Special Russian Sanctions Authority Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3723
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Conflicts and wars
Corporate finance and management
Currency
Department of the Treasury
Digital media
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Militias and paramilitary groups
Political parties and affiliation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protest and dissent
Real estate business
Russia
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism
Ukraine
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-01
text: 

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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-02
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 293.
action_date: 2022-03-01
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2022-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate