An act to provide congressional review and to counter aggression by the Governments of Iran, the Russian Federation, and North Korea, and for other purposes
PL 115-44 (H.R.3364), enacted 08/02/2017

131 STAT. 886 
PUBLIC LAW 115–44—AUG. 2, 2017 
Public Law 115–44 
115th Congress 
An Act 
To provide congressional review and to counter aggression by the Governments 
of Iran, the Russian Federation, and North Korea, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering 
America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Sec. 103. Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric Iranian 
threats in the Middle East and North Africa. 
Sec. 104. Imposition of additional sanctions in response to Iran’s ballistic missile 
program. 
Sec. 105. Imposition of terrorism-related sanctions with respect to the IRGC. 
Sec. 106. Imposition of additional sanctions with respect to persons responsible for 
human rights abuses. 
Sec. 107. Enforcement of arms embargos. 
Sec. 108. Review of applicability of sanctions relating to Iran’s support for ter-
rorism and its ballistic missile program. 
Sec. 109. Report on coordination of sanctions between the United States and the 
European Union. 
Sec. 110. Report on United States citizens detained by Iran. 
Sec. 111. Exceptions for national security and humanitarian assistance; rule of con-
struction. 
Sec. 112. Presidential waiver authority. 
TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND 
COMBATING TERRORISM AND ILLICIT FINANCING 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Sanctions and Other Measures With Respect to the Russian Federation 
Sec. 211. Findings. 
Sec. 212. Sense of Congress. 
PART 1—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
Sec. 215. Short title. 
Sec. 216. Congressional review of certain actions relating to sanctions imposed with 
respect to the Russian Federation. 
PART 2—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
Sec. 221. Definitions. 
Sec. 222. Codification of sanctions relating to the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 223. Modification of implementation of Executive Order No. 13662. 
22 USC 9401 
note. 
Countering 
America’s 
Adversaries 
Through 
Sanctions Act. 
Aug. 2, 2017 
[H.R. 3364] 
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Sec. 224. Imposition of sanctions with respect to activities of the Russian Federa-
tion undermining cybersecurity. 
Sec. 225. Imposition of sanctions relating to special Russian crude oil projects. 
Sec. 226. Imposition of sanctions with respect to Russian and other foreign finan-
cial institutions. 
Sec. 227. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to significant corruption 
in the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 228. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to certain transactions 
with foreign sanctions evaders and serious human rights abusers in the 
Russian Federation. 
Sec. 229. Notifications to Congress under Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014. 
Sec. 230. Standards for termination of certain sanctions with respect to the Rus-
sian Federation. 
Sec. 231. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons engaging in transactions 
with the intelligence or defense sectors of the Government of the Rus-
sian Federation. 
Sec. 232. Sanctions with respect to the development of pipelines in the Russian 
Federation. 
Sec. 233. Sanctions with respect to investment in or facilitation of privatization of 
state-owned assets by the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 234. Sanctions with respect to the transfer of arms and related materiel to 
Syria. 
Sec. 235. Sanctions described. 
Sec. 236. Exceptions, waiver, and termination. 
Sec. 237. Exception relating to activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration. 
Sec. 238. Rule of construction. 
PART 3—REPORTS 
Sec. 241. Report on oligarchs and parastatal entities of the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 242. Report on effects of expanding sanctions to include sovereign debt and de-
rivative products. 
Sec. 243. Report on illicit finance relating to the Russian Federation. 
Subtitle B—Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia 
Sec. 251. Findings. 
Sec. 252. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 253. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 254. Coordinating aid and assistance across Europe and Eurasia. 
Sec. 255. Report on media organizations controlled and funded by the Government 
of the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 256. Report on Russian Federation influence on elections in Europe and Eur-
asia. 
Sec. 257. Ukranian energy security. 
Sec. 258. Termination. 
Sec. 259. Appropriate congressional committees defined. 
Subtitle C—Combating Terrorism and Illicit Financing 
PART 1—NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COMBATING TERRORIST AND OTHER ILLICIT 
FINANCING 
Sec. 261. Development of national strategy. 
Sec. 262. Contents of national strategy. 
PART 2—ENHANCING ANTITERRORISM TOOLS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
Sec. 271. Improving antiterror finance monitoring of funds transfers. 
Sec. 272. Sense of Congress on international cooperation regarding terrorist financ-
ing intelligence. 
Sec. 273. Examining the counter-terror financing role of the Department of the 
Treasury in embassies. 
Sec. 274. Inclusion of Secretary of the Treasury on the National Security Council. 
Sec. 275. Inclusion of all funds. 
PART 3—DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 281. Definitions. 
Subtitle D—Rule of Construction 
Sec. 291. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 292. Sense of Congress on the strategic importance of Article 5 of the North 
Atlantic Treaty. 
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TITLE III—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Sanctions to Enforce and Implement United Nations Security Council 
Sanctions Against North Korea 
Sec. 311. Modification and expansion of requirements for the designation of per-
sons. 
Sec. 312. Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts. 
Sec. 313. Limitations on foreign assistance to noncompliant governments. 
Sec. 314. Amendments to enhance inspection authorities. 
Sec. 315. Enforcing compliance with United Nations shipping sanctions against 
North Korea. 
Sec. 316. Report on cooperation between North Korea and Iran. 
Sec. 317. Report on implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions 
by other governments. 
Sec. 318. Briefing on measures to deny specialized financial messaging services to 
designated North Korean financial institutions. 
Subtitle B—Sanctions With Respect to Human Rights Abuses by the Government 
of North Korea 
Sec. 321. Sanctions for forced labor and slavery overseas of North Koreans. 
Sec. 322. Modifications to sanctions suspension and waiver authorities. 
Sec. 323. Reward for informants. 
Sec. 324. Determination on designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of ter-
rorism. 
Subtitle C—General Authorities 
Sec. 331. Authority to consolidate reports. 
Sec. 332. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 333. Regulatory authority. 
Sec. 334. Limitation on funds. 
TITLE I—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
IRAN 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Iran’s Destabilizing 
Activities Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘act of 
international terrorism’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104– 
172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign person’’ means 
a person that is not a United States person. 
(4) IRANIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Iranian person’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is a citizen or national of Iran; 
or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of Iran or 
otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government 
of Iran. 
(5) IRGC.—The term ‘‘IRGC’’ means Iran’s Islamic Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps. 
22 USC 9401 
note. 
22 USC 9401 
note. 
Countering Iran’s 
Destabilizing 
Activities Act of 
2017. 
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(6) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 
1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(7) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United States per-
son’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence to the United States; 
or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United 
States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, 
including a foreign branch of such an entity. 
SEC. 103. REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING CONVENTIONAL 
AND ASYMMETRIC IRANIAN THREATS IN THE MIDDLE 
EAST AND NORTH AFRICA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Sec-
retary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly 
develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
and leadership a strategy for deterring conventional and asymmetric 
Iranian activities and threats that directly threaten the United 
States and key allies in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection (a) shall 
include at a minimum the following: 
(1) A summary of the near- and long-term United States 
objectives, plans, and means for countering Iran’s destabilizing 
activities, including identification of countries that share the 
objective of countering Iran’s destabilizing activities. 
(2) A summary of the capabilities and contributions of 
individual countries to shared efforts to counter Iran’s desta-
bilizing activities, and a summary of additional actions or con-
tributions that each country could take to further contribute. 
(3) An assessment of Iran’s conventional force capabilities 
and an assessment of Iran’s plans to upgrade its conventional 
force capabilities, including its acquisition, development, and 
deployment 
of 
ballistic 
and 
cruise 
missile 
capabilities, 
unmanned aerial vehicles, and maritime offensive and anti- 
access or area denial capabilities. 
(4) An assessment of Iran’s chemical and biological weapons 
capabilities and an assessment of Iranian plans to upgrade 
its chemical or biological weapons capabilities. 
(5) An assessment of Iran’s asymmetric activities in the 
region, including— 
(A) the size, capabilities, and activities of the IRGC, 
including the Quds Force; 
(B) the size, capabilities, and activities of Iran’s cyber 
operations; 
(C) the types and amount of support, including funding, 
lethal and nonlethal contributions, and training, provided 
to Hezbollah, Hamas, special groups in Iraq, the regime 
of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Houthi fighters in Yemen, 
and other violent groups across the Middle East; and 
(D) the scope and objectives of Iran’s information oper-
ations and use of propaganda. 
Summaries. 
Assessments. 
Deadlines. 
22 USC 9402. 
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(6) A summary of United States actions, unilaterally and 
in cooperation with foreign governments, to counter desta-
bilizing Iranian activities, including— 
(A) interdiction of Iranian lethal arms bound for groups 
designated as foreign terrorist organizations under section 
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 
(B) Iran’s interference in international commercial 
shipping lanes; 
(C) attempts by Iran to undermine or subvert inter-
nationally recognized governments in the Middle East 
region; and 
(D) Iran’s support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad 
in Syria, including— 
(i) financial assistance, military equipment and 
personnel, and other support provided to that regime; 
and 
(ii) support and direction to other armed actors 
that are not Syrian or Iranian and are acting on behalf 
of that regime. 
(c) FORM OF STRATEGY.—The strategy required by subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; 
and 
(2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee 
on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 104. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS IN RESPONSE TO 
IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM. 
(a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State should 
continue to implement Executive Order No. 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass destruction 
delivery system proliferators and their supporters). 
(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to any person 
that the President determines, on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act— 
(1) knowingly engages in any activity that materially 
contributes to the activities of the Government of Iran with 
respect to its ballistic missile program, or any other program 
in Iran for developing, deploying, or maintaining systems 
capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction, including 
any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, 
transfer, or use such capabilities; 
(2) is a successor entity to a person referred to in paragraph 
(1); 
(3) owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a person 
referred to in paragraph (1); 
President. 
Determination. 
23 USC 9403. 
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(4) forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanctions 
that would otherwise be imposed pursuant to paragraph (3); 
(5) is acting for or on behalf of a person referred to in 
paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or 
(6) knowingly provides or attempts to provide financial, 
material, technological, or other support for, or goods or services 
in support of, a person referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), 
(4) or (5). 
(c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this sub-
section are the following: 
(1) BLOCKING
OF
PROPERTY.—The President shall block, 
in accordance with the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), all transactions in all 
property and interests in property of any person subject to 
subsection (b) if such property and interests in property are 
in the United States, come within the United States, or are 
or come within the possession or control of a United States 
person. 
(2) EXCLUSION
FROM
UNITED
STATES.—The Secretary of 
State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall exclude from the United States, any person sub-
ject to subsection (b) that is an alien. 
(d) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, 
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (c)(1) or 
any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that subsection 
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 
an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
(e) REPORT ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report describing each person that— 
(A) has, during the period specified in paragraph (2), 
conducted any activity that has materially contributed to 
the activities of the Government of Iran with respect to 
its ballistic missile program, or any other program in Iran 
for developing, deploying, or maintaining systems capable 
of delivering weapons of mass destruction, including any 
efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, 
transfer, or use such capabilities; 
(B) is a successor entity to a person referred to in 
subparagraph (A); 
(C) owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a 
person referred to in subparagraph (A); 
(D) forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanc-
tions that could be imposed as a result of a relationship 
described in subparagraph (C); 
(E) is acting for or on behalf of a person referred 
to in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or 
(F) is known or believed to have provided, or attempted 
to provide, during the period specified in paragraph (2), 
financial, material, technological, or other support for, or 
goods or services in support of, any material contribution 
to a program described in subparagraph (A) carried out 
President. 
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by a person described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), 
or (E). 
(2) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in this para-
graph is— 
(A) in the case of the first report submitted under 
paragraph (1), the period beginning January 1, 2016, and 
ending on the date the report is submitted; and 
(B) in the case of a subsequent such report, the 180- 
day period preceding the submission of the report. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 105. IMPOSITION OF TERRORISM-RELATED SANCTIONS WITH 
RESPECT TO THE IRGC. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The IRGC is subject to sanctions pursuant to Executive 
Order No. 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 
property of weapons of mass destruction delivery system 
proliferators and their supporters), the Comprehensive Iran 
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 
U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), Executive Order No. 13553 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note; relating to blocking property of certain persons 
with respect to serious human rights abuses by the Government 
of Iran), and Executive Order No. 13606 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
relating to blocking the property and suspending entry into 
the United States of certain persons with respect to grave 
human rights abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria 
via information technology). 
(2) The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘IRGC–QF’’) is the primary 
arm of the Government of Iran for executing its policy of 
supporting terrorist and insurgent groups. The IRGC–QF pro-
vides material, logistical assistance, training, and financial sup-
port to militants and terrorist operatives throughout the Middle 
East and South Asia and was designated for the imposition 
of sanctions by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to 
Executive Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons 
who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism) in 
October 2007 for its support of terrorism. 
(3) The IRGC, not just the IRGC–QF, is responsible for 
implementing Iran’s international program of destabilizing 
activities, support for acts of international terrorism, and bal-
listic missile program. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 
the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to the IRGC 
and foreign persons that are officials, agents, or affiliates of the 
IRGC. 
(c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this sub-
section are sanctions applicable with respect to a foreign person 
pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with per-
sons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism). 
Effective date. 
President. 
22 USC 9404. 
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SEC. 106. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a list of each person the Secretary determines, based on credible 
evidence, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) is responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other 
gross violations of internationally recognized human rights com-
mitted against individuals in Iran who seek— 
(A) to expose illegal activity carried out by officials 
of the Government of Iran; or 
(B) to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote internation-
ally recognized human rights and freedoms, such as the 
freedoms of religion, expression, association, and assembly, 
and the rights to a fair trial and democratic elections; 
or 
(2) acts as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign person 
in a matter relating to an activity described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, in accordance with 
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.), block all transactions in all property and interests 
in property of a person on the list required by subsection 
(a) if such property and interests in property are in the United 
States, come within the United States, or are or come within 
the possession or control of a United States person. 
(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, 
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of paragraph (1) 
or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out para-
graph (1) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent 
as a person that commits an unlawful act described in sub-
section (a) of that section. 
SEC. 107. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGOS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (d), the 
President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) 
with respect to any person that the President determines— 
(1) knowingly engages in any activity that materially 
contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer directly or indirectly 
to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any 
battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large caliber artillery 
systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles 
or missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the United 
Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or related materiel, 
including spare parts; or 
(2) knowingly provides to Iran any technical training, finan-
cial resources or services, advice, other services or assistance 
related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, 
or use of arms and related materiel described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) BLOCKING
OF
PROPERTY.—The President shall block, 
in accordance with the International Emergency Economic 
President. 
President. 
Determination. 
22 USC 9406. 
Deadline. 
Lists. 
Determination. 
22 USC 9405. 
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Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), all transactions in all 
property and interests in property of any person subject to 
subsection (a) if such property and interests in property are 
in the United States, come within the United States, or are 
or come within the possession or control of a United States 
person. 
(2) EXCLUSION
FROM
UNITED
STATES.—The Secretary of 
State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall exclude from the United States, any person sub-
ject to subsection (a) that is an alien. 
(c) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, 
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (b)(1) or 
any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that subsection 
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 
an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
(d) EXCEPTION.—The President is not required to impose sanc-
tions under subsection (a) with respect to a person for engaging 
in an activity described in that subsection if the President certifies 
to the appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) permitting the activity is in the national security 
interest of the United States; 
(2) Iran no longer presents a significant threat to the 
national security of the United States and to the allies of 
the United States; and 
(3) the Government of Iran has ceased providing oper-
ational or financial support for acts of international terrorism 
and no longer satisfies the requirements for designation as 
a state sponsor of terrorism. 
(e) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the govern-
ment of which the Secretary of State has determined to be a 
government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of inter-
national terrorism for purposes of— 
(1) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act of 
1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)(1)(A)) (as continued in effect pursuant 
to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.)); 
(2) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 
(3) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2780(d)); or 
(4) any other provision of law. 
SEC. 108. REVIEW OF APPLICABILITY OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO 
IRAN’S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM AND ITS BALLISTIC MIS-
SILE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall conduct a review 
of all persons on the list of specially designated nationals and 
blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 
of the Department of the Treasury for activities relating to Iran— 
(1) to assess the conduct of such persons as that conduct 
relates to— 
Deadline. 
President. 
Assessment. 
22 USC 9407. 
President. 
Certification. 
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(A) any activity that materially contributes to the 
activities of the Government of Iran with respect to its 
ballistic missile program; or 
(B) support by the Government of Iran for acts of 
international terrorism; and 
(2) to determine the applicability of sanctions with respect 
to such persons under— 
(A) Executive Order No. 13382 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
relating to blocking property of weapons of mass destruc-
tion delivery system proliferators and their supporters); 
or 
(B) Executive Order No. 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions 
with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 
terrorism). 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS.—If the President deter-
mines under subsection (a) that sanctions under an Executive order 
specified in paragraph (2) of that subsection are applicable with 
respect to a person, the President shall— 
(1) impose sanctions with respect to that person pursuant 
to that Executive order; or 
(2) exercise the waiver authority provided under section 
112. 
