Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012Public Law 112–208, as amendedRussia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012208118–31Statute CompilationUnited States House of RepresentativesOffice of the Legislative Counseltext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20230403.12024-01-12Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012100711122012-12-14Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012[(Public Law 112–208)][As Amended Through P.L. 118–31, Enacted December 22, 2023][Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 112-208. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/][Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]AN ACTTo authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation and Moldova and to require reports on the compliance of the Russian Federation with its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) [19 U.S.C. 2101 note]Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012”.(b) [19 U.S.C. 2434 note]Table of Contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1.TITLE I—Sec. 101.Sec. 102.TITLE II—Sec. 201.Sec. 202.Sec. 203.Sec. 204.TITLE III—Sec. 301.Sec. 302.TITLE IV—Sec. 401.Sec. 402.Sec. 403.Sec. 404.Sec. 405.Sec. 406.Sec. 407.
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PERMANENT NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION </heading>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tI/s101" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">FINDINGS. </heading>
<chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Congress finds the following:</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tI/s101/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Russian Federation allows its citizens the right and opportunity to emigrate, free of any heavy tax on emigration or on the visas or other documents required for emigration and free of any tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any citizens as a consequence of the desire of those citizens to emigrate to the country of their choice.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tI/s101/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Russian Federation has been found to be in full compliance with the freedom of emigration requirements under title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) since 1994.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tI/s101/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Russian Federation has received normal trade relations treatment since concluding a bilateral trade agreement with the United States that entered into force in 1992.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tI/s101/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">On December 16, 2011, the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization invited the Russian Federation to accede to the World Trade Organization.</content>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tI/s102" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="102">SEC. 102. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO PRODUCTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tI/s102/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Presidential Determinations and Extension of Nondiscriminatory Treatment.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Notwithstanding any provision of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), the President may—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tI/s102/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">determine that such title should no longer apply to the Russian Federation; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tI/s102/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">after making a determination under paragraph (1) with respect to the Russian Federation, proclaim the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of the Russian Federation.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tI/s102/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Effective Date of Nondiscriminatory Treatment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of the Russian Federation pursuant to subsection (a) shall be effective not sooner than the effective date of the accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tI/s102/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Termination of Applicability of Title IV.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">On and after the effective date under subsection (b) of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of the Russian Federation, title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) shall cease to apply to the Russian Federation.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TRADE ENFORCEMENT MEASURES RELATING TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION </heading>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="201">SEC. 201. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF OBLIGATIONS AS A MEMBER OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Reports on Implementation.—</heading>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than one year after the effective date under section 102(b) of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of the Russian Federation, and annually thereafter, the United States Trade Representative shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report assessing the following:</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/1/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The extent to which the Russian Federation is implementing the WTO Agreement (as defined in section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501)) and the following agreements annexed to that Agreement:</chapeau>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/1/A/i" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (referred to in section 101(d)(3) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(3))).</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/1/A/ii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (referred to in section 101(d)(15) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(15))).</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/1/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The progress made by the Russian Federation in acceding to, and the extent to which the Russian Federation is implementing, the following:</chapeau>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/1/B/i" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products of the World Trade Organization, agreed to at Singapore December 13, 1996 (commonly referred to as the “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Information Technology Agreement</quotedText>”) (or a successor agreement).</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/1/B/ii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Agreement on Government Procurement (referred to in section 101(d)(17) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(17))).</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Plan for action by trade representative.—</heading>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If, in preparing a report required by paragraph (1), the Trade Representative believes that the Russian Federation is not fully implementing an agreement specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) of that paragraph or that the Russian Federation is not making adequate progress in acceding to an agreement specified in subparagraph (B) of that paragraph, the Trade Representative shall, except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, include in the report a description of the actions the Trade Representative plans to take to encourage the Russian Federation to improve its implementation of the agreement or increase its progress in acceding to the agreement, as the case may be.</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Classified information.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">If any information regarding a planned action referred to in subparagraph (A) is classifiable under Executive Order No. 13526 (75 Fed. Reg. 707; relating to classified national security information) or a subsequent Executive order, the Trade Representative shall report that information to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives by—</chapeau>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/2/B/i" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">including the information in a classified annex to the report required by paragraph (1); or</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/2/B/ii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">consulting with the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Ways and Means with respect to the information instead of including the information in the report or a classified annex to the report.</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Public comments.—</heading>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/3/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In developing the report required by paragraph (1), the Trade Representative shall provide an opportunity for the public to comment, including by holding a public hearing.</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/a/3/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Publication in federal register.