115 HR 3364 EH: Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act U.S. House of Representatives 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.
I 115th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 3364 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 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.
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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 terrorism 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 construction. 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. Sec. 224. Imposition of sanctions with respect to activities of the Russian Federation 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 financial 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 Russian Federation. Sec. 231. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons engaging in transactions with the intelligence or defense sectors of the Government of the Russian 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 Administration. 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 derivative 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 Eurasia. 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 financing 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. 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 persons. 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 terrorism. Subtitle C—General authorities Sec. 331. Authority to consolidate reports. Sec. 332. Rule of construction. Sec. 333. Regulatory authority. Sec. 334. Limitation on funds.
<enum>I</enum><header>Sanctions with respect to Iran</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF13D34A07124A16A0831FCDB8942928" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD2DB73299CF45B78CCA54908AB93E81" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51B74B7C953E4CD08B85A85267ACCCD2"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Act of international terrorism</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>act of international terrorism</term> has the meaning given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/172">Public Law 104–172</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF5733C4AEDB491F828FDDA346996660"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate congressional committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> has the meaning given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/172">Public Law 104–172</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABB5D64D951442AC9025CD81BE87F704"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foreign person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>foreign person</term> means a person that is not a United States person.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C04377CD9BB405F87878A0579373107"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Iranian person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Iranian person</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF66A82B33F60495A918931449D96AD03"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual who is a citizen or national of Iran; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9EFA10886C941CCA7AA28DD8A32A704"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an entity organized under the laws of Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H473442A2EB2D4BCDB0D162B0C13FE073"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">IRGC</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>IRGC</term> means Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF43BB6D2A74A40478846AF7D35F724BD"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Knowingly</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>knowingly</term> has the meaning given that term in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/172">Public Law 104–172</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD390FF00795A44EB9FA74949C145B713"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United states person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>United States person</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7B2FA3C33B9470A8910202F83EF4F79"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB2B6CA7C195440685428D6496433E93"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H979B979F95764679AC4E0820EA55EC8E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regional strategy for countering conventional and asymmetric Iranian threats in the Middle East and North Africa</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63108C563733467E9143175CFEF24BB1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary 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.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE2D19DFDE314A07BEABA6CE935201D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The strategy required by subsection (a) shall include at a minimum the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H563B99FC56A84C5D8BFB70E86E1CA12E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6389974443E48109BB8C942FA23105F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summary of the capabilities and contributions of individual countries to shared efforts to counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, and a summary of additional actions or contributions that each country could take to further contribute.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB44DC33D42049B39A5A31D726FCB2EC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H593181DA65C8418C9A758FFB97B11207"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of Iran’s chemical and biological weapons capabilities and an assessment of Iranian plans to upgrade its chemical or biological weapons capabilities.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5B2C92237C34A8B81166A1784DD857A"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of Iran’s asymmetric activities in the region, including—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2ABB1082B74346F28A895E6A516FA2E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the size, capabilities, and activities of the IRGC, including the Quds Force;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD646BF2EA6E047BC820F952F0E91A795"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the size, capabilities, and activities of Iran’s cyber operations;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9E04466DA514AEE8C77F7162D5D39F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7CCFA8FDC4394A3790FD820BB1127BF7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the scope and objectives of Iran’s information operations and use of propaganda.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H086281046CE4495181B3A7BD1D751335"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summary of United States actions, unilaterally and in cooperation with foreign governments, to counter destabilizing Iranian activities, including—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H063941E062D140ECA0DA965CE3418B41"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">interdiction of Iranian lethal arms bound for groups designated as foreign terrorist organizations under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1189">8 U.S.C. 1189</external-xref>);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EA31A5D06F547E5B2D87A44708B1DB6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Iran’s interference in international commercial shipping lanes;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09F7D6498D2649EC995ACB7C55103894"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attempts by Iran to undermine or subvert internationally recognized governments in the Middle East region; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC654BCE35262432188727A2E79FC2A6D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Iran’s support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, including—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48CD6C2709F747C28722C49DDD6593F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">financial assistance, military equipment and personnel, and other support provided to that regime; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H908AB8F333904130BB59F32A066ADE4E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support and direction to other armed actors that are not Syrian or Iranian and are acting on behalf of that regime.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAE52DEE46FB4362BE768B8ED78D65FC"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Form of strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The strategy required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H44108414341B41F2B20398DBC772B026"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees and leadership defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees and leadership</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="H00550D17A4754F5D89A805637050AD66"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HA0AF371D4C354D6A8DEFC8535816BF25"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25DF50856BBC4AD2A8A7AB7C780E8A59" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Imposition of additional sanctions in response to Iran’s ballistic missile program</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4F66AC3D5F84DFC95CC7C7E41536876"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass destruction delivery system proliferators and their supporters).</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF7490CCDC2A42C08E386C98212F8A88"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Imposition of sanctions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0153F823BC1F4EEDA650D6248FC52A26"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13B69C0418BF4278A9604438F5824748"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a successor entity to a person referred to in paragraph (1);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H816CFFDD25CB49E99C5B938E5F32A49A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a person referred to in paragraph (1);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0F850428F6F4CA5AF94509446976091"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanctions that would otherwise be imposed pursuant to paragraph (3);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCB2F7A1E7824586B4BBEC8C9457ED99"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is acting for or on behalf of a person referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H658163275B5D422FBB37013253CE966C"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04F015D2B0B4455BA8BEF43B3FAB89F3"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sanctions described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF6C90C63E9C41BC98DDAC0EDA46723E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Blocking of property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall block, in accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> 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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA88C5C2172C44889924AD6DDB5C2C08D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion from united states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the United States, any person subject to subsection (b) that is an alien.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD59A7BE3195C43A4A4BF301FD86268DD"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD2E6610B8674015BC464A0BA37A642D"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on contributions to Iran’s ballistic missile program</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0EE5C4DD711644B3B7CE8A2131D0BBF9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H475336C1446F42EBB2AC1ADD2310F13D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E932EB663C84B88832E5D1D69191DE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a successor entity to a person referred to in subparagraph (A);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFD8CDD9D8014FFF9ECAEA4A4FF233C7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a person referred to in subparagraph (A);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9EF8AFA1A7894BC6847EB84C20C09EC8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanctions that could be imposed as a result of a relationship described in subparagraph (C);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02F7CE9847FD42E89A02765D54D4EA7B"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is acting for or on behalf of a person referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DB60D9848D14E578C2C773444407AC3"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 by a person described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H754D1D999A4B4D52B2F58DCAC0BCD0D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Period specified</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The period specified in this paragraph is—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7CF836BC22E48FC97F4E1D0603121BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EC1F5048A3B4F99BDDB6AED0FD68321"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a subsequent such report, the 180-day period preceding the submission of the report.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H206614DFAB1E46A5B44BC8E73FD2CAF1"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Form of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B7A3D2908D9407FB4500257DF2EE11C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Imposition of terrorism-related sanctions with respect to the IRGC</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBABA360A79024B06AB2FBF739EB1AE05"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20F33D4F62CC4FACA050135AE16A8C08"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The IRGC is subject to sanctions pursuant to Executive Order No. 13382 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8501">22 U.S.C. 8501</external-xref> et seq.), Executive Order No. 13553 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> 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).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AE800FBF65542ACB0DFC610690ABD6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force (in this section referred to as the <quote>IRGC–QF</quote>) is the primary arm of the Government of Iran for executing its policy of supporting terrorist and insurgent groups. The IRGC–QF provides material, logistical assistance, training, and financial support 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> 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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D2F21AB5E88403DA3E5D16425BAB174"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 ballistic missile program.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F30BF46C22B4024A39D9DD584F19A60"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E2EF5E39A61498A93EADACF55DB9368"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sanctions described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sanctions described in this subsection are sanctions applicable with respect to a foreign person pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note; relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism).</text> </subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC67CBA4AA32543E79E82A8D7D0D1E173" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Imposition of additional sanctions with respect to persons responsible for human rights abuses</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1ADF159E2C7E44A1834DFC9B3CD9914A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89890B8566E5400E859908BB3D7449C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against individuals in Iran who seek—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBAF2BB79AD8543CAB7BACD8C3E91A2E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to expose illegal activity carried out by officials of the Government of Iran; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FD1F3D474D74DBC9FA97A38556E4E66"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote internationally 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</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34CDB5BEB932415C81DBE7A42CB2961C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acts as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign person in a matter relating to an activity described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD231E608340C469696414F9013D035C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sanctions described</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87011C28F9854ED3A06AF3A677DCAD6C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may, in accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> 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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96C24F9900814619B45E40271AE4B006"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 paragraph (1) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5899CF3E38F546419CD6543773E61CC3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enforcement of arms embargos</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C27643D11484CD089B691C568ADA5D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC37701642464D65972B799CF1D20C90"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E2DED1E80224AC6A78FA580E1440E0A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knowingly provides to Iran any technical training, financial 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).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A2812C67A1A43B0B9AC7DBBB0D860D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sanctions described</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3581AEF524249B28DF76DFB517B062A"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Blocking of property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall block, in accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> 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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1C413C7C06F4508996F38A95B079FA2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion from united states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the United States, any person subject to subsection (a) that is an alien.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE17B204B49F44DA49CFDE9CB2D02C416"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1887D9D8D8CF440586A49CD17A002228"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President is not required to impose sanctions 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—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC919FF3A0B646819CF37C7759DAF71C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">permitting the activity is in the national security interest of the United States;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B7D1AD1B6A6444DAFCD5E8824B0D49F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Iran no longer presents a significant threat to the national security of the United States and to the allies of the United States; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08B8F1855606401B804AB78B6BA3EFEF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Government of Iran has ceased providing operational or financial support for acts of international terrorism and no longer satisfies the requirements for designation as a state sponsor of terrorism.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C43243C1765470FAFB164BEAB0A64EC"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State sponsor of terrorism defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>state sponsor of terrorism</term> means a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined to be a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism for purposes of—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5882304C083F4A73B24FA2D450BDAEC5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/4605">50 U.S.C. 4605(j)(1)(A)</external-xref>) (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.));</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2AF08FD075B45C49454C0D60BC5AD5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2371">22 U.S.C. 2371(a)</external-xref>);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4AE38880AD4F40308853C2DE9E97E4A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2780">22 U.S.C. 2780(d)</external-xref>); or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5491A72250F4797A9E56CEC94909AF0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other provision of law.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2C2ECF290F2413AA88F1AB52CF54DD2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of applicability of sanctions relating to Iran’s support for terrorism and its ballistic missile program</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC9BC56C2F024B909215D790A292C410"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1C37EFAE6144320B069217DAB7C4E9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assess the conduct of such persons as that conduct relates to—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2A6B7BE9B39487293D3E6301F66052E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any activity that materially contributes to the activities of the Government of Iran with respect to its ballistic missile program; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B7F021BCE944108B463A6A7BAA7A955"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support by the Government of Iran for acts of international terrorism; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17FD1D0907EF4C6FAC3C5D39FD29AA12"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to determine the applicability of sanctions with respect to such persons under—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C3F6B0E0DD549EF8A0331B3C6ECCAD3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 13382 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note; relating to blocking property of weapons of mass destruction delivery system proliferators and their supporters); or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA487067ED4E4A8FB41C728A329D5BEC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 13224 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note; relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F5A06E575FF4F8D8FE9DCE123C0E893"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation of sanctions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the President determines 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—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F8713DC708448BD909078F10AC9E196"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">impose sanctions with respect to that person pursuant to that Executive order; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5417044B8B1479CBFBD8207CFFDCAD1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exercise the waiver authority provided under section 112.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB909E05C04145E499B0A40713990095" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on coordination of sanctions between the United States and the European Union</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF57BD07BC9234EFC885ED69EB1AC52C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD94070D596B4433A70DD7F893BC100F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of each instance, during the period specified in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2694AF004004141803C01A6A615B59B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in which the United States has imposed sanctions 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 European Union has not imposed corresponding sanctions; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41CA6DA190EF41E58F9644D821EA168A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in which the European Union has imposed sanctions 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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DF11343474F4C6C8BDA4B61A8588AD5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An explanation for the reason for each discrepancy between sanctions imposed by the European Union and sanctions imposed by the United States described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42507AAEF3774997BAF1451C314E7B01"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Period specified</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The period specified in this subsection is—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CBB1760BD7A42CAAF7C8998C8E5D608"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83B7061C5A094F089F944EE2D3D9C66D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a subsequent such report, the 180-day period preceding the submission of the report.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4278D44492149A8863B297DFC28964E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Form of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.</text> </subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6124A63576D9482FBF0406B071885430" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>110.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on United States citizens detained by Iran</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H603D79CD3CDE4F75A56B58239531830B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77C2DAAAD1304844A00D42394F1FF802"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information regarding any officials of the Government of Iran involved in any way in the detentions; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0372E6FCA0054A88B2E106ACE31904EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of efforts the United States Government has taken to secure the swift release of those United States citizens.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB705AD2A00A64DFEB2D149F07DAA2811"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Form of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H00223E066D2C4468B882BB9324806A01"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees and leadership defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees and leadership</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="HB03113D7F0414813BB8AF347B0785D84"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H960506110B344E9DB5324DC540B78590"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69138C51F33F4EAEB6552CDD734EBB1B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exceptions for national security and humanitarian assistance; rule of construction</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCFA65049DDF44139DC8CAB7758875A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following activities shall be exempt from sanctions under sections 104, 105, 106, and 107:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3BCB8CC29B0F4E76B9848B67BFC595DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any activity subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3091">50 U.S.C. 3091</external-xref> et seq.), or to any authorized intelligence activities of the United States.