence in the United States) working in 
        Department of Energy National Laboratories (as defined in 
        section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)); 
        and
            (2) prohibit such nationals from working in such 
        laboratories until the date described in subsection (b).
    (b) Termination Date.--The date described in this subsection is the 
date on which the President certifies to Congress that--
            (1) armed forces of the Russian Federation and any country 
        that is an ally of the Russian Federation are no longer present 
        in sovereign territory of Ukraine; and
            (2) all sanctions imposed by the United States in response 
        to the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation that began 
        on February 24, 2022, have been terminated.
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