SEC. 109. REPORT ON COORDINATION OF SANCTIONS BETWEEN THE 
UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report that includes the following: 
(1) A description of each instance, during the period speci-
fied in subsection (b)— 
(A) in which the United States has imposed sanctions 
with respect to a person for activity related to the prolifera-
tion of weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems 
for such weapons to or by Iran, support for acts of inter-
national terrorism by Iran, or human rights abuses in 
Iran, but in which the European Union has not imposed 
corresponding sanctions; and 
(B) in which the European Union has imposed sanc-
tions with respect to a person for activity related to the 
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or delivery 
systems for such weapons to or by Iran, support for acts 
of international terrorism by Iran, or human rights abuses 
in Iran, but in which the United States has not imposed 
corresponding sanctions. 
(2) An explanation for the reason for each discrepancy 
between sanctions imposed by the European Union and sanc-
tions imposed by the United States described in subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) of paragraph (1). 
(b) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in this subsection 
is— 
(1) in the case of the first report submitted under subsection 
(a), the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and ending on the date the report is submitted; and 
(2) in the case of a subsequent such report, the 180-day 
period preceding the submission of the report. 
President. 
22 USC 9408. 
President. 
Determination. 
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(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 110. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS DETAINED BY IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
and leadership a report on United States citizens, including United 
States citizens who are also citizens of other countries, detained 
by Iran or groups supported by Iran that includes— 
(1) information regarding any officials of the Government 
of Iran involved in any way in the detentions; and 
(2) a summary of efforts the United States Government 
has taken to secure the swift release of those United States 
citizens. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; 
and 
(2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee 
on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 111. EXCEPTIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND HUMANITARIAN 
ASSISTANCE; RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following activities shall be exempt from 
sanctions under sections 104, 105, 106, and 107: 
(1) Any activity subject to the reporting requirements under 
title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 
et seq.), or to any authorized intelligence activities of the United 
States. 
(2) The admission of an alien to the United States if such 
admission is necessary to comply with United States obligations 
under the Agreement between the United Nations and the 
United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the 
United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 
entered into force November 21, 1947, or under the Convention 
on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and 
entered into force March 19, 1967, or other applicable inter-
national obligations of the United States. 
(3) The conduct or facilitation of a transaction for the 
sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical 
devices to Iran or for the provision of humanitarian assistance 
to the people of Iran, including engaging in a financial trans-
action relating to humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian 
purposes or transporting goods or services that are necessary 
to carry out operations relating to humanitarian assistance 
or humanitarian purposes. 
Exemptions. 
22 USC 9410. 
Summary. 
President. 
22 USC 9409. 
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(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all authori-
ties provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry 
out this Act. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued to limit the authority of the President under the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘agricultural 
commodity’’ has the meaning given that term in section 102 
of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 
(2) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 16 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 
(50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.)). 
(3) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical device’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in section 201 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 
(4) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has the meaning given 
the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 
SEC. 112. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY. 
(a) CASE-BY-CASE WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, on a case- 
by-case basis and for a period of not more than 180 days, 
a requirement under section 104, 105, 106, 107, or 108 to 
impose or maintain sanctions with respect to a person, and 
may waive the continued imposition of such sanctions, not 
less than 30 days after the President determines and reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees that it is vital 
to the national security interests of the United States to waive 
such sanctions. 
(2) RENEWAL OF WAIVERS.—The President may, on a case- 
by-case basis, renew a waiver under paragraph (1) for an addi-
tional period of not more than 180 days if, not later than 
15 days before that waiver expires, the President makes the 
determination and submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report described in paragraph (1). 
(3) SUCCESSIVE RENEWAL.—The renewal authority provided 
under paragraph (2) may be exercised for additional successive 
periods of not more than 180 days if the President follows 
the procedures set forth in paragraph (2), and submits the 
report described in paragraph (1), for each such renewal. 
(b) CONTENTS
OF WAIVER REPORTS.—Each report submitted 
under subsection (a) in connection with a waiver of sanctions under 
section 104, 105, 106, 107, or 108 with respect to a person, or 
the renewal of such a waiver, shall include— 
(1) a specific and detailed rationale for the determination 
that the waiver is vital to the national security interests of 
the United States; 
(2) a description of the activity that resulted in the person 
being subject to sanctions; 
(3) an explanation of any efforts made by the United States, 
as applicable, to secure the cooperation of the government 
with primary jurisdiction over the person or the location where 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Time periods. 
Determinations. 
22 USC 9411. 
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the activity described in paragraph (2) occurred in terminating 
or, as appropriate, penalizing the activity; and 
(4) an assessment of the significance of the activity 
described in paragraph (2) in contributing to the ability of 
Iran to threaten the interests of the United States or allies 
of the United States, develop systems capable of delivering 
weapons of mass destruction, support acts of international ter-
rorism, or violate the human rights of any person in Iran. 
(c) EFFECT OF REPORT ON WAIVER.—If the President submits 
a report under subsection (a) in connection with a waiver of sanc-
tions under section 104, 105, 106, 107, or 108 with respect to 
a person, or the renewal of such a waiver, the President shall 
not be required to impose or maintain sanctions under section 
104, 105, 106, 107, or 108, as applicable, with respect to the person 
described in the report during the 30-day period referred to in 
subsection (a). 
TITLE II—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT 
TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND 
COMBATING TERRORISM AND ILLICIT 
FINANCING 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Russian Influence 
in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017’’. 
Subtitle A—Sanctions and Other Measures 
With Respect to the Russian Federation 
SEC. 211. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) On March 6, 2014, President Barack Obama issued 
Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to 
blocking property of certain persons contributing to the situa-
tion in Ukraine), which authorizes the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to impose 
sanctions on those determined to be undermining democratic 
processes and institutions in Ukraine or threatening the peace, 
security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of 
Ukraine. President Obama subsequently issued Executive 
Order No. 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to blocking 
property of additional persons contributing to the situation 
in Ukraine) and Executive Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 
16169; relating to blocking property of additional persons 
contributing to the situation in Ukraine) to expand sanctions 
on certain persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine. 
(2) On December 18, 2014, the Ukraine Freedom Support 
Act of 2014 was enacted (Public Law 113–272; 22 U.S.C. 8921 
et seq.), which includes provisions directing the President to 
impose sanctions on foreign persons that the President deter-
mines to be entities owned or controlled by the Government 
22 USC 9501. 
22 USC 9501 
note. 
Countering 
Russian 
Influence in 
Europe and 
Eurasia Act of 
2017. 
Assessment. 
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of the Russian Federation or nationals of the Russian Federa-
tion that manufacture, sell, transfer, or otherwise provide cer-
tain defense articles into Syria. 
(3) On April 1, 2015, President Obama issued Executive 
Order No. 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; relating to blocking 
the property of certain persons engaging in significant malicious 
cyber-enabled activities), which authorizes the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the 
Secretary of State, to impose sanctions on persons determined 
to be engaged in malicious cyber-hacking. 
(4) On July 26, 2016, President Obama approved a Presi-
dential Policy Directive on United States Cyber Incident 
Coordination, which states, ‘‘certain cyber incidents that have 
significant impacts on an entity, our national security, or the 
broader economy require a unique approach to response efforts’’. 
(5) On December 29, 2016, President Obama issued an 
annex to Executive Order No. 13694, which authorized sanc-
tions on the following entities and individuals: 
(A) The Main Intelligence Directorate (also known as 
Glavnoe Razvedyvatel’noe Upravlenie or the GRU) in 
Moscow, Russian Federation. 
(B) The Federal Security Service (also known as 
Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti or the FSB) in Moscow, 
Russian Federation. 
(C) The Special Technology Center (also known as 
STLC, Ltd. Special Technology Center St. Petersburg) in 
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. 
(D) Zorsecurity (also known as Esage Lab) in Moscow, 
Russian Federation. 
(E) The autonomous noncommercial organization 
known as the Professional Association of Designers of Data 
Processing Systems (also known as ANO PO KSI) in 
Moscow, Russian Federation. 
(F) Igor Valentinovich Korobov. 
(G) Sergey Aleksandrovich Gizunov. 
(H) Igor Olegovich Kostyukov. 
(I) Vladimir Stepanovich Alexseyev. 
(6) On January 6, 2017, an assessment of the United States 
intelligence community entitled, ‘‘Assessing Russian Activities 
and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections’’ stated, ‘‘Russian Presi-
dent Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 
aimed at the United States presidential election.’’ The assess-
ment warns that ‘‘Moscow will apply lessons learned from its 
Putin-ordered campaign aimed at the U.S. Presidential election 
to future influence efforts worldwide, including against U.S. 
allies and their election processes’’. 
SEC. 212. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the President— 
(1) should continue to uphold and seek unity with European 
and other key partners on sanctions implemented against the 
Russian Federation, which have been effective and instru-
mental in countering Russian aggression in Ukraine; 
(2) should engage to the fullest extent possible with partner 
governments with regard to closing loopholes, including the 
allowance of extended prepayment for the delivery of goods 
22 USC 9502. 
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and commodities and other loopholes, in multilateral and uni-
lateral restrictive measures against the Russian Federation, 
with the aim of maximizing alignment of those measures; and 
(3) should increase efforts to vigorously enforce compliance 
with sanctions in place as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act with respect to the Russian Federation in response 
to the crisis in eastern Ukraine, cyber intrusions and attacks, 
and human rights violators in the Russian Federation. 
PART 1—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF SANC-
TIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
SEC. 215. SHORT TITLE. 
This part may be cited as the ‘‘Russia Sanctions Review Act 
of 2017’’. 
SEC. 216. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS RELATING 
TO SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
(a) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF PROPOSED ACTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, before taking any action described in paragraph (2), the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees and leadership a report that describes the proposed action 
and the reasons for that action. 
(2) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An action described in this para-
graph is— 
(i) an action to terminate the application of any 
sanctions described in subparagraph (B); 
(ii) with respect to sanctions described in subpara-
graph (B) imposed by the President with respect to 
a person, an action to waive the application of those 
sanctions with respect to that person; or 
(iii) a licensing action that significantly alters 
United States’ foreign policy with regard to the Russian 
Federation. 
(B) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described 
in this subparagraph are— 
(i) sanctions provided for under— 
(I) this title or any provision of law amended 
by this title, including the Executive orders codi-
fied under section 222; 
(II) the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, 
Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act 
of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.); or 
(III) the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 
(22 U.S.C. 8921 et seq.); and 
(ii) the prohibition on access to the properties of 
the Government of the Russian Federation located in 
Maryland and New York that the President ordered 
vacated on December 29, 2016. 
(3) DESCRIPTION OF TYPE OF ACTION.—Each report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) with respect to an action described 
President. 
Reports. 
22 USC 9511. 
22 USC 9501 
note. 
Russia Sanctions 
Review Act of 
2017. 
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in paragraph (2) shall include a description of whether the 
action— 
(A) is not intended to significantly alter United States 
foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation; or 
(B) is intended to significantly alter United States 
foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation. 
(4) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL MATTER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each report submitted under para-
graph (1) that relates to an action that is intended to 
significantly alter United States foreign policy with regard 
to the Russian Federation shall include a description of— 
(i) the significant alteration to United States for-
eign policy with regard to the Russian Federation; 
(ii) the anticipated effect of the action on the 
national security interests of the United States; and 
(iii) the policy objectives for which the sanctions 
affected by the action were initially imposed. 
(B) REQUESTS FROM BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES 
COMMITTEES.—The Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate or the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives may request the 
submission to the Committee of the matter described in 
clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (A) with respect to 
a report submitted under paragraph (1) that relates to 
an action that is not intended to significantly alter United 
States foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation. 
(5) CONFIDENTIALITY
OF
PROPRIETARY
INFORMATION.— 
Proprietary information that can be associated with a particular 
person with respect to an action described in paragraph (2) 
may be included in a report submitted under paragraph (1) 
only if the appropriate congressional committees and leadership 
provide assurances of confidentiality, unless such person other-
wise consents in writing to such disclosure. 
(6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Paragraph (2)(A)(iii) shall not 
be construed to require the submission of a report under para-
graph (1) with respect to the routine issuance of a license 
that does not significantly alter United States foreign policy 
with regard to the Russian Federation. 
(b) PERIOD FOR REVIEW BY CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the period of 30 calendar days 
beginning on the date on which the President submits a report 
under subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in the case of a report that relates to an action 
that is not intended to significantly alter United States 
foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 
the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of 
the House of Representatives should, as appropriate, hold 
hearings and briefings and otherwise obtain information 
in order to fully review the report; and 
(B) in the case of a report that relates to an action 
that is intended to significantly alter United States foreign 
policy with regard to the Russian Federation, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
should, as appropriate, hold hearings and briefings and 
Effective date. 
President. 
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otherwise obtain information in order to fully review the 
report. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The period for congressional review under 
paragraph (1) of a report required to be submitted under sub-
section (a)(1) shall be 60 calendar days if the report is submitted 
on or after July 10 and on or before September 7 in any 
calendar year. 
(3) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING INITIAL CONGRESSIONAL 
REVIEW PERIOD.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during the period for congressional review provided for under 
paragraph (1) of a report submitted under subsection (a)(1) 
proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2), including 
any additional period for such review as applicable under the 
exception provided in paragraph (2), the President may not 
take that action unless a joint resolution of approval with 
respect to that action is enacted in accordance with subsection 
(c). 
(4) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS DURING PRESIDENTIAL CONSID-
ERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, if a joint resolution of 
disapproval relating to a report submitted under subsection 
(a)(1) proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) passes 
both Houses of Congress in accordance with subsection (c), 
the President may not take that action for a period of 12 
calendar days after the date of passage of the joint resolution 
of disapproval. 
(5) LIMITATION
ON
ACTIONS
DURING
CONGRESSIONAL 
RECONSIDERATION OF A JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a joint resolution 
of disapproval relating to a report submitted under subsection 
(a)(1) proposing an action described in subsection (a)(2) passes 
both Houses of Congress in accordance with subsection (c), 
and the President vetoes the joint resolution, the President 
may not take that action for a period of 10 calendar days 
after the date of the President’s veto. 
(6) EFFECT OF ENACTMENT OF A JOINT RESOLUTION OF DIS-
APPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a 
joint resolution of disapproval relating to a report submitted 
under subsection (a)(1) proposing an action described in sub-
section (a)(2) is enacted in accordance with subsection (c), the 
President may not take that action. 
(c) 
JOINT
RESOLUTIONS
OF
DISAPPROVAL
OR
APPROVAL 
DEFINED.—In this subsection: 
(1) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.—The term ‘‘joint reso-
lution of approval’’ means only a joint resolution of either 
House of Congress— 
(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A joint resolution 
approving the President’s proposal to take an action 
relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect 
to the Russian Federation.’’; and 
(B) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which 
is the following: ‘‘Congress approves of the action relating 
to the application of sanctions imposed with respect to 
the Russian Federation proposed by the President in the 
report submitted to Congress under section 216(a)(1) of 
the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017 on lllllll 
relating to llllllll.’’, with the first blank space 
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being filled with the appropriate date and the second blank 
space being filled with a short description of the proposed 
action. 
(2) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—The term ‘‘joint 
resolution of disapproval’’ means only a joint resolution of either 
House of Congress— 
(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A joint resolution 
disapproving the President’s proposal to take an action 
relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect 
to the Russian Federation.’’; and 
(B) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which 
is the following: ‘‘Congress disapproves of the action 
relating to the application of sanctions imposed with respect 
to the Russian Federation proposed by the President in 
the report submitted to Congress under section 216(a)(1) 
of 
the 
Russia 
Sanctions 
Review 
Act 
of 
2017 
on 
lllllll relating to llllllll.’’, with the first 
blank space being filled with the appropriate date and 
the second blank space being filled with a short description 
of the proposed action. 
(3) INTRODUCTION.—During the period of 30 calendar days 
provided for under subsection (b)(1), including any additional 
period as applicable under the exception provided in subsection 
(b)(2), a joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of dis-
approval may be introduced— 
(A) in the House of Representatives, by the majority 
leader or the minority leader; and 
(B) in the Senate, by the majority leader (or the 
majority leader’s designee) or the minority leader (or the 
minority leader’s designee). 
(4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
If a committee of the House of Representatives to which a 
joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of disapproval 
has been referred has not reported the joint resolution within 
10 calendar days after the date of referral, that committee 
shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint reso-
lution. 
(5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
(A) COMMITTEE
REFERRAL.—A joint resolution of 
approval or joint resolution of disapproval introduced in 
the Senate shall be— 
(i) referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs if the joint resolution relates to 
a report under subsection (a)(3)(A) that relates to an 
action that is not intended to significantly alter United 
States foreign policy with regard to the Russian Fed-
eration; and 
(ii) referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
if the joint resolution relates to a report under sub-
section (a)(3)(B) that relates to an action that is 
intended to significantly alter United States foreign 
policy with respect to the Russian Federation. 
(B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the committee to 
which a joint resolution of approval or joint resolution 
of disapproval was referred has not reported the joint reso-
lution within 10 calendar days after the date of referral 
of the joint resolution, that committee shall be discharged 
Deadline. 
Deadline. 
Time period. 
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from further consideration of the joint resolution and the 
joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 
(C) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Notwithstanding 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in 
order at any time after the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs or the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, as the case may be, reports a joint resolution 
of approval or joint resolution of disapproval to the Senate 
or has been discharged from consideration of such a joint 
resolution (even though a previous motion to the same 
effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the 
consideration of the joint resolution, and all points of order 
against the joint resolution (and against consideration of 
the joint resolution) are waived. The motion to proceed 
is not debatable. The motion is not subject to a motion 
to postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in 
order. 
(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.—Appeals 
from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application 
of the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to the 
procedure relating to a joint resolution of approval or joint 
resolution of disapproval shall be decided without debate. 
(E) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.—Debate in the 
Senate of any veto message with respect to a joint resolu-
tion of approval or joint resolution of disapproval, including 
all debatable motions and appeals in connection with the 
joint resolution, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally 
divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader 
and the minority leader or their designees. 
(6) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.— 
(A) TREATMENT
OF
SENATE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
IN 
HOUSE.—In the House of Representatives, the following 
procedures shall apply to a joint resolution of approval 
or a joint resolution of disapproval received from the Senate 
(unless the House has already passed a joint resolution 
relating to the same proposed action): 
(i) The joint resolution shall be referred to the 
appropriate committees. 
(ii) If a committee to which a joint resolution has 
been referred has not reported the joint resolution 
within 2 calendar days after the date of referral, that 
committee shall be discharged from further consider-
ation of the joint resolution. 
(iii) Beginning on the third legislative day after 
each committee to which a joint resolution has been 
referred reports the joint resolution to the House or 
has been discharged from further consideration thereof, 
it shall be in order to move to proceed to consider 
the joint resolution in the House. All points of order 
against the motion are waived. Such a motion shall 
not be in order after the House has disposed of a 
motion to proceed on the joint resolution. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the motion 
to its adoption without intervening motion. The motion 
shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the 
Effective date. 
Deadline. 
Procedures. 
Applicability. 
Time period. 
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vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be 
in order. 
(iv) The joint resolution shall be considered as 
read. All points of order against the joint resolution 
and against its consideration are waived. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the joint 
resolution to final passage without intervening motion 
except 2 hours of debate equally divided and controlled 
by the sponsor of the joint resolution (or a designee) 
and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on 
passage of the joint resolution shall not be in order. 
(B) TREATMENT
OF
HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
IN 
SENATE.— 
(i) If, before the passage by the Senate of a joint 
resolution of approval or joint resolution of disapproval, 
the Senate receives an identical joint resolution from 
the House of Representatives, the following procedures 
shall apply: 
(I) That joint resolution shall not be referred 
to a committee. 
(II) With respect to that joint resolution— 
(aa) the procedure in the Senate shall be 
the same as if no joint resolution had been 
received from the House of Representatives; 
but 
(bb) the vote on passage shall be on the 
joint resolution from the House of Representa-
tives. 
(ii) If, following passage of a joint resolution of 
approval or joint resolution of disapproval in the 
Senate, the Senate receives an identical joint resolution 
from the House of Representatives, that joint resolution 
shall be placed on the appropriate Senate calendar. 
(iii) If a joint resolution of approval or a joint 
resolution of disapproval is received from the House, 
and no companion joint resolution has been introduced 
in the Senate, the Senate procedures under this sub-
section shall apply to the House joint resolution. 
(C) APPLICATION TO REVENUE MEASURES.—The provi-
sions of this paragraph shall not apply in the House of 
Representatives to a joint resolution of approval or joint 
resolution of disapproval that is a revenue measure. 
(7) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE.— 
This subsection is enacted by Congress— 
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and 
as such is deemed a part of the rules of each House, 
respectively, and supersedes other rules only to the extent 
that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 
(B) with full recognition of the constitutional right 
of either House to change the rules (so far as relating 
to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same 
manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any 
other rule of that House. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership’’ means— 
Applicability. 
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(1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the majority and 
minority leaders of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and the Speaker, the majority leader, and 
the minority leader of the House of Representatives. 
PART 2—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
SEC. 221. DEFINITIONS. 
In this part: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives. 
(2) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 16 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 
(50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.)). 
(3) INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘‘international financial institution’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 1701(c) of the International Financial Institu-
tions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)). 
(4) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with respect to 
conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person 
has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, 
the circumstance, or the result. 
(5) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or 
entity. 
(6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United States per-
son’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence to the United States; 
or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United 
States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, 
including a foreign branch of such an entity. 
SEC. 222. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
(a) CODIFICATION.—United States sanctions provided for in 
Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to blocking 
property of certain persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine), 
Executive Order No. 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to blocking 
property of additional persons contributing to the situation in 
Ukraine), Executive Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating 
to blocking property of additional persons contributing to the situa-
tion in Ukraine), Executive Order No. 13685 (79 Fed. Reg. 77357; 
relating to blocking property of certain persons and prohibiting 
certain transactions with respect to the Crimea region of Ukraine), 
Executive Order No. 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; relating to blocking 
President. 
Waiver authority. 
Determination. 
Certification. 
22 USC 9522. 
22 USC 9521. 
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the property of certain persons engaging in significant malicious 
cyber-enabled activities), and Executive Order No. 13757 (82 Fed. 
Reg. 1; relating to taking additional steps to address the national 
emergency with respect to significant malicious cyber-enabled activi-
ties), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, including with respect to all persons sanctioned under 
such Executive orders, shall remain in effect except as provided 
in subsection (b). 
(b) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS.—Subject to section 
216, the President may terminate the application of sanctions 
described in subsection (a) that are imposed on a person in connec-
tion with activity conducted by the person if the President submits 
to the appropriate congressional committees a notice that— 
(1) the person is not engaging in the activity that was 
the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant verifiable 
steps toward stopping the activity; and 
(2) the President has received reliable assurances that 
the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject to 
sanctions described in subsection (a) in the future. 
(c) APPLICATION
OF NEW CYBER SANCTIONS.—The President 
may waive the initial application under subsection (a) of sanctions 
with respect to a person under Executive Order No. 13694 or 
13757 only if the President submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 
Federation has made significant efforts to reduce the number 
and intensity of cyber intrusions conducted by that Govern-
ment. 
(d) APPLICATION OF NEW UKRAINE-RELATED SANCTIONS.—The 
President may waive the initial application under subsection (a) 
of sanctions with respect to a person under Executive Order No. 
13660, 13661, 13662, or 13685 only if the President submits to 
the appropriate congressional committees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 
Federation is taking steps to implement the Minsk Agreement 
to address the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in 
Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of 
Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, 
which was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any successor 
agreements that are agreed to by the Government of Ukraine. 
SEC. 223. MODIFICATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 
NO. 13662. 
(a) DETERMINATION THAT CERTAIN ENTITIES ARE SUBJECT TO 
SANCTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury may determine that 
a person meets one or more of the criteria in section 1(a) of Execu-
tive Order No. 13662 if that person is a state-owned entity operating 
in the railway or metals and mining sector of the economy of 
the Russian Federation. 
Deadlines. 
22 USC 9523. 
Notice. 
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(b) MODIFICATION OF DIRECTIVE 1 WITH RESPECT TO THE FINAN-
CIAL SERVICES SECTOR OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ECONOMY.— 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall modify Directive 1 (as 
amended), dated September 12, 2014, issued by the Office of Foreign 
Assets Control under Executive Order No. 13662, or any successor 
directive (which shall be effective beginning on the date that is 
60 days after the date of such modification), to ensure that the 
directive prohibits the conduct by United States persons or persons 
within the United States of all transactions in, provision of financing 
for, and other dealings in new debt of longer than 14 days maturity 
or new equity of persons determined to be subject to the directive, 
their property, or their interests in property. 
(c) MODIFICATION
OF DIRECTIVE 2 WITH RESPECT
TO
THE 
ENERGY SECTOR OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ECONOMY.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall modify Directive 2 (as amended), 
dated September 12, 2014, issued by the Office of Foreign Assets 
Control under Executive Order No. 13662, or any successor directive 
(which shall be effective beginning on the date that is 60 days 
after the date of such modification), to ensure that the directive 
prohibits the conduct by United States persons or persons within 
the United States of all transactions in, provision of financing 
for, and other dealings in new debt of longer than 60 days maturity 
of persons determined to be subject to the directive, their property, 
or their interests in property. 
(d) MODIFICATION OF DIRECTIVE 4.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall modify Directive 4, dated September 12, 2014, issued 
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control under Executive Order 
No. 13662, or any successor directive (which shall be effective 
beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of such 
modification), to ensure that the directive prohibits the provision, 
exportation, or reexportation, directly or indirectly, by United States 
persons or persons within the United States, of goods, services 
(except for financial services), or technology in support of exploration 
or production for new deepwater, Arctic offshore, or shale projects— 
(1) that have the potential to produce oil; and 
(2) that involve any person determined to be subject to 
the directive or the property or interests in property of such 
a person who has a controlling interest or a substantial non- 
controlling ownership interest in such a project defined as 
not less than a 33 percent interest. 
SEC. 224. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ACTIVITIES 
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION UNDERMINING CYBERSE-
CURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall— 
(1) impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with 
respect to any person that the President determines— 
(A) knowingly engages in significant activities under-
mining cybersecurity against any person, including a demo-
cratic institution, or government on behalf of the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation; or 
President. 
Determination. 
22 USC 9524. 
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(B) is owned or controlled by, or acts or purports to 
act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a person 
described in subparagraph (A); 
(2) impose five or more of the sanctions described in section 
235 with respect to any person that the President determines 
knowingly materially assists, sponsors, or provides financial, 
material, or technological support for, or goods or services 
(except financial services) in support of, an activity described 
in paragraph (1)(A); and 
(3) impose three or more of the sanctions described in 
section 4(c) of the of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 
2014 (22 U.S.C. 8923(c)) with respect to any person that the 
President determines knowingly provides financial services in 
support of an activity described in paragraph (1)(A). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The exercise of all powers granted 
to the President by the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary 
to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and 
interests in property of a person determined by the President 
to be subject to subsection (a)(1) if such property and interests 
in property are in the United States, come within the United 
States, or are or come within the possession or control of 
a United States person. 
(2) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES AND REVOCATION 
OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION.—In the case of an alien 
determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a)(1), 
denial of a visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, 
the alien, and revocation in accordance with section 221(i) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of 
any visa or other documentation of the alien. 
(c) APPLICATION
OF NEW CYBER SANCTIONS.—The President 
may waive the initial application under subsection (a) of sanctions 
with respect to a person only if the President submits to the 
appropriate congressional committees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 
Federation has made significant efforts to reduce the number 
and intensity of cyber intrusions conducted by that Govern-
ment. 
(d) SIGNIFICANT
ACTIVITIES
UNDERMINING
CYBERSECURITY 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘significant activities under-
mining cybersecurity’’ includes— 
(1) significant efforts— 
(A) to deny access to or degrade, disrupt, or destroy 
an information and communications technology system or 
network; or 
(B) to exfiltrate, degrade, corrupt, destroy, or release 
information from such a system or network without 
authorization for purposes of— 
(i) conducting influence operations; or 
Certification. 
Waiver authority. 
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(ii) causing a significant misappropriation of funds, 
economic resources, trade secrets, personal identifica-
tions, or financial information for commercial or 
competitive advantage or private financial gain; 
(2) significant destructive malware attacks; and 
(3) significant denial of service activities. 
SEC. 225. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO SPECIAL RUSSIAN 
CRUDE OIL PROJECTS. 
Section 4(b)(1) of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 
(22 U.S.C. 8923(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘on and after the 
date that is 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the President may impose’’ and inserting ‘‘on and after the date 
that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of the Countering 
Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017, the President 
shall impose, unless the President determines that it is not in 
the national interest of the United States to do so,’’. 
SEC. 226. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO RUSSIAN AND 
OTHER FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 5 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (22 
U.S.C. 8924) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘may impose’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 
impose, unless the President determines that it is not 
in the national interest of the United States to do so,’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘on or after the date of the 
enactment of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe 
and Eurasia Act of 2017’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘may impose’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 
impose, unless the President determines that it is not 
in the national interest of the United States to do so,’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on or after the date that is 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of the Countering Russian Influence in 
Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 227. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
SIGNIFICANT CORRUPTION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
Section 9 of the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Eco-
nomic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8908(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘is authorized and encouraged to’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘President determines is’’ and 
inserting ‘‘President determines is, on or after the date 
of the enactment of the Countering Russian Influence 
in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or elsewhere’’ after ‘‘in the Rus-
sian Federation’’; 
President. 
Determinations. 
President. 
Determination. 
Effective dates. 
Time period. 
President. 
Determination. 
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(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘The President’’ and 
inserting ‘‘except as provided in subsection (d), the President’’; 
and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION
OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may 
waive the initial application of sanctions under subsection (b) with 
respect to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate 
congressional committees— 
‘‘(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
‘‘(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this Act; and 
‘‘(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 
Federation is taking steps to implement the Minsk Agreement 
to address the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in 
Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of 
Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, 
which was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any successor 
agreements that are agreed to by the Government of Ukraine.’’. 
SEC. 228. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
CERTAIN 
TRANSACTIONS 
WITH 
FOREIGN 
SANCTIONS 
EVADERS AND SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS IN THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, 
Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 
U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 10. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS THAT EVADE 
SANCTIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FED-
ERATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the sanctions 
described in subsection (b) with respect to a foreign person if 
the President determines that the foreign person knowingly, on 
or after the date of the enactment of the Countering Russian 
Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017— 
‘‘(1) materially violates, attempts to violate, conspires to 
violate, or causes a violation of any license, order, regulation, 
or prohibition contained in or issued pursuant to any covered 
Executive order, this Act, or the Ukraine Freedom Support 
Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8921 et seq.); or 
‘‘(2) facilitates a significant transaction or transactions, 
including deceptive or structured transactions, for or on behalf 
of— 
‘‘(A) any person subject to sanctions imposed by the 
United States with respect to the Russian Federation; or 
‘‘(B) any child, spouse, parent, or sibling of an indi-
vidual described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this 
subsection are the exercise of all powers granted to the President 
by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all 
transactions in all property and interests in property of a person 
determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a) if such 
property and interests in property are in the United States, come 
President. 
Determinations. 
22 USC 8909. 
Certification. 
Waiver authority. 
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within the United States, or are or come within the possession 
or control of a United States person. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all 
authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 
205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to vio-
late, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection 
(b) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out 
subsection (b) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent 
as a person that commits an unlawful act described in sub-
section (a) of that section. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION
OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may 
waive the initial application of sanctions under subsection (b) with 
respect to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate 
congressional committees— 
‘‘(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
‘‘(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this Act; 
‘‘(2) in the case of sanctions imposed under this section 
in connection with a covered Executive order described in 
subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of subsection (f)(1), a certifi-
cation that the Government of the Russian Federation is taking 
steps to implement the Minsk Agreement to address the 
ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, Belarus, 
on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, 
France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, which was agreed 
to on September 5, 2014, and any successor agreements that 
are agreed to by the Government of Ukraine; and 
‘‘(3) in the case of sanctions imposed under this section 
in connection with a covered Executive order described in sub-
paragraphs (E) or (F) of subsection (f)(1), a certification that 
the Government of the Russian Federation has made significant 
efforts to reduce the number and intensity of cyber intrusions 
conducted by that Government. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the Russia Sanc-
tions Review Act of 2017, the President may terminate the applica-
tion of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person 
if the President submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees— 
‘‘(1) a notice of and justification for the termination; and 
‘‘(2) a notice that— 
‘‘(A) the person is not engaging in the activity that 
was the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant 
verifiable steps toward stopping the activity; and 
‘‘(B) the President has received reliable assurances that 
the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject 
to sanctions under subsection (a) in the future. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term ‘covered Execu-
tive order’ means any of the following: 
Notices. 
Waiver authority. 
Determinations. 
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‘‘(A) Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13493; 
relating to blocking property of certain persons contributing 
to the situation in Ukraine). 
‘‘(B) Executive Order No. 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; 
relating to blocking property of additional persons contrib-
uting to the situation in Ukraine). 
‘‘(C) Executive Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; 
relating to blocking property of additional persons contrib-
uting to the situation in Ukraine). 
‘‘(D) Executive Order No. 13685 (79 Fed. Reg. 77357; 
relating to blocking property of certain persons and prohib-
iting certain transactions with respect to the Crimea region 
of Ukraine). 
‘‘(E) Executive Order No. 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; 
relating to blocking the property of certain persons 
engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities), 
relating to the Russian Federation. 
‘‘(F) Executive Order No. 13757 (82 Fed. Reg. 1; 
relating to taking additional steps to address the national 
emergency with respect to significant malicious cyber- 
enabled activities), relating to the Russian Federation. 
‘‘(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign person’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 595.304 of title 31, Code 
of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this section). 
‘‘(3) STRUCTURED.—The term ‘structured’, with respect to 
a transaction, has the meaning given the term ‘structure’ in 
paragraph (xx) of section 1010.100 of title 31, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 
‘‘SEC. 11. MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN 
RIGHTS ABUSES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the sanctions 
described in subsection (b) with respect to a foreign person if 
the President determines that the foreign person, based on credible 
information, on or after the date of the enactment of this section— 
‘‘(1) is responsible for, complicit in, or responsible for 
ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission 
of serious human rights abuses in any territory forcibly occupied 
or otherwise controlled by the Government of the Russian Fed-
eration; 
‘‘(2) materially assists, sponsors, or provides financial, 
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to, 
a foreign person described in paragraph (1); or 
‘‘(3) is owned or controlled by, or acts or purports to act 
for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a foreign person 
described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The exercise of all powers granted 
to the President by the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary 
to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and 
interests in property of a person determined by the President 
to be subject to subsection (a) if such property and interests 
in property are in the United States, come within the United 
President. 
Determinations. 
22 USC 8910. 
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States, or are or come within the possession or control of 
a United States person. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES AND REVOCATION 
OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION.—In the case of an alien 
determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a), 
denial of a visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, 
the alien, and revocation in accordance with section 221(i) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of 
any visa or other documentation of the alien. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION
OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may 
waive the initial application of sanctions under subsection (b) with 
respect to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate 
congressional committees— 
‘‘(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
‘‘(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
‘‘(B) will further the enforcement of this Act; and 
‘‘(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 
Federation has made efforts to reduce serious human rights 
abuses in territory forcibly occupied or otherwise controlled 
by that Government. 
‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all 
authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 
205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to vio-
late, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection 
(b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out 
subsection (b)(1) shall be subject to the penalties set forth 
in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same 
extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described 
in subsection (a) of that section. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of Russia Sanctions 
Review Act of 2017, the President may terminate the application 
of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person if the 
President submits to the appropriate congressional committees— 
‘‘(1) a notice of and justification for the termination; and 
‘‘(2) a notice— 
‘‘(A) that— 
‘‘(i) the person is not engaging in the activity that 
was the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant 
verifiable steps toward stopping the activity; and 
‘‘(ii) the President has received reliable assurances 
that the person will not knowingly engage in activity 
subject to sanctions under subsection (a) in the future; 
or 
‘‘(B) that the President determines that insufficient 
basis exists for the determination by the President under 
subsection (a) with respect to the person.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Section 2(2) of the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, 
Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 
U.S.C. 8901(2)) is amended— 
Notices. 
Certification. 
Waiver authority. 
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,’’ before ‘‘the Committee 
on Foreign Relations’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘the Committee on 
Financial Services’’ before ‘‘the Committee on Foreign Affairs’’. 
SEC. 229. NOTIFICATIONS TO CONGRESS UNDER UKRAINE FREEDOM 
SUPPORT ACT OF 2014. 
(a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO DEFENSE AND ENERGY SECTORS 
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.—Section 4 of the Ukraine Freedom 
Support Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8923) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections 
(h) and (i), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 
‘‘(g) NOTIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall notify 
the appropriate congressional committees in writing not later 
than 15 days after imposing sanctions with respect to a foreign 
person under subsection (a) or (b). 
‘‘(2) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO RUSSIAN 
PRODUCERS, TRANSFERORS, OR BROKERS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.— 
Subject to section 216 of the Russia Sanctions Review Act 
of 2017, the President may terminate the imposition of sanc-
tions under subsection (a)(2) with respect to a foreign person 
if the President submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees— 
‘‘(A) a notice of and justification for the termination; 
and 
‘‘(B) a notice that— 
‘‘(i) the foreign person is not engaging in the 
activity that was the basis for the sanctions or has 
taken significant verifiable steps toward stopping the 
activity; and 
‘‘(ii) the President has received reliable assurances 
that the foreign person will not knowingly engage in 
activity subject to sanctions under subsection (a)(2) 
in the future.’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (B)(ii) of subsection (a)(3), by striking 
‘‘subsection (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (i)’’. 
(b) SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTIONS.—Section 5 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 
2014 (22 U.S.C. 8924) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
(f) and (g), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: 
‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION
TO CONGRESS
ON IMPOSITION
OF SANC-
TIONS.—The President shall notify the appropriate congressional 
committees in writing not later than 15 days after imposing sanc-
tions with respect to a foreign financial institution under subsection 
(a) or (b).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g), as redesignated by paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘section 4(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(i)’’. 
SEC. 230. STANDARDS FOR TERMINATION OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS 
WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO UNDERMINING THE PEACE, SECU-
RITY, STABILITY, SOVEREIGNTY, OR
TERRITORIAL
INTEGRITY
OF 
UKRAINE.—Section 8 of the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and 
President. 
Notices. 
Deadline. 
Notices. 
Deadline. 
President. 
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Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8907) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the Russia Sanc-
tions Review Act of 2017, the President may terminate the applica-
tion of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person 
if the President submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a notice that— 
‘‘(1) the person is not engaging in the activity that was 
the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant verifiable 
steps toward stopping the activity; and 
‘‘(2) the President has received reliable assurances that 
the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject to 
sanctions under subsection (a) in the future.’’. 
(b) SANCTIONS RELATING
TO CORRUPTION.—Section 9 of the 
Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of 
Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8908) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216 of the Russia Sanc-
tions Review Act of 2017, the President may terminate the applica-
tion of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person 
if the President submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a notice that— 
‘‘(1) the person is not engaging in the activity that was 
the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant verifiable 
steps toward stopping the activity; and 
‘‘(2) the President has received reliable assurances that 
the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject to 
sanctions under subsection (a) in the future.’’. 
SEC. 231. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS 
ENGAGING IN TRANSACTIONS WITH THE INTELLIGENCE 
OR DEFENSE SECTORS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUS-
SIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
impose five or more of the sanctions described in section 235 with 
respect to a person the President determines knowingly, on or 
after such date of enactment, engages in a significant transaction 
with a person that is part of, or operates for or on behalf of, 
the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian 
Federation, including the Main Intelligence Agency of the General 
Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or the Federal 
Security Service of the Russian Federation. 
(b) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may waive 
the initial application of sanctions under subsection (a) with respect 
to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 
Federation has made significant efforts to reduce the number 
Certification. 
Determination. 
Waiver authority. 
Effective date. 
Determination. 
President. 
22 USC 9525. 
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and intensity of cyber intrusions conducted by that Govern-
ment. 
(c) DELAY OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President may 
delay the imposition of sanctions under subsection (a) with respect 
to a person if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees, not less frequently than every 180 days while the 
delay is in effect, that the person is substantially reducing the 
number of significant transactions described in subsection (a) in 
which that person engages. 
(d) REQUIREMENT TO ISSUE GUIDANCE.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
issue regulations or other guidance to specify the persons that 
are part of, or operate for or on behalf of, the defense and intel-
ligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation. 
(e) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to violate, 
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (a) or any 
regulation, license, or order issued to carry out subsection (a) shall 
be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits 
an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 
SEC. 232. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIPE-
LINES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, in coordination with allies 
of the United States, may impose five or more of the sanctions 
described in section 235 with respect to a person if the President 
determines that the person knowingly, on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, makes an investment described in sub-
section (b) or sells, leases, or provides to the Russian Federation, 
for the construction of Russian energy export pipelines, goods, serv-
ices, technology, information, or support described in subsection 
(c)— 
(1) any of which has a fair market value of $1,000,000 
or more; or 
(2) that, during a 12-month period, have an aggregate 
fair market value of $5,000,000 or more. 
(b) INVESTMENT DESCRIBED.—An investment described in this 
subsection is an investment that directly and significantly contrib-
utes to the enhancement of the ability of the Russian Federation 
to construct energy export pipelines. 
(c) GOODS, SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION, OR SUPPORT 
DESCRIBED.—Goods, services, technology, information, or support 
described in this subsection are goods, services, technology, informa-
tion, or support that could directly and significantly facilitate the 
maintenance or expansion of the construction, modernization, or 
repair of energy export pipelines by the Russian Federation. 
SEC. 233. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO INVESTMENT IN OR FACILITA-
TION OF PRIVATIZATION OF STATE-OWNED ASSETS BY THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose five or more 
of the sanctions described in section 235 if the President determines 
that a person, with actual knowledge, on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, makes an investment of $10,000,000 
or more (or any combination of investments of not less than 
$1,000,000 each, which in the aggregate equals or exceeds 
President. 
Determination. 
22 USC 9527. 
Time period. 
President. 
Coordination. 
Determination. 
Effective date. 
22 USC 9526. 
Deadline. 
Regulations. 
Certification. 
Time period. 
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$10,000,000 in any 12-month period), or facilitates such an invest-
ment, if the investment directly and significantly contributes to 
the ability of the Russian Federation to privatize state-owned assets 
in a manner that unjustly benefits— 
(1) officials of the Government of the Russian Federation; 
or 
(2) close associates or family members of those officials. 
(b) APPLICATION OF NEW SANCTIONS.—The President may waive 
the initial application of sanctions under subsection (a) with respect 
to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees— 
(1) a written determination that the waiver— 
(A) is in the vital national security interests of the 
United States; or 
(B) will further the enforcement of this title; and 
(2) a certification that the Government of the Russian 
Federation is taking steps to implement the Minsk Agreement 
to address the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in 
Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of 
Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany, the Minsk Protocol, 
which was agreed to on September 5, 2014, and any successor 
agreements that are agreed to by the Government of Ukraine. 
SEC. 234. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSFER OF ARMS 
AND RELATED MATERIEL TO SYRIA. 
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose on a foreign 
person the sanctions described in subsection (b) if the President 
determines that such foreign person has, on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, knowingly exported, transferred, 
or otherwise provided to Syria significant financial, material, 
or technological support that contributes materially to the 
ability of the Government of Syria to— 
(A) acquire or develop chemical, biological, or nuclear 
weapons or related technologies; 
(B) acquire or develop ballistic or cruise missile 
capabilities; 
(C) acquire or develop destabilizing numbers and types 
of advanced conventional weapons; 
(D) acquire significant defense articles, defense serv-
ices, or defense information (as such terms are defined 
under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 
seq.)); or 
(E) acquire items designated by the President for pur-
poses of the United States Munitions List under section 
38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2778(a)(1)). 
(2) APPLICABILITY TO OTHER FOREIGN PERSONS.—The sanc-
tions described in subsection (b) shall also be imposed on any 
foreign person that— 
(A) is a successor entity to a foreign person described 
in paragraph (1); or 
(B) is owned or controlled by, or has acted for or 
on behalf of, a foreign person described in paragraph (1). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be imposed on 
a foreign person described in subsection (a) are the following: 
Determination. 
President. 
22 USC 9528. 
Certification. 
Waiver authority. 
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(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President shall exercise 
all powers granted by the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the require-
ments of section 202 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not 
apply) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all trans-
actions in all property and interests in property of the foreign 
person if such property and interests in property are in the 
United States, come within the United States, or are or come 
within the possession or control of a United States person. 
(2) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 
(A) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES.—If the for-
eign person is an individual, the Secretary of State shall 
deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall exclude from the United States, the foreign person. 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The issuing consular officer, the 
Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) shall 
revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued 
to the foreign person regardless of when issued. 
(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A revocation under 
clause (i) shall take effect immediately and shall auto-
matically cancel any other valid visa or entry docu-
mentation that is in the possession of the foreign per-
son. 
(c) WAIVER.—Subject to section 216, the President may waive 
the application of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to 
a person if the President determines that such a waiver is in 
the national security interest of the United States. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FINANCIAL, MATERIAL, OR TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT.— 
The term ‘‘financial, material, or technological support’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 542.304 of title 31, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regu-
lation or ruling). 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign person’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 594.304 of title 31, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation 
or ruling). 
(3) SYRIA.—The term ‘‘Syria’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 542.316 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 
SEC. 235. SANCTIONS DESCRIBED. 
(a) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be imposed with 
respect to a person under section 224(a)(2), 231(b), 232(a), or 233(a) 
are the following: 
(1) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ASSISTANCE FOR EXPORTS TO SANC-
TIONED PERSONS.—The President may direct the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States not to give approval to the issuance 
of any guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or participation 
in the extension of credit in connection with the export of 
any goods or services to the sanctioned person. 
(2) EXPORT
SANCTION.—The President may order the 
United States Government not to issue any specific license 
and not to grant any other specific permission or authority 
President. 
22 USC 9529. 
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to export any goods or technology to the sanctioned person 
under— 
(A) the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
4601 et seq.) (as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.)); 
(B) the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 
seq.); 
(C) the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 
et seq.); or 
(D) any other statute that requires the prior review 
and approval of the United States Government as a condi-
tion for the export or reexport of goods or services. 
(3) LOANS FROM UNITED STATES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The President may prohibit any United States financial institu-
tion from making loans or providing credits to the sanctioned 
person totaling more than $10,000,000 in any 12-month period 
unless the person is engaged in activities to relieve human 
suffering and the loans or credits are provided for such activi-
ties. 
(4) LOANS FROM INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The President may direct the United States executive director 
to each international financial institution to use the voice and 
vote of the United States to oppose any loan from the inter-
national financial institution that would benefit the sanctioned 
person. 
(5) PROHIBITIONS
ON
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS.—The fol-
lowing prohibitions may be imposed against the sanctioned 
person if that person is a financial institution: 
(A) 
PROHIBITION
ON
DESIGNATION
AS
PRIMARY 
DEALER.—Neither the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System nor the Federal Reserve Bank of New 
York may designate, or permit the continuation of any 
prior designation of, the financial institution as a primary 
dealer in United States Government debt instruments. 
(B) PROHIBITION
ON
SERVICE
AS
A
REPOSITORY
OF 
GOVERNMENT
FUNDS.—The financial institution may not 
serve as agent of the United States Government or serve 
as repository for United States Government funds. 
The imposition of either sanction under subparagraph (A) or 
(B) shall be treated as one sanction for purposes of subsection 
(b), and the imposition of both such sanctions shall be treated 
as two sanctions for purposes of subsection (b). 
(6) PROCUREMENT SANCTION.—The United States Govern-
ment may not procure, or enter into any contract for the 
procurement of, any goods or services from the sanctioned 
person. 
(7) FOREIGN EXCHANGE.—The President may, pursuant to 
such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any 
transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to the jurisdic-
tion of the United States and in which the sanctioned person 
has any interest. 
(8) BANKING TRANSACTIONS.—The President may, pursuant 
to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit 
any transfers of credit or payments between financial institu-
tions or by, through, or to any financial institution, to the 
Time period. 
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extent that such transfers or payments are subject to the juris-
diction of the United States and involve any interest of the 
sanctioned person. 
(9) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The President may, pursu-
ant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit 
any person from— 
(A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using, transferring, 
withdrawing, transporting, importing, or exporting any 
property that is subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States and with respect to which the sanctioned person 
has any interest; 
(B) dealing in or exercising any right, power, or privi-
lege with respect to such property; or 
(C) conducting any transaction involving such property. 
(10) BAN ON INVESTMENT IN EQUITY OR DEBT OF SANCTIONED 
PERSON.—The President may, pursuant to such regulations or 
guidelines as the President may prescribe, prohibit any United 
States person from investing in or purchasing significant 
amounts of equity or debt instruments of the sanctioned person. 
(11) EXCLUSION OF CORPORATE OFFICERS.—The President 
may direct the Secretary of State to deny a visa to, and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to exclude from the United 
States, any alien that the President determines is a corporate 
officer or principal of, or a shareholder with a controlling 
interest in, the sanctioned person. 
(12) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.—The 
President may impose on the principal executive officer or 
officers of the sanctioned person, or on persons performing 
similar functions and with similar authorities as such officer 
or officers, any of the sanctions under this subsection. 
(b) SANCTIONED PERSON DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘sanctioned person’’ means a person subject to sanctions under 
section 224(a)(2), 231(b), 232(a), or 233(a). 