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2A540C964EC4C7DAE53C78CEF16C5C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 international obligations of the United States.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D0F73F959464B6C8400E45E947D36E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 transaction 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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69502E364A874A51AB589382DBDE583B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may exercise all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1702">50 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref> and 1704) to carry out this Act.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF2513EB31314FD59E63853E8A9328FC"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.).</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB69ADAE10B4A4C608D1F63D966658305"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C1C65A59C774AE6B1293D6CA3E7EE2D"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural commodity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>agricultural commodity</term> has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5602">7 U.S.C. 5602</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9F81485809F46489085497142F15989"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Good</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>good</term> has the meaning given that term in section 16 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/4618">50 U.S.C. 4618</external-xref>) (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.)).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1D2ADB8B21A4355AEA97336B83C1D75"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Medical device</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>medical device</term> has the meaning given the term <term>device</term> in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30138CD7B6B04748A27331AD251DDE34"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Medicine</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>medicine</term> has the meaning given the term <term>drug</term> in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25450FE7AFC0453CB28BEA3A8728A411" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Presidential waiver authority</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFAF6F895CE74D87BF30AA815B9FC7BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Case-by-Case waiver authority</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB1D4F1A7A1C4C9686883EB987B27535"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8AF1470D09664AA788FB358307651845"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Renewal of waivers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may, on a case-by-case basis, renew a waiver under paragraph (1) for an additional 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).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58E871FC5B4F4047818DBBFAF9DD8231"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Successive renewal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8EE3D2E8B7114AC991B1AA836561699E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents of waiver reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E8929E098D248BAB7D967BBEF92CB4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a specific and detailed rationale for the determination that the waiver is vital to the national security interests of the United States;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E84B82DFA5D4B9C91615FBC924F53D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the activity that resulted in the person being subject to sanctions;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77C9F0125B6744C69D07DF12E3A4EF44"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 the activity described in paragraph (2) occurred in terminating or, as appropriate, penalizing the activity; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66AF58261BFF425C93979E65EF095902"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 terrorism, or violate the human rights of any person in Iran.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66A19B5154C84892AD21F86FB42E9FDF"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of report on waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the President submits a report 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, 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).</text> </subsection></section> <enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation and combating terrorism and illicit financing </header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80948988494D4E6FACFDE07C38C0BB28"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <subtitle id="HB8C6312204704121A0FE57F90862CA0B" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation</header> <section commented="no" id="H26CEE3C1402742ACA89E9D7DEF11A5E5"><enum>211.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="HFEEDBFE609214061A9EF478DF4212127"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 situation 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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H9BBD87547B6948F4B113C189AD9CAC43"><enum>(2)</enum><text>On December 18, 2014, the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 was enacted (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/272">Public Law 113–272</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8921">22 U.S.C. 8921</external-xref> et seq.), which includes provisions directing the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons that the President determines to be entities owned or controlled by the Government of the Russian Federation or nationals of the Russian Federation that manufacture, sell, transfer, or otherwise provide certain defense articles into Syria.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HA7381D241BF5416D88E68E2ED0BCF1B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H04CA56BEC46944AC94F59DEFD1CE565D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>On July 26, 2016, President Obama approved a Presidential Policy Directive on United States Cyber Incident Coordination, which states, <quote>certain cyber incidents that have significant impacts on an entity, our national security, or the broader economy require a unique approach to response efforts</quote>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4BA7AA16512B4AE29C97A4D9C601C647"><enum>(5)</enum><text>On December 29, 2016, President Obama issued an annex to Executive Order No. 13694, which authorized sanctions on the following entities and individuals:</text> <subparagraph id="H09A84830DB634297A58AAE4B5AAF03D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Main Intelligence Directorate (also known as Glavnoe Razvedyvatel’noe Upravlenie or the GRU) in Moscow, Russian Federation.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC473D3EFFBC748D8B5D34F2D48CA64E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Federal Security Service (also known as Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti or the FSB) in Moscow, Russian Federation.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2FEFFDD586E04A51811B340F209F04AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Special Technology Center (also known as STLC, Ltd. Special Technology Center St. Petersburg) in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB6094066E07A4D77B0F4B6F522B09986"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Zorsecurity (also known as Esage Lab) in Moscow, Russian Federation.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H91A83A72E21F450CBC8188FA33463C39"><enum>(E)</enum><text>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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEBF9F3C34F2340639CC9E7D26EBE1F61"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Igor Valentinovich Korobov.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF5B2DFEC3C8D4DC1B493BC2C57D3DCC8"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Sergey Aleksandrovich Gizunov.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0ABCAFF1753E4AEE8FB54E9D849D7ACC"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Igor Olegovich Kostyukov.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6870A908E78E4BDE9BC6FEA83F4B6516"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Vladimir Stepanovich Alexseyev.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38995E5687C64ED383EE7C8A39A660EF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>On January 6, 2017, an assessment of the United States intelligence community entitled, <quote>Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections</quote> stated, <quote>Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the United States presidential election.</quote> The assessment warns that <quote>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</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="H792D45450BD54FEDB7F991FFD6464672"><enum>212.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the President—</text> <paragraph id="HC0C4FFEAAE71440FA44681E32CD6A85E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 instrumental in countering Russian aggression in Ukraine;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7357C534BDC54BD1BF9BC3D38351CEF4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 and commodities and other loopholes, in multilateral and unilateral restrictive measures against the Russian Federation, with the aim of maximizing alignment of those measures; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF14A42F3F6C6471086B4A94068529DF1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph></section> <part id="H954BE429129341AB9D32B2D4775AA845" style="OLC"><enum>1</enum><header>Congressional review of sanctions imposed with respect to the Russian Federation</header> <section id="HEDE38FCE62374C7E96563E5F91E8006C"><enum>215.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This part may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HE2B9AE7E0DB04A54AF59E733F927D0A8"><enum>216.</enum><header>Congressional review of certain actions relating to sanctions imposed with respect to the Russian Federation</header> <subsection id="H3D2451C8955A426FB31EA9CAFD7C88AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Submission to Congress of proposed action</header> <paragraph id="H1248E4B3FFAA4DFBB3D161C220935F59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, before taking any action described in paragraph (2), the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a report that describes the proposed action and the reasons for that action.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E167555DE4C49CCBAAA3182D6253F90"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Actions described</header> <subparagraph id="HFB7F50D1E2114943986F53D62DA79CF3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An action described in this paragraph is—</text> <clause id="H3C51168C64BA45B899002B6A9203C8F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an action to terminate the application of any sanctions described in subparagraph (B);</text> </clause> <clause id="H16E8ED0A72424B03B1B134A52B201CF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to sanctions described in subparagraph (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</text> </clause> <clause id="H51F69C002E0042BCBB24FA7519F0BD67"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a licensing action that significantly alters United States’ foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H58C9A1DAFD364003B1B97EA3A6A0768E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><text>The sanctions described in this subparagraph are—</text> <clause id="H12947071C1C046C5A141231CAB8317FD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>sanctions provided for under—</text> <subclause id="H7EDF9278AAB04600810AFFDDA34FEE6D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>this title or any provision of law amended by this title, including the Executive orders codified under section 222;</text> </subclause> <subclause id="H6F7558F9B6C24AE899CC20D6501834DF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8901">22 U.S.C. 8901</external-xref> et seq.); or</text> </subclause> <subclause id="H21D70A2811CD46309104C3ABA17C483F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8921">22 U.S.C. 8921</external-xref> et seq.); and</text> </subclause></clause> <clause id="H7FEDEC203C004A9994D1C4EED89C4E6A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>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.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HF78C597FBACF4B1CB9CBEB3C3F2FEB09"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Description of type of action</header><text>Each report submitted under paragraph (1) with respect to an action described in paragraph (2) shall include a description of whether the action—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HCA0384595FC544CABB6B25DA6A267DF9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is not intended to significantly alter United States foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H909C9952412C4894A89153B8C7679BCD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is intended to significantly alter United States foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H24519B5BB4D44A728E76FBDEBDE51E1A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Inclusion of additional matter</header> <subparagraph id="HAF629118F07A40BC9A6517879D4BE1C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each report submitted under paragraph (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—</text> <clause id="HA9CDD8D17094482A9139E8F1DA2EC4B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the significant alteration to United States foreign policy with regard to the Russian Federation;</text> </clause> <clause id="H952742DC319040E5A42901BB558BF60A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the anticipated effect of the action on the national security interests of the United States; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H8E3307B62C484863BBDF33511A932AC9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the policy objectives for which the sanctions affected by the action were initially imposed.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6E963A74072D4E3FB4092EDBB90831BB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requests from Banking and Financial Services committees</header><text>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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H93E49082F32E4BA297DDAE616366958C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Confidentiality of proprietary information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 otherwise consents in writing to such disclosure.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H52B59C939C7A4048967D9E90F59FAEA3"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2)(A)(iii) shall not be construed to require the submission of a report under paragraph (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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1D3206DDF23349F6985C4F6CBDB9A7D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Period for review by Congress</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3DD4E31FA4E540C381FE9EE084F73723"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>During the period of 30 calendar days beginning on the date on which the President submits a report under subsection (a)(1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H9EF8119DA2EA46B094BAE87990F86327"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H332C488CEBE34C479AA166DAAD2D5110"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives should, as appropriate, hold hearings and briefings and otherwise obtain information in order to fully review the report.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4DBFB2C6C2E44B87BA0F343BC491F300"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The period for congressional review under paragraph (1) of a report required to be submitted under subsection (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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H9311418560F740A9A6B0D23C4F5A76D2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on actions during initial congressional review period</header><text>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).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H65C0591F00434BF1BA68700F15A0EAEB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation on actions during presidential consideration of a joint resolution of disapproval</header><text>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), 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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HBB9D87F8668F4F3082D5546412FF9B36"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation on actions during congressional reconsideration of a joint resolution of disapproval</header><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF4CD0E3FB5D4DECAFDDF97B70294067"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Effect of enactment of a joint resolution of disapproval</header><text>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) is enacted in accordance with subsection (c), the President may not take that action.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF853A3CED2984FDF98981E64B5BEC10E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Joint resolutions of disapproval or approval defined</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <paragraph id="H6D226234CBCC481A83C0C54D49F9306A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Joint resolution of approval</header><text>The term <term>joint resolution of approval</term> means only a joint resolution of either House of Congress—</text> <subparagraph id="H930AD50DA2D54A35B760995DAFEEEE2A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the title of which is as follows: <quote>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.</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H65B309C38D7D47EF9D500FDCAF31E806"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is the following: <quote>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 <short-title>Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017</short-title> on _______ relating to ________.</quote>, 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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95708822A8C64BE89C78214CF3510F33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Joint resolution of disapproval</header><text>The term <term>joint resolution of disapproval</term> means only a joint resolution of either House of Congress—</text> <subparagraph id="H453E218A9EE742F99AEC608287E660A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the title of which is as follows: <quote>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.</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA431F608F1AA45D0862D0CB2A9FD8502"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is the following: <quote>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 <short-title>Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017</short-title> on _______ relating to ________.</quote>, 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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB4F5179FF63F41EDBA28F27DE866050C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Introduction</header><text>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 disapproval may be introduced—</text> <subparagraph id="HF801E04075AC45E5A802BC3FD5B23143"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the House of Representatives, by the majority leader or the minority leader; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC8E65FEB116F466ABFB0D26FFDCCB279"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the Senate, by the majority leader (or the majority leader's designee) or the minority leader (or the minority leader's designee).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82CBF2DFDC684FCE8CF543AE26A7ED72"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Floor consideration in house of representatives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 resolution.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB2C9D8151D040A89D2B3E7228D3C509"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Consideration in the senate</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H177A5A0E842F441C85B49D354768C0AE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Committee referral</header><text>A joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of disapproval introduced in the Senate shall be—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HE1F4EDF17BB741719F778CF4AE37AEA3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 Federation; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" id="HC25EC04527AA4CE0AAF9AF78B0B2EA87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations if the joint resolution relates to a report under subsection (a)(3)(B) that relates to an action that is intended to significantly alter United States foreign policy with respect to the Russian Federation.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H51AAE75528BC44A39119B1E584E82B84"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reporting and discharge</header><text>If the committee to which a joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of disapproval was referred has not reported the joint resolution within 10 calendar days after the date of referral of the joint resolution, that committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H015C12296FD346908E38C9BACC360A54"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Proceeding to consideration</header><text>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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD36C1B4B412141E59DB9DB33C422BC3B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Rulings of the chair on procedure</header><text>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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD0BB6C4D37B84955A83B5A2D2AC72556"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Consideration of veto messages</header><text>Debate in the Senate of any veto message with respect to a joint resolution 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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H03007D610B8E464C9646C48962F45844"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Rules relating to senate and house of representatives</header> <subparagraph id="HE4F6F238BBF54B88951B3FA72F5CA770"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Treatment of senate joint resolution in house</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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):</text> <clause id="H996B76308F6F44F681C9805A0C1BB0C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The joint resolution shall be referred to the appropriate committees.</text> </clause> <clause id="H349A7C1A23974DE9A9CB5F33648359F7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>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 consideration of the joint resolution.</text> </clause> <clause id="H259EF5C768234CFDAF40A2C38D1720ED"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order.</text> </clause> <clause id="H057DA34BF6494E9A94E097EE4A813F16"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>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.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBD441996058040FEBC1986A0B57A7FDE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment of house joint resolution in senate</header> <clause id="H7EBE07C666F04B15ADB025D95F374D53"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:</text> <subclause id="HC9143FC2584C402A959884DF69A86580"><enum>(I)</enum><text>That joint resolution shall not be referred to a committee.</text> </subclause> <subclause id="H593634E918AF4DA6A44E4C3A39D9C175"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to that joint resolution—</text> <item id="HDD0CB79BB800452183285663503EA663"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the procedure in the Senate shall be the same as if no joint resolution had been received from the House of Representatives; but</text> </item> <item id="HEF2E98FEC9004FEA9D2A4F340D21BC1F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the vote on passage shall be on the joint resolution from the House of Representatives.</text> </item></subclause></clause> <clause id="H7692C3A904CB4B6BBCE0C467C5006AF8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </clause> <clause id="H63E9D833CB474F4786FF997E9E211879"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>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 subsection shall apply to the House joint resolution.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC047BE75437A414EBB74EAB8EF8FD156"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Application to revenue measures</header><text>The provisions 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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D1FC3D612F348FDAC646DE0160F13EB"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Rules of house of representatives and senate</header><text>This subsection is enacted by Congress—</text> <subparagraph id="H0CFAE4E1692942E98FF582A1D27ABD93"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7F2DDC7E789D441BB00961090410202D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDBFB2EDD9A2B4E66A090CD1FEFE6A676"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees and leadership defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees and leadership</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="H1FFA1DB1B6EB40E2B49A8DB23356A79D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HD70CBE6974C04727B70A37EFBFB20058"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></part> <part id="H495A701470874819A71D75B8ADCCC654" style="OLC"><enum>2</enum><header>Sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation</header> <section id="H39BCF00CC37D4369B380F88A083A940A"><enum>221.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB0D8887D13B8471787CAC1301E195028"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA6DAF23DA4F47C9826EE9D49CE21D8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA9AAC0896038492E8259681307329EAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4FA1806780DD4819B754B6EF7E903306"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Good</header><text>The term <term>good</term> has the meaning given that term in section 16 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/4618">50 U.S.C. 4618</external-xref>) (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.)).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H55C0F961A479415BAF1E8723F825FF8B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>International financial institution</header><text>The term <term>international financial institution</term> has the meaning given that term in section 1701(c) of the International Financial Institutions Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/262r">22 U.S.C. 262r(c)</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H86E0A9692D3149C39DB9C1FD39033037"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Knowingly</header><text>The term <term>knowingly</term>, 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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H655CD8B69C944A18A6C213943DBF87A0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The term <term>person</term> means an individual or entity.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H84CC8701CD044B17A7FB58F1AC7673F4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>United states person</header><text>The term <term>United States person</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HE8CA86DFCCC14678A191167E20F8D81A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8F96B00CDA04C9680BAE92C115942AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H5CE0ED7A512B4669AA46948DE3AB79B2"><enum>222.</enum><header>Codification of sanctions relating to the Russian Federation</header> <subsection id="H2A1ED49D0F6E4A059D6EF71CACC1A01F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Codification</header><text>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 situation 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 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 activities), 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).</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36C793443EF94055B1A694A51DAE9F82"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of certain sanctions</header><text>Subject to section 216, the President may terminate the application of sanctions described in subsection (a) that are imposed on a person in connection with activity conducted by the person if the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a notice that—</text> <paragraph id="HA9205841F1A4485995E10A445A9A1664"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE0B6BD320F14D9BB7A439C609754A04"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H698F99AAC7CA44D3BBA434DC7239D2E8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of new cyber sanctions</header><text>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—</text> <paragraph id="H1E3D9F1ADC1541B4857281B0374A38A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a written determination that the waiver—</text> <subparagraph id="HEDA43A9B9726495697039584F378387F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in the vital national security interests of the United States; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8FFEEAD5DA0D4640A5293D1BFEE59326"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will further the enforcement of this title; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB792CDFBFAF74857813055E6A9D500A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H503E666C79E943BAA623F7AE47091A3F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application of new Ukraine-Related sanctions</header><text>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—</text> <paragraph id="H09E581D384A5465B91E5C570FAE02F6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a written determination that the waiver—</text> <subparagraph id="HFECF9A11B08D4D96AE493BC2A37B86E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in the vital national security interests of the United States; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC0A6FF595C6C4BC3A74B1C453FAF65BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will further the enforcement of this title; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA8CB528CE89F4354B3128ACE9414C87B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD23561071DA40BDA95E3A606DB3A6CF"><enum>223.</enum><header>Modification of implementation of Executive Order No. 13662</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE325BE3E94894E4892D4C6CC8F4756E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination that certain entities are subject to sanctions</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury may determine that a person meets one or more of the criteria in section 1(a) of Executive 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.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3532C931B6ED4137937934DE94FFCD82"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modification of directive 1 with respect to the financial services sector of the Russian Federation economy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACD427207FEF4C7B9357049F9F88EBFA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Modification of directive 2 with respect to the energy sector of the Russian Federation economy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBEA9403717A452389E0094DD3ABEC3D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Modification of directive 4</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6531793E3B9C44C5A29466EDCFC8D964"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that have the potential to produce oil; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H72F95120BECB436C89A399522449C658"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="H0FF1137077FC41D5B6E9A62D5095C7C2"><enum>224.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to activities of the Russian Federation undermining cybersecurity</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HAA5B3D9048DA485896D28D84B5BA24A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On and after the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H4DE8428F19064B09AB451FD479276E8B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any person that the President determines—</text> <subparagraph id="H7032A9B1624F4EC4AB7ACEB54083A8FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>knowingly engages in significant activities undermining cybersecurity against any person, including a democratic institution, or government on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H490E87C41FD745AB9A66ADE57514A97C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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);</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H950CE03DC63542E8B3D1FD8A967A66E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE20EF66D403B452FA7B4290C3D1F845C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>impose three or more of the sanctions described in section 4(c) of the of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8923">22 U.S.C. 8923(c)</external-xref>) with respect to any person that the President determines knowingly provides financial services in support of an activity described in paragraph (1)(A).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC45B8C10C13C4EB2B76C900520B40314"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:</text> <paragraph id="HC055E06E5C4747E3B27825A1480EF727"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Asset blocking</header><text>The exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> 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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H3795386E2F714A0DAF8AB7E34D063384"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion from the united states and revocation of visa or other documentation</header><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1201">8 U.S.C. 1201(i)</external-xref>), of any visa or other documentation of the alien.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA04A2E8CEB584D48989EC641B8884A47"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of new cyber sanctions</header><text>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—</text> <paragraph id="H27784A2318E449928DD840B8AA133551"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a written determination that the waiver—</text> <subparagraph id="HD8A062430AFD4139B9876F3D4184ACA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in the vital national security interests of the United States; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H905FA92983F74F1FBF736DA473899C82"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will further the enforcement of this title; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA36B6DF6204D4F6099A6DE6C72040CBA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HC169C45D7AB14398947E90DFD25AC4CD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Significant activities undermining cybersecurity defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>significant activities undermining cybersecurity</term> includes—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HFD792F8B93954047BE79D2D57B3D9FB4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>significant efforts—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H134F033336424013AD11BEE7B03EA7A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to deny access to or degrade, disrupt, or destroy an information and communications technology system or network; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB389066B80C64803A2EF79543ED96C25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to exfiltrate, degrade, corrupt, destroy, or release information from such a system or network without authorization for purposes of—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H3113F45B1729497E84CBB91F9855B354"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducting influence operations; or</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" id="H6648EB6952274A54B95A2A7F9234A1A1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>causing a significant misappropriation of funds, economic resources, trade secrets, personal identifications, or financial information for commercial or competitive advantage or private financial gain;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H65BF11F2B67448AD85B8BB680FD48207"><enum>(2)</enum><text>significant destructive malware attacks; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7BDCE550F57E46719FD389C23F4CE4B7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>significant denial of service activities.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="H937C202163C546A1AF9F4318BB183915"><enum>225.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions relating to special Russian crude oil projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(b)(1) of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8923">22 U.S.C. 8923(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>on and after the date that is 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President may impose</quote> and inserting <quote>on and after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017</short-title>, the President shall impose, unless the President determines that it is not in the national interest of the United States to do so,</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H20CEFFE515BF4A98BB176510E0A2E231"><enum>226.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to Russian and other foreign financial institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8924">22 U.S.C. 8924</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0A8F6197CADD455D871DE2C52494EA07"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA91F7A47B4AB407582E2592A29BE88CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>may impose</quote> and inserting <quote>shall impose, unless the President determines that it is not in the national interest of the United States to do so,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8634165C3C6B4CF5B9359E7053676F68"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>on or after the date of the enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>on or after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017</short-title></quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D55415D116E436097C7C2783EEE9B3C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H131D9DAB397F4FBA9F20844BA109B051"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>may impose</quote> and inserting <quote>shall impose, unless the President determines that it is not in the national interest of the United States to do so,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB675C4848A544448BA31A87CCB9E1DFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017</short-title></quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H11F219C98FA6469493B850BB4B5FF211"><enum>227.</enum><header>Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to significant corruption in the Russian Federation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8908">22 U.S.C. 8908(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H13E94BC64944425D9327D70DBF1FD7E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H48FF5FF6D2AF4860AE8FED61EA7491F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>is authorized and encouraged to</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6ABC53B556347B3A4834AACE2295539"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E725B8690E6421AB7DB56EF7025065B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>President determines is</quote> and inserting <quote>President determines is, on or after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017</short-title>,</quote>; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H678DD7C2358945328B1EC0377FA84D85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or elsewhere</quote> after <quote>in the Russian Federation</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31434048FACF45329E91BF16354CCD18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2734388F4D4D498E81B857107FC0D6E0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>The President</quote> and inserting <quote>except as provided in subsection (d), the President</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0187B176F4104077ACF071252B04C6EC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15D64DD0EB0A444C8B14006508793A41" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H3354F4F0A1494DEDA26615AEC7E9C061"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application of new sanctions</header><text>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—</text> <paragraph id="H400354688A30402FAD5CD02EE8A58EDC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a written determination that the waiver—</text> <subparagraph id="H8AD35B7441AF44ED8897B3C04D7068A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in the vital national security interests of the United States; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3C2BB45C935F439DBF721BEA60491EE2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will further the enforcement of this Act; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE363A5B3F53E4EC58E755C848F3A6641"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section> <section id="HFA7D03F91BA34AC1834D9EE212C3EC28"><enum>228.</enum><header>Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to certain transactions with foreign sanctions evaders and serious human rights abusers in the Russian Federation</header> <subsection id="H1B31E7C649C442D1A017FE3E16C06750"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8901">22 U.S.C. 8901</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7C617F38A3B48358C9828B2FD5FAB3D" style="OLC"> <section id="H4BD2B7A26AFF4667A77B969C63BF6641"><enum>10.</enum><header>Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to certain transactions with persons that evade sanctions imposed with respect to the Russian Federation</header> <subsection id="H6100432F338E485CBE6AAF07BF8FA2C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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 <short-title>Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017</short-title>—</text> <paragraph id="HEC058983E1ED4733AB127FB6ABC37B17"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8921">22 U.S.C. 8921</external-xref> et seq.); or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFB0580F954F4DDE9C44FB69645A5882"><enum>(2)</enum><text>facilitates a significant transaction or transactions, including deceptive or structured transactions, for or on behalf of—</text> <subparagraph id="HF1A356F37D844B16806DCC9FFBA63E7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any person subject to sanctions imposed by the United States with respect to the Russian Federation; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7D8DA9ABADB8484396A711E67F4D0CA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any child, spouse, parent, or sibling of an individual described in subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H089E85C871BE4B559D2E550E904F1ACA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection are the exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> 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 States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H974054DBA8B2459BB36709062E933884"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Implementation; penalties</header> <paragraph id="H4A7417B766BA4356AA9A02B9B463741F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The President may exercise all authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1702">50 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref> and 1704) to carry out subsection (b).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H20093698791049CCA29E884162E06A80"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>A person that violates, attempts to violate, 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 Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCAF3F0ACF4104E9AB24D18A7C0B14F26"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application of new sanctions</header><text>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—</text> <paragraph id="H698B9B8D13AF4C8784DE46A267AD565B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a written determination that the waiver—</text> <subparagraph id="H0A3A7943E1AF41E2AEEEC085AFCCB8F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in the vital national security interests of the United States; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H36D0D13C5993438A964D02E09C4D6D6A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will further the enforcement of this Act;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFD1AC18A644C45098155C2258BB5A2AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 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; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H19ACAF7A2F1C46F4A85DBBE9C16C4F99"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of sanctions imposed under this section in connection with a covered Executive order described in subparagraphs (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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD5D710688E884FC092E7A52613CC38C0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Subject to section 216 of the <short-title>Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017</short-title>, 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—</text> <paragraph id="HF6F4A6B16BA5402986102E7BFE2D1D90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a notice of and justification for the termination; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HA620343CF4704E2C9D824DEB89A26F03"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a notice that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H47BF2A02D0534EC19A8023C58CF275EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D82AEC5BF3749399C919A7025DB1FB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the President has received reliable assurances that the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject to sanctions under subsection (a) in the future.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0C653CA4A7604C39A0257EA1F3D2719F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HBCB098552774422DA285C55643CB2B6A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered Executive order</header><text>The term <term>covered Executive order</term> means any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H7904DBC6EA15497B925515A5C647A1FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to blocking property of certain persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine).</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H419258AA9DC5418BA8C6F79A7DD61F2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Executive Order No. 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to blocking property of additional persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine).</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C229361F30147EF82C7A68E36BCF935"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating to blocking property of additional persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine).</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H888EEDC8434B46F496449365A339FCA1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>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).</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC4CEDF4A3DA241F29157CBCEA200A9D1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H33C3C2E7ED1A4D5B98801FDC96D6C0E4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B7E86B2F1B041DB8FD2045E2A0EBDCF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foreign person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>foreign person</term> 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).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF15290CE8803467EA3C7A979A84E81B5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Structured</header><text>The term <term>structured</term>, with respect to a transaction, has the meaning given the term <term>structure</term> in paragraph (xx) of section 1010.100 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H803E258FA87F4B2EB7FBE11CF1146E1C"><enum>11.</enum><header>Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to transactions with persons responsible for human rights abuses</header> <subsection id="H9A8F082ECB154016AE9DFA38D3AA9475"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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—</text> <paragraph id="HD8CC0C5E8D90446BB77BD654654970D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 Federation;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0D6758F0B83430C8EF59B96BC74A1E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>materially assists, sponsors, or provides financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to, a foreign person described in paragraph (1); or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4E1389BC724146409E065F9F6282A61B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H53995B47067B4C4BBCB887468E20471E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header> <paragraph id="H564855D3FA65479DB86F5201547A7EF6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Asset blocking</header><text>The exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> 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 States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H91F8A8817C914972A9CDBE529256790F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion from the United States and revocation of visa or other documentation</header><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1201">8 U.S.C. 1201(i)</external-xref>), of any visa or other documentation of the alien.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H09E1A6875D9A451584D51F4AB1DF7B2E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of new sanctions</header><text>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—</text> <paragraph id="HF3B347EC52AC49808EC9DFAA45C9F135"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a written determination that the waiver—</text> <subparagraph id="HBC84837B6DA646509F692B58FD736F1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in the vital national security interests of the United States; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC5AE3AFB6866420E93C52343BAFBAD1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will further the enforcement of this Act; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCEDA2CF6EFEC4A3F8DC103DA9445BB75"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6AAD54B5A6254389A92E05D1C7764715"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Implementation; penalties</header> <paragraph id="H672654E849E24246809C8EACAC0169F9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The President may exercise all authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1702">50 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref> and 1704) to carry out subsection (b)(1).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H93EB0DF2375E48D8BCD8E97409773CE2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>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 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H26928F461C39407BA06C18E6D757AA77"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text> <paragraph id="H995F3E42C2D54150822DAEF6A3D87468"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a notice of and justification for the termination; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H87488066F9EF4B5D963182531ED04908"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a notice—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HED17A6543F0C4FBF8526C251346720E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HE4CDA389A9F949B3BF68489B11ED4C29"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8172C536F17948F0B40FC1E688DCE7DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>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</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA360DB03DD3F44C0B8F6EEC891E85B49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the President determines that insufficient basis exists for the determination by the President under subsection (a) with respect to the person.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="HFCD42F14FEE5428A88E4D41B9AE4200E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of appropriate congressional committees</header><text>Section 2(2) of the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8901">22 U.S.C. 8901(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCBDA9EA1E0BF45E99F35C298DC8E2E93"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,</quote> before <quote>the Committee on Foreign Relations</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H5438D3673F714BD8970AD8FEDB09D33D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>the Committee on Financial Services</quote> before <quote>the Committee on Foreign Affairs</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H26069D55D097455984CFDDD07B946DDD"><enum>229.