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Trade Representative shall publish notice of the opportunity to comment and hearing required by subparagraph (A) in the Federal Register.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s201/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report on Enforcement Actions Taken by Trade Representative.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 180 days after the effective date under section 102(b) of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of the Russian Federation, and annually thereafter, the United States Trade Representative shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report describing the enforcement actions taken by the Trade Representative against the Russian Federation to ensure the full compliance of the Russian Federation with its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization, including obligations under agreements with members of the Working Party on the accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s202" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="202">SEC. 202. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PROMOTION OF THE RULE OF LAW IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO SUPPORT UNITED STATES TRADE AND INVESTMENT. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s202/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Anti-Bribery Reporting and Assistance.—</heading>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s202/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce shall establish and maintain a dedicated phone hotline and secure website, accessible from within and outside the Russian Federation, for the purpose of allowing United States entities—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s202/b/1/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to report instances of bribery, attempted bribery, or other forms of corruption in the Russian Federation that impact or potentially impact their operations; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s202/b/1/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to request the assistance of the United States with respect to issues relating to corruption in the Russian Federation.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s202/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report required.—</heading>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s202/b/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than one year after the effective date under section 102(b) of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of the Russian Federation, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report that includes the following:</chapeau>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s202/b/2/A/i" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The number of instances in which bribery, attempted bribery, or other forms of corruption have been reported using the hotline or website established pursuant to paragraph (1).</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s202/b/2/A/ii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A description of the regions in the Russian Federation in which those instances are alleged to have occurred.</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s202/b/2/A/iii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iii">(iii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A summary of actions taken by the United States to provide assistance to United States entities pursuant to paragraph (1)(B).</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s202/b/2/A/iv" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iv">(iv) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A description of the efforts taken by the Secretary to inform United States entities conducting business in the Russian Federation or considering conducting business in the Russian Federation of the availability of assistance through the hotline and website.</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s202/b/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Confidentiality.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall not include in the report required by subparagraph (A) the identity of a United States entity that reports instances of bribery, attempted bribery, or other forms of corruption in the Russian Federation or requests assistance pursuant to paragraph (1).</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s203" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="203">SEC. 203. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REPORTS ON LAWS, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION THAT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST UNITED STATES DIGITAL TRADE. </heading>
<chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 181(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2241(a)) is amended—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s203/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s203/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block">
<paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Inclusion of certain discriminatory laws, policies, and practices of the russian federation. </heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For calender year and each succeeding calendar year, the Trade Representative shall include in the analyses and estimates under paragraph (1) an identification and analysis of any laws, policies, or practices of the Russian Federation that deny fair and equitable market access to United States digital trade.”</content>
</paragraph></quotedContent>.</content>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s204" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="204">SEC. 204. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">EFFORTS TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO TRADE IMPOSED BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. </heading>
<chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">The United States Trade Representative shall continue to pursue the reduction of barriers to trade imposed by the Russian Federation on articles exported from the United States to the Russian Federation through efforts—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s204/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to negotiate a bilateral agreement under which the Russian Federation will accept the sanitary and phytosanitary measures of the United States as equivalent to the sanitary and phytosanitary measures of the Russian Federation; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tII/s204/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to obtain the adoption by the Russian Federation of an action plan for providing greater protections for intellectual property rights than the protections required by the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (referred to in section 101(d)(15) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(15))).</content>
</paragraph>
</section>
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PERMANENT NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS FOR MOLDOVA </heading>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIII/s301" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="301">SEC. 301. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">FINDINGS. </heading>
<chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Congress finds the following:</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIII/s301/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Moldova allows its citizens the right and opportunity to emigrate, free of any heavy tax on emigration or on the visas or other documents required for emigration and free of any tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any citizens as a consequence of the desire of those citizens to emigrate to the country of their choice.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIII/s301/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Moldova has been found to be in full compliance with the freedom of emigration requirements under title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) since 1997.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIII/s301/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Moldova acceded to the World Trade Organization on July 26, 2001.</content>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIII/s302" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="302">SEC. 302. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO PRODUCTS OF MOLDOVA. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIII/s302/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Presidential Determinations and Extension of Nondiscriminatory Treatment.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Notwithstanding any provision of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), the President may—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIII/s302/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">determine that such title should no longer apply to Moldova; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIII/s302/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">after making a determination under paragraph (1) with respect to Moldova, proclaim the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Moldova.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIII/s302/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Termination of Applicability of Title IV.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">On and after the date on which the President extends nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Moldova pursuant to subsection (a), title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) shall cease to apply to Moldova.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SERGEI MAGNITSKY RULE OF LAW ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2012 </heading>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s401" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="401">SEC. 401. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading>