SEC. 236. EXCEPTIONS, WAIVER, AND TERMINATION. 
(a) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of this part and amendments 
made by this part shall not apply with respect to the following: 
(1) Activities subject to the reporting requirements under 
title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 
et seq.), or any authorized intelligence activities of the United 
States. 
(2) The admission of an alien to the United States if such 
admission is necessary to comply with United States obligations 
under the Agreement between the United Nations and the 
United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the 
United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 
entered into force November 21, 1947, under the Convention 
on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and 
entered into force March 19, 1967, or under other international 
agreements. 
(b) WAIVER OF SANCTIONS THAT ARE IMPOSED.—Subject to sec-
tion 216, if the President imposes sanctions with respect to a 
person under this part or the amendments made by this part, 
the President may waive the application of those sanctions if the 
President determines that such a waiver is in the national security 
interest of the United States. 
Determination. 
President. 
22 USC 9530. 
Determination. 
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(c) TERMINATION.—Subject to section 216, the President may 
terminate the application of sanctions under section 224, 231, 232, 
233, or 234 with respect to a person if the President submits 
to the appropriate congressional committees— 
(1) a notice of and justification for the termination; and 
(2) a notice that— 
(A) the person is not engaging in the activity that 
was the basis for the sanctions or has taken significant 
verifiable steps toward stopping the activity; and 
(B) the President has received reliable assurances that 
the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject 
to sanctions under this part in the future. 
SEC. 237. EXCEPTION RELATING TO ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL 
AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amendments made by this 
Act shall not apply with respect to activities of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act or the amend-
ments made by this Act shall be construed to authorize the imposi-
tion of any sanction or other condition, limitation, restriction, or 
prohibition, that directly or indirectly impedes the supply by any 
entity of the Russian Federation of any product or service, or 
the procurement of such product or service by any contractor or 
subcontractor of the United States or any other entity, relating 
to or in connection with any space launch conducted for— 
(1) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; 
or 
(2) any other non-Department of Defense customer. 
SEC. 238. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this part or the amendments made by this part 
shall be construed— 
(1) to supersede the limitations or exceptions on the use 
of rocket engines for national security purposes under section 
1608 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 
113–291; 128 Stat. 3626; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note), as amended 
by section 1607 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1100) and 
section 1602 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2582); or 
(2) to prohibit a contractor or subcontractor of the Depart-
ment of Defense from acquiring components referred to in such 
section 1608. 
PART 3—REPORTS 
SEC. 241. REPORT ON OLIGARCHS AND PARASTATAL ENTITIES OF THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta-
tion with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary 
of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a detailed report on the following: 
(1) Senior foreign political figures and oligarchs in the 
Russian Federation, including the following: 
Consultation. 
22 USC 9532. 
22 USC 9531. 
Notice. 
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(A) An identification of the most significant senior for-
eign political figures and oligarchs in the Russian Federa-
tion, as determined by their closeness to the Russian regime 
and their net worth. 
(B) An assessment of the relationship between individ-
uals identified under subparagraph (A) and President 
Vladimir Putin or other members of the Russian ruling 
elite. 
(C) An identification of any indices of corruption with 
respect to those individuals. 
(D) The estimated net worth and known sources of 
income of those individuals and their family members 
(including 
spouses, 
children, 
parents, 
and 
siblings), 
including assets, investments, other business interests, and 
relevant beneficial ownership information. 
(E) An identification of the non-Russian business affili-
ations of those individuals. 
(2) Russian parastatal entities, including an assessment 
of the following: 
(A) The emergence of Russian parastatal entities and 
their role in the economy of the Russian Federation. 
(B) The leadership structures and beneficial ownership 
of those entities. 
(C) The scope of the non-Russian business affiliations 
of those entities. 
(3) The exposure of key economic sectors of the United 
States to Russian politically exposed persons and parastatal 
entities, including, at a minimum, the banking, securities, 
insurance, and real estate sectors. 
(4) The likely effects of imposing debt and equity restric-
tions on Russian parastatal entities, as well as the anticipated 
effects of adding Russian parastatal entities to the list of spe-
cially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department 
of the Treasury. 
(5) The potential impacts of imposing secondary sanctions 
with respect to Russian oligarchs, Russian state-owned enter-
prises, and Russian parastatal entities, including impacts on 
the entities themselves and on the economy of the Russian 
Federation, as well as on the economies of the United States 
and allies of the United States. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may contain 
a classified annex. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives. 
(2) SENIOR FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURE.—The term ‘‘senior 
foreign political figure’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 
Assessment. 
Estimate. 
Assessment. 
Vladimir Putin. 
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SEC. 242. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF EXPANDING SANCTIONS TO 
INCLUDE SOVEREIGN DEBT AND DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta-
tion with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary 
of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report describing in detail the potential effects of expanding 
sanctions under Directive 1 (as amended), dated September 12, 
2014, issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control under Executive 
Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating to blocking property 
of additional persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine), 
or any successor directive, to include sovereign debt and the full 
range of derivative products. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may contain 
a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 243. REPORT ON ILLICIT FINANCE RELATING TO THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and not later than the end of each 1- 
year period thereafter until 2021, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
describing interagency efforts in the United States to combat illicit 
finance relating to the Russian Federation. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
contain a summary of efforts by the United States to do the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Identify, investigate, map, and disrupt illicit financial 
flows linked to the Russian Federation if such flows affect 
the United States financial system or those of major allies 
of the United States. 
(2) Conduct outreach to the private sector, including 
information sharing efforts to strengthen compliance efforts 
by entities, including financial institutions, to prevent illicit 
financial flows described in paragraph (1). 
(3) Engage and coordinate with allied international part-
ners on illicit finance, especially in Europe, to coordinate efforts 
to uncover and prosecute the networks responsible for illicit 
financial flows described in paragraph (1), including examples 
of that engagement and coordination. 
(4) Identify foreign sanctions evaders and loopholes within 
the sanctions regimes of foreign partners of the United States. 
(5) Expand the number of real estate geographic targeting 
orders or other regulatory actions, as appropriate, to degrade 
illicit financial activity relating to the Russian Federation in 
relation to the financial system of the United States. 
Summary. 
Time periods. 
Consultation. 
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(6) Provide support to counter those involved in illicit 
finance relating to the Russian Federation across all appro-
priate law enforcement, intelligence, regulatory, and financial 
authorities of the Federal Government, including by imposing 
sanctions with respect to or prosecuting those involved. 
(7) In the case of the Department of the Treasury and 
the Department of Justice, investigate or otherwise develop 
major cases, including a description of those cases. 
(c) BRIEFING.—After submitting a report under this section, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide briefings to the appro-
priate congressional committees with respect to that report. 
(d) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall coordi-
nate with the Attorney General, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary 
of State in preparing each report under this section. 
(e) FORM.—Each report submitted under this section shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives. 
(2) ILLICIT FINANCE.—The term ‘‘illicit finance’’ means the 
financing of terrorism, narcotics trafficking, or proliferation, 
money laundering, or other forms of illicit financing domesti-
cally or internationally, as defined by the President. 
Subtitle B—Countering Russian Influence 
in Europe and Eurasia 
SEC. 251. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Government of the Russian Federation has sought 
to exert influence throughout Europe and Eurasia, including 
in the former states of the Soviet Union, by providing resources 
to political parties, think tanks, and civil society groups that 
sow distrust in democratic institutions and actors, promote 
xenophobic and illiberal views, and otherwise undermine Euro-
pean unity. The Government of the Russian Federation has 
also engaged in well-documented corruption practices as a 
means toward undermining and buying influence in European 
and Eurasian countries. 
(2) The Government of the Russian Federation has largely 
eliminated a once-vibrant Russian-language independent media 
sector and severely curtails free and independent media within 
the borders of the Russian Federation. Russian-language media 
organizations that are funded and controlled by the Government 
of the Russian Federation and disseminate information within 
and outside of the Russian Federation routinely traffic in anti- 
Western disinformation, while few independent, fact-based 
media sources provide objective reporting for Russian-speaking 
audiences inside or outside of the Russian Federation. 
22 USC 9541. 
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(3) The Government of the Russian Federation continues 
to violate its commitments under the Memorandum on Security 
Assurances in connection with Ukraine’s Accession to the 
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at 
Budapest December 5, 1994, and the Conference on Security 
and Co-operation in Europe Final Act, concluded at Helsinki 
August 1, 1975 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Helsinki Final 
Act’’), which laid the ground-work for the establishment of 
the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, of 
which the Russian Federation is a member, by its illegal annex-
ation of Crimea in 2014, its illegal occupation of South Ossetia 
and Abkhazia in Georgia in 2008, and its ongoing destabilizing 
activities in eastern Ukraine. 
(4) The Government of the Russian Federation continues 
to ignore the terms of the August 2008 ceasefire agreement 
relating to Georgia, which requires the withdrawal of Russian 
Federation troops, free access by humanitarian groups to the 
regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and monitoring of the 
conflict areas by the European Union Monitoring Mission. 
(5) The Government of the Russian Federation is failing 
to comply with the terms of the Minsk Agreement to address 
the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, signed in Minsk, 
Belarus, on February 11, 2015, by the leaders of Ukraine, 
Russia, France, and Germany, as well as the Minsk Protocol, 
which was agreed to on September 5, 2014. 
(6) The Government of the Russian Federation is— 
(A) in violation of the Treaty between the United States 
of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 
on the Elimination of their Intermediate-Range and 
Shorter-Range Missiles, signed at Washington December 
8, 1987, and entered into force June 1, 1988 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘INF Treaty’’); and 
(B) failing to meet its obligations under the Treaty 
on Open Skies, done at Helsinki March 24, 1992, and 
entered into force January 1, 2002 (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Open Skies Treaty’’). 
SEC. 252. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Government of the Russian Federation bears respon-
sibility for the continuing violence in Eastern Ukraine, 
including the death on April 24, 2017, of Joseph Stone, a 
citizen of the United States working as a monitor for the 
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe; 
(2) the President should call on the Government of the 
Russian Federation— 
(A) to withdraw all of its forces from the territories 
of Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova; 
(B) to return control of the borders of those territories 
to their respective governments; and 
(C) to cease all efforts to undermine the popularly 
elected governments of those countries; 
(3) the Government of the Russian Federation has applied, 
and continues to apply, to the countries and peoples of Georgia 
and Ukraine, traditional uses of force, intelligence operations, 
and influence campaigns, which represent clear and present 
threats to the countries of Europe and Eurasia; 
22 USC 9542. 
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(4) in response, the countries of Europe and Eurasia should 
redouble efforts to build resilience within their institutions, 
political systems, and civil societies; 
(5) the United States supports the institutions that the 
Government of the Russian Federation seeks to undermine, 
including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Euro-
pean Union; 
(6) a strong North Atlantic Treaty Organization is critical 
to maintaining peace and security in Europe and Eurasia; 
(7) the United States should continue to work with the 
European Union as a partner against aggression by the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation, coordinating aid programs, 
development assistance, and other counter-Russian efforts; 
(8) the United States should encourage the establishment 
of a commission for media freedom within the Council of 
Europe, modeled on the Venice Commission regarding rule 
of law issues, that would be chartered to provide governments 
with expert recommendations on maintaining legal and regu-
latory regimes supportive of free and independent media and 
an informed citizenry able to distinguish between fact-based 
reporting, opinion, and disinformation; 
(9) in addition to working to strengthen the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization and the European Union, the United 
States should work with the individual countries of Europe 
and Eurasia— 
(A) 
to 
identify 
vulnerabilities 
to 
aggression, 
disinformation, corruption, and so-called hybrid warfare 
by the Government of the Russian Federation; 
(B) to establish strategic and technical plans for 
addressing those vulnerabilities; 
(C) to ensure that the financial systems of those coun-
tries are not being used to shield illicit financial activity 
by officials of the Government of the Russian Federation 
or individuals in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle 
who have been enriched through corruption; 
(D) to investigate and prosecute cases of corruption 
by Russian actors; and 
(E) to work toward full compliance with the Convention 
on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in Inter-
national Business Transactions (commonly referred to as 
the ‘‘Anti-Bribery Convention’’) of the Organization for Eco-
nomic Co-operation and Development; and 
(10) the President of the United States should use the 
authority of the President to impose sanctions under— 
(A) the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability 
Act of 2012 (title IV of Public Law 112–208; 22 U.S.C. 
5811 note); and 
(B) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability 
Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 
U.S.C. 2656 note). 
SEC. 253. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
The United States, consistent with the principle of ex injuria 
jus non oritur, supports the policy known as the ‘‘Stimson Doctrine’’ 
and thus does not recognize territorial changes effected by force, 
including the illegal invasions and occupations of Abkhazia, South 
Ossetia, Crimea, Eastern Ukraine, and Transnistria. 
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SEC. 254. COORDINATING AID AND ASSISTANCE ACROSS EUROPE AND 
EURASIA. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated for the Countering Russian Influence Fund 
$250,000,000 for fiscal years 2018 and 2019. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Countering Russian Influ-
ence Fund shall be used to effectively implement, prioritized in 
the following order and subject to the availability of funds, the 
following goals: 
(1) To assist in protecting critical infrastructure and elec-
toral mechanisms from cyberattacks in the following countries: 
(A) Countries that are members of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization or the European Union that the Sec-
retary of State determines— 
(i) are vulnerable to influence by the Russian Fed-
eration; and 
(ii) lack the economic capability to effectively 
respond to aggression by the Russian Federation with-
out the support of the United States. 
(B) Countries that are participating in the enlargement 
process of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the 
European 
Union, 
including 
Albania, 
Bosnia 
and 
Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Kosovo, Serbia, 
and Ukraine. 
(2) To combat corruption, improve the rule of law, and 
otherwise strengthen independent judiciaries and prosecutors 
general offices in the countries described in paragraph (1). 
(3) To respond to the humanitarian crises and instability 
caused or aggravated by the invasions and occupations of 
Georgia and Ukraine by the Russian Federation. 
(4) To improve participatory legislative processes and legal 
education, political transparency and competition, and compli-
ance with international obligations in the countries described 
in paragraph (1). 
(5) To build the capacity of civil society, media, and other 
nongovernmental organizations countering the influence and 
propaganda of the Russian Federation to combat corruption, 
prioritize access to truthful information, and operate freely 
in all regions in the countries described in paragraph (1). 
(6) To assist the Secretary of State in executing the func-
tions specified in section 1287(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 
22 U.S.C. 2656 note) for the purposes of recognizing, under-
standing, 
exposing, 
and 
countering 
propaganda 
and 
disinformation efforts by foreign governments, in coordination 
with the relevant regional Assistant Secretary or Assistant 
Secretaries of the Department of State. 
(c) REVISION
OF ACTIVITIES
FOR WHICH AMOUNTS MAY BE 
USED.—The Secretary of State may modify the goals described 
in subsection (b) if, not later than 15 days before revising such 
a goal, the Secretary notifies the appropriate congressional commit-
tees of the revision. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, acting 
through the Coordinator of United States Assistance to Europe 
and Eurasia (authorized pursuant to section 601 of the Support 
for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 
Consultation. 
Deadline. 
Notification. 
Determination. 
Country listings. 
22 USC 9543. 
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5461) and section 102 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging 
Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 
(22 U.S.C. 5812)), and in consultation with the Administrator 
for the United States Agency for International Development, 
the Director of the Global Engagement Center of the Depart-
ment of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors, and the heads of other rel-
evant Federal agencies, coordinate and carry out activities to 
achieve the goals described in subsection (b). 
(2) METHOD.—Activities to achieve the goals described in 
subsection (b) shall be carried out through— 
(A) initiatives of the United States Government; 
(B) Federal grant programs such as the Information 
Access Fund; or 
(C) nongovernmental or international organizations, 
such as the Organization for Security and Co-operation 
in Europe, the National Endowment for Democracy, the 
Black Sea Trust, the Balkan Trust for Democracy, the 
Prague Civil Society Centre, the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization Strategic Communications Centre of Excel-
lence, the European Endowment for Democracy, and 
related organizations. 
(3) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1 of each year, 
the Secretary of State, acting through the Coordinator of 
United States Assistance to Europe and Eurasia, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on the programs and activities carried out to achieve 
the goals described in subsection (b) during the preceding 
fiscal year. 
(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subparagraph 
(A) shall include, with respect to each program or activity 
described in that subparagraph— 
(i) the amount of funding for the program or 
activity; 
(ii) the goal described in subsection (b) to which 
the program or activity relates; and 
(iii) an assessment of whether or not the goal 
was met. 
(e) COORDINATION WITH GLOBAL PARTNERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to maximize cost efficiency, elimi-
nate duplication, and speed the achievement of the goals 
described in subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall ensure 
coordination with— 
(A) the European Union and its institutions; 
(B) the governments of countries that are members 
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the European 
Union; and 
(C) international organizations and quasi-govern-
mental funding entities that carry out programs and activi-
ties that seek to accomplish the goals described in sub-
section (b). 