</enum><header>Notifications to Congress under Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014</header> <subsection id="HB993F0F3FC524340A10A4DD9F5B60659"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sanctions relating to defense and energy sectors of the Russian Federation</header><text>Section 4 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8923">22 U.S.C. 8923</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H302462CFFBC748CC89A72C4EE1161189"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (h) and (i), respectively;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H73D5F9D7F41A4F169262E1993AC8DC20"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (f) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB826BAE876BC4798AFE767223C78F2D2" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HC413EF272F0645A9B96099B065AD6396"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Notifications and certifications to Congress</header> <paragraph id="H4C67AAAAAF4045178DA6D47608A27AC6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions</header><text>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).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H753109E20DA44512807A9E036A8D5D2F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination of sanctions with respect to Russian producers, transferors, or brokers of defense articles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to section 216 of the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017, the President may terminate the imposition of sanctions under subsection (a)(2) with respect to a foreign person if the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees—</text> <subparagraph id="HAC11102F0B1E4CC3ABC347AD34D952EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a notice of and justification for the termination; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HDF95664C59964D548B4AA5777737E5DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a notice that—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HAF77B65EA6C44C138E6840157FD710A4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H086C777189734678AE9B79D9C6F29775"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>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.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H66F7B5766364480B86FD54A3C0CAAAAA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii) of subsection (a)(3), by striking <quote>subsection (h)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (i)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5719553FE5144687842B68AD419600FA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions on Russian and other foreign financial institutions</header><text>Section 5 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8924">22 U.S.C. 8924</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6F9C40B535A9454E808D7F0F20A13A00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H97CECC32228B4F2ABEEB8BA7ED24F936"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED6E7E4D3FF54D57A8F4802A38756CB3" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H9E5D1373259C461C9212F230EE4054DD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Notification to Congress on imposition of sanctions</header><text>The President shall notify the appropriate congressional committees in writing not later than 15 days after imposing sanctions with respect to a foreign financial institution under subsection (a) or (b).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9396CF73E8EB412D81B2BAA6E6B5B442"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (g), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking <quote>section 4(h)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 4(i)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="H525947BB768E41DC842F1256FB890CDC"><enum>230.</enum><header>Standards for termination of certain sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HFC8E4B463F0348F7920EFB0B6C76FCDB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sanctions relating to undermining the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine</header><text>Section 8 of the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8907">22 U.S.C. 8907</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HC3E798049AEE4997A13600E3C9858138"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H86296C719DB146B7B14F42E7BBAFF5BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFC8F8340DE843CC8AED7C1C9116819D" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="H8BCD03B8AC8248ECAAF7B0506DAA60A9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to section 216 of the 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 a notice that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3648567D25D049BE9F30FE20BF453627"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87158C30B56340619E1FC4074F039726"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the President has received reliable assurances that the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject to sanctions under subsection (a) in the future.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H376A3B351FC244609348CB6702BF8C9A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions relating to corruption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9 of the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8908">22 U.S.C. 8908</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H375A44770DD04F57935CAAAF49B70614"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H976B11CC931246EAAB49B2A7B28A7EEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95B538E4A10D47808589A069E10C306A" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="HD6D9594902EC4BFFBB20D1ABCCCB8934"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to section 216 of the 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 a notice that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H508AC25EB1874F849A4990EC2634C32F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE59BB0D814446349FCD8055478B530B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the President has received reliable assurances that the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject to sanctions under subsection (a) in the future.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H7D6E4B71CEFD41218DD8373599BA86B8"><enum>231.</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons engaging in transactions with the intelligence or defense sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation</header> <subsection id="HAFCF5BFC9E7F429CA66799260BEC781C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HF930A7985B5C4C8CB427327E0406D4B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of new sanctions</header><text>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 congressional committees—</text> <paragraph id="HBA53AC3B79BA4F3183025B4E60BA04A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a written determination that the waiver—</text> <subparagraph id="H8BC9E68ED0EB412897312A85DE69ED7D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in the vital national security interests of the United States; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9F9B648E35B44BBA87A0AF02CAB0A759"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will further the enforcement of this title; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A911BA87BD142C2AB6E9B06C8F4C3DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEC51DC3F5CFC4C22BDB4ED889FABE82D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Delay of imposition of sanctions</header><text>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.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H256025B684BB46249E3B0EE11F2A2561"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirement To issue guidance</header><text>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 intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H1E146A6D3EFD46D282062E09CF58A37E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="HF881C924248D48AC84B172F50F13A34E"><enum>232.</enum><header>Sanctions with respect to the development of pipelines in the Russian Federation</header> <subsection id="H26EAB9DB9F2D42D2BA895A78F596BB64"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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 subsection (b) or sells, leases, or provides to the Russian Federation, for the construction of Russian energy export pipelines, goods, services, technology, information, or support described in subsection (c)—</text> <paragraph id="H9DAADCEA2B8D49D1A946F591C6EBC16D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any of which has a fair market value of $1,000,000 or more; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H54F8E8F658DB43368A2D7DA26BC92C42"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that, during a 12-month period, have an aggregate fair market value of $5,000,000 or more.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9A8EF141748C493986EA5D29CF456567"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investment described</header><text>An investment described in this subsection is an investment that directly and significantly contributes to the enhancement of the ability of the Russian Federation to construct energy export pipelines.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H51F6E810EAA84D9CA10183BB11093AA5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Goods, services, technology, information, or support described</header><text>Goods, services, technology, information, or support described in this subsection are goods, services, technology, information, 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.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H3F210E5747D44C47A59923AAF75B1056"><enum>233.</enum><header>Sanctions with respect to investment in or facilitation of privatization of state-owned assets by the Russian Federation</header> <subsection id="HC06AC2EDA8DF475E9D71905C05F54AA8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 $10,000,000 in any 12-month period), or facilitates such an investment, 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—</text> <paragraph id="H2D8A950B079A4943AB6F16025510AED7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">officials of the Government of the Russian Federation; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H5D0DF9A1D4A048B787EC3B1939172D93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>close associates or family members of those officials.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0FA13A72B9A14F6CAAEB80E538F58566"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of new sanctions</header><text>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 congressional committees—</text> <paragraph id="HD24A237C5D89499DA77461FA28637B70"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a written determination that the waiver—</text> <subparagraph id="HA1E041D26C9E42A89DC5546A5DE6D1E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in the vital national security interests of the United States; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCA8D6C45B3BE467982F054E7C9E051E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will further the enforcement of this title; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H98F72096D2F140399D7D36AD82E9DCFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H0B13008A3BD84770B1C4A660A4D7AF36"><enum>234.</enum><header>Sanctions with respect to the transfer of arms and related materiel to Syria</header> <subsection id="H1AE09241501F4AD4AD29429547EA51C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions</header> <paragraph id="H5A9FAE1A19B64B6EBF361E855C120284"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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—</text> <subparagraph id="H45AD700EEF1346469BBB8FB0B29F2494"><enum>(A)</enum><text>acquire or develop chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons or related technologies;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H187230102897482CA80BA44C3DC0263C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>acquire or develop ballistic or cruise missile capabilities;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF6EB5DC4DB3E4F50B6D8C02BFD648C52"><enum>(C)</enum><text>acquire or develop destabilizing numbers and types of advanced conventional weapons;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDDACFCDA05914CEAB0022DE8C7A2E342"><enum>(D)</enum><text>acquire significant defense articles, defense services, or defense information (as such terms are defined under the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2751">22 U.S.C. 2751</external-xref> et seq.)); or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D600A6CDECF43A8B8F919602F5442D9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>acquire items designated by the President for purposes of the United States Munitions List under section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C80F5CFB48F45A787FF9F0CED9EDC27"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability to other foreign persons</header><text>The sanctions described in subsection (b) shall also be imposed on any foreign person that—</text> <subparagraph id="H767C7A2C857344EABEA2DD1160AFA6CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a successor entity to a foreign person described in paragraph (1); or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D62F77A2F394D72834D3B57C6463AE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is owned or controlled by, or has acted for or on behalf of, a foreign person described in paragraph (1).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H56B894AE760E4814B9AA72AD15670B38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><text>The sanctions to be imposed on a foreign person described in subsection (a) are the following:</text> <paragraph id="HB857F66B67BF45EF979D9554B6743A03"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Blocking of property</header><text>The President shall exercise all powers granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.) (except that the requirements of section 202 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref>) shall not apply) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions 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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H39C047A75B184BAE8392133FD9F47E14"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Aliens ineligible for visas, admission, or parole</header> <subparagraph id="H615E2626A4B14283B91F2B55BDE08324"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Exclusion from the United States</header><text>If the foreign 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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6B3FFF7C1DF04E41A2B06F0CDC542DB7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Current visas revoked</header> <clause id="HB5AD58F4304A433DB074117523AF7D6C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The issuing consular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (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.</text> </clause> <clause id="HC49F3DAD87C3430BA2660BFC28D60686"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Effect of revocation</header><text>A revocation under clause (i) shall take effect immediately and shall automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the possession of the foreign person.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF890413188F4014A03CE9B6F7F1D8EA"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H6578C380F5434DD398825C726E6F8D0A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H5D86D4F88B8243FDA86C589E672ABF93"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Financial, material, or technological support</header><text>The term <term>financial, material, or technological support</term> has the meaning given such term in section 542.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HD297555881674E3286547909B1C560FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Foreign person</header><text>The term <term>foreign person</term> has the meaning given such term in section 594.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE7C91382635444BDB75374AD365BBAB3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Syria</header><text>The term <term>Syria</term> has the meaning given such term in section 542.316 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H17D25295081942BAA2D13460C8BE5539"><enum>235.</enum><header>Sanctions described</header> <subsection id="H0524CA54C24240F091A2C77855ED450E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><text>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:</text> <paragraph id="HEC4EAB00E8C946DB8718E05EAC82A75C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Export-import bank assistance for exports to sanctioned persons</header><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB1CC461227443F7BAB521645EB01235"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Export sanction</header><text>The President may order the United States Government not to issue any specific license and not to grant any other specific permission or authority to export any goods or technology to the sanctioned person under—</text> <subparagraph id="H5D3608CA58C74C019101F1FFE1C6C454"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/4601">50 U.S.C. 4601</external-xref> et seq.) (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.));</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H77FF1BE16A91474398FF639503FDDCEA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2751">22 U.S.C. 2751</external-xref> et seq.);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H621229A3CEE54770A3C0912FE84AEEF9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2011">42 U.S.C. 2011</external-xref> et seq.); or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA3DCB7DB80AD42E7B1F71F21E6E9EBAD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other statute that requires the prior review and approval of the United States Government as a condition for the export or reexport of goods or services.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H31ABB966F78D4B398E10B9B4223D058F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Loans from united states financial institutions</header><text>The President may prohibit any United States financial institution 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 activities.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HA456FEC6E6BF40ABA56CFA78274398F4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Loans from international financial institutions</header><text>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 international financial institution that would benefit the sanctioned person.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H32D829531FF641A283105A078536ABEF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Prohibitions on financial institutions</header><text>The following prohibitions may be imposed against the sanctioned person if that person is a financial institution:</text> <subparagraph id="H145F151BB09A4A06A262AF54EE957766"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prohibition on designation as primary dealer</header><text>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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H842F70B41EFA405990DDE3B838282AB6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prohibition on service as a repository of government funds</header><text>The financial institution may not serve as agent of the United States Government or serve as repository for United States Government funds.</text> </subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">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).</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB9AEBFD92BB3421CAFE74CF04238B941"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Procurement sanction</header><text>The United States Government may not procure, or enter into any contract for the procurement of, any goods or services from the sanctioned person.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H2B9FD337F6784ADE99DE36164B9947C0"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Foreign exchange</header><text>The President may, pursuant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any transactions in foreign exchange that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in which the sanctioned person has any interest.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H3FAE36D5A49049CBA6E83E223E63A20E"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Banking transactions</header><text>The President may, pursuant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or payments between financial institutions or by, through, or to any financial institution, to the extent that such transfers or payments are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and involve any interest of the sanctioned person.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H22D408E03C2D462E92F78A3B17925318"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Property transactions</header><text>The President may, pursuant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any person from—</text> <subparagraph id="H05C41CF7E9E34C01B5FE4B980CD2BBAE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8B1469468B184699ABF75EE94363A8C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>dealing in or exercising any right, power, or privilege with respect to such property; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE3D1F057384D47CEAC6E7AF870E3A23A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>conducting any transaction involving such property.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H85803A0E8193469E8D35C9AABF309FA9"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Ban on investment in equity or debt of sanctioned person</header><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H2F2E050353A7424E8471915479E4FD04"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Exclusion of corporate officers</header><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE966B6D1752C4D79A737937512F193C0"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Sanctions on principal executive officers</header><text>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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H19533B8D709E446E831A449D34F69BBA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctioned person defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>sanctioned person</term> means a person subject to sanctions under section 224(a)(2), 231(b), 232(a), or 233(a).</text> </subsection></section> <section id="HA5A835775E184FD1BED6FAAAC54A0535"><enum>236.</enum><header>Exceptions, waiver, and termination</header> <subsection id="H27005DF440C64FF0B0BCD2B8074A481F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of this part and amendments made by this part shall not apply with respect to the following:</text> <paragraph id="H920D04A05A3B466B9EC8DC7AC166152C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Activities subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3091">50 U.S.C. 3091</external-xref> et seq.), or any authorized intelligence activities of the United States.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H6944179B699F43C0B2CE5F6A1C1C8D94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6E748AA7BC0446529CD6EFCACFE02C03"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver of sanctions that are imposed</header><text>Subject to section 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.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H83F5E4972E084C1FA658ABB7B3E417C0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>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—</text> <paragraph id="HA7C058DD4B7744A3B12E3BA477D26DAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a notice of and justification for the termination; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H205F853B8B87439097E3AFB766D6AFFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a notice that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HFE59FA0A9B9545AD9C274F5F4D1DA5DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4126122672814AC6819E63DEFBFBEA90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the President has received reliable assurances that the person will not knowingly engage in activity subject to sanctions under this part in the future.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H0DA93379AABD4E9EBF3BABC726A734DD"><enum>237.</enum><header>Exception relating to activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration</header> <subsection id="H6DC971702ECA47729A363480B289D853"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not apply with respect to activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HC8633E4C3CD84E0594CDAD8457F40660"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to authorize the imposition 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—</text> <paragraph id="H0EFF9FF7884C43C9A26CD542A71B0229"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C241EC1419C42CF80451D92F563756A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any other non-Department of Defense customer.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2F9CF57FD824DCE82B277519056F601"><enum>238.</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this part or the amendments made by this part shall be construed—</text> <paragraph id="H67698A0A7638447B9E314614A5059B70"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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. <quote>Buck</quote> McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/291">Public Law 113–291</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 3626; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2271">10 U.S.C. 2271</external-xref> note), as amended by section 1607 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/92">Public Law 114–92</external-xref>; 129 Stat. 1100) and section 1602 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</external-xref>; 130 Stat. 2582); or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE61B514773794E69B147C7AF1D218F4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to prohibit a contractor or subcontractor of the Department of Defense from acquiring components referred to in such section 1608.</text> </paragraph></section></part> <part id="HA6954D1003564F91A0555ACADE041AB9" style="OLC"><enum>3</enum><header>Reports</header> <section id="HAFCC2147AB734201B5987DBC1FF39F64"><enum>241.</enum><header>Report on oligarchs and parastatal entities of the Russian Federation</header> <subsection id="H6CAA68AC97534DF1A93A58E909D8D463"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a detailed report on the following:</text> <paragraph id="H4699CD806A8D4B9791DD527A5A1B3713"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Senior foreign political figures and oligarchs in the Russian Federation, including the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HA50709B1D7E648958F171B3EEE6A2F25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An identification of the most significant senior foreign political figures and oligarchs in the Russian Federation, as determined by their closeness to the Russian regime and their net worth.