[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7639 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7639

 To impose sanctions with respect to Turkey's acquisition of the S-400 
                    air and missile defense system.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2020

Mr. Kinzinger (for himself, Ms. Spanberger, and Mr. McCaul) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
   Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 
 Oversight and Reform, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period 
    to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To impose sanctions with respect to Turkey's acquisition of the S-400 
                    air and missile defense system.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DETERMINATION AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
              TURKEY'S ACQUISITION OF THE S-400 AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE 
              SYSTEM.

    (a) Findings and Sense of Congress.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
                    (A) The Government of Turkey acquired the S-400 air 
                and missile defense system from the Russian Federation 
                beginning on July 12, 2019.
                    (B) Such acquisition was facilitated by Turkey's 
                Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB).
            (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that it 
        is in the national security interest of the United States--
                    (A) to deter aggression against North Atlantic 
                Treaty Organization (NATO) allies by the Russian 
                Federation or any other adversary;
                    (B) to continue to work with NATO allies to ensure 
                they meet their alliance defense commitments, including 
                through adequate and efficient investments in national 
                defense;
                    (C) to work to maintain and strengthen the 
                democratic institutions and practices of all NATO 
                allies, in accordance with the goals of Article 2 of 
                the North Atlantic Treaty;
                    (D) to ensure that Turkey remains a critical NATO 
                ally and important military partner for the United 
                States, contributing to key NATO and United States 
                missions and providing support for United States 
                military operations and logistics needs;
                    (E) to assist NATO allies in acquiring and 
                deploying modern, NATO-interoperable military equipment 
                and reducing their dependence on Russian or former 
                Soviet-era defense articles;
                    (F) to promote opportunities to strengthen the 
                capacity of NATO member states to counter Russian 
                malign influence; and
                    (G) to enforce fully the Countering America's 
                Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (Public Law 115-44; 
                22 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.), including by imposing 
                sanctions with respect to any person that the President 
                determines knowingly engaged 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, as 
                described in section 231 of that Act.
    (b) Determination.--The acquisition by the Government of Turkey of 
the S-400 air and missile defense system from the Russian Federation 
beginning on July 12, 2019, shall constitute a significant transaction 
as described in section 231 of the Countering America's Adversaries 
Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525).
    (c) Sanctions.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall impose five or more of the 
sanctions described in section 235 of the Countering America's 
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9529) with respect to the 
Government of Turkey's acquisition of the S-400 air and missile defense 
system from the Russian Federation.
    (d) Exception Relating to Importation of Goods.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this section, the authorities and requirements to impose 
        sanctions under this section shall not include the authority or 
        a requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods.
            (2) Good defined.--In this subsection, the term ``good'' 
        means any article, natural or man-made substance, material, 
        supply or manufactured product, including inspection and test 
        equipment, and excluding technical data.
    (e) Termination.--The President may terminate the imposition of 
sanctions required under this section with respect to a person if the 
President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 
certification that--
            (1) the Government of Turkey and any person acting on its 
        behalf no longer possesses the S-400 air and missile defense 
        system and no such system or successor system is operated or 
        maintained by Russian nationals, or persons acting on behalf of 
        the Government of the Russian Federation, in Turkey; and
            (2) the President has received reliable assurances from the 
        Government of Turkey that the Government of Turkey will not 
        knowingly engage, or allow any foreign person to engage on its 
        behalf, in any activity subject to sanctions under section 231 
        of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act 
        in the future.
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