Putin Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-6422
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2022-01-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Computer security and identity theft
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign loans and debt
Foreign property
Germany
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Human rights
International law and treaties
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Iran
Lebanon
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Militias and paramilitary groups
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia
Sanctions
Securities
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Subversive activities
Terrorism
Ukraine
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: 

Putin Accountability Act

 
This bill imposes sanctions pertaining to Russia and addresses related issues.
 
The President must impose sanctions, with some exceptions, on 
 
 
individuals and entities that knowingly and directly provide specialized financial messaging services to Russia's central bank (or enables access to such services);
 
entities responsible for constructing, financing, or operating Nord Stream 2 (a pipeline constructed to increase Russian natural gas exports) and the corporate officers and controlling shareholders of such entities;
 
individuals and entities in Russia involved in kleptocracy, Russian government activities to subvert U.S. democratic institutions and interests, or Russian government disinformation campaigns against the United States; and 
 
entities that are Russian state development corporations, as well as any officials of such an entity.
 
 
The President must impose property-blocking sanctions on such individuals and entities and also visa-blocking sanctions on the individuals.
 
The President must also (1) issue regulations to prohibit U.S. individuals and entities from dealing in Russian sovereign debt; and (2) issue a determination as to whether certain specified Russian individuals meet the criteria to be subject to sanctions under various authorities, including this bill.
 
The Department of State must (1) designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, and (2) report to Congress a determination of whether Russia-affiliated armed entities in the Donbas region of Ukraine meet the criteria to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations.
 
The bill prohibits expending funds to engage with Russia's government on cyber issues or arms control negotiations until certain conditions have been met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House