[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 192 (Monday, December 12, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7101-S7104]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

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      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
  S. 5231. A bill to provide for a primary prevention research agenda 
and workforce; to the Committee on Armed Services.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill 
for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill provides for a 
primary prevention research agenda and workforce.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 5231

       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 ``Protecting our 
     Servicemembers through Proven Methods Act of 2022''

     SEC. 547. PRIMARY PREVENTION RESEARCH AGENDA AND WORKFORCE.

       (a) Annual Primary Prevention Research Agenda.--Section 
     549A(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1722) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
     paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively;
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(2) include a focus on whether and to what extent sub-
     populations of the military community may be targeted for 
     interpersonal violence more than others;
       ``(3) seek to identify factors that influence the 
     prevention, perpetration, and victimization of interpersonal 
     and self-directed violence;
       ``(4) seek to improve the collection and dissemination of 
     data on hazing and bullying related to interpersonal and 
     self-directed violence;''; and
       (3) by amending paragraph (6), as redesignated by paragraph 
     (1) of this section, to read as follows:
       ``(6) incorporate collaboration with other Federal 
     departments and agencies, including the Department of Health 
     and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, State governments, academia,

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     industry, federally funded research and development centers, 
     nonprofit organizations, and other organizations outside of 
     the Department of Defense, including civilian institutions 
     that conduct similar data-driven studies, collection, and 
     analysis; and''.
       (b) Primary Prevention Workforce.--Section 549B of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 
     (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1722) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subsection (a)'' and 
     inserting ``paragraph (1)''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Comptroller general report.--Not later than one year 
     after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report that--
       ``(A) compares the sexual harassment and prevention 
     training of the Department of Defense with similar programs 
     at other departments and agencies of the Federal Government; 
     and
       ``(B) includes relevant data collected by colleges and 
     universities and other relevant outside entities on hazing 
     and bullying and interpersonal and self-directed violence.''; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Incorporation of Research and Findings.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the findings and 
     conclusions from the primary prevention research agenda 
     established under section 549A are regularly incorporated, as 
     appropriate, within the primary prevention workforce 
     established under subsection (a).''.
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      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. King):
  S. 5232. A bill to require the imposition of sanctions with respect 
to the sale, supply, or transfer of gold to or from the Russian 
Federation; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill 
for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill requires the 
imposition of sanctions with respect to the sale, supply, or transfer 
of gold to or from the Russian Federation.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 5232

       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 ``Stop Russian Government and 
     Oligarchs from Limiting Democracy Act of 2022'' or the ``Stop 
     Russian GOLD Act of 2022''.

     SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE SALE, 
                   SUPPLY, OR TRANSFER OF GOLD TO OR FROM RUSSIA.

       (a) Identification.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and periodically as necessary 
     thereafter, the President--
       (1) shall submit to Congress a report identifying foreign 
     persons that knowingly participated in a significant 
     transaction--
       (A) for the sale, supply, or transfer (including 
     transportation) of gold, directly or indirectly, to or from 
     the Russian Federation or the Government of the Russian 
     Federation, including from reserves of the Central Bank of 
     the Russian Federation held outside the Russian Federation; 
     or
       (B) that otherwise involved gold in which the Government of 
     the Russian Federation had any interest; and
       (2) shall impose the sanctions described in subsection 
     (b)(1) with respect to each such person; and
       (3) may impose the sanctions described in subsection (b)(2) 
     with respect to any such person that is an alien.
       (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
     subsection are the following:
       (1) Blocking of property.--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 foreign person 
     identified in the report required by 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.
       (2) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole.--
       (A) Visas, admission, or parole.--An alien described in 
     subsection (a)(1) is--
       (i) inadmissible to the United States;
       (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to 
     enter the United States; and
       (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into 
     the United States or to receive any other benefit under the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
       (B) Current visas revoked.--
       (i) In general.--The issuing consular officer, the 
     Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or 
     a designee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in accordance 
     with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry documentation 
     issued to an alien described in subsection (a)(1).
       (ii) Immediate effect.--The revocation under clause (i) of 
     a visa or other entry documentation issued to an alien 
     shall--

       (I) take effect immediately; and
       (II) automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry 
     documentation that is in the alien's possession.