<content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote"><inline style="-uslm-dtd:short-title">Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012</inline></shortTitle>”.</content>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="402">SEC. 402. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Findings.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Congress finds the following:</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The United States aspires to a mutually beneficial relationship with the Russian Federation based on respect for human rights and the rule of law, and supports the people of the Russian Federation in their efforts to realize their full economic potential and to advance democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Russian Federation—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Council of Europe, and the International Monetary Fund;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">has ratified the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the United Nations Convention against Corruption; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/2/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">is bound by the legal obligations set forth in the European Convention on Human Rights.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">States voluntarily commit themselves to respect obligations and responsibilities through the adoption of international agreements and treaties, which must be observed in good faith in order to maintain the stability of the international order. Human rights are an integral part of international law, and lie at the foundation of the international order. The protection of human rights, therefore, particularly in the case of a country that has incurred obligations to protect human rights under an international agreement to which it is a party, is not left exclusively to the internal affairs of that country.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Good governance and anti-corruption measures are instrumental in the protection of human rights and in achieving sustainable economic growth, which benefits both the people of the Russian Federation and the international community through the creation of open and transparent markets.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Systemic corruption erodes trust and confidence in democratic institutions, the rule of law, and human rights protections. This is the case when public officials are allowed to abuse their authority with impunity for political or financial gains in collusion with private entities.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Russian nongovernmental organization INDEM has estimated that bribes by individuals and businesses in the Russian Federation amount to hundreds of billions of dollars a year, an increasing share of the country’s gross domestic product.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/7" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Sergei Leonidovich Magnitsky died on November 16, 2009, at the age of 37, in Matrosskaya Tishina Prison in Moscow, Russia, and is survived by a mother, a wife, and 2 sons.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/8" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">On July 6, 2011, Russian President Dimitry Medvedev’s Human Rights Council announced the results of its independent investigation into the death of Sergei Magnitsky. The Human Rights Council concluded that Sergei Magnitsky’s arrest and detention was illegal; he was denied access to justice by the courts and prosecutors of the Russian Federation; he was investigated by the same law enforcement officers whom he had accused of stealing Hermitage Fund companies and illegally obtaining a fraudulent $230,000,000 tax refund; he was denied necessary medical care in custody; he was beaten by 8 guards with rubber batons on the last day of his life; and the ambulance crew that was called to treat him as he was dying was deliberately kept outside of his cell for one hour and 18 minutes until he was dead. The report of the Human Rights Council also states the officials falsified their accounts of what happened to Sergei Magnitsky and, 18 months after his death, no officials had been brought to trial for his false arrest or the crime he uncovered. The impunity continued in April 2012, when Russian authorities dropped criminal charges against Larisa Litvinova, the head doctor at the prison where Magnitsky died.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/9" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">(9) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The systematic abuse of Sergei Magnitsky, including his repressive arrest and torture in custody by officers of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation that Mr. Magnitsky had implicated in the embezzlement of funds from the Russian Treasury and the misappropriation of 3 companies from his client, Hermitage Capital Management, reflects how deeply the protection of human rights is affected by corruption.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/10" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10">(10) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The politically motivated nature of the persecution of Mr. Magnitsky is demonstrated by—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/10/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the denial by all state bodies of the Russian Federation of any justice or legal remedies to Mr. Magnitsky during the nearly 12 full months he was kept without trial in detention; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/10/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the impunity since his death of state officials he testified against for their involvement in corruption and the carrying out of his repressive persecution.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/11" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="11">(11) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Public Oversight Commission of the City of Moscow for the Control of the Observance of Human Rights in Places of Forced Detention, an organization empowered by Russian law to independently monitor prison conditions, concluded on December 29, 2009, “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">A man who is kept in custody and is being detained is not capable of using all the necessary means to protect either his life or his health. This is a responsibility of a state which holds him captive. Therefore, the case of Sergei Magnitsky can be described as a breach of the right to life. The members of the civic supervisory commission have reached the conclusion that Magnitsky had been experiencing both psychological and physical pressure in custody, and the conditions in some of the wards of Butyrka can be justifiably called torturous. The people responsible for this must be punished.</quotedText>”.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/12" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="12">(12) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Sergei Magnitsky’s experience, while particularly illustrative of the negative effects of official corruption on the rights of an individual citizen, appears to be emblematic of a broader pattern of disregard for the numerous domestic and international human rights commitments of the Russian Federation and impunity for those who violate basic human rights and freedoms.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/13" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="13">(13) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The second trial, verdict, and sentence against former Yukos executives Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev evoke serious concerns about the right to a fair trial and the independence of the judiciary in the Russian Federation. The lack of credible charges, intimidation of witnesses, violations of due process and procedural norms, falsification or withholding of documents, denial of attorney-client privilege, and illegal detention in the Yukos case are highly troubling. The Council of Europe, Freedom House, and Amnesty International, among others, have concluded that they were charged and imprisoned in a process that did not follow the rule of law and was politically influenced. Furthermore, senior officials of the Government of the Russian Federation, including First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, have acknowledged that the arrest and imprisonment of Khodorkovsky were politically motivated.