(2) REPORT BY SECRETARY OF STATE.—Not later than April 
1 of each year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that includes— 
(A) the amount of funding provided to each country 
referred to in subsection (b) by— 
Assessment. 
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(i) the European Union or its institutions; 
(ii) the government of each country that is a 
member of the European Union or the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization; and 
(iii) international organizations and quasi-govern-
mental funding entities that carry out programs and 
activities that seek to accomplish the goals described 
in subsection (b); and 
(B) an assessment of whether the funding described 
in subparagraph (A) is commensurate with funding pro-
vided by the United States for those goals. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to apply to or limit United States foreign assistance 
not provided using amounts available in the Countering Russian 
Influence Fund. 
(g) ENSURING ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR GOVERNANCE ACTIVI-
TIES.—In order to ensure that the United States Government is 
properly focused on combating corruption, improving rule of law, 
and building the capacity of civil society, media, and other non-
governmental organizations in countries described in subsection 
(b)(1), the Secretary of State shall establish a pilot program for 
Foreign Service officer positions focused on governance and 
anticorruption activities in such countries. 
SEC. 255. REPORT ON MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS CONTROLLED AND 
FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that includes a description of media organizations that are con-
trolled and funded by the Government of the Russian Federation, 
and any affiliated entities, whether operating within or outside 
the Russian Federation, including broadcast and satellite-based 
television, radio, Internet, and print media organizations. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 256. REPORT ON RUSSIAN FEDERATION INFLUENCE ON ELEC-
TIONS IN EUROPE AND EURASIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and 
leadership a report on funds provided by, or funds the use of 
which was directed by, the Government of the Russian Federation 
or any Russian person with the intention of influencing the outcome 
of any election or campaign in any country in Europe or Eurasia 
during the preceding year, including through direct support to 
any political party, candidate, lobbying campaign, nongovernmental 
organization, or civic organization. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
annex. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADER-
SHIP.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees and 
leadership’’ means— 
President. 
22 USC 9545. 
President. 
22 USC 9544. 
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(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 
Appropriations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and 
the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
on Financial Services, the Committee on Armed Services, 
the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on 
Appropriations, the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence, and the Speaker, the majority leader, and the 
minority leader of the House of Representatives. 
(2) RUSSIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Russian person’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is a citizen or national of the 
Russian Federation; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the Russian 
Federation or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the 
Government of the Russian Federation. 
SEC. 257. UKRANIAN ENERGY SECURITY. 
(a) STATEMENT
OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the United 
States— 
(1) to support the Government of Ukraine in restoring 
its sovereign and territorial integrity; 
(2) to condemn and oppose all of the destabilizing efforts 
by the Government of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in 
violation of its obligations and international commitments; 
(3) to never recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea 
by the Government of the Russian Federation or the separation 
of any portion of Ukrainian territory through the use of military 
force; 
(4) to deter the Government of the Russian Federation 
from further destabilizing and invading Ukraine and other 
independent countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the 
Caucuses; 
(5) to assist in promoting reform in regulatory oversight 
and operations in Ukraine’s energy sector, including the 
establishment and empowerment of an independent regulatory 
organization; 
(6) to encourage and support fair competition, market 
liberalization, and reliability in Ukraine’s energy sector; 
(7) to help Ukraine and United States allies and partners 
in Europe reduce their dependence on Russian energy 
resources, especially natural gas, which the Government of 
the Russian Federation uses as a weapon to coerce, intimidate, 
and influence other countries; 
(8) to work with European Union member states and Euro-
pean Union institutions to promote energy security through 
developing diversified and liberalized energy markets that pro-
vide diversified sources, suppliers, and routes; 
(9) to continue to oppose the NordStream 2 pipeline given 
its detrimental impacts on the European Union’s energy secu-
rity, gas market development in Central and Eastern Europe, 
and energy reforms in Ukraine; and 
(10) that the United States Government should prioritize 
the export of United States energy resources in order to create 
22 USC 9546. 
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American jobs, help United States allies and partners, and 
strengthen United States foreign policy. 
(b) PLAN TO PROMOTE ENERGY SECURITY IN UKRAINE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in coordination 
with the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Secretary of Energy, shall work 
with the Government of Ukraine to develop a plan to increase 
energy security in Ukraine, increase the amount of energy 
produced in Ukraine, and reduce Ukraine’s reliance on energy 
imports from the Russian Federation. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan developed under paragraph (1) 
shall include strategies for market liberalization, effective regu-
lation and oversight, supply diversification, energy reliability, 
and energy efficiency, such as through supporting— 
(A) the promotion of advanced technology and modern 
operating practices in Ukraine’s oil and gas sector; 
(B) modern geophysical and meteorological survey work 
as needed followed by international tenders to help attract 
qualified investment into exploration and development of 
areas with untapped resources in Ukraine; 
(C) a broadening of Ukraine’s electric power trans-
mission interconnection with Europe; 
(D) the strengthening of Ukraine’s capability to main-
tain electric power grid stability and reliability; 
(E) independent regulatory oversight and operations 
of Ukraine’s gas market and electricity sector; 
(F) the implementation of primary gas law including 
pricing, tariff structure, and legal regulatory implementa-
tion; 
(G) privatization of government owned energy compa-
nies through credible legal frameworks and a transparent 
process compliant with international best practices; 
(H) procurement and transport of emergency fuel sup-
plies, including reverse pipeline flows from Europe; 
(I) provision of technical assistance for crisis planning, 
crisis response, and public outreach; 
(J) repair of infrastructure to enable the transport 
of fuel supplies; 
(K) repair of power generating or power transmission 
equipment or facilities; and 
(L) improved building energy efficiency and other meas-
ures designed to reduce energy demand in Ukraine. 
(3) REPORTS.— 
(A) IMPLEMENTATION OF UKRAINE FREEDOM SUPPORT 
ACT OF 2014 PROVISIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report detailing the status of implementing the provi-
sions required under section 7(c) of the Ukraine Freedom 
Support Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8926(c)), including detailing 
the plans required under that section, the level of funding 
that has been allocated to and expended for the strategies 
set forth under that section, and progress that has been 
made in implementing the strategies developed pursuant 
to that section. 
(B) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
Strategies. 
Coordination. 
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thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report detailing the plan 
developed under paragraph (1), the level of funding that 
has been allocated to and expended for the strategies set 
forth in paragraph (2), and progress that has been made 
in implementing the strategies. 
(C) BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary of State, or a designee 
of the Secretary, shall brief the appropriate congressional 
committees not later than 30 days after the submission 
of each report under subparagraph (B). In addition, the 
Department of State shall make relevant officials available 
upon request to brief the appropriate congressional commit-
tees on all available information that relates directly or 
indirectly to Ukraine or energy security in Eastern Europe. 
(D) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’ means— 
(i) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(ii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(c) SUPPORTING EFFORTS OF COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND EURASIA 
TO
DECREASE
THEIR
DEPENDENCE
ON
RUSSIAN
SOURCES
OF 
ENERGY.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(A) The Government of the Russian Federation uses 
its strong position in the energy sector as leverage to 
manipulate the internal politics and foreign relations of 
the countries of Europe and Eurasia. 
(B) This influence is based not only on the Russian 
Federation’s oil and natural gas resources, but also on 
its state-owned nuclear power and electricity companies. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(A) the United States should assist the efforts of the 
countries of Europe and Eurasia to enhance their energy 
security through diversification of energy supplies in order 
to lessen dependencies on Russian Federation energy 
resources and state-owned entities; and 
(B) the Export-Import Bank of the United States and 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation should play 
key roles in supporting critical energy projects that con-
tribute to that goal. 
(3) USE OF COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND TO PRO-
VIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Amounts in the Countering Rus-
sian Influence Fund pursuant to section 254 shall be used 
to provide technical advice to countries described in subsection 
(b)(1) of such section designed to enhance energy security and 
lessen dependence on energy from Russian Federation sources. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated for the Department of State a total of $30,000,000 
for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 to carry out the strategies set 
forth in subsection (b)(2) and other activities under this section 
related to the promotion of energy security in Ukraine. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as affecting the responsibilities required and authorities 
Deadline. 
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provided under section 7 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act 
of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8926). 
SEC. 258. TERMINATION. 
The provisions of this subtitle shall terminate on the date 
that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 259. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED. 
Except as otherwise provided, in this subtitle, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on 
Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Financial Services, the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Appropria-
tions, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives. 
Subtitle C—Combating Terrorism and 
Illicit Financing 
PART 
1—NATIONAL 
STRATEGY 
FOR 
COM-
BATING TERRORIST AND OTHER ILLICIT FI-
NANCING 
SEC. 261. DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting through the Secretary, 
shall, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary 
of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of 
National Intelligence, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, and the appropriate Federal banking agencies and 
Federal functional regulators, develop a national strategy for com-
bating the financing of terrorism and related forms of illicit finance. 
(b) TRANSMITTAL TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive 
national strategy developed in accordance with subsection (a). 
(2) UPDATES.—Not later than January 31, 2020, and 
January 31, 2022, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees updated versions of the national 
strategy submitted under paragraph (1). 
(c) SEPARATE PRESENTATION OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL.—Any 
part of the national strategy that involves information that is 
properly classified under criteria established by the President shall 
be submitted to Congress separately in a classified annex and, 
if requested by the chairman or ranking member of one of the 
appropriate congressional committees, as a briefing at an appro-
priate level of security. 
SEC. 262. CONTENTS OF NATIONAL STRATEGY. 
The strategy described in section 261 shall contain the fol-
lowing: 
Deadlines. 
Consultation. 
President. 
22 USC 9548. 
22 USC 9547. 
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(1) EVALUATION OF EXISTING EFFORTS.—An assessment of 
the effectiveness of and ways in which the United States is 
currently addressing the highest levels of risk of various forms 
of illicit finance, including those identified in the documents 
entitled ‘‘2015 National Money Laundering Risk Assessment’’ 
and ‘‘2015 National Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment’’, pub-
lished by the Department of the Treasury and a description 
of how the strategy is integrated into, and supports, the broader 
counter terrorism strategy of the United States. 
(2) GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND PRIORITIES.—A comprehensive, 
research-based, long-range, quantifiable discussion of goals, 
objectives, and priorities for disrupting and preventing illicit 
finance activities within and transiting the financial system 
of the United States that outlines priorities to reduce the 
incidence, dollar value, and effects of illicit finance. 
(3) THREATS.—An identification of the most significant 
illicit finance threats to the financial system of the United 
States. 
(4) REVIEWS AND PROPOSED CHANGES.—Reviews of enforce-
ment efforts, relevant regulations and relevant provisions of 
law and, if appropriate, discussions of proposed changes deter-
mined to be appropriate to ensure that the United States pur-
sues coordinated and effective efforts at all levels of govern-
ment, and with international partners of the United States, 
in the fight against illicit finance. 
(5) DETECTION AND PROSECUTION INITIATIVES.—A descrip-
tion of efforts to improve, as necessary, detection and prosecu-
tion of illicit finance, including efforts to ensure that— 
(A) subject to legal restrictions, all appropriate data 
collected by the Federal Government that is relevant to 
the efforts described in this section be available in a timely 
fashion to— 
(i) all appropriate Federal departments and agen-
cies; and 
(ii) as appropriate and consistent with section 314 
of the International Money Laundering Abatement and 
Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 (31 U.S.C. 5311 
note), to financial institutions to assist the financial 
institutions in efforts to comply with laws aimed at 
curbing illicit finance; and 
(B) appropriate efforts are undertaken to ensure that 
Federal departments and agencies charged with reducing 
and preventing illicit finance make thorough use of publicly 
available data in furtherance of this effort. 
(6) THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE FINANCIAL SECTOR IN PREVEN-
TION OF ILLICIT FINANCE.—A discussion of ways to enhance 
partnerships between the private financial sector and Federal 
departments and agencies with regard to the prevention and 
detection of illicit finance, including— 
(A) efforts to facilitate compliance with laws aimed 
at stopping such illicit finance while maintaining the 
effectiveness of such efforts; and 
(B) providing guidance to strengthen internal controls 
and to adopt on an industry-wide basis more effective poli-
cies. 
Assessment. 
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(7) ENHANCEMENT
OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
COOPERA-
TION.—A discussion of ways to combat illicit finance by 
enhancing— 
(A) cooperative efforts between and among Federal, 
State, and local officials, including State regulators, State 
and local prosecutors, and other law enforcement officials; 
and 
(B) cooperative efforts with and between governments 
of countries and with and between multinational institu-
tions with expertise in fighting illicit finance, including 
the Financial Action Task Force and the Egmont Group 
of Financial Intelligence Units. 
(8) TREND
ANALYSIS
OF
EMERGING
ILLICIT
FINANCE 
THREATS.—A discussion of and data regarding trends in illicit 
finance, including evolving forms of value transfer such as 
so-called cryptocurrencies, other methods that are computer, 
telecommunications, or Internet-based, cyber crime, or any 
other threats that the Secretary may choose to identify. 
(9) BUDGET
PRIORITIES.—A multiyear budget plan that 
identifies sufficient resources needed to successfully execute 
the full range of missions called for in this section. 
(10) TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS.—An analysis of current 
and developing ways to leverage technology to improve the 
effectiveness of efforts to stop the financing of terrorism and 
other forms of illicit finance, including better integration of 
open-source data. 
PART 2—ENHANCING ANTITERRORISM TOOLS 
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
SEC. 271. IMPROVING ANTITERROR FINANCE MONITORING OF FUNDS 
TRANSFERS. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To improve the ability of the Department 
of the Treasury to better track cross-border fund transfers 
and identify potential financing of terrorist or other forms 
of illicit finance, the Secretary shall carry out a study to 
assess— 
(A) the potential efficacy of requiring banking regu-
lators to establish a pilot program to provide technical 
assistance to depository institutions and credit unions that 
wish to provide account services to money services 
businesses serving individuals in Somalia; 
(B) whether such a pilot program could be a model 
for improving the ability of United States persons to make 
legitimate funds transfers through transparent and easily 
monitored channels while preserving strict compliance with 
the Bank Secrecy Act (Public Law 91–508; 84 Stat. 1114) 
and related controls aimed at stopping money laundering 
and the financing of terrorism; and 
(C) 
consistent 
with 
current 
legal 
requirements 
regarding confidential supervisory information, the poten-
tial impact of allowing money services businesses to share 
certain State examination information with depository 
institutions and credit unions, or whether another appro-
priate mechanism could be identified to allow a similar 
exchange of information to give the depository institutions 
Analysis. 
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and credit unions a better understanding of whether an 
individual money services business is adequately meeting 
its anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing 
obligations to combat money laundering, the financing of 
terror, or related illicit finance. 
(2) PUBLIC INPUT.—The Secretary should solicit and con-
sider public input as appropriate in developing the study 
required under subsection (a). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Financial 
Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives a report that contains all findings and determina-
tions made in carrying out the study required under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 272. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 
REGARDING TERRORIST FINANCING INTELLIGENCE. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary, acting through 
the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, should 
intensify work with foreign partners to help the foreign partners 
develop intelligence analytic capacities, in a financial intelligence 
unit, finance ministry, or other appropriate agency, that are— 
(1) commensurate to the threats faced by the foreign 
partner; and 
(2) designed to better integrate intelligence efforts with 
the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing 
regimes of the foreign partner. 
SEC. 273. EXAMINING THE COUNTER-TERROR FINANCING ROLE OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY IN EMBASSIES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
a report that contains— 
(1) a list of the United States embassies in which a full- 
time Department of the Treasury financial attache
´ is stationed 
and a description of how the interests of the Department of 
the Treasury relating to terrorist financing and money laun-
dering are addressed (via regional attache
´s or otherwise) at 
United States embassies where no such attache
´s are present; 
(2) a list of the United States embassies at which the 
Department of the Treasury has assigned a technical assistance 
advisor from the Office of Technical Assistance of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury; 
(3) an overview of how Department of the Treasury finan-
cial attache
´s and technical assistance advisors assist in efforts 
to counter illicit finance, to include money laundering, terrorist 
financing, and proliferation financing; and 
(4) an overview of patterns, trends, or other issues identi-
fied by the Department of the Treasury and whether resources 
are sufficient to address these issues. 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Lists. 
Overview. 
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SEC. 274. INCLUSION OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ON THE 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(c)(1) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(c)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the 
Secretary of the Treasury,’’ before ‘‘and such other officers’’. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) may not be construed to authorize the National Security 
Council to have a professional staff level that exceeds the limitation 
set forth under section 101(e)(3) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(e)(3)). 
