[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5216 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5216
To direct the President to impose sanctions on certain senior foreign
political figures and oligarchs in the Russian Federation and certain
Russian parastatal entities, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 8, 2018
Mr. Heck (for himself, Ms. Bass, Mr. Lance, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Bera, Mr.
Brown of Maryland, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Shea-Porter,
Mr. Crist, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Soto, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Esty of
Connecticut, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Costa, Mr. Himes, Mr. Panetta, Mr.
Castro of Texas, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Frankel of
Florida, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Thompson of California, Mrs.
Torres, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Lynch, Ms. DelBene, Mr.
O'Halleran, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Price of
North Carolina, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Swalwell of California,
Mr. Pallone, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Ms.
McCollum, Mr. Engel, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Welch, Ms. Kelly of
Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Doggett, Mr.
Carson of Indiana, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Lofgren, Mr.
Langevin, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Meng, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts,
Mr. Ellison, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Keating,
Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Huffman, Mr.
Cartwright, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Takano, Mr. Lewis of Georgia,
and Mr. Scott of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To direct the President to impose sanctions on certain senior foreign
political figures and oligarchs in the Russian Federation and certain
Russian parastatal entities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Directing Implementation of
Sanctions and Accountability for Russian Mischief Act'' or ``DISARM
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Title II of the Countering America's Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act (Public Law 115-44; 22 U.S.C. 9501 et
seq.), enacted in July 2017, seeks to--
(A) punish the Russian Federation for interfering
in the 2016 United States presidential election;
(B) deter Russia's ongoing aggression in Ukraine,
cyber intrusions, attacks against the United States and
its partners, and human rights violations; and
(C) urge the Administration to vigorously enforce
existing sanctions imposed by the United States against
Russia.
(2) Section 241(a) of the Countering America's Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act requires the Secretary of the Treasury,
not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of such
Act, to submit to Congress a detailed report on senior foreign
political figures and oligarchs in the Russian Federation,
including the following:
(A) ``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.''.
(B) ``An assessment of the relationship between
individuals identified under subparagraph (A) and
President Vladimir Putin or other members of the
Russian ruling elite.''.
(C) ``An identification of any indices of
corruption with respect to those individuals.''.
(D) ``The estimated net worth and known sources of
income of those individuals and their family members
(including spouses, children, parents, and siblings),
including assets, investments, other business
interests, and relevant beneficial ownership
information.''.
(E) ``An identification of the non-Russian business
affiliations of those individuals.''.
(3) Section 241(a) of the Countering America's Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act further requires the Secretary of the
Treasury to submit to Congress a detailed report on Russian
parastatal entities, including an assessment of the following:
(A) ``The emergence of Russian parastatal entities
and their role in the economy of the Russian
Federation.''.
(B) ``The leadership structures and beneficial
ownership of those entities.''.
(C) ``The scope of the non-Russian business
affiliations of those entities.''.
(4) On January 29, 2018, the Secretary of the Treasury
submitted to Congress the report required by section 241 of the
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which
included the names of 114 senior foreign political figures and
96 oligarchs.
(5) The list of the senior foreign political figures and
oligarchs in the report corresponds identically to lists on the
English-language websites of the Kremlin, the Government of the
Russian Federation, and the Russian edition of the Forbes
billionaires list.
(6) The list omits any description of the relationship
between individuals identified in the report and indices of
corruption with respect to those individuals.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) sanctions serve as a deterrent only if the threat of
sanctions is credible;
(2) the January 29, 2018, report submitted by the Secretary
of the Treasury to Congress under section 241 of the Countering
America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act--
(A) does not meet the intent of such section at the
time of passage;
(B) copies lists on the English-language websites
of the Kremlin, the Government of the Russian
Federation, and the Russian edition of the Forbes
billionaires list and fails to exemplify the due
diligence and rigorous forensic accounting expected by
Congress; and
(C) coupled with total silence by senior United
States Administration officials regarding the report,
sends the wrong signal to Russian President Putin and
his inner circle; and
(3) the Administration needs to act with strength, to act
publicly, and to act forcefully to implement sanctions as
intended, including using the report submitted under section
241 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions
Act as the basis to impose sanctions against senior foreign
political figures and oligarchs listed in such report.
SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON CERTAIN SENIOR FOREIGN POLITICAL
FIGURES AND OLIGARCHS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND
CERTAIN RUSSIAN PARASTATAL ENTITIES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall impose sanctions described
in subsection (c)--
(1) with respect to not less than five individuals who--
(A) are identified as senior foreign political
figures or oligarchs in the Russian Federation in the
report required by section 241(a)(1) of the Countering
America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act and
submitted to Congress on January 29, 2018; and
(B) are not currently subject to sanctions imposed
by the United States; and
(2) with respect to not less than five entities, including
any individuals associated with such entities, that--
(A) are identified as Russian parastatal entities
in the report required by section 241(a)(2) of the
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
and submitted to Congress on January 29, 2018; and
(B) are not currently subject to sanctions imposed
by the United States.
(b) Criteria.--
(1) Senior foreign political figures and oligarchs.--In
determining those individuals described in subsection (a)(1)
with respect to which sanctions described in subsection (c) are
to be imposed, the President shall take into account the extent
to which such individuals meet the criteria described in
subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 241(a)(1) of the
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.
(2) Parastatal entities.--In determining those entities and
individuals described in subsection (a)(2) with respect to
which sanctions described in subsection (c) are to be imposed,
the President shall take into account the extent to which such
entities and individuals meet the criteria described in
subparagraphs (A) through (C) of section 241(a)(2) of the
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.
(c) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
(1) Asset blocking.--The exercise of all powers granted to
the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block
and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in
property of a person determined by the President to be subject
to subsection (a) if such property and interests in property
are in the United States, come within the United States, or are
or come within the possession or control of a United States
person.
(2) Exclusion from the united states and revocation of visa
or other documentation.--In the case of an alien determined by
the President to be subject to subsection (a) denial of a visa
to, and exclusion from the United States of, the alien, and
revocation in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any visa or other
documentation of the alien.
(d) Definition.--In subsection (c), the term ``United States
person'' means--
(1) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted
for permanent residence to the United States; or
(2) 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.
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