[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 101 (Wednesday, June 14, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3491-S3492]
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SA 235. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
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him to the bill S. 722, to impose sanctions with respect to Iran in
relation to Iran's ballistic missile program, support for acts of
international terrorism, and violations of human rights, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end, add the following:
SEC. 13. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO VIOLATIONS
OF THE INF TREATY BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
(a) Imposition of Sanctions.--The President shall impose
the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any
Russian person that the President determines, on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act--
(1) knowingly directs, implements, provides support for, or
otherwise participates in actions or projects of the
Government of the Russian Federation that constitute a
material breach of the INF Treaty;
(2) is a successor entity to a person referred to in
paragraph (1);
(3) owns or controls or is owned or controlled by a person
referred to in paragraph (1);
(4) forms an entity with the purpose of evading sanctions
that would otherwise be imposed pursuant to paragraph (3);
(5) is acting for or on behalf of a person referred to in
paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); or
(6) 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).
(b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
(1) Blocking of property.--The President shall block, in
accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 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.
(2) Exclusion from united states.--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.
(c) Penalties.--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 (50 U.S.C.
1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful
act described in subsection (a) of that section.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) INF treaty.--The term ``INF Treaty'' means 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.
(2) Russian person.--The term ``Russian person'' means--
(A) an individual who is a citizen or national of the
Russian Federation; or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the Russian
Federation or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the
Government of the Russian Federation.
SEC. 14. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYEES
AND AGENTS OF KASPERSKY LAB.
(a) Imposition of Sanctions.--
(1) Founders, directors, and senior corporate leadership.--
The President shall impose the sanctions described in
subsection (b) with respect to any citizen or national of the
Russian Federation that the President determines, on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act, is a founder,
director, or member of the senior corporate leadership of
Kaspersky Lab.
(2) Employees and agents.--The President shall impose the
sanctions described in subsection (b)(2) with respect to any
citizen or national of the Russian Federation that the
President determines, on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act, is an employee or agent of Kaspersky Lab.
(b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
(1) Blocking of property.--The President shall block, in
accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), all transactions in all
property and interests in property of any individual 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 united states.--The Secretary of State
shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall exclude from the United States, any individual subject
to subsection (a).
(c) Penalties.--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 (50 U.S.C.
1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful
act described in subsection (a) of that section.
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