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HECFB9C4B99DF4FA0AC2185B345ADF074"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An assessment of the relationship between individuals identified under subparagraph (A) and President Vladimir Putin or other members of the Russian ruling elite.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE4FFB9492DE748B2BE741C768AA0553A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An identification of any indices of corruption with respect to those individuals.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H96828BD4F3694D8ABC9ECDF01B02F718"><enum>(D)</enum><text>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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE86B8A6A1FD74AEDB7995DBCE6C91CED"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An identification of the non-Russian business affiliations of those individuals.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC270A53CEB5246F986EBC057B995B346"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Russian parastatal entities, including an assessment of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H374ACB37BAFA43B7AEBF54C7199EE3FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The emergence of Russian parastatal entities and their role in the economy of the Russian Federation.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFE758CC47A1B46B69ADD6F9B6E220F43"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The leadership structures and beneficial ownership of those entities.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD28AFB01BC6B4EAEB187E2791054BB4D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The scope of the non-Russian business affiliations of those entities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H44AC673E74EE4FDEA523CE87AF28E1DC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H1680AFA34E724CCB8C13E44908F3928B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The likely effects of imposing debt and equity restrictions on Russian parastatal entities, as well as the anticipated effects of adding Russian parastatal entities to the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE2A20C1D5E14F8690F47417B45E513E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The potential impacts of imposing secondary sanctions with respect to Russian oligarchs, Russian state-owned enterprises, 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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF25CC18B4EA449ABD450F00006D1A23"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Form of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H2553B247D4BC42FCBB479D2C3BA9C94B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H85FDD7B64B6C417D938C467148ECFE25"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3529EF080BC94DC79C9466F99D038FD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CC994228A5B44839DE70CD61C41BBB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H93A7BD631C444BEF95B9B2C2D4E8FAD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Senior foreign political figure</header><text>The term <term>senior foreign political figure</term> has the meaning given that term in section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H9CA1FB99F14D4F89B7E55B4B770D77DA"><enum>242.</enum><header>Report on effects of expanding sanctions to include sovereign debt and derivative products</header> <subsection id="HD34AF214064741308101CFE1506A7993"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 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.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HDA4C58EB311745EDA28E5E2FA68416D1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HFE735AB36BB64FD0BEAC0B9C323C6A9A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H882B7A613FA44E61957E693EF238AD07"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B79C40834D7446C89CA9217204F80BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H6EFD95560EC54B63AC6F16B8F18FE193"><enum>243.</enum><header>Report on illicit finance relating to the Russian Federation</header> <subsection id="H4254EE196E8F42A0A473A82244F70A76"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H8C40443FC8C74C3CBF278CB7DB22788B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall contain a summary of efforts by the United States to do the following:</text> <paragraph id="H4D7B0110F06243B2B4044D4923E3313A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HFDBD04148A18415B94D5BA7FA9EC0D09"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H0ECA5DB0D6BD470FB4E0EC3978F43685"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Engage and coordinate with allied international partners 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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HABB3AA7F42984B6E97CE7703B05C5937"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Identify foreign sanctions evaders and loopholes within the sanctions regimes of foreign partners of the United States.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H12B670B67EF14BDEBFB57089CFB25B32"><enum>(5)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC9574758D634B81BFF7B55E96F43C59"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Provide support to counter those involved in illicit finance relating to the Russian Federation across all appropriate law enforcement, intelligence, regulatory, and financial authorities of the Federal Government, including by imposing sanctions with respect to or prosecuting those involved.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H0206500290774BB1BFEBBF67498DA91E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4C824CBDB1CA41918C9D97F13E90F348"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>After submitting a report under this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide briefings to the appropriate congressional committees with respect to that report.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H61F9EC9C9399459C817EDA3334DA6F3E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall coordinate with the Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of State in preparing each report under this section.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HEC1F53F0AF624C89A6B056D350253D08"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Form</header><text>Each report submitted under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H4E985BC541D04C5AB5C387EE97550819"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HC1FA08DCB7AB4281BD20126DD811EAD2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D279A981B774016B86312F8DE7ADED5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45A06F4BFB614CD2B6CF29893C3BC569"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25FB81BF4427474F8508C157FC352D7A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Illicit finance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>illicit finance</term> means the financing of terrorism, narcotics trafficking, or proliferation, money laundering, or other forms of illicit financing domestically or internationally, as defined by the President.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></part></subtitle> <subtitle id="HAA18B300C88C4520B1AF5B8E8F15934B" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Countering Russian influence in Europe and Eurasia</header> <section id="HCB5E82EB29B94F23B8BAF77DD6F7D400"><enum>251.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="HDB592B2CAC564F9FBBA4D2F87D3DD987"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 European 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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CBCF1DCC7B0484CBF9FE9B7B1A39760"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HD6F68B806E104722BABCA98F15179465"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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 <quote>Helsinki Final Act</quote>), 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 annexation of Crimea in 2014, its illegal occupation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia in 2008, and its ongoing destabilizing activities in eastern Ukraine.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF9932EEC16B4327B5DBACAA250C7156"><enum>(4)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H211279D2FB8A4950B1F7A1BA5682EA52"><enum>(5)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H23EE6DFD56D642149DED49EC34C1FB75"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Government of the Russian Federation is—</text> <subparagraph id="HCC1AA1C2D7C4454599B97B4AB991457A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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 <quote>INF Treaty</quote>); and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H09CF65878E234B7FA20D4966228651B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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 <quote>Open Skies Treaty</quote>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="HA8EDD88971FE4FAB8FD92338C2C6C6ED"><enum>252.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H4D6D12B2A4FE468D8C6D7348BAD6F146"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Government of the Russian Federation bears responsibility 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;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B5B6D4E6CD5471EA1E7CA1611FAEDC7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the President should call on the Government of the Russian Federation—</text> <subparagraph id="HD4A7157CF96944F6B6C459117C5FF125"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to withdraw all of its forces from the territories of Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7A8E86C7D7844608BF5C189A7C96CFA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to return control of the borders of those territories to their respective governments; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA1517C8052DF4DC6A6DE158CCB42463D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to cease all efforts to undermine the popularly elected governments of those countries;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H468105FC901E4C99AA7A041FB37637F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE28B2CB13F149CFBEE0152EAD6073EF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in response, the countries of Europe and Eurasia should redouble efforts to build resilience within their institutions, political systems, and civil societies;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB33D00CB90BB44DCB422D8AF202B4053"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the United States supports the institutions that the Government of the Russian Federation seeks to undermine, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H020FC584A4CA4B87832A5F106C6FCBA5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a strong North Atlantic Treaty Organization is critical to maintaining peace and security in Europe and Eurasia;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4ADA345E01345A5A33B4E285C974574"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the United States should continue to work with the European Union as a partner against aggression by the Government of the Russian Federation, coordinating aid programs, development assistance, and other counter-Russian efforts;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H27DFC855A8744E058FA892BE9CA23FF7"><enum>(8)</enum><text>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 regulatory regimes supportive of free and independent media and an informed citizenry able to distinguish between fact-based reporting, opinion, and disinformation;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC52A77049D3E4C82A50708582A054131"><enum>(9)</enum><text>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—</text> <subparagraph id="H2CC19C3AB66643109897771809F00F83"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to identify vulnerabilities to aggression, disinformation, corruption, and so-called hybrid warfare by the Government of the Russian Federation;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H220482058DE949749E6D01F26F4F7FE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to establish strategic and technical plans for addressing those vulnerabilities;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE1CAB857E75042CDA7ED3D4604C485F7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to ensure that the financial systems of those countries 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;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1D387A6B513B41F39FDE943F0DE39D3B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to investigate and prosecute cases of corruption by Russian actors; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB345FB43215242C1B4083A29B7F91557"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to work toward full compliance with the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (commonly referred to as the <quote>Anti-Bribery Convention</quote>) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C726F537ECA4C4394DAE0D03E8F4788"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the President of the United States should use the authority of the President to impose sanctions under—</text> <subparagraph id="HC8B7D21CFFB6498E83EB5CFFDA4D2185"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (title IV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/208">Public Law 112–208</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/5811">22 U.S.C. 5811</external-xref> note); and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C062B2DEF53434F8C244A86D3369406"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656">22 U.S.C. 2656</external-xref> note).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H35A2E1976B354B7288104722B0186B55"><enum>253.</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The United States, consistent with the principle of ex injuria jus non oritur, supports the policy known as the <quote>Stimson Doctrine</quote> 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.</text> </section> <section id="H5FBB78983EFE4260941D047337501428"><enum>254.</enum><header>Coordinating aid and assistance across Europe and Eurasia</header> <subsection id="HCE71670705704EA7A17AA1E4F0BFDC72"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for the Countering Russian Influence Fund $250,000,000 for fiscal years 2018 and 2019.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HCDBD1FB12839416C9D0563195465D586"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Amounts in the Countering Russian Influence Fund shall be used to effectively implement, prioritized in the following order and subject to the availability of funds, the following goals:</text> <paragraph id="HB4BC67C892B94B868BD26F295BF75867"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To assist in protecting critical infrastructure and electoral mechanisms from cyberattacks in the following countries:</text> <subparagraph id="H360D1C0C47D54F6787904D15C3EDF7E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Countries that are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the European Union that the Secretary of State determines—</text> <clause id="H8B29D8FB5224465D9AD79C19AD4E460D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are vulnerable to influence by the Russian Federation; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H0759B795E50D4063A4941F9ACEFBA6D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>lack the economic capability to effectively respond to aggression by the Russian Federation without the support of the United States.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA99A5CEAD4442A68B78B7A598392BB0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDA68A11E29874E0680BD24BC7C526916"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To combat corruption, improve the rule of law, and otherwise strengthen independent judiciaries and prosecutors general offices in the countries described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H6361C0030BD94C85BEB8F7A1C3EAF933"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To respond to the humanitarian crises and instability caused or aggravated by the invasions and occupations of Georgia and Ukraine by the Russian Federation.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H39F49807BC344A78A4294E4E0B72B3EB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To improve participatory legislative processes and legal education, political transparency and competition, and compliance with international obligations in the countries described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A138B752BDC467FBFD0B45989789726"><enum>(5)</enum><text>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).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H2DDB7F448C094191AA3CB0F7A0B30879"><enum>(6)</enum><text>To assist the Secretary of State in executing the functions specified in section 1287(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656">22 U.S.C. 2656</external-xref> note) for the purposes of recognizing, understanding, 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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H554D97CEC9134A09A560BF74C9819F7C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Revision of activities for which amounts may be used</header><text>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 committees of the revision.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H4DC98D3D949545F4908D66E65722F2FA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Implementation</header> <paragraph id="HA496CD25C18C4FFA812C10BB2DC190AF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/5461">22 U.S.C. 5461</external-xref>) and section 102 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/5812">22 U.S.C. 5812</external-xref>)), and in consultation with the Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development, the Director of the Global Engagement Center of the Department of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, coordinate and carry out activities to achieve the goals described in subsection (b).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC7FF0BD06BB545BCB40DC47FC2416902"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Method</header><text>Activities to achieve the goals described in subsection (b) shall be carried out through—</text> <subparagraph id="HB70EFC33303D4BB99459EBDF1048C893"><enum>(A)</enum><text>initiatives of the United States Government;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H972913E2F56C470E8C45790B345C7707"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Federal grant programs such as the Information Access Fund; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H53D71520D86D49BC806471F23E52E804"><enum>(C)</enum><text>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 Excellence, the European Endowment for Democracy, and related organizations.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C9377CE436F47ADBA1D9D0EE6046FF2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report on implementation</header> <subparagraph id="HA11BF13578DD4AE79F13ECB9EF305B67"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4242F8B3274841F9B54665BD89245787"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each report required by subparagraph (A) shall include, with respect to each program or activity described in that subparagraph—</text> <clause id="H097B3BD2A7B546DBBFA45B8E1BD15E4F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of funding for the program or activity;</text> </clause> <clause id="H051957207F0C4C02B3558119951145AE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the goal described in subsection (b) to which the program or activity relates; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H5B59B21E98F64DC0B3798E9BC19BD6AA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an assessment of whether or not the goal was met.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB3A63DDD463B471293FECA542C764FC9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Coordination with global partners</header> <paragraph id="H51DC7FD3943F402491AFCB6FD0719651"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In order to maximize cost efficiency, eliminate duplication, and speed the achievement of the goals described in subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall ensure coordination with—</text> <subparagraph id="HA6A0878764884DF1B6EF0FCEC83A3E24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the European Union and its institutions;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7FF91748C4404385B8E05A2BA03EDA8E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the governments of countries that are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the European Union; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H735721D6AD9C4CDE93C10C2F6F52F045"><enum>(C)</enum><text>international organizations and quasi-governmental funding entities that carry out programs and activities that seek to accomplish the goals described in subsection (b).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H228E0FD1C0F74FD7BBCC923AED60A14C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report by secretary of state</header><text>Not later than April 1 of each year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes—</text> <subparagraph id="HB1E5928405FD445FA3BC746C03ECACCE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of funding provided to each country referred to in subsection (b) by—</text> <clause id="H22B5103A9F18415D98C061996BE307C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the European Union or its institutions;</text> </clause> <clause id="H2846D056E24C4933B3394D27057ABB91"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the government of each country that is a member of the European Union or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H9CA3FCC82105473EB5862C3053A9941E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>international organizations and quasi-governmental funding entities that carry out programs and activities that seek to accomplish the goals described in subsection (b); and</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4A5A166EA21E48BA80C04F99DE841CC5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of whether the funding described in subparagraph (A) is commensurate with funding provided by the United States for those goals.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3712180F62B14E0E9F1FD29451E8DF65"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>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.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HF2CC36E71CBB4B55870444F371965580"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Ensuring adequate staffing for governance activities</header><text>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 nongovernmental 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.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="HE5EC120A640A44C9A5FE5DE1BAF12B1B"><enum>255.</enum><header>Report on media organizations controlled and funded by the Government of the Russian Federation</header> <subsection id="H2626001C4A834830914B3C336C9EC03F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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 controlled 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.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H329A88A00C3446CFA674D07F878B095B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H096337162CA3440DA532CDF88AFB3E5B"><enum>256.</enum><header>Report on Russian Federation influence on elections in Europe and Eurasia</header> <subsection id="HBBB9F1E00B1D4F8F9E22FAEEEAF900FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HBC831BB1CA5B4184B335854653AEDDE9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text>Each report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H5DC108EC81684F8A8058F9BC157E0E57"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H6BB3C0BFDF8A44B38A7F072E4E7579D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees and leadership</header><text>The term <term>appropriate congressional committees and leadership</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HFF5956B2405F464DBEB17919DB9CC2A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H08C5B9CC1F75403C99F3E8C6B41B97C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 Intelligence, and the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE193A0035EC2470FAA10105F9ADBDC31"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Russian person</header><text>The term <term>Russian person</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H9F579A0D7BD846CB8C48E5B9FD39A026"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual who is a citizen or national of the Russian Federation; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4CE677156A4642629EAD231E15C4C783"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an entity organized under the laws of the Russian Federation or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of the Russian Federation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H4B34DF68E6774B01B1CCEB0763BF9F64"><enum>257.</enum><header>Ukranian energy security</header> <subsection id="HC640289D7D414A458188655692531F9A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text>It is the policy of the United States—</text> <paragraph id="HD212947CFEA14F649B759CB1187619E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to support the Government of Ukraine in restoring its sovereign and territorial integrity;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB95ACFF2F6314D39A58BB46C73317EED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE84241C987E24507A56CA09D9EC41773"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H715D5BA5F2AF45ECB563EB8B42BAD2A4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>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;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H76785928B7E3487897E2CC172ACF08A1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>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;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB656D9DE9DC24BF4AB79846818B3E5E0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to encourage and support fair competition, market liberalization, and reliability in Ukraine’s energy sector;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H305A10D20DE44727B0BBBA5DF6056118"><enum>(7)</enum><text>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;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HBEF38B0E4E264F5E9BF009DE34853BB1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to work with European Union member states and European Union institutions to promote energy security through developing diversified and liberalized energy markets that provide diversified sources, suppliers, and routes;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBB32957735E4D96B7A974A2AB70DA34"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to continue to oppose the NordStream 2 pipeline given its detrimental impacts on the European Union’s energy security, gas market development in Central and Eastern Europe, and energy reforms in Ukraine; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H13AED17387F644B7BAEAA8281888037C"><enum>(10)</enum><text>that the United States Government should prioritize the export of United States energy resources in order to create American jobs, help United States allies and partners, and strengthen United States foreign policy.