3.0.0 3723 2022-09-03T00:37:35Z 2022-09-03T00:37:35Z Senate S 2022-03-01 117 2022-03-02 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 293. Calendars 2022-03-01 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2022-03-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N International Affairs Administrative law and regulatory procedures Conflicts and wars Corporate finance and management Currency Department of the Treasury Digital media Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Europe Executive agency funding and structure Foreign aid and international relief Foreign and international banking Foreign and international corporations Foreign property Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government trust funds Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Internet, web applications, social media Licensing and registrations Military assistance, sales, and agreements Military operations and strategy Military personnel and dependents Militias and paramilitary groups Political parties and affiliation Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Protest and dissent Real estate business Russia Sanctions Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Terrorism Ukraine Visas and passports War and emergency powers International Affairs 00 2022-03-01 Introduced in Senate 2022-06-17T16:07:49Z Special Russian Sanctions Authority Act of 2022

This bill imposes sanctions pertaining to Russia and addresses related issues.

The President must impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on (1) members of the United Russia Party in the lower house of Russia's legislature, (2) Russian government officials and officers of Russia's armed forces above certain levels or ranks, and (3) and members of Russia's intelligence apparatus.

The President must also impose property-blocking sanctions on (1) specified individuals, including businessperson Roman Abramovich and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin; and (2) the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company.

Furthermore, the bill designates (1) the Wagner Group as a specially designated global terrorist organization, (2) Vladimir Putin as a specially designated global terrorist, and (3) any country in the Western Hemisphere with a military cooperation agreement with Russia as having engaged in a grave hostile act of a foreign power.

The bill also establishes the Joint Task Force on Russian Sanctions, which must coordinate the imposition of Russia-related sanctions.

The President may confiscate and liquidate any Russian government property subject to U.S. jurisdiction and transfer the resulting funds to the government of Ukraine.

The President may provide military hardware to Ukraine's government to resist the Russian invasion.

The Department of State must close all Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States except for the Russian embassy in Washington, DC.

The Department of the Treasury must impose certain reporting requirements related to residential real estate transactions involving Russian politically exposed persons.

]]> Special Russian Sanctions Authority Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Special Russian Sanctions Authority Act of 2022 Display Title Special Russian Sanctions Authority Act of 2022 Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation in response to the invasion of Ukraine, to confiscate assets of the Russian Federation and remit those assets to the legitimate Government of Ukraine, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3723pcs/xml/BILLS-117s3723pcs.xml 2022-03-02 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 293. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.