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/14" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="14">(14) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">According to Freedom House’s 2011 report entitled “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">The Perpetual Battle: Corruption in the Former Soviet Union and the New EU Members</quotedText>”, “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">[t]he highly publicized cases of Sergei Magnitsky, a 37-year-old lawyer who died in pretrial detention in November 2009 after exposing a multimillion-dollar fraud against the Russian taxpayer, and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the jailed business magnate and regime critic who was sentenced at the end of 2010 to remain in prison through 2017, put an international spotlight on the Russian state’s contempt for the rule of law * * *. By silencing influential and accomplished figures such as Khodorkovsky and Magnitsky, the Russian authorities have made it abundantly clear that anyone in Russia can be silenced.</quotedText>”.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/a/15" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="15">(15) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The tragic and unresolved murders of Nustap Abdurakhmanov, Maksharip Aushev, Natalya Estemirova, Akhmed Hadjimagomedov, Umar Israilov, Paul Klebnikov, Anna Politkovskaya, Saihadji Saihadjiev, and Magomed Y. Yevloyev, the death in custody of Vera Trifonova, the disappearances of Mokhmadsalakh Masaev and Said-Saleh Ibragimov, the torture of Ali Israilov and Islam Umarpashaev, the near-fatal beatings of Mikhail Beketov, Oleg Kashin, Arkadiy Lander, and Mikhail Vinyukov, and the harsh and ongoing imprisonment of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Alexei Kozlov, Platon Lebedev, and Fyodor Mikheev further illustrate the grave danger of exposing the wrongdoing of officials of the Government of the Russian Federation, including Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, or of seeking to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote internationally recognized human rights and freedoms.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s402/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Sense of Congress.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">It is the sense of Congress that the United States should continue to strongly support, and provide assistance to, the efforts of the Russian people to establish a vibrant democratic political system that respects individual liberties and human rights, including by enhancing the provision of objective information through all relevant media, such as Radio Liberty and the internet. The Russian Government’s suppression of dissent and political opposition, the limitations it has imposed on civil society and independent media, and the deterioration of economic and political freedom inside Russia are of profound concern to the United States Government and to the American people.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s403" role="definitions" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="403">SEC. 403. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DEFINITIONS. </heading>
<chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this title:</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s403/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Admitted; alien.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The terms “<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">admitted</term>” and “<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">alien</term>” have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s403/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Appropriate congressional committees.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">appropriate congressional committees</term>” means—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s403/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s403/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s403/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Financial institution.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">financial institution</term>” has the meaning given that term in section 5312 of title 31, United States Code.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s403/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">United states person.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">United States person</term>” means—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s403/4/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s403/4/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd: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.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="404">SEC. 404. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DETENTION, ABUSE, AND DEATH OF SERGEI MAGNITSKY AND OTHER GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of each person who the President determines, based on credible information—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">is responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, participated in efforts to conceal the legal liability for the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, financially benefitted from the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, or was involved in the criminal conspiracy uncovered by Sergei Magnitsky;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">is responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against individuals seeking—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/a/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to expose illegal activity carried out by officials of the Government of the Russian Federation; or</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/a/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">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, in Russia; or</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">acted as an agent of or on behalf of a person in a matter relating to an activity described in paragraph (1) or (2).</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Updates.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an update of the list required by subsection (a) as new information becomes available.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Form.—</heading>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The list required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/c/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Exception.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The name of a person to be included in the list required by subsection (a) may be submitted in a classified annex only if the President—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/c/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">determines that it is vital for the national security interests of the United States to do so;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/c/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">uses the annex in such a manner consistent with congressional intent and the purposes of this Act; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/c/2/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">15 days prior to submitting the name in a classified annex, provides to the appropriate congressional committees notice of, and a justification for, including or continuing to include each person in the classified annex despite any publicly available credible information indicating that the person engaged in an activity described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a).</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/c/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Consideration of data from other countries and nongovernmental organizations.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In preparing the list required by subsection (a), the President shall consider information provided by the chairperson and ranking member of each of the appropriate congressional committees and credible data obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations, including organizations inside Russia, that monitor the human rights abuses of the Government of the Russian Federation.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/c/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Public availability.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The unclassified portion of the list required by subsection (a) shall be made available to the public and published in the Federal Register.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Removal From List.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">A person may be removed from the list required by subsection (a) if the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees not less than 15 days prior to the removal of the person from the list that—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/d/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">credible information exists that the person did not engage in the activity for which the person was added to the list;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/d/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the person has been prosecuted appropriately for the activity in which the person engaged; or</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/d/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the person has credibly demonstrated a significant change in behavior, has paid an appropriate consequence for the activities in which the person engaged, and has credibly committed to not engage in the types of activities specified in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a).