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC67B7B8BEA3C483A974260ECD99F025C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan To promote energy security in ukraine</header> <paragraph id="HA53C89E34C5744BDA27AFAE9509ECADC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB8FC7B8397914B5FAE2F5CEC782879F3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The plan developed under paragraph (1) shall include strategies for market liberalization, effective regulation and oversight, supply diversification, energy reliability, and energy efficiency, such as through supporting—</text> <subparagraph id="H5BE6B59416604DE5A8A5E480597439A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the promotion of advanced technology and modern operating practices in Ukraine’s oil and gas sector;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6CC5B270D42E43E4ACCC9F4DE2E754E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H63ABBF68707748CD85ACA59DBB565EC5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a broadening of Ukraine’s electric power transmission interconnection with Europe;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H30D2A2FD949446CA995B15C7A8E98C9C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the strengthening of Ukraine’s capability to maintain electric power grid stability and reliability;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H880F361891CC4CDDA7F251290F87E5A7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>independent regulatory oversight and operations of Ukraine’s gas market and electricity sector;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAFC3D71D217B442F96C548196E115F1E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the implementation of primary gas law including pricing, tariff structure, and legal regulatory implementation;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H74DFF20333DA445286E6236AD08E7F76"><enum>(G)</enum><text>privatization of government owned energy companies through credible legal frameworks and a transparent process compliant with international best practices;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9CECE0E8C3334A829057FC446A541C99"><enum>(H)</enum><text>procurement and transport of emergency fuel supplies, including reverse pipeline flows from Europe;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7CD4490EBF3C4FD78A1E84B964256623"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provision of technical assistance for crisis planning, crisis response, and public outreach;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC841BE3B556448378047BFB743D468E0"><enum>(J)</enum><text>repair of infrastructure to enable the transport of fuel supplies;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3D5A7CA0B37F4DBC834CD58D741F2E40"><enum>(K)</enum><text>repair of power generating or power transmission equipment or facilities; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4F92EC0C2A8440BAB8A0B81894C10B5D"><enum>(L)</enum><text>improved building energy efficiency and other measures designed to reduce energy demand in Ukraine.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC1E360D07C09402DB560A0DBD262C656"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports</header> <subparagraph id="H26DCD7DCEEFB4E07836E11954ED5E4B2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Implementation of ukraine freedom support act of 2014 provisions</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the status of implementing the provisions required under section 7(c) of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8926">22 U.S.C. 8926(c)</external-xref>), 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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35BBAC40D55A484FB0E836C7324DBB70"><enum>(B)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8435763DBE074C9DA2E060A708CCD997"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Briefings</header><text>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 committees on all available information that relates directly or indirectly to Ukraine or energy security in Eastern Europe.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF5337BE57F4041238203DB4ED96A9C7B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees defined</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <clause id="H4AEEBF3488234BFCB3E571CF669A16E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and</text> </clause> <clause id="HDEA91A8141854D9DB4547DE821DBAC2C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3A42909B4FE1424FB9DB3E69F04B3917"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Supporting efforts of countries in europe and eurasia To decrease their dependence on Russian sources of energy</header> <paragraph id="H1587293A0CE343569ECAC532C8CC64DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text> <subparagraph id="H9E473A897B564627B238679F9F752BD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6889BAFD0DD84CE48FC28DD46D244A55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H63EA5B3FCF344936BB449AE0123E80C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <subparagraph id="HF15E125C3926484A8CFB2FFB92480407"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1D33D389D6644F06B1F5238E205CE782"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation should play key roles in supporting critical energy projects that contribute to that goal.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF61A1C13B5664B3C9ADE56B15FF7C3BC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of countering russian influence fund to provide technical assistance</header><text>Amounts in the Countering Russian 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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8D5881FB43384819B2025B863B977328"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>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.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HEE2B34D71FAB4CE98AF04EE2A5364AE4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the responsibilities required and authorities provided under section 7 of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/8926">22 U.S.C. 8926</external-xref>).</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H9F2BF17941664C22AE58FAC34D3F0467"><enum>258.</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The provisions of this subtitle shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </section> <section id="HCCA736D939A74CDD9E3D86CE841BA5C4"><enum>259.</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided, in this subtitle, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="H6E51BF499B2245EABDFCB4B461C209CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4CBC6E9AD3974F2AB724C745178ED944"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HDA9BE4B2166343A595CC8D73E12135A4" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Combating terrorism and illicit financing</header> <part id="HE4B6D2AF3B6C4E82A1E1DF14633750A8" style="OLC"><enum>1</enum><header>National strategy for combating terrorist and other illicit financing</header> <section id="HE539351BE822403384A09E07C15806AF"><enum>261.</enum><header>Development of national strategy</header> <subsection id="HBA5C0E5F95B146099BB24EE01F2C5D79"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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 combating the financing of terrorism and related forms of illicit finance.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H8AC99F0886244D85BBCA945195DE1FEA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transmittal to Congress</header> <paragraph id="HFF0AB3A6301B454D96D5D365DAFE5261"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H9ADE23540F8F46D291162B0265DE6ACA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>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).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H78610323A970417383C4295935736240"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Separate presentation of classified material</header><text>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 appropriate level of security.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H4A701F6CAF6B4CE9B6043979939E06AD"><enum>262.</enum><header>Contents of national strategy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The strategy described in section 261 shall contain the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HD3630FDA535D4B4789056BCA43ACC4F3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Evaluation of existing efforts</header><text>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 <quote>2015 National Money Laundering Risk Assessment</quote> and <quote>2015 National Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment</quote>, published 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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7B6C5D9FD37F47B0A3655A3F041EB1F3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Goals, objectives, and priorities</header><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C37EE3D72CA4313B7C296C3F22EA57F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Threats</header><text>An identification of the most significant illicit finance threats to the financial system of the United States.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H455BA5C9CEC14F00B889BC16370C06E0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reviews and proposed changes</header><text>Reviews of enforcement efforts, relevant regulations and relevant provisions of law and, if appropriate, discussions of proposed changes determined to be appropriate to ensure that the United States pursues coordinated and effective efforts at all levels of government, and with international partners of the United States, in the fight against illicit finance.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HA85C782D362A4FE0BA936E464C2CE412"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Detection and prosecution initiatives</header><text>A description of efforts to improve, as necessary, detection and prosecution of illicit finance, including efforts to ensure that—</text> <subparagraph id="H76798E09232347AEA2EB0F7DC97D3C39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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—</text> <clause id="H855D3881AA104629AFFECE4770D9BAC2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all appropriate Federal departments and agencies; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H97F58276577B4FEFA5201E6F9B74B296"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as appropriate and consistent with section 314 of the International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/5311">31 U.S.C. 5311</external-xref> note), to financial institutions to assist the financial institutions in efforts to comply with laws aimed at curbing illicit finance; and</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFC2DB0BC1849418F803C9F8B0904DD92"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7FFCF63E9BB5441AADD1242A8CF61858"><enum>(6)</enum><header>The role of the private financial sector in prevention of illicit finance</header><text>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—</text> <subparagraph id="H157BD329063D4CD2A1AC04955AA6D7E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>efforts to facilitate compliance with laws aimed at stopping such illicit finance while maintaining the effectiveness of such efforts; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F7BE7279463406CA8ED9C7827E8FC43"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing guidance to strengthen internal controls and to adopt on an industry-wide basis more effective policies.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE44A22D771A841EEAF8C5E91DCD853F8"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Enhancement of intergovernmental cooperation</header><text>A discussion of ways to combat illicit finance by enhancing—</text> <subparagraph id="H69980B3C1DE446A3934DB50FF4552E9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cooperative efforts between and among Federal, State, and local officials, including State regulators, State and local prosecutors, and other law enforcement officials; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H67A591C8C22447F3AECA291AB93D57C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>cooperative efforts with and between governments of countries and with and between multinational institutions with expertise in fighting illicit finance, including the Financial Action Task Force and the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H342395B26C8345C3AD98B4CF8992179E"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Trend analysis of emerging illicit finance threats</header><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H6BCDCABE0E9846A1A99DE4B0132EF2AB"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Budget priorities</header><text>A multiyear budget plan that identifies sufficient resources needed to successfully execute the full range of missions called for in this section.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D3A8D2F36FE4A34A634B87D29770588"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Technology enhancements</header><text>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.</text> </paragraph></section></part> <part id="H3B7FC96F6B854795AF0B53BCEA4A6128" style="OLC"><enum>2</enum><header>Enhancing antiterrorism tools of the Department of the Treasury</header> <section id="HD57760B734D0487594A87BACA8D17495"><enum>271.</enum><header>Improving antiterror finance monitoring of funds transfers</header> <subsection id="H1F9E6AEB95A94EB0BB2265096D03A521"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header> <paragraph id="HF5159A8E14C44F20950477A4622A75F2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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—</text> <subparagraph id="HA908713F7ADB42468167EA718EC3EBB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the potential efficacy of requiring banking regulators 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;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2C8C642899DA466CAD31504DA2300BEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/508">Public Law 91–508</external-xref>; 84 Stat. 1114) and related controls aimed at stopping money laundering and the financing of terrorism; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC49A68280A6243F58D8A71547D69A5AB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>consistent with current legal requirements regarding confidential supervisory information, the potential impact of allowing money services businesses to share certain State examination information with depository institutions and credit unions, or whether another appropriate mechanism could be identified to allow a similar exchange of information to give the depository institutions 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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDAD04BAEBC8A4FD59DCB447D37CB4A38"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public input</header><text>The Secretary should solicit and consider public input as appropriate in developing the study required under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1C3B7BF013DC4E5395963CD01BA6DA3A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>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 determinations made in carrying out the study required under subsection (a).</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H05AFCDC085C44B9682D04182A7811295"><enum>272.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on international cooperation regarding terrorist financing intelligence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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—</text> <paragraph id="HE0F6D874EC9D4EF5BC4519AC8B232464"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">commensurate to the threats faced by the foreign partner; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H145813C27DAC457882DAA41C5D8D33AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designed to better integrate intelligence efforts with the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regimes of the foreign partner.</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="H48AA71C5572B487DA7B1487BE52628F2"><enum>273.</enum><header>Examining the counter-terror financing role of the Department of the Treasury in embassies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 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—</text> <paragraph id="H2A287B90BF144EB99F553A9614D026B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a list of the United States embassies in which a full-time Department of the Treasury financial attaché is stationed and a description of how the interests of the Department of the Treasury relating to terrorist financing and money laundering are addressed (via regional attachés or otherwise) at United States embassies where no such attachés are present;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H554E3783C0234D94BBCD49E9BC485EBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 Department of the Treasury;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H734DB5F3F4FE4A9CBDF35527120ED8FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an overview of how Department of the Treasury financial attachés and technical assistance advisors assist in efforts to counter illicit finance, to include money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H15CF945A1370474294A86627034CBA48"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an overview of patterns, trends, or other issues identified by the Department of the Treasury and whether resources are sufficient to address these issues.</text> </paragraph></section> <section commented="no" id="H851083A3D5DB45208D61BDF724DE7AD9"><enum>274.</enum><header>Inclusion of Secretary of the Treasury on the National Security Council</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H07A091F4F4504FBBA8CA92617901CEE6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(c)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3021">50 U.S.C. 3021(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>the Secretary of the Treasury,</quote> before <quote>and such other officers</quote>.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H0A7E90E1B08D4B6B8C7B79351469062F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3021">50 U.S.C. 3021(e)(3)</external-xref>).</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H96DAF0AFF3BB4F55A9973F196CC032DB"><enum>275.</enum><header>Inclusion of all funds</header> <subsection id="H94E2FB966DB24C06A876B19920EE5335"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 5326 of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H11A31F603E9F47AF934C3D6E1A7E47AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading of such section, by striking <quote>coin and currency</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H8FABF39B639E49568A54239C9233AFA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC26B0300736C45F1BDB3ADEC8CF7F350"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subtitle and</quote> and inserting <quote>subtitle or to</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC075B019D4414FE8ABEA899BB78AC6B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>United States coins or currency (or such other monetary instruments as the Secretary may describe in such order)</quote> and inserting <quote>funds (as the Secretary may describe in such order),</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86A52F1D9E6748B2A3A2888FEB9CE790"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H8CE72C8C570346BB8383CBFF04EC0160"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>coins or currency (or monetary instruments)</quote> and inserting <quote>funds</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7DAA50B2D9AF47F2BD0F65662D19FD30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>coins or currency (or such other monetary instruments as the Secretary may describe in the regulation or order)</quote> and inserting <quote>funds (as the Secretary may describe in the regulation or order)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H909971608B7348BBBA003AE0616372C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is amended in the item relating to section 5326 by striking <quote>coin and currency</quote>.</text> </subsection></section></part> <part id="H179E744D1B744E7E9270DCAB63F8A537" style="OLC"><enum>3</enum><header>Definitions</header> <section id="H4E46BB0B43EC4082A008F71911424A29"><enum>281.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle—</text> <paragraph id="HFD5ACEF42C2A4D35ADC161D10EA3010B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9F1ED2F30D4442B902C31A09DE0602D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7AA90CC7903C4B12A0B7AEFB9D009D06"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86F180723CAA47A39F476878B448ECD4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>appropriate Federal banking agencies</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1813">12 U.S.C. 1813</external-xref>);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HEACCF5E829F54106A7E68E6DE94B6D8C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>Bank Secrecy Act</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HF1621B73564E4CF38B51452C6081E78A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1829b">12 U.S.C. 1829b</external-xref>);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAF289666F0364B3DBFFCB326652A4D0F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>chapter 2 of title I of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/508">Public Law 91–508</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1951">12 U.S.C. 1951</external-xref> et seq.); and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H17C537F041F0488594A5A34DBB29B595"><enum>(C)</enum><text>subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H55E552EE771E4A528E9C4E9165DC5870"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <term>Federal functional regulator</term> has the meaning given that term in section 509 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6809">15 U.S.C. 6809</external-xref>);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D9E5AA1643445B6B60DC9F981C36461"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term <term>illicit finance</term> means the financing of terrorism, narcotics trafficking, or proliferation, money laundering, or other forms of illicit financing domestically or internationally, as defined by the President;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H0E3DFCAA22D04CEEAA2605EEC9293E88"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term <term>money services business</term> has the meaning given the term under section 1010.100 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H643DB2B5C3AE4A69A7CECE7861FEA644"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Treasury; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H66E425A41AF94973ADB83396C0F3245D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term <term>State</term> means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each territory or possession of the United States.</text> </paragraph></section></part></subtitle> <subtitle id="HC99D01DEFD7B48129433693CAF582810" style="OLC"><enum>D</enum><header>Rule of construction</header> <section id="HC2C4F7A494E9410C9C4F5C547D1285D1"><enum>291.</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.).</text> </section> <section id="H0B122D1705F1451C908D4DBDE8849A99"><enum>292.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on the strategic importance of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty</header> <subsection id="HAA18DDFFEA2F4146B932BA59CA1977F9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="H0604CA63D2804026A78761C7764BC1C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 <quote>an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all</quote>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H42C6BA900BE74F1FACD1E689C8252EAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB12FFFA9D5D54BEE811E0147F7E66A81"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1986D4D1E0B44D5A6B47C9EB6545C22"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Countries that are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have made historic contributions and sacrifices while combating terrorism in Afghanistan through the International Security Assistance Force and the Resolute Support Mission.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F513037E1E54D27A7D3D10149C21DDC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The recent attacks in the United Kingdom underscore the importance of an international alliance to combat hostile nation states and terrorist groups.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H470026430C064CFCB574C3356D2A0CE1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 an amount equal to 2 percent of their gross domestic product on defense by 2024.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC195ED9B7DE54C64BD84B32916424A90"><enum>(7)</enum><text>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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H317BF5C5424A4127976BCBC3965C56C8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress—</text> <paragraph id="H0A1E7DAEC70943898CC93282FE36ECE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA4A70858A93429B8F9AF23B34E20E10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE88B3B59BE24979A09A533FE8127AB5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9369B6E14844FD2B7EC2C002D261332"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <enum>III</enum><header>Sanctions with respect to North Korea</header> <section id="HF0DCFF8417D64129ACE4F0823B03486C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H7892E8F646E144259A589F93FF59C680"><enum>302.