[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 113 (Tuesday, July 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4276-S4277]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2080. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Graham) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 1239. EXPANSION OF FORFEITED PROPERTY AVAILABLE TO 
                   REMEDIATE HARMS TO UKRAINE FROM RUSSIAN 
                   AGGRESSION.

       (a) In General.--Section 1708 of the Additional Ukraine 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (division M of Public 
     Law 117-328; 136 Stat. 5200) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``from any forfeiture 
     fund'' after ``The Attorney General may transfer''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``which property 
     belonged'' and all that follows and inserting the following: 
     ``which property--
       ``(A) belonged to, was possessed by, or was controlled by a 
     person the property or interests in property of which were 
     blocked pursuant to any covered legal authority;
       ``(B) was involved in an act in violation of, or a 
     conspiracy or scheme to violate or cause a violation of--
       ``(i) any covered legal authority; or
       ``(ii) any restriction on the export, reexport, or in-
     country transfer of items imposed by the United States under 
     the Export Administration Regulations, or any restriction on 
     the export, reexport, or retransfer of defense articles under 
     the International Traffic in Arms Regulations under 
     subchapter M of chapter I of title 22, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, with respect to--

       ``(I) the Russian Federation, Belarus, the Crimea region of 
     Ukraine, or the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People's 
     Republic regions of Ukraine;
       ``(II) any person in any such country or region on a 
     restricted parties list; or
       ``(III) any person located in any other country that has 
     been added to a restricted parties list in connection with 
     the malign conduct of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, 
     including the annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine in 
     March 2014 and the invasion beginning in February 2022 of 
     Ukraine, as substantially enabled by Belarus; or

       ``(C) was involved in any related conspiracy, scheme, or 
     other Federal offense arising from the actions of, or doing 
     business with or acting on behalf of, the Russian Federation, 
     Belarus, or the Crimea region of Ukraine, or the so-called 
     Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic regions of Ukraine.''; 
     and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) The term `covered legal authority' means any license, 
     order, regulation, or prohibition imposed by the United 
     States under the authority provided by the International 
     Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or any 
     other provision of law, with respect to--
       ``(A) the Russian Federation;
       ``(B) the national emergency--
       ``(i) declared in Executive Order 13660 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
     note; relating to blocking property of certain persons 
     contributing to the situation in Ukraine);
       ``(ii) expanded by--

       ``(I) Executive Order 13661 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating 
     to blocking property of additional persons contributing to 
     the situation in Ukraine); and
       ``(II) Executive Order 13662 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating 
     to blocking property of additional persons contributing to 
     the situation in Ukraine); and

       ``(iii) relied on for additional steps taken in Executive 
     Order 13685 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 
     property of certain persons and prohibiting certain 
     transactions with respect to the Crimea region of Ukraine);
       ``(C) the national emergency, as it relates to the Russian 
     Federation--
       ``(i) declared in Executive Order 13694 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
     note; relating to blocking the property of certain persons 
     engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities); 
     and
       ``(ii) relied on for additional steps taken in Executive 
     Order 13757 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to taking 
     additional steps to address the national emergency with 
     respect to significant malicious cyber-enabled activities);
       ``(D) the national emergency--
       ``(i) declared in Executive Order 14024 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
     note; relating to blocking property with respect to specified 
     harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian 
     Federation);
       ``(ii) expanded by Executive Order 14066 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
     note; relating to prohibiting certain imports and new 
     investments with respect to continued Russian Federation 
     efforts to undermine the sovereignty and territorial 
     integrity of Ukraine); and
       ``(iii) relied on for additional steps taken in--

       ``(I) Executive Order 14039 (22 U.S.C. 9526 note; relating 
     to blocking property with respect to certain Russian energy 
     export pipelines);
       ``(II) Executive Order 14068 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating 
     to prohibiting certain imports, exports, and new investment 
     with respect to continued Russian Federation aggression); and
       ``(III) Executive Order 14071 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
     relating to prohibiting new investment in and certain 
     services to the Russian Federation in response to continued 
     Russian Federation aggression); and

       ``(iv) which may be expanded or relied on in future 
     Executive orders; or
       ``(E) actions or policies that undermine the democratic 
     processes and institutions in Ukraine or threaten the peace, 
     security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of 
     Ukraine.
       ``(4) The term `Export Administration Regulations' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 1742 of the Export Control 
     Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801).
       ``(5) The term `restricted parties list' means any of the 
     following lists maintained by the Bureau of Industry and 
     Security:
       ``(A) The Entity List set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 
     744 of the Export Administration Regulations.
       ``(B) The Denied Persons List maintained pursuant to 
     section 764.3(a)(2) of the Export Administration Regulations.
       ``(C) The Unverified List set forth in Supplement No. 6 to 
     part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations.''.
       (b) Semiannual Reports.--Such section is further amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
     (d) and (e), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2025, and every 180 days thereafter, the 
     Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney General 
     and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on progress 
     made in remediating the harms of Russian aggression toward 
     Ukraine as a result of transfers made under subsection 
     (a).''.
       (c) Plan Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
     Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a plan for using the authority 
     provided by section 1708 of the Additional Ukraine 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023, as amended by this 
     section.

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       (2) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     has the meaning given that term by section 1708 of the 
     Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023, as 
     amended by this section.
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