       (c) Implementation; Penalties.--
       (1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all 
     authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 
     and 1704) to carry out this section.
       (2) Penalties.--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 that section.
       (d) National Interest Waiver.--The President may waive the 
     imposition of sanctions under this section with respect to a 
     person if the President--
       (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national 
     interests of the United States; and
       (2) submits to Congress a notification of the waiver and 
     the reasons for the waiver.
       (e) Termination.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     requirement to impose sanctions under this section, and any 
     sanctions imposed under this section, shall terminate on the 
     earlier of--
       (A) the date that is 3 years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; or
       (B) the date that is 30 days after the date on which the 
     President certifies to Congress that--
       (i) the Government of the Russian Federation has ceased its 
     destabilizing activities with respect to the sovereignty and 
     territorial integrity of Ukraine; and
       (ii) such termination in the national interests of the 
     United States.
       (2) Transition rules.--
       (A) Continuation of certain authorities.--Any authorities 
     exercised before the termination date under paragraph (1) to 
     impose sanctions with respect to a foreign person under this 
     section may continue to be exercised on and after that date 
     if the President determines that the continuation of those 
     authorities is in the national interests of the United 
     States.
       (B) Application to ongoing investigations.--The termination 
     date under paragraph (1) shall not apply to any investigation 
     of a civil or criminal violation of this section or any 
     regulation, license, or order issued to carry out this 
     section, or the imposition of a civil or criminal penalty for 
     such a violation, if--
       (i) the violation occurred before the termination date; or
       (ii) the person involved in the violation continues to be 
     subject to sanctions pursuant to subparagraph (A).
       (f) Exceptions.--
       (1) Exceptions for authorized intelligence and law 
     enforcement and national security activities.--This section 
     shall not apply with respect to activities subject to the 
     reporting requirements under title V of the National Security 
     Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized 
     intelligence, law enforcement, or national security 
     activities of the United States.
       (2) Exception to comply with international agreements.--
     Sanctions under subsection (b)(2) may not apply with respect 
     to the admission of an alien to the United States if such 
     admission is necessary to comply with the obligations of the 
     United States under the Agreement regarding the Headquarters 
     of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, 
     and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United 
     Nations and the United States, or the Convention on Consular 
     Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and entered into 
     force March 19, 1967, or other international obligations.
       (3) Humanitarian exemption.--The President shall not impose 
     sanctions under this section with respect to any person for 
     conducting or facilitating a transaction for the sale of 
     agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices 
     or for the provision of humanitarian assistance.
       (4) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
       (A) In general.--The requirement or authority to impose 
     sanctions under this section shall not include the authority 
     or a requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of 
     goods.
       (B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term ``good'' 
     means any article, natural or manmade substance, material, 
     supply, or manufactured product, including inspection and 
     test equipment, and excluding technical data.
       (g) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The terms ``admission'', ``admitted'', ``alien'', and 
     ``lawfully admitted for permanent residence'' have the 
     meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).
       (2) The term ``foreign person'' means an individual or 
     entity that is not a United States person.
       (3) The term ``knowingly'', with respect to conduct, a 
     circumstance, or a result, means

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     that a person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of 
     the conduct, the circumstance, or the result.
       (4) The term ``United States person'' means--
       (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted 
     for permanent residence to the United States;
       (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States 
     or any jurisdiction within the United States, including a 
     foreign branch of such an entity; or
       (C) any person in the United States.
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      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
  S. 5233. A bill to require the President to submit to Congress a 
report on United States Government efforts to collect, analyze, and 
preserve evidence and information related to war crimes and other 
atrocities committed during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine 
since February 24, 2022, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill 
for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill requires the 
President to submit to Congress a report on U.S. Government efforts to 
collect, analyze, and preserve evidence and information related to war 
crimes and other atrocities committed during the full-scale Russian 
invasion of Ukraine.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 5233