</enum><header>Definitions</header> <subsection id="H47A505033BB7414F97A833400659DE59"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments to definitions in the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016</header> <paragraph id="HFB881E0768DC4C83BC93AECCFC2657FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicable Executive order</header><text>Section 3(1)(A) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9202">22 U.S.C. 9202(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H8A366D5915ED409DB8D8A00879C5C5DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or Executive Order 13694</quote> and inserting <quote>Executive Order No. 13694</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H91952D43EFA34DD4927AC17264889E42"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or Executive Order No. 13722 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> 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),</quote> before <quote>to the extent</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0748D6A63975465F9780EA397100E1EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable United Nations Security Council resolution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(2)(A) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9202">22 U.S.C. 9202(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or 2094 (2013)</quote> and inserting <quote>2094 (2013), 2270 (2016), or 2321 (2016)</quote>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C3F0DC3DC0B4616B124BAC87F477A1D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Foreign person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9202">22 U.S.C. 9202</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HCD4E931E480E4692BD25A0DAF17E6207"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (14) as paragraphs (6) through (15), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35F54F96FDE44163B9A8D736595F0F0F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4299340B86AF420FAD170C6E7C2F2F6B" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H138AC8F96AC844339A5E61372CCC70E9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Foreign person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>foreign person</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HBA803F44BBD04885BF977E61B41413B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual who is not a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9FF80594DD9B4630AB2941F4F66AB93D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an entity that is not a United States person.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C5D602680EE42B78FA63D2180D0710D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Luxury goods</header><text>Paragraph (9) of section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9202">22 U.S.C. 9202</external-xref>), as redesignated by <internal-xref idref="H5C3F0DC3DC0B4616B124BAC87F477A1D" legis-path="3.(a)(3)">paragraph (3)</internal-xref> of this subsection, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H6130CE94A056458BAB20A1F43CC9BFDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB28FC469D2E64ECC987A8AA553094A25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E3B187370D84C24A5897028EB698C73"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17AF63A910804F9D8C86361A001FE0A8" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H84F701E75F8C480EA7EDC146AF6B9258"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">also includes any items so designated under an applicable United Nations Security Council resolution.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D01B7A2B6D549EC8E50CAD6E4F2AA53"><enum>(5)</enum><header>North Korean person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9202">22 U.S.C. 9202</external-xref>), as amended by <internal-xref idref="H5C3F0DC3DC0B4616B124BAC87F477A1D" legis-path="3.(a)(3)">paragraph (3)</internal-xref> of this subsection, is further amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HE9DD4B24DA724435AB294408DE172EE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (13) through (15) as paragraphs (14) through (16), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA8F47B74F3C1402F86592FB90228C6C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (12) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9F987B6E76C42C5A37C5E75511781AD" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HDE2948CD5C8D4266A43F9A8E91ABC010"><enum>(13)</enum><header>North Korean person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>North Korean person</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HA4816875F14C45FDB28FAE0B3461272C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a North Korean citizen or national; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFF2199E453294C9CA7F80B50D1F1078E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an entity owned or controlled by the Government of North Korea or by a North Korean citizen or national.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0BA652E6F82C4F90BD5951A04E3D10A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions for purposes of this Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="HB7E0583F134C463683440D35D1A80645"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicable United Nations Security Council resolution; Luxury goods</header><text>The terms <term>applicable United Nations Security Council resolution</term> and <term>luxury goods</term> have the meanings given those terms, respectively, in section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9202">22 U.S.C. 9202</external-xref>), as amended by <internal-xref idref="H47A505033BB7414F97A833400659DE59" legis-path="3.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HD678609DFEF14471884D43B71E01855E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees; Government of North Korea; United States person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>appropriate congressional committees</term>, <term>Government of North Korea</term>, and <term>United States person</term> have the meanings given those terms, respectively, in section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9202">22 U.S.C. 9202</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H243FF92FE5AF4F44AFF3F1275A874F62"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Foreign person; North Korean person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>foreign person</term> and <term>North Korean person</term> 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9202">22 U.S.C. 9202(5)</external-xref> and 9202(13)), as added by <internal-xref idref="H47A505033BB7414F97A833400659DE59" legis-path="3.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H32F103906AF846AC8E9488FA06C88ADE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prohibited weapons program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>prohibited weapons program</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H4DA2498C8369494DB586973D417F8E03"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any program related to the development of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons, and their means of delivery, including ballistic missiles; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1A3C046C9D7945FF894F80B9ECE6AC6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any program to develop related materials with respect to a program described in <internal-xref idref="H4DA2498C8369494DB586973D417F8E03" legis-path="3.(b)(4)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <subtitle id="H18850CC771394BF1BE697E7685044287"><enum>A</enum><header>Sanctions to enforce and implement United Nations Security Council sanctions against North Korea</header> <section id="HC6BA155B9A104AB3AB76958893583A07"><enum>311.</enum><header>Modification and expansion of requirements for the designation of persons</header> <subsection id="HFDDDE3AC4B8D4F309BB7C3DE0A8CE0EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion of mandatory designations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104(a) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9214">22 U.S.C. 9214(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H71726AA9303E42E3A3E7C7BBE6999888"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (9), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting <quote>or any defense article or defense service (as such terms are defined in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2794">22 U.S.C. 2794</external-xref>));</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H774F07129DDE489CB32E41BE40F17D6B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (15);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HA447F7F4B6B34883B370FB38B27FA48A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (9) the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H258EF2F7434547DB98B6A5661D4C9BE3" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H3F07A4B22BDF456DB5B2DBD93495D002"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knowingly, directly or indirectly, purchases or otherwise acquires from North Korea any significant amounts of gold, titanium ore, vanadium ore, copper, silver, nickel, zinc, or rare earth minerals;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H33F1371E3636433AA5257CE214C9D7CB"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H9F485C6191294798B1C63D8F77348502"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H80623E2B4BA947DDA2D7B41BDC29DFF9"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knowingly, directly or indirectly, insures, registers, facilitates the registration of, or maintains insurance or a registration for, a vessel owned or controlled by the Government of North Korea, except as specifically approved by the United Nations Security Council;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC22C9728678346CAA0585E6FFD091D7C"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knowingly, directly or indirectly, maintains a correspondent 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</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4AC334DD9A7A4C4AA491B28179DCED82"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (15), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>(9)</quote> and inserting <quote>(14)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H564BF6760EA74A55BAAA3967F4B41832"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expansion of additional discretionary designations</header> <paragraph id="HD6CA2050C3EF4E0F8FC42CDEFDD914BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 104(b)(1) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9214">22 U.S.C. 9214(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H6A549CFEE33B45DC852D7120454C9C27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>pursuant to an applicable United Nations Security Council resolution;</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDE8EF7E36B8540C8B202FFC309598599" style="OLC"> <text>pursuant to—</text> <clause id="HDA3D7FDC6E1A4AB39A23E2D363211039"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an applicable United Nations Security Council resolution;</text> </clause> <clause id="H74A3DFEC9EE64D799141405399678098"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any regulation promulgated under section 404; or</text> </clause> <clause id="H70B23FA1A16E4AEE955C5516782EC28D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any applicable Executive order;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE9374FD240874E46B54D3284F270E968"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3A0C60EAA527476EAF22BBE1788F192C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB0AA28539F0C4FAF9DA1956F091C5DF1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DCAD6C369534C6CB1D0DA1F9504CBAC" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HA9A945B0732E4075A753C3BE61F67307"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0B62577E92EE48F2936CE53C02897B0B"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knowingly, directly or indirectly, purchased or otherwise acquired significant types or amounts of textiles from the Government of North Korea;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1AAB3130EC034793837A0BE174168BFB"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knowingly facilitated a significant transfer of funds or property of the Government of North Korea that materially contributes to any violation of an applicable United National Security Council resolution;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4589296C29B44D03996CCE4C9CBB3B86"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2429EBD90EE74AAD96A4E5857F026874"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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));</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H79999E5E999549AABAB3B6C323778C74"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knowingly, directly or indirectly, engaged in, facilitated, or was responsible for the online commercial activities of the Government of North Korea, including online gambling;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H197F5DB9A3B443EA98D33DFD7EBBE8B6"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knowingly, directly or indirectly, purchased or otherwise acquired fishing rights from the Government of North Korea;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3070474DEEAF45C1BBE9265C2ED12FE3"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knowingly, directly or indirectly, purchased or otherwise acquired significant types or amounts of food or agricultural products from the Government of North Korea;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE82453E0307D4E669E0E992906B6AD89"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knowingly, directly or indirectly, engaged in, facilitated, or was responsible for the exportation of workers from North Korea in a manner intended to generate significant revenue, directly or indirectly, for use by the Government of North Korea or by the Workers’ Party of Korea;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBD0EAA5F20404DF28933759B80DD6089"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knowingly conducted a significant transaction or transactions in North Korea’s transportation, mining, energy, or financial services industries; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H027B3F8470F44C309DBDE9BCF8B76B58"><enum>(N)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as specifically approved by the United Nations Security Council, and other than through a correspondent account as described in subsection (a)(14), knowingly facilitated the operation of any branch, subsidiary, or office of a North Korean financial institution.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDA8490992CCC413EB11ECE69BF3B2585"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016, as added by paragraph (1), engaged in on or after such date of enactment.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4A0F1A578BCF4044B7BE3AC9EDB1B34A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mandatory and discretionary asset blocking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104(c) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9214">22 U.S.C. 9214(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD4B21FBB4E8340E0BE4EB54E272104C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of a designated person</quote> and inserting <quote>of a person designated under subsection (a)</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H2BC369B6BDD54398880D7772BD12403A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The President</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF4DC69EDBC7460B8388D4C0AB5D20B3" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H7D0E8C1A40B04AA896F9F4FB1F62ED3A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory asset blocking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H47BCEC6C719C4498A78DAC71E4677D79"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40731C3F997E46949D185A9F92307568" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HFAED64ECE24A4659B726D26D5DF39E9B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Discretionary asset blocking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE5495B87595E46D08DE277AB844987F8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Designation of additional persons</header> <paragraph id="H9DECE04ACC6242439A73F27296A97FF4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9214">22 U.S.C. 9214</external-xref>), as amended by this section, each of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HBC88B64BE04E450AAE9040F63C34EC84"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA31E7D416E97418D854CA2A3C13B23BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76230B8AB1C34F4A841202E3D9BB664D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1DABFACD27534C6AB445F008393424B2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H429F22A6F7924800AD800DDFC8A0833F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H780EE1AC0D0A4E75A430FA39D6B60351"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chamber of Commerce of the Democratic People’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 <internal-xref idref="H564BF6760EA74A55BAAA3967F4B41832" legis-path="101.(b)">subsection (b)</internal-xref> of this section.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BE3CD96BC664AC2B12C10905329232F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report submitted under <internal-xref idref="H9DECE04ACC6242439A73F27296A97FF4" legis-path="101.(d)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref> may contain a classified annex.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HFB4F9E05CF85457EAA94E7A54CDCDA23"><enum>312.</enum><header>Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts</header> <subsection id="H13A1E11237884AEBB49A87BEC040C086"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title II of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9221">22 U.S.C. 9221</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 201 the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="H214B80C3042F4461A99650A4422E154F"> <section id="HD276BCC4FFA948F593E0EB5834889F83"><enum>201A.</enum><header>Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts</header> <subsection id="HE0B5B73992F143E2A52518647F0950F8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H261BAB73FF0C4D9C9D5E85F766F380A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 government, or financial institution that is designated under section 104, only if the transfer—</text> <paragraph id="H5559AC40C26C45CC8BAAB6E9D7641771"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 Secretary of the Treasury; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H8ECDF36A54314010B33FE8360AFC73A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>does not involve debiting or crediting a North Korean account.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H86AF291E7EC1468190656CF1878D04F6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H2B8B36B971FD4BC4A02D0906266DE263"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Correspondent account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>correspondent account</term> has the meaning given that term in section 5318A of title 31, United States Code.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7C427E2307B143D98EB55262771CDD08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>United States financial institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>United States financial institution</term> 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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HEAD400170A3A4530A89AED824DC85889"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Foreign financial institution</header><text>The term <term>foreign financial institution</term> 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.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="HEFA6687447CE469EBE53BCB23C290766"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A177E6881B444DCB9EB930B8E3C1FCE" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 201A. Prohibition on indirect correspondent accounts.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section> <section id="H766978B8CDB842F89D2D49FCA1C27540"><enum>313.</enum><header>Limitations on foreign assistance to noncompliant governments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9223">22 U.S.C. 9223</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H501ABB56AA3A4C9D9D7893ABF0BA660D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H142B53484DD043319EA8865F03EF93BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Transactions in Lethal Military Equipment</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Transactions in Defense Articles or Defense Services</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF88E0D3E05BC41948F546AF6FF3A11D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>that provides lethal military equipment to the Government of North Korea</quote> and inserting <quote>that provides to or receives from the Government of North Korea a defense article or defense service, as such terms are defined in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2794">22 U.S.C. 2794</external-xref>), if the President determines that a significant type or amount of such article or service has been so provided or received</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6685C57E4878467EA067F96EE6E06CBE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>1 year</quote> and inserting <quote>2 years</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0AE7B1FE988C43AAA0D11732DF61A47C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by striking <quote>or emergency</quote> and inserting <quote>maternal and child health, disease prevention and response, or</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H9ECF6B5EAF354DA7A2C959106C40858A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H403C6C226FB74C269D622CF1993D2B28"> <subsection id="HEFEF48E86CDF41AB8B56B9FBB9B2B018"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report on arms trafficking involving North Korea</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H532EBF80899D4289AD56EAD51ACEB186"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 appropriate 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).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A09D0534E0F4D888463D4AB29F1C8B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section> <section commented="no" id="HDB2D6363ABC74BF793B5F497C48B44FC"><enum>314.</enum><header>Amendments to enhance inspection authorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title II of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9221">22 U.S.C. 9221</external-xref> et seq.), as amended by <internal-xref idref="HFB4F9E05CF85457EAA94E7A54CDCDA23" legis-path="102.">section 102</internal-xref> of this Act, is further amended by striking section 205 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HABBB4347EB6F49708F98DFEE3C64DDCA"> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11F973F221374CABAB1FFAC662957AB8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header>Enhanced inspection authorities</header> <subsection id="HC15750D9D27147F58EED2157328B70EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report required</header> <paragraph id="H414A8E29FF4045CE95EA93A9CD2E9FF3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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 congressional committees a report—</text> <subparagraph id="H1BE166FC214A4D82B5A83944EEF91AFA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifying the operators of foreign sea ports and airports that knowingly—</text> <clause id="H74CA1BD685AD46EABE59A4F916BD9161"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">significantly fail to implement or enforce regulations to inspect ships, aircraft, cargo, or conveyances in transit to or from North Korea, as required by applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions;</text> </clause> <clause id="H789CF1D950AA485EB3E92F328C705D7A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate the transfer, transshipment, or conveyance of significant types or quantities of cargo, vessels, or aircraft owned or controlled by persons designated under applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions; or</text> </clause> <clause id="H5D308C9FCD3A43CE884302F43364A9C3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate any of the activities described in section 104(a);</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H708640EC39984BFEA90E69F22CDD03D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5A0ABB15291E46D7B262C63F63BA1FEE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describing the compliance of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the sanctions mandated in applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H798A451165DD48C5920E81CEEBA38330"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifying vessels, aircraft, and conveyances owned or controlled by the Reconnaissance General Bureau of the Workers’ Party of Korea; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8712AD349C6241B0B4D4755977BA5B55"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBE8AD839B6DC451C9B95DA8E2A3721DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB7A04868715F4CF2BC70417BFDB43E32"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific findings</header><text>Each report required under subsection (a) shall include specific findings with respect to the following ports and airports:</text> <paragraph id="H5CFD168CD8034A88836FD4A41C547401"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The ports of Dandong, Dalian, and any other port in the People’s Republic of China that the President deems appropriate.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H167DF1A19FC141D2BD6B96CCC3F7B0C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB2C4865DCDB4FE9BF1CBDF73DE27C72"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The ports of Nakhodka, Vanino, and Vladivostok, in the Russian Federation.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H83757256A3FC484185B80C8C8C542182"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The ports of Latakia, Banias, and Tartous, and Damascus International Airport, in the Syrian Arab Republic.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H30A12C661DAD4E6E86C75B862FDA2111"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Enhanced security targeting requirements</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H74FC2A7B2DAC4DD8BB88E3B199225F60"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD7A1CD528186470CA4B59FDDE9865D63"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H9F82B63E2646408190A23389928FC887"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is aboard a vessel or aircraft, or within a conveyance that has, within the last 365 days, entered the territory or waters of North Korea, or landed in any of the sea ports or airports of North Korea; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H61AE18CDC19646EAB5FE838CE8584D48"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is registered by a country or jurisdiction whose compliance has been identified by the President as deficient pursuant to subsection (a)(2).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H68693CAC7EC74DEDAEA2F98E39BA8D10"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception for food, medicine, and humanitarian shipments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any vessel, aircraft, 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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2D7D45100D3F413E89C658FFE7D42E30"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Seizure and Forfeiture</header><text>A vessel, aircraft, or conveyance 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—</text> <paragraph id="H11C75960180747DB912185133D0F558A"><enum>(1)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/46">chapter 46</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H63292AB1C8964B57A260CDE921689C41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>part V of title IV of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1581">19 U.S.C. 1581</external-xref> et seq.).