Freezing Russian Sanctions Act

Bill: 115-hr-2935
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2017-06-16
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Europe

Foreign property

Licensing and registrations

Russia

Sanctions

Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Trade restrictions

U.S. and foreign investments

Ukraine

Visas and passports

War and emergency powers
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Freezing Russian Sanctions Act</strong></p> <p>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: </p> <ul> <li>Executive Order 13694 as it&nbsp;relates&nbsp;to blocking property of certain persons engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities; </li> <li>Executive Orders 13660, 13661, and 13662 as they relate to blocking property of certain persons contributing to the&nbsp;Russian invasion&nbsp;in Ukraine; and </li> <li>Executive Order 13685 as it relates to blocking property of certain persons ad prohibiting certain transactions with respect to the Crimea region of Ukraine.</li></ul>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2935 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freezing Russian Sanctions Act . 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. 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).