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

     SECTION 1. UKRAINE INVASION WAR CRIMES DETERRENCE AND 
                   ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability 
     Act''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) in its premeditated, unprovoked, unjustified, and 
     unlawful full-scale invasion of Ukraine that commenced on 
     February 24, 2022, the military of the Government of the 
     Russian Federation under the direction of President Vladimir 
     Putin has committed war crimes that include but are not 
     limited to--
       (A) the deliberate targeting of civilians and injuring or 
     killing of noncombatants;
       (B) the deliberate targeting and attacking of hospitals, 
     schools, and other non-military buildings dedicated to 
     religion, art, science, or charitable purposes, such as the 
     bombing of a theater in Mariupol that served as a shelter for 
     noncombatants and had the word ``children'' written clearly 
     in the Russian language outside;
       (C) the indiscriminate bombardment of undefended dwellings 
     and buildings;
       (D) the wanton destruction of property not justified by 
     military necessity;
       (E) unlawful civilian deportations;
       (F) the taking of hostages; and
       (G) rape, or sexual assault or abuse;
       (2) the use of chemical weapons by the Government of the 
     Russian Federation in Ukraine would constitute a war crime, 
     and engaging in any military preparations to use chemical 
     weapons or to develop, produce, stockpile, or retain chemical 
     weapons is prohibited by the Chemical Weapons Convention, to 
     which the Russian Federation is a signatory;
       (3) Vladimir Putin has a long record of committing acts of 
     aggression, systematic abuses of human rights, and acts that 
     constitute war crimes or other atrocities both at home and 
     abroad, and the brutality and scale of these actions, 
     including in the Russian Federation republic of Chechnya, 
     Georgia, Syria, and Ukraine, demonstrate the extent to which 
     his regime is willing to flout international norms and values 
     in the pursuit of its objectives;
       (4) Vladimir Putin has previously sanctioned the use of 
     chemical weapons at home and abroad, including in the 
     poisonings of Russian spy turned double agent Sergei Skripal 
     and his daughter Yulia and leading Russian opposition figure 
     Aleksey Navalny, and aided and abetted the use of chemical 
     weapons by President Bashar al-Assad in Syria; and
       (5) in 2014, the Government of the Russian Federation 
     initiated its unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine 
     which resulted in its illegal occupation of Crimea, the 
     unrecognized declaration of independence by the so-called 
     ``Donetsk People's Republic'' and ``Luhansk People's 
     Republic'' by Russia-backed proxies, and numerous human 
     rights violations and deaths of civilians in Ukraine.
       (c) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States--
       (1) to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence and 
     information related to war crimes and other atrocities 
     committed during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine 
     that began on February 24, 2022, for use in appropriate 
     domestic, foreign, and international courts and tribunals 
     prosecuting those responsible for such crimes consistent with 
     applicable law, including with the American Service Members' 
     Protection Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.);
       (2) to help deter the commission of war crimes and other 
     atrocities in Ukraine by publicizing to the maximum possible 
     extent, including among Russian and other foreign military 
     commanders and troops in Ukraine, efforts to identify and 
     prosecute those responsible for the commission of war crimes 
     during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine that began 
     on February 24, 2022; and
       (3) to continue efforts to identify, deter, and pursue 
     accountability for war crimes and other atrocities committed 
     around the world and by other perpetrators, and to leverage 
     international cooperation and best practices in this regard 
     with respect to the current situation in Ukraine.
       (d) Report on United States Efforts.--Not later than 90 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
     consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and 
     methods, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report, which may include a 
     classified annex, describing in detail the following:
       (1) United States Government efforts to collect, analyze, 
     and preserve evidence and information related to war crimes 
     and other atrocities committed during the full-scale Russian 
     invasion of Ukraine since February 24, 2022, including a 
     description of--
       (A) the respective roles of various agencies, departments, 
     and offices, and the interagency mechanism established for 
     the coordination of such efforts;
       (B) the types of information and evidence that are being 
     collected, analyzed, and preserved to help identify those 
     responsible for the commission of war crimes or other 
     atrocities during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine 
     in 2022; and
       (C) steps taken to coordinate with, and support the work 
     of, allies, partners, international institutions and 
     organizations, and nongovernmental organizations in such 
     efforts.
       (2) Media, public diplomacy, and information operations to 
     make Russian military commanders, troops, political leaders 
     and the Russian people aware of efforts to identify and 
     prosecute those responsible for the commission of war crimes 
     or other atrocities during the full-scale Russian invasion of 
     Ukraine in 2022, and of the types of acts that may be 
     prosecutable.
       (3) The process for a domestic, foreign, or international 
     court or tribunal to request and obtain from the United 
     States Government information related to war crimes or other 
     atrocities committed during the full-scale Russian invasion 
     of Ukraine in 2022.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     the Judiciary, the Committee on Armed Services, and the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
       (2) Atrocities.--The term ``atrocities'' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 6(2) of the Elie Wiesel Genocide 
     and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-441; 22 
     U.S.C. 2656 note).
       (3) War crime.--The term ``war crime'' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 2441(c) of title 18, United States 
     Code.
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      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
  S. 5234. A bill to modify statutory definitions relating to narcotics 
and drug trafficking, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill 
for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill modifies 
statutory definitions relating to narcotics and drug trafficking.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 5234

       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 ``Protecting America from 
     Narcotics and Illicit Chemicals Act of 2022'' or the ``PANIC 
     Act of 2022''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF MAJOR ILLICIT DRUG PRODUCING COUNTRY.

       Section 481(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2291(e)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the semicolon at the 
     end and inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(E) that is a significant direct source of covered 
     synthetic drugs or psychotropic drugs or other controlled 
     substances, including precursor chemicals when those 
     chemicals are used in the production of such drugs and 
     substances, significantly affecting the United States;'';
       (2) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:
       ``(5) the term `major drug-transit country' means a country 
     through which are transported covered synthetic drugs or 
     psychotropic drugs or other controlled substances 
     significantly affecting the United States;'';

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       (3) in paragraph (7), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (4) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (5) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(9) the term `covered synthetic drug' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 5558 of the FENTANYL Results 
     Act.''.

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