</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/e" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Requests by Chairperson and Ranking Member of Appropriate Congressional Committees.—</heading>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/e/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 120 days after receiving a written request from the chairperson and ranking member of one of the appropriate congressional committees with respect to whether a person meets the criteria for being added to the list required by subsection (a), the President shall submit a response to the chairperson and ranking member of the committee which made the request with respect to the status of the person.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/e/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Form.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The President may submit a response required by paragraph (1) in classified form if the President determines that it is necessary for the national security interests of the United States to do so.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/e/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Removal.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If the President removes from the list required by subsection (a) a person who has been placed on the list at the request of the chairperson and ranking member of one of the appropriate congressional committees, the President shall provide the chairperson and ranking member with any information that contributed to the removal decision. The President may submit such information in classified form if the President determines that such is necessary for the national security interests of the United States.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s404/f" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Nonapplicability of Confidentiality Requirement With Respect to Visa Records.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The President shall publish the list required by subsection (a) without regard to the requirements of section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) with respect to confidentiality of records pertaining to the issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United States.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s405" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="405">SEC. 405. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN ALIENS. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s405/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Ineligibility for Visas.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">An alien is ineligible to receive a visa to enter the United States and ineligible to be admitted to the United States if the alien is on the list required by section 404(a).</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s405/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Current Visas Revoked.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of State shall revoke, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), the visa or other documentation of any alien who would be ineligible to receive such a visa or documentation under subsection (a) of this section.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s405/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Waiver for National Security Interests.—</heading>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s405/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of State may waive the application of subsection (a) or (b) in the case of an alien if—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s405/c/1/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary determines that such a waiver—</chapeau>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s405/c/1/A/i" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, or other applicable international obligations of the United States; or</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s405/c/1/A/ii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">is in the national security interests of the United States; and</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s405/c/1/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">prior to granting such a waiver, the Secretary provides to the appropriate congressional committees notice of, and a justification for, the waiver.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s405/c/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Timing for certain waivers.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Notification under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) shall be made not later than 15 days prior to granting a waiver under such paragraph if the Secretary grants such waiver in the national security interests of the United States in accordance with subparagraph (A)(ii) of such paragraph.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s405/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Regulatory Authority.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of State shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s406" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="406">SEC. 406. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">FINANCIAL MEASURES. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s406/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Freezing of Assets.—</heading>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s406/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The President shall exercise all powers granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the requirements of section 202 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the extent necessary to freeze and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of a person who is on the list required by section 404(a) of this Act 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.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s406/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Exception.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Paragraph (1) shall not apply to persons included on the classified annex under section 404(c)(2) if the President determines that such an exception is vital for the national security interests of the United States.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s406/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Waiver for National Security Interests.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of the Treasury may waive the application of subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States. Not less than 15 days prior to granting such a waiver, the Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees notice of, and a justification for, the waiver.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s406/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Enforcement.—</heading>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s406/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Penalties.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of such section.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s406/c/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Requirements for financial institutions.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe or amend regulations as needed to require each financial institution that is a United States person and has within its possession or control assets that are property or interests in property of a person who is on the list required by section 404(a) if such property and interests in property are in the United States to certify to the Secretary that, to the best of the knowledge of the financial institution, the financial institution has frozen all assets within the possession or control of the financial institution that are required to be frozen pursuant to subsection (a).</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s406/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Regulatory Authority.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of the Treasury shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this section.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s407" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="407">SEC. 407. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REPORT TO CONGRESS. </heading>
<chapeau class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s407/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">the actions taken to carry out this title, including—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s407/1/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the number of persons added to or removed from the list required by section 404(a) during the year preceding the report, the dates on which such persons have been added or removed, and the reasons for adding or removing them; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s407/1/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">if few or no such persons have been added to that list during that year, the reasons for not adding more such persons to the list; and</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/112/208/tIV/s407/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">efforts by the executive branch to encourage the governments of other countries to impose sanctions that are similar to the sanctions imposed under this title.</content>
</paragraph>
</section>