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section commented="no" id="H0EAC421B8E1942F78B151163FF594DDC"><enum>315.</enum><header>Enforcing compliance with United Nations shipping sanctions against North Korea</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H44794DA62E894D128DC85C5B8E15AE2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The <short-title>Ports and Waterways Safety Act</short-title> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1221">33 U.S.C. 1221</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4236F28EB9714B4EB3FA11013B109C8B" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" id="H56CE7284AB36445A96339BC6FBC6805E"><enum>16.</enum><header>Prohibition on entry and operation</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H290A740E12E947FEB687D34D1B718CAC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3CF2D08DCF97432BAEA37DD830D4E13B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCB476EFEF8B444C08BAD959468F782CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations on application</header> <subparagraph id="H0B668965359D457D91F3D2CC4B260EEE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to—</text> <clause id="H3ADDC9531BF84DD9ACBBF7E553612BF9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a vessel described in subsection (b)(1), if the Secretary of State determines that—</text> <subclause id="HDC3B16F3CB3B4C4A9C6E6342F25B9F23"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 implementing 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</text> </subclause> <subclause id="H64721B136BE54968AF01285FCECDED0E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>it is in the national security interest not to apply the prohibition to such vessel; or</text> </subclause></clause> <clause id="H9FEBEC0C95C747348C85ADDECA16FB13"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>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.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H60F606314A9946CBBB685DBA880FF134"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>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 determination was made.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H92D8053EF158448593787BCC26B67460"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Publication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall publish a notice in the Federal Register of each determination made under subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HB1447CFFBAD74B0295F5DAEC3E6C37B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Vessels described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H155627B0A5914495A7D800AF6ADEE403"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is on the most recent list of vessels published in Federal Register under subsection (c)(2); or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H66A5C38DF98C43CAA84DD934AB0F731B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H44A432AB8A3448479189AB101999BD16"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information and publication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H9616D0591F724D94A5E939B902D5EEF7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain timely information on the registrations of all foreign vessels over 300 gross tons that are known to be—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H7A386889CEEC4DE4A3BA62732CFDF049"><enum>(A)</enum><text>owned or operated by or on behalf of the Government of North Korea or a North Korean person;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HF88E825AB9A24541815568B612ED1837"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">owned or operated by or on behalf of any country in which a sea port is located, the operator of which the 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</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0A83EDE711E64648968729A0852C193D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">owned or operated by or on behalf of any country identified by the President as a country that has not complied with the applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions (as such term is defined in section 3 of such Act); and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB7C954458AF740B9A1BAF5A6B7DC7FFD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, and periodically thereafter, publish in the Federal Register a list of the vessels described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1411E55D742D4B2AB71A18B9C0C6D153"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notification of governments</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE382C043D35645FFB0441B4D9B2E265D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HF237A81B57BA482B9156DD2CD30258BE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional notification</header><text>In the case of a government that continues to maintain a registration for a vessel that is included on such list after receiving an initial notification 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).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HCD2E40B038B147789BC3E2AAA315FAE2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Notification of vessels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H339D5CDA4863472E8242FB92CD440357"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of State has made a determination under subsection (a)(2); or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H5022CC4083AB49578A7659F93DB1752A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H2AB1CFD1F4404B6C85F8BF8DD550037A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Provisional entry or cargo transfer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may allow provisional 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.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H2DB38C01EC674A77A98A689E23A3470C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Right of innocent passage and right of transit passage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H799C08E22FB44D5D8401BC76A8ADDABB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Foreign vessel defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term ‘foreign vessel’ has the meaning given that term in section 110 of title 46, United States Code.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HABBAF7EBFFF34CC1AFD2C2C23D67D3C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H922150ED2FD34FA3BAD8406BBFE9990B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Special powers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(b)(2) of the <short-title>Ports and Waterways Safety Act</short-title> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1223">33 U.S.C. 1223(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>or 16</quote> after <quote>section 9</quote>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H2254F708E1BC4D0CBE5A3CA9A0AF4D49"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Denial of entry</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 13(e) of the <short-title>Ports and Waterways Safety Act</short-title> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1232">33 U.S.C. 1232(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 9</quote> and inserting <quote>section 9 or 16</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="H841D706F06A24E24AFE6A396F4FB5729"><enum>316.</enum><header>Report on cooperation between North Korea and Iran</header> <subsection id="HB1A5A79E63A64B6E9363767F140D0966"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 committees and leadership a report that includes—</text> <paragraph id="H0B65852CEC264DC780A94026059791FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the extent of cooperation (including through the transfer of goods, services, technology, or intellectual property) between North Korea and Iran relating to their respective nuclear, ballistic missile development, chemical or biological weapons development, or conventional weapons programs;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H471617213EDE4FDA95C209495D5EEBEA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the names of any Iranian or North Korean persons that have knowingly engaged in or directed—</text> <subparagraph id="H071DECE2EED648E3BCF86AFBEA696B33"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provision of material support to such programs; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD0D035A0E4D44F6A875B1112AD12C9C4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the exchange of information between North Korea and Iran with respect to such programs;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H22242063B3E34288B1465B1CF3E0D13D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the names of any other foreign persons that have facilitated the activities described in paragraph (1); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H666CB80C239748FEB536D93A86E6E957"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a determination whether any of the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) violate United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC89A952FD2554F2E85CF36517AB73B99"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report required under <internal-xref idref="HB1A5A79E63A64B6E9363767F140D0966" legis-path="106.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H31EEEC7672AD4B48B791BD2EA5DFBEDD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees and leadership defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees and leadership</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="H6E0489EB7D7A4DE8B37B4E333FC3872B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H428F3290F62A4092ABFA9FC727F7F82F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="H6CB0F0E05CA74446A161CE02F7789393"><enum>317.</enum><header>Report on implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions by other governments</header> <subsection id="H3C085849E3264029A26C2E2EE59FEFAD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 committees and leadership a report that evaluates the degree to which the governments of other countries have knowingly failed to—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HA0BF209B3A64456E8EFEC25964D87F9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">close the representative offices of persons designated under applicable United Nations Security Council resolutions;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H51907A13D3644ECB853BA13BA95DAA0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expel any North Korean nationals, including diplomats, working on behalf of such persons;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H9E01730AD3C74912858B504430439F26"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prohibit the opening of new branches, subsidiaries, or representative offices of North Korean financial institutions within the jurisdictions of such governments; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3B0FCFBCEF704F448A28A3EAC3873C9B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expel any representatives of North Korean financial institutions.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B45150FBC3C472F9AD27E7C935658F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report required under <internal-xref idref="H3C085849E3264029A26C2E2EE59FEFAD" legis-path="107.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H5B97C509FE554C1E85AD9E809387AB4B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees and leadership defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees and leadership</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="HB9AA162C24EA47C485D225F9BC6133CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HA1B26D47DED149B2A077D909F2BF2D38"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H6207F0D7176F45658C942BB69FD04655"><enum>318.</enum><header>Briefing on measures to deny specialized financial messaging services to designated North Korean financial institutions</header> <subsection id="H62233736A17D4E85B035FBD4A93A5160"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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:</text> <paragraph id="HC4D00DB66F9A491E91D02CA32270DAAC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A list of each person or foreign government the President has identified that directly provides specialized financial messaging services to, or enables or facilitates direct or indirect access to such messaging services for—</text> <subparagraph id="HCD88497B479F4A03A75FAF3C2AE8FCC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any North Korean financial institution (as such term is defined in section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9202">22 U.S.C. 9202</external-xref>)) designated under an applicable United Nations Security Council resolution; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H64290E4E44AA4927B10055057BCCF1EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other North Korean person, on behalf of such a North Korean financial institution.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE735E59DACE4459C9A23493BEB7A7F10"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HAF126C01B52641B0BA25E10EF13256E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The briefing required under <internal-xref idref="H62233736A17D4E85B035FBD4A93A5160" legis-path="108.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> may be classified.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H8CBD8DBB8C274E3FB35B610EB2AAFC99"><enum>B</enum><header>Sanctions with respect to human rights abuses by the Government of North Korea</header> <section id="H1215ADC7E44545D89D4FF2DB954DBB94"><enum>321.</enum><header>Sanctions for forced labor and slavery overseas of North Koreans</header> <subsection id="HCFB80AD85DA04B14852C685BCDEECFEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sanctions for trafficking in persons</header> <paragraph id="HB2E1D4A09DA34BE8920E1D5817EEA988"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 302(b) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9241">22 U.S.C. 9241(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H39263A671BD7471990D0008322EE4E37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H848A31C2134D442FB70BB7240D9BBB2B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB872A7172B8F4BECB03AC288991FE05D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21DC022CF387488BA335AE03CF3163DB" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HF045932850C24EB982390FD5FDDD2383"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of foreign persons that knowingly employ North Korean laborers, as described in section 104(b)(1)(M).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB3AB53FB233E4B1783BF646BD411B1AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional determinations; reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to any country identified in section 302(b)(2) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9241">22 U.S.C. 9241(b)(2)</external-xref>), as amended by <internal-xref idref="HB2E1D4A09DA34BE8920E1D5817EEA988" legis-path="201.(a)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref>, the report required under section 302(a) of such Act shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H7B9DE3BBEC234433AF330544159C7E3A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include a determination whether each person identified in section 302(b)(3) of such Act (as amended by <internal-xref idref="HB2E1D4A09DA34BE8920E1D5817EEA988" legis-path="201.(a)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref>) who is a national or a citizen of such identified country meets the criteria for sanctions under—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCA6737B404B4B5D8ADDA62A57FF30E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 111 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7108">22 U.S.C. 7108</external-xref>) (relating to the prevention of trafficking in persons); or</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68C89382D51840FE92EB0E01DFFB9201"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 104(a) or 104(b)(1) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9214">22 U.S.C. 9214(a)</external-xref>), as amended by section 101 of this Act;</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H38B4991BF1F94341BAF415DB64BA8F0B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be included in the report required under section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7107">22 U.S.C. 7107(b)</external-xref>) (relating to the annual report on trafficking in persons); and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H035361A53FFA44D9B0B031AA07AEF581"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be considered in any determination that the government 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.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC900D1693DE4230A627C5D6BE440F1E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions on foreign persons that employ North Korean labor</header> <paragraph id="HAB0A549245F142FEB036E8B08C605632"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9241">22 U.S.C. 9241</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 302 the following new sections:</text> <quoted-block id="H43857577A19D463DBDAE0BB92E29A607"> <section id="H8C302402093E4B2B9BD5AB83D449AE83"><enum>302A.</enum><header>Rebuttable presumption applicable to goods made with North Korean labor</header> <subsection id="HDF978ABBCAFB4E7CBA0C57B96CDFEC55"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1307">19 U.S.C. 1307</external-xref>) and shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H8A6DF97915D74924BF4C47BE694E4045"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="HBD98B416E4684088B32ABED23F238A70"><enum>302B.</enum><header>Sanctions on foreign persons employing North Korean labor</header> <subsection id="H9B15CDBEDAB544379CA7977E755847E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HCB676BA2D2484097B0E9C0BACFA42E82"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions</header> <paragraph id="H1DDF66EECFCF4803809A5A2181FCF5DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall impose the sanctions described in paragraph (2) with respect to any person designated under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF3F72F81A7064945AC6B05AC0ED92297"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sanctions described in this paragraph are sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.) to block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of a person designated under 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.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H87D726E8BFDE4F93B0766D5F573C2A75"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception</header> <paragraph id="H2E40E7DC29D44975B10FFC5F2040FC76"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A person may not be designated under subsection (a) if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the President has received reliable assurances from such person that—</text> <subparagraph id="HD2E8942830A548F7910300DBEBC7E710"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE4F4555729F64049B8A1C14DE451A4DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H67E69143707C4C8A892502FF239D37A3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the laborers are subject to working conditions consistent with international standards.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H1B3A00A96BCC4D5BBD16B1FDCA8023FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recertification</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the President transmits to the appropriate congressional committees an initial certification under paragraph (1), and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H2E6D602268554B00B5411DA328730F3E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>transmit a recertification stating that the conditions described in such paragraph continue to be met; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6FDFB7067963477CA63B3D1131223C52"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H2483B474B66C4002B0FE6C675EF69F82"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73659AD6A8A643C1AB4464C15762F65D" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 302A. Rebuttable presumption applicable to goods made with North Korean labor.</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 302B. Sanctions on foreign persons employing North Korean labor.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H35B74F27E85B4E5AABCAFE43A9AC0663"><enum>322.</enum><header>Modifications to sanctions suspension and waiver authorities</header> <subsection id="HD1531BAA6BE1433FBBA8C237619B4CE1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exemptions</header><text>Section 208(a) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9228">22 U.S.C. 9228(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text> <paragraph id="H6A9F5C1039B3441FB79992E9355DCC47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>201A,</quote> after <quote>104,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7AE6F8C33C3A4263A5AF6125C1B179C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>302A, 302B,</quote> after <quote>209,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7D81DB3DE6D74B5E946D8056C353E535"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Humanitarian waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 208(b) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9228">22 U.S.C. 9228(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6241E38538C044348FAE57C9DC7341AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>201A,</quote> after <quote>104,</quote> in each place it appears; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC1D7CB906C964937BA34F4E333C54FFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>302A, 302B,</quote> after <quote>209(b),</quote> in each place it appears.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2432B762C4EC4C099EC0DA16E17F7472"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 208(c) of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9228">22 U.S.C. 9228(c)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text> <paragraph id="H40C2EE6809894269A2D39807553E01D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>201A,</quote> after <quote>104,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4E6D73E210BC40639C54323593A9ED97"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>302A, 302B,</quote> after <quote>209(b),</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="H4D383CEFC3174C02B5861E6EF37655FC"><enum>323.</enum><header>Reward for informants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2708">22 U.S.C. 2708(b)</external-xref>), is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HAAC44F089B884A5D94F2761EE697C51C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H31CD888D789E49F087B482853B1F60A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (10), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H34AC2B9A4C8F40FD84162147865889B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44595FD9CA214233B1494CFF2D888891" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H457468FD4D2E48F5B1688E27E0DBD58B"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7B58F51ECFA24633B73568525C142CA5"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2914">22 U.S.C. 2914(a)</external-xref> or (b)(1)).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD11DECADE354BC49A1203C8AB1D3E36" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>324.</enum><header>Determination on designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HAB79181BA7944849B4C1394C73EF896F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB8363FCAC96F48F6B9873533FB564B82"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HBAEA71BF02C74E3DA34E88F861D67012"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The determination required by <internal-xref idref="HB8363FCAC96F48F6B9873533FB564B82" legis-path="204.(a)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref> shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex, if appropriate.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HB02F275CF32D4A5CA6A301A0414503C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State sponsor of terrorism defined</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>state sponsor of terrorism</term> 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/4605">50 U.S.C. 4605(j)</external-xref>) (as in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2371">22 U.S.C. 2371</external-xref>), section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2780">22 U.S.C. 2780</external-xref>), or any other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HB1B4C726260A416E996CB9EA1CF72D99"><enum>C</enum><header>General authorities</header> <section id="HF9B6D3715CC843E99380D269863827D7"><enum>331.</enum><header>Authority to consolidate reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text> </section> <section id="HA56741F22B4845B3A1C3D3B6FF241CEB"><enum>332.</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit—</text> <paragraph id="HADC13CB251E042849596B3CE4B6170D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9214">22 U.S.C. 9214</external-xref>), as amended by section 311 of this Act, with regard to persons who meet the criteria for designation under such section, or in any other provision of law; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H02FF5CA7CFCC43909AC792E0C23D409F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the authorities of the President pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.).</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="H93DE2C30F72A40449706CF2D385E9382"><enum>333.</enum><header>Regulatory authority</header> <subsection id="HFFA8273D4DCA4052AB12B9D626028330"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 amendments made by this title.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H1494FC16584E4F4091E049D0C064F2D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not fewer than 10 days before the promulgation of a regulation under <internal-xref idref="HFFA8273D4DCA4052AB12B9D626028330" legis-path="303.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref>, 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 implementing.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="HB03BD55F50484604B56CDBCE3865C3AD"><enum>334.</enum><header>Limitation on funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this title or of the amendments made by this title. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.</text> </section></subtitle> Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 2017.Karen L. Haas,Clerk.