SEC. 275. INCLUSION OF ALL FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5326 of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in the heading of such section, by striking ‘‘coin and 
currency’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subtitle and’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle 
or to’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘United States 
coins or currency (or such other monetary instruments 
as the Secretary may describe in such order)’’ and inserting 
‘‘funds (as the Secretary may describe in such order),’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘coins or currency 
(or monetary instruments)’’ and inserting ‘‘funds’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘coins or currency 
(or such other monetary instruments as the Secretary may 
describe in the regulation or order)’’ and inserting ‘‘funds 
(as the Secretary may describe in the regulation or order)’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for chapter 
53 of title 31, United States Code, is amended in the item relating 
to section 5326 by striking ‘‘coin and currency’’. 
PART 3—DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 281. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle— 
(1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, Committee 
on Armed Services, Committee on the Judiciary, Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Financial Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, the Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on Home-
land Security, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 
(2) the term ‘‘appropriate Federal banking agencies’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); 
(3) the term ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act’’ means— 
(A) section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1829b); 
31 USC 
prec. 5301. 
50 USC 3021 
note. 
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(B) chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91–508 (12 U.S.C. 
1951 et seq.); and 
(C) subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United 
States Code; 
(4) the term ‘‘Federal functional regulator’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 509 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act 
(15 U.S.C. 6809); 
(5) the term ‘‘illicit finance’’ means the financing of ter-
rorism, narcotics trafficking, or proliferation, money laundering, 
or other forms of illicit financing domestically or internationally, 
as defined by the President; 
(6) the term ‘‘money services business’’ has the meaning 
given the term under section 1010.100 of title 31, Code of 
Federal Regulations; 
(7) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the 
Treasury; and 
(8) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, and each territory or possession of 
the United States. 
Subtitle D—Rule of Construction 
SEC. 291. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this title 
(other than sections 216 and 236(b)) shall be construed to limit 
the authority of the President under the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
SEC. 292. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF 
ARTICLE 5 OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The principle of collective defense of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO) is immortalized in Article 5 of 
the North Atlantic Treaty in which members pledge that ‘‘an 
armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North 
America shall be considered an attack against them all’’. 
(2) For almost 7 decades, the principle of collective defense 
has effectively served as a strategic deterrent for the member 
nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and provided 
stability throughout the world, strengthening the security of 
the United States and all 28 other member nations. 
(3) Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks 
in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, the Alliance 
agreed to invoke Article 5 for the first time, affirming its 
commitment to collective defense. 
(4) Countries that are members of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization have made historic contributions and sac-
rifices while combating terrorism in Afghanistan through the 
International Security Assistance Force and the Resolute Sup-
port Mission. 
(5) The recent attacks in the United Kingdom underscore 
the importance of an international alliance to combat hostile 
nation states and terrorist groups. 
(6) At the 2014 NATO summit in Wales, the member 
countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization decided 
that all countries that are members of NATO would spend 
22 USC 9501 
note. 
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an amount equal to 2 percent of their gross domestic product 
on defense by 2024. 
(7) Collective defense unites the 29 members of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization, each committing to protecting 
and supporting one another from external adversaries, which 
bolsters the North Atlantic Alliance. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress— 
(1) to express the vital importance of Article 5 of the 
North Atlantic Treaty, the charter of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization, as it continues to serve as a critical deterrent 
to potential hostile nations and terrorist organizations; 
(2) to remember the first and only invocation of Article 
5 by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in support of 
the United States after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
2001; 
(3) to affirm that the United States remains fully committed 
to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and will honor its 
obligations enshrined in Article 5; and 
(4) to condemn any threat to the sovereignty, territorial 
integrity, freedom, or democracy of any country that is a 
member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
TITLE III—SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT 
TO NORTH KOREA 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Korean Interdiction and Mod-
ernization of Sanctions Act’’. 
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS IN THE NORTH KOREA SANC-
TIONS AND POLICY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2016.— 
(1) APPLICABLE EXECUTIVE ORDER.—Section 3(1)(A) of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 
(22 U.S.C. 9202(1)(A)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or Executive Order 13694’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Executive Order No. 13694’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or Executive Order No. 13722 (50 
U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking the property of the 
Government of North Korea and the Workers’ Party of 
Korea, and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect 
to North Korea),’’ before ‘‘to the extent’’. 
(2) APPLICABLE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLU-
TION.—Section 3(2)(A) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202(2)(A)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘or 2094 (2013)’’ and inserting ‘‘2094 (2013), 2270 
(2016), or 2321 (2016)’’. 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—Section 3 of the North Korea Sanc-
tions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202) 
is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (14) as 
paragraphs (6) through (15), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign person’ means— 
22 USC 9201 
note. 
Korean 
Interdiction and 
Modernization of 
Sanctions Act. 
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‘‘(A) an individual who is not a United States citizen 
or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to 
the United States; or 
‘‘(B) an entity that is not a United States person.’’. 
(4) LUXURY GOODS.—Paragraph (9) of section 3 of the North 
Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
9202), as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this subsection, 
is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(C) also includes any items so designated under an 
applicable United Nations Security Council resolution.’’. 
(5) NORTH KOREAN PERSON.—Section 3 of the North Korea 
Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
9202), as amended by paragraph (3) of this subsection, is fur-
ther amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (13) through (15) as 
paragraphs (14) through (16), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) NORTH KOREAN PERSON.—The term ‘North Korean 
person’ means— 
‘‘(A) a North Korean citizen or national; or 
‘‘(B) an entity owned or controlled by the Government 
of North Korea or by a North Korean citizen or national.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ACT.—In this title: 
(1) APPLICABLE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLU-
TION; LUXURY GOODS.—The terms ‘‘applicable United Nations 
Security Council resolution’’ and ‘‘luxury goods’’ have the 
meanings given those terms, respectively, in section 3 of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 
(22 U.S.C. 9202), as amended by subsection (a). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES; GOVERN-
MENT OF NORTH KOREA; UNITED STATES PERSON.—The terms 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’, ‘‘Government of North 
Korea’’, and ‘‘United States person’’ have the meanings given 
those terms, respectively, in section 3 of the North Korea Sanc-
tions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202). 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON; NORTH KOREAN PERSON.—The terms 
‘‘foreign person’’ and ‘‘North Korean person’’ have the meanings 
given those terms, respectively, in paragraph (5) and paragraph 
(13) of section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202(5) and 9202(13)), 
as added by subsection (a). 
(4) PROHIBITED WEAPONS PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘prohibited 
weapons program’’ means— 
(A) any program related to the development of nuclear, 
chemical, or biological weapons, and their means of 
delivery, including ballistic missiles; and 
(B) any program to develop related materials with 
respect to a program described in subparagraph (A). 
22 USC 9202 
note. 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–44—AUG. 2, 2017 
Subtitle A—Sanctions to Enforce and Im-
plement United Nations Security Council 
Sanctions Against North Korea 
SEC. 311. MODIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR 
THE DESIGNATION OF PERSONS. 
(a) EXPANSION OF MANDATORY DESIGNATIONS.—Section 104(a) 
of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 
(22 U.S.C. 9214(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
any defense article or defense service (as such terms are defined 
in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794));’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (15); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(10) knowingly, directly or indirectly, purchases or other-
wise acquires from North Korea any significant amounts of 
gold, titanium ore, vanadium ore, copper, silver, nickel, zinc, 
or rare earth minerals; 
‘‘(11) knowingly, directly or indirectly, sells or transfers 
to North Korea any significant amounts of rocket, aviation, 
or jet fuel (except for use by a civilian passenger aircraft outside 
North Korea, exclusively for consumption during its flight to 
North Korea or its return flight); 
‘‘(12) knowingly, directly or indirectly, provides significant 
amounts of fuel or supplies, provides bunkering services, or 
facilitates a significant transaction or transactions to operate 
or maintain, a vessel or aircraft that is designated under an 
applicable Executive order or an applicable United Nations 
Security Council resolution, or that is owned or controlled by 
a person designated under an applicable Executive order or 
applicable United Nations Security Council resolution; 
‘‘(13) knowingly, directly or indirectly, insures, registers, 
facilitates the registration of, or maintains insurance or a reg-
istration for, a vessel owned or controlled by the Government 
of North Korea, except as specifically approved by the United 
Nations Security Council; 
‘‘(14) knowingly, directly or indirectly, maintains a cor-
respondent account (as defined in section 201A(d)(1)) with any 
North Korean financial institution, except as specifically 
approved by the United Nations Security Council; or’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (15), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘(9)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(14)’’. 
(b) EXPANSION OF ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY DESIGNATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 104(b)(1) of the North Korea 
Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
9214(b)(1)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘pursuant to an 
applicable United Nations Security Council resolution;’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘pursuant to— 
‘‘(i) an applicable United Nations Security Council 
resolution; 
‘‘(ii) any regulation promulgated under section 404; 
or 
‘‘(iii) any applicable Executive order;’’; 
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(B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(D) knowingly, directly or indirectly, purchased or 
otherwise acquired from the Government of North Korea 
significant quantities of coal, iron, or iron ore, in excess 
of the limitations provided in applicable United Nations 
Security Council resolutions; 
‘‘(E) knowingly, directly or indirectly, purchased or 
otherwise acquired significant types or amounts of textiles 
from the Government of North Korea; 
‘‘(F) knowingly facilitated a significant transfer of funds 
or property of the Government of North Korea that materi-
ally contributes to any violation of an applicable United 
National Security Council resolution; 
‘‘(G) knowingly, directly or indirectly, facilitated a 
significant transfer to or from the Government of North 
Korea of bulk cash, precious metals, gemstones, or other 
stores of value not described under subsection (a)(10); 
‘‘(H) knowingly, directly or indirectly, sold, transferred, 
or otherwise provided significant amounts of crude oil, 
condensates, refined petroleum, other types of petroleum 
or petroleum byproducts, liquified natural gas, or other 
natural gas resources to the Government of North Korea 
(except for heavy fuel oil, gasoline, or diesel fuel for 
humanitarian use or as excepted under subsection (a)(11)); 
‘‘(I) knowingly, directly or indirectly, engaged in, facili-
tated, or was responsible for the online commercial activi-
ties of the Government of North Korea, including online 
gambling; 
‘‘(J) knowingly, directly or indirectly, purchased or 
otherwise acquired fishing rights from the Government 
of North Korea; 
‘‘(K) knowingly, directly or indirectly, purchased or 
otherwise acquired significant types or amounts of food 
or agricultural products from the Government of North 
Korea; 
‘‘(L) knowingly, directly or indirectly, engaged in, facili-
tated, or was responsible for the exportation of workers 
from North Korea in a manner intended to generate signifi-
cant revenue, directly or indirectly, for use by the Govern-
ment of North Korea or by the Workers’ Party of Korea; 
‘‘(M) knowingly conducted a significant transaction or 
transactions in North Korea’s transportation, mining, 
energy, or financial services industries; or 
‘‘(N) except as specifically approved by the United 
Nations Security Council, and other than through a cor-
respondent account as described in subsection (a)(14), 
knowingly facilitated the operation of any branch, sub-
sidiary, or office of a North Korean financial institution.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by paragraph 
(1) take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
apply with respect to conduct described in subparagraphs (D) 
through (N) of section 104(b)(1) of the North Korea Sanctions 
Applicability. 
22 USC 9214 
note. 
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and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016, as added by paragraph 
(1), engaged in on or after such date of enactment. 
(c) MANDATORY AND DISCRETIONARY ASSET BLOCKING.—Section 
104(c) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 
of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘of a designated person’’ and inserting ‘‘of 
a person designated under subsection (a)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) MANDATORY ASSET BLOCKING.—The President’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) DISCRETIONARY ASSET BLOCKING.—The President may 
also exercise such powers, in the same manner and to the 
same extent described in paragraph (1), with respect to a person 
designated under subsection (b).’’. 
(d) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL PERSONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report including 
a determination as to whether reasonable grounds exist, and 
an explanation of the reasons for any determination that such 
grounds do not exist, to designate, pursuant to section 104 
of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 
of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9214), as amended by this section, each 
of the following: 
(A) The Korea Shipowners’ Protection and Indemnity 
Association, a North Korean insurance company, with 
respect to facilitating imports, exports, and reexports of 
arms and related materiel to and from North Korea, or 
for other activities prohibited by such section 104. 
(B) Chinpo Shipping Company (Private) Limited, a 
Singapore corporation, with respect to facilitating imports, 
exports, and reexports of arms and related materiel to 
and from North Korea. 
(C) The Central Bank of the Democratic People’s 
Republic of Korea, with respect to the sale of gold to, 
the receipt of gold from, or the import or export of gold 
by the Government of North Korea. 
(D) Kumgang Economic Development Corporation 
(KKG), with respect to being an entity controlled by Bureau 
39 of the Workers’ Party of the Government of North Korea. 
(E) Sam Pa, also known as Xu Jinghua, Xu Songhua, 
Sa Muxu, Samo, Sampa, or Sam King, and any entities 
owned or controlled by such individual, with respect to 
transactions with KKG. 
(F) The Chamber of Commerce of the Democratic Peo-
ple’s Republic of Korea, with respect to the exportation 
of workers in violation of section 104(a)(5) or of section 
104(b)(1)(M) of such Act, as amended by subsection (b) 
of this section. 
(2) FORM.—The report submitted under paragraph (1) may 
contain a classified annex. 
SEC. 312. PROHIBITION ON INDIRECT CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the North Korea Sanctions and 
Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9221 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 201 the following new section: 
22 USC 9221a. 
Sam Pa. 
Deadline. 
President. 
Reports. 
Determination. 
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‘‘SEC. 201A. PROHIBITION ON INDIRECT CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), if a 
United States financial institution has or obtains knowledge that 
a correspondent account established, maintained, administered, or 
managed by that institution for a foreign financial institution is 
being used by the foreign financial institution to provide significant 
financial services indirectly to any person, foreign government, or 
financial institution designated under section 104, the United States 
financial institution shall ensure that such correspondent account 
is no longer used to provide such services. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—A United States financial institution is 
authorized to process transfers of funds to or from North Korea, 
or for the direct or indirect benefit of any person, foreign govern-
ment, or financial institution that is designated under section 104, 
only if the transfer— 
‘‘(1) arises from, and is ordinarily incident and necessary 
to give effect to, an underlying transaction that has been 
authorized by a specific or general license issued by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury; and 
‘‘(2) does not involve debiting or crediting a North Korean 
account. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT.—The term ‘correspondent 
account’ has the meaning given that term in section 5318A 
of title 31, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) UNITED
STATES
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘United States financial institution’ means has the meaning 
given that term in section 510.310 of title 31, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
section. 
‘‘(3) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘foreign 
financial institution’ has the meaning given that term in section 
1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
on the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 
1(b) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 
of 2016 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
201 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 201A. Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts.’’. 
SEC. 313. LIMITATIONS ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO NONCOMPLIANT 
GOVERNMENTS. 
Section 203 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhance-
ment Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9223) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TRANSACTIONS
IN 
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIPMENT’’ and inserting ‘‘TRANS-
ACTIONS IN DEFENSE ARTICLES OR DEFENSE SERVICES’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that provides lethal 
military equipment to the Government of North Korea’’ 
and inserting ‘‘that provides to or receives from the Govern-
ment of North Korea a defense article or defense service, 
as such terms are defined in section 47 of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794), if the President determines 
that a significant type or amount of such article or service 
has been so provided or received’’; and 
President. 
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(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and inserting 
‘‘2 years’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘or emergency’’ and 
inserting ‘‘maternal and child health, disease prevention and 
response, or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) REPORT ON ARMS TRAFFICKING INVOLVING NORTH KOREA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter 
for 5 years, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report that specifically 
describes the compliance of foreign countries and other foreign 
jurisdictions with the requirement to curtail the trade described 
in subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified 
annex.’’. 
SEC. 314. AMENDMENTS TO ENHANCE INSPECTION AUTHORITIES. 
Title II of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement 
Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9221 et seq.), as amended by section 102 
of this Act, is further amended by striking section 205 and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 205. ENHANCED INSPECTION AUTHORITIES. 
‘‘(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter for 
5 years, the President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report— 
‘‘(A) identifying the operators of foreign sea ports and 
airports that knowingly— 
‘‘(i) significantly fail to implement or enforce regu-
lations to inspect ships, aircraft, cargo, or conveyances 
in transit to or from North Korea, as required by 
applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions; 
‘‘(ii) facilitate the transfer, transshipment, or 
conveyance of significant types or quantities of cargo, 
vessels, or aircraft owned or controlled by persons des-
ignated under applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolutions; or 
‘‘(iii) facilitate any of the activities described in 
section 104(a); 
‘‘(B) describing the extent to which the requirements 
of applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions 
to de-register any vessel owned, controlled, or operated 
by or on behalf of the Government of North Korea have 
been implemented by other foreign countries; 
‘‘(C) describing the compliance of the Islamic Republic 
of Iran with the sanctions mandated in applicable United 
Nations Security Council resolutions; 
‘‘(D) identifying vessels, aircraft, and conveyances 
owned or controlled by the Reconnaissance General Bureau 
of the Workers’ Party of Korea; and 
‘‘(E) describing the diplomatic and enforcement efforts 
by the President to secure the full implementation of the 
applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions, as 
described in subparagraphs (A) through (C). 
President. 
Time period. 
22 USC 9225. 
Time period. 
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‘‘(2) FORM.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified 
annex. 
‘‘(b) SPECIFIC FINDINGS.—Each report required under subsection 
(a) shall include specific findings with respect to the following 
ports and airports: 
‘‘(1) The ports of Dandong, Dalian, and any other port 
in the People’s Republic of China that the President deems 
appropriate. 
‘‘(2) The ports of Abadan, Bandar-e-Abbas, Chabahar, 
Bandar-e-Khomeini, Bushehr Port, Asaluyeh Port, Kish, Kharg 
Island, Bandar-e-Lenge, and Khorramshahr, and Tehran Imam 
Khomeini International Airport, in the Islamic Republic of Iran. 
‘‘(3) The ports of Nakhodka, Vanino, and Vladivostok, in 
the Russian Federation. 
‘‘(4) The ports of Latakia, Banias, and Tartous, and 
Damascus International Airport, in the Syrian Arab Republic. 
‘‘(c) ENHANCED SECURITY TARGETING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
the Secretary of Homeland Security may, using a layered 
approach, require enhanced screening procedures to determine 
whether physical inspections are warranted of any cargo bound 
for or landed in the United States that— 
‘‘(A) has been transported through a sea port or airport 
the operator of which has been identified by the President 
in accordance with subsection (a)(1) as having repeatedly 
failed to comply with applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolutions; 
‘‘(B) is aboard a vessel or aircraft, or within a convey-
ance that has, within the last 365 days, entered the terri-
tory or waters of North Korea, or landed in any of the 
sea ports or airports of North Korea; or 
‘‘(C) is registered by a country or jurisdiction whose 
compliance has been identified by the President as deficient 
pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR FOOD, MEDICINE, AND HUMANITARIAN 
SHIPMENTS.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any vessel, air-
craft, or conveyance that has entered the territory or waters 
of North Korea, or landed in any of the sea ports or airports 
of North Korea, exclusively for the purposes described in section 
208(b)(3)(B), or to import food, medicine, or supplies into North 
Korea to meet the humanitarian needs of the North Korean 
people. 
‘‘(d) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE.—A vessel, aircraft, or convey-
ance used to facilitate any of the activities described in section 
104(a) under the jurisdiction of the United States may be seized 
and forfeited, or subject to forfeiture, under— 
‘‘(1) chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code; or 
‘‘(2) part V of title IV of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1581 et seq.).’’. 
SEC. 315. ENFORCING COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS SHIPPING 
SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 
U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
Time period. 
Syria. 
Russia. 
Iran. 
China. 
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‘‘SEC. 16. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY AND OPERATION. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, no vessel described in subsection (b) may enter or 
operate in the navigable waters of the United States or transfer 
cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS ON APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition under paragraph 
(1) shall not apply with respect to— 
‘‘(i) a vessel described in subsection (b)(1), if the 
Secretary of State determines that— 
‘‘(I) the vessel is owned or operated by or on 
behalf of a country the government of which the 
Secretary of State determines is closely cooperating 
with the United States with respect to imple-
menting the applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolutions (as such term is defined in 
section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016); or 
‘‘(II) it is in the national security interest not 
to apply the prohibition to such vessel; or 
‘‘(ii) a vessel described in subsection (b)(2), if the 
Secretary of State determines that the vessel is no 
longer registered as described in that subsection. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE.—Not later than 15 days after making 
a determination under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate written notice 
of the determination and the basis upon which the deter-
mination was made. 
‘‘(C) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of State shall pub-
lish a notice in the Federal Register of each determination 
made under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(b) VESSELS DESCRIBED.—A vessel referred to in subsection 
(a) is a foreign vessel for which a notice of arrival is required 
to be filed under section 4(a)(5), and that— 
‘‘(1) is on the most recent list of vessels published in Federal 
Register under subsection (c)(2); or 
‘‘(2) more than 180 days after the publication of such list, 
is knowingly registered, pursuant to the 1958 Convention on 
the High Seas entered into force on September 30, 1962, by 
a government the agents or instrumentalities of which are 
maintaining a registration of a vessel that is included on such 
list. 
‘‘(c) INFORMATION
AND PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of the 
department in which the Coast Guard is operating, with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of State, shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain timely information on the registrations of 
all foreign vessels over 300 gross tons that are known to be— 
‘‘(A) owned or operated by or on behalf of the Govern-
ment of North Korea or a North Korean person; 
‘‘(B) owned or operated by or on behalf of any country 
in which a sea port is located, the operator of which the 
Time period. 
Notice. 
Federal Register, 
publication. 
Deadline. 
Determinations. 
33 USC 1232c. 
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President has identified in the most recent report submitted 
under section 205(a)(1)(A) of the North Korea Sanctions 
and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016; or 
‘‘(C) owned or operated by or on behalf of any country 
identified by the President as a country that has not com-
plied with the applicable United Nations Security Council 
resolutions (as such term is defined in section 3 of such 
Act); and 
‘‘(2) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this section, and periodically thereafter, publish in the Fed-
eral Register a list of the vessels described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF GOVERNMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall notify each 
government, the agents or instrumentalities of which are 
maintaining a registration of a foreign vessel that is included 
on a list published under subsection (c)(2), not later than 30 
days after such publication, that all vessels registered under 
such government’s authority are subject to subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION.—In the case of a govern-
ment that continues to maintain a registration for a vessel 
that is included on such list after receiving an initial notifica-
tion under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall issue an additional 
notification to such government not later than 120 days after 
the publication of a list under subsection (c)(2). 
‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION
OF VESSELS.—Upon receiving a notice of 
arrival under section 4(a)(5) from a vessel described in subsection 
(b), the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating shall notify the master of such vessel that the vessel 
may not enter or operate in the navigable waters of the United 
States or transfer cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction 
of the United States, unless— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of State has made a determination under 
subsection (a)(2); or 
‘‘(2) the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating allows provisional entry of the vessel, or 
transfer of cargo from the vessel, under subsection (f). 
‘‘(f) PROVISIONAL
ENTRY
OR
CARGO
TRANSFER.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section, the Secretary of the 
department in which the Coast Guard is operating may allow provi-
sional entry of, or transfer of cargo from, a vessel, if such entry 
or transfer is necessary for the safety of the vessel or persons 
aboard. 
‘‘(g) RIGHT OF INNOCENT PASSAGE AND RIGHT OF TRANSIT PAS-
SAGE.—This section shall not be construed as authority to restrict 
the right of innocent passage or the right of transit passage as 
recognized under international law. 
‘‘(h) FOREIGN VESSEL DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘for-
eign vessel’ has the meaning given that term in section 110 of 
title 46, United States Code.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SPECIAL
POWERS.—Section 4(b)(2) of the Ports and 
Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1223(b)(2)) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘or 16’’ after ‘‘section 9’’. 
(2) DENIAL
OF
ENTRY.—Section 13(e) of the Ports and 
Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1232(e)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 9’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9 or 16’’. 
22 USC 9241 
note. 
Determination. 
Deadlines. 
Deadline. 
Federal Register, 
publication. 
Lists. 
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SEC. 316. REPORT ON COOPERATION BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND 
IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees and leadership a report that includes— 
(1) an assessment of the extent of cooperation (including 
through the transfer of goods, services, technology, or intellec-
tual property) between North Korea and Iran relating to their 
respective nuclear, ballistic missile development, chemical or 
biological weapons development, or conventional weapons pro-
grams; 
(2) the names of any Iranian or North Korean persons 
that have knowingly engaged in or directed— 
(A) the provision of material support to such programs; 
or 
(B) the exchange of information between North Korea 
and Iran with respect to such programs; 
(3) the names of any other foreign persons that have facili-
tated the activities described in paragraph (1); and 
(4) a determination whether any of the activities described 
in paragraphs (1) and (2) violate United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 2231 (2015). 
(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the majority 
and minority leaders of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Financial Services, the Committee on Ways and Means, and 
the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 317. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECU-
RITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS BY OTHER GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees and leadership a report that evaluates the degree to which 
the governments of other countries have knowingly failed to— 
(1) close the representative offices of persons designated 
under applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions; 
(2) expel any North Korean nationals, including diplomats, 
working on behalf of such persons; 
(3) prohibit the opening of new branches, subsidiaries, or 
representative offices of North Korean financial institutions 
within the jurisdictions of such governments; or 
(4) expel any representatives of North Korean financial 
institutions. 
(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership’’ means— 
President. 
Time period. 
Determination. 
Assessment. 
President. 
Time period. 
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(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the majority 
and minority leaders of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Financial Services, the Committee on Ways and Means, and 
the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 318. BRIEFING ON MEASURES TO DENY SPECIALIZED FINANCIAL 
MESSAGING SERVICES TO DESIGNATED NORTH KOREAN 
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for 5 
years, the President shall provide to the appropriate congressional 
committees a briefing that includes the following information: 
(1) A list of each person or foreign government the Presi-
dent has identified that directly provides specialized financial 
messaging services to, or enables or facilitates direct or indirect 
access to such messaging services for— 
(A) any North Korean financial institution (as such 
term is defined in section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions 
and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202)) 
designated under an applicable United Nations Security 
Council resolution; or 
(B) any other North Korean person, on behalf of such 
a North Korean financial institution. 
(2) A detailed assessment of the status of efforts by the 
Secretary of the Treasury to work with the relevant authorities 
in the home jurisdictions of such specialized financial messaging 
providers to end such provision or access. 
(b) FORM.—The briefing required under subsection (a) may 
be classified. 
Subtitle B—Sanctions With Respect to 
Human Rights Abuses by the Govern-
ment of North Korea 
SEC. 321. SANCTIONS FOR FORCED LABOR AND SLAVERY OVERSEAS 
OF NORTH KOREANS. 
(a) SANCTIONS FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(b) of the North Korea Sanc-
tions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9241(b)) 
is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) a list of foreign persons that knowingly employ North 
Korean laborers, as described in section 104(b)(1)(M).’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL DETERMINATIONS; REPORTS.—With respect 
to any country identified in section 302(b)(2) of the North 
Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
9241(b)(2)), as amended by paragraph (1), the report required 
under section 302(a) of such Act shall— 
22 USC 9241 
note. 
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Lists. 
Deadlines. 
Time period. 
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(A) include a determination whether each person 
identified in section 302(b)(3) of such Act (as amended 
by paragraph (1)) who is a national or a citizen of such 
identified country meets the criteria for sanctions under— 
(i) section 111 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7108) (relating to the prevention 
of trafficking in persons); or 
(ii) section 104(a) or 104(b)(1) of the North Korea 
Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 
U.S.C. 9214(a)), as amended by section 101 of this 
Act; 
(B) be included in the report required under section 
110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) (relating to the annual report on traf-
ficking in persons); and 
(C) be considered in any determination that the govern-
ment of such country has made serious and sustained 
efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons, 
as such term is defined for purposes of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000. 
(b) SANCTIONS
ON FOREIGN PERSONS THAT EMPLOY NORTH 
KOREAN LABOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the North Korea Sanctions 
and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9241 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after section 302 the following new 
sections: 
‘‘SEC. 302A. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION APPLICABLE TO GOODS 
MADE WITH NORTH KOREAN LABOR. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), any 
significant goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, 
or manufactured wholly or in part by the labor of North Korean 
nationals or citizens shall be deemed to be prohibited under section 
307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) and shall not be 
entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition described in subsection (a) 
shall not apply if the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that the goods, 
wares, articles, or merchandise described in such paragraph were 
not produced with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor 
under penal sanctions. 
‘‘SEC. 302B. SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PERSONS EMPLOYING NORTH 
KOREAN LABOR. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (c), the 
President shall designate any person identified under section 
302(b)(3) for the imposition of sanctions under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the sanctions 
described in paragraph (2) with respect to any person des-
ignated under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this 
paragraph are sanctions pursuant to the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to block 
and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in prop-
erty of a person designated under subsection (a), if such prop-
erty and interests in property are in the United States, come 
Designation. 
President. 
22 USC 9241b. 
22 USC 9241a. 
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within the United States, or are or come within the possession 
or control of a United States person. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person may not be designated under 
subsection (a) if the President certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees that the President has received reli-
able assurances from such person that— 
‘‘(A) the employment of North Korean laborers does 
not result in the direct or indirect transfer of convertible 
currency, luxury goods, or other stores of value to the 
Government of North Korea; 
‘‘(B) all wages and benefits are provided directly to 
the laborers, and are held, as applicable, in accounts within 
the jurisdiction in which they reside in locally denominated 
currency; and 
‘‘(C) the laborers are subject to working conditions 
consistent with international standards. 
‘‘(2) RECERTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date on which the President transmits to the appropriate 
congressional committees an initial certification under para-
graph (1), and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall— 
‘‘(A) transmit a recertification stating that the condi-
tions described in such paragraph continue to be met; 
or 
‘‘(B) if such recertification cannot be transmitted, 
impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) beginning 
on the date on which the President determines that such 
recertification cannot be transmitted.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 
1(b) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement 
Act of 2016 is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 302 the following new items: 
‘‘Sec. 302A. Rebuttable presumption applicable to goods made with North Korean 
labor. 
‘‘Sec. 302B. Sanctions on foreign persons employing North Korean labor.’’. 
SEC. 322. MODIFICATIONS TO SANCTIONS SUSPENSION AND WAIVER 
AUTHORITIES. 
(a) EXEMPTIONS.—Section 208(a) of the North Korea Sanctions 
and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9228(a)) is amended 
in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after ‘‘209,’’. 
(b) HUMANITARIAN WAIVER.—Section 208(b) of the North Korea 
Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
9228(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’ in each place it appears; 
and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after ‘‘209(b),’’ in each place 
it appears. 
(c) WAIVER.—Section 208(c) of the North Korea Sanctions and 
Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9228(c)) is amended 
in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘201A,’’ after ‘‘104,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘302A, 302B,’’ after ‘‘209(b),’’. 
Effective date. 
Deadlines. 
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SEC. 323. REWARD FOR INFORMANTS. 
Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(11) the identification or location of any person who, while 
acting at the direction of or under the control of a foreign 
government, aids or abets a violation of section 1030 of title 
18, United States Code; or 
‘‘(12) the disruption of financial mechanisms of any person 
who has engaged in the conduct described in sections 104(a) 
or 104(b)(1) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhance-
ment Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2914(a) or (b)(1)).’’. 
SEC. 324. DETERMINATION ON DESIGNATION OF NORTH KOREA AS 
A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM. 
(a) DETERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a determination 
whether North Korea meets the criteria for designation as 
a state sponsor of terrorism. 
(2) FORM.—The determination required by paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a 
classified annex, if appropriate. 
(b) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country 
the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, 
for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 
1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)) (as in effect pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or any other provision of 
law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for 
acts of international terrorism. 
Subtitle C—General Authorities 
SEC. 331. AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE REPORTS. 
Any reports required to be submitted to the appropriate 
congressional committees under this title or any amendment made 
by this title that are subject to deadlines for submission consisting 
of similar units of time may be consolidated into a single report 
that is submitted to appropriate congressional committees pursuant 
to the earlier of such deadlines. The consolidated reports must 
contain all information required under this title or any amendment 
made by this title, in addition to all other elements mandated 
by previous law. 
SEC. 332. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit— 
(1) the authority or obligation of the President to apply 
the sanctions described in section 104 of the North Korea 
Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
9214), as amended by section 311 of this Act, with regard 
22 USC 9202 
note. 
22 USC 9202 
note. 
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PUBLIC LAW 115–44—AUG. 2, 2017 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3364: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017): 
July 25, considered and passed House. 
July 27, considered and passed Senate. 
DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2017): 
Aug. 2, Presidential statement. 
to persons who meet the criteria for designation under such 
section, or in any other provision of law; or 
(2) the authorities of the President pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.). 
SEC. 333. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, promulgate regulations 
as necessary for the implementation of this title and the amend-
ments made by this title. 
(b) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not fewer than 10 days before 
the promulgation of a regulation under subsection (a), the President 
shall notify and provide to the appropriate congressional committees 
the proposed regulation, specifying the provisions of this title or 
the amendments made by this title that the regulation is imple-
menting. 
SEC. 334. LIMITATION ON FUNDS. 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the require-
ments of this title or of the amendments made by this title. Such 
requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise author-
ized. 
Approved August 2, 2017. 
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