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116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4559

To respond to the provision of bounties by the Government of the Russian Federation for the killing of members of the Armed Forces of the United States and members of the Resolute Support Mission led by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and with respect to certain Russian political figures and oligarchs, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr.

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MERKLEY, and Ms. DUCKWORTH) introduced the fol-lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on For-eign Relations

A BILL To respond to the provision of bounties by the Government

of the Russian Federation for the killing of members of the Armed Forces of the United States and members of the Resolute Support Mission led by the North Atlan-tic Treaty Organization and with respect to certain Rus-sian political figures and oligarchs, and for other pur-poses.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Russia Bounty Re-2

sponse Act of 2020’’. 3

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 4

In this Act: 5

(1) ADMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms 6

‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, and ‘‘alien’’ have the 7

meanings given those terms in section 101 of the 8

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 9

(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-10

TEES AND LEADERSHIP.—The term ‘‘appropriate 11

congressional committees and leadership’’ means— 12

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 13

the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 14

Urban Affairs, the Committee on Armed Serv-15

ices, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and 16

the majority leader and the minority leader of 17

the Senate; and 18

(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 19

Committee on Financial Services, the Com-20

mittee on Armed Services, the Permanent Se-21

lect Committee on Intelligence, and the Speak-22

er, the majority leader, and the minority leader 23

of the House of Representatives. 24

(3) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi-25

nancial institution’’ means a financial institution 26


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specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), 1

(F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Y) of section 2

5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code. 3

(4) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 4

term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning 5

given that term in regulations prescribed by the Sec-6

retary of the Treasury. 7

(5) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 8

respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 9

means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 10

have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 11

result. 12

(6) UNITED STATES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.— 13

The term ‘‘United States financial institution’’ has 14

the meaning given that term in regulations pre-15

scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. 16

(7) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 17

‘‘United States person’’ means— 18

(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-19

fully admitted for permanent residence to the 20

United States; or 21

(B) an entity organized under the laws of 22

the United States or of any jurisdiction within 23

the United States, including a foreign branch of 24

such an entity. 25


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TITLE I—COUNTERING RUSSIAN 1INFLUENCE 2

SEC. 101. REGIONAL STRATEGY TO COUNTER RUSSIAN IN-3

FLUENCE. 4

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 5

date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 6

shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 7

and leadership a strategy on how the United States will 8

diplomatically counter Russian influence in the region of 9

South and Central Asia. 10

(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-11

section (a) shall include the following elements: 12

(1) A description of the current efforts and 13

strategy of the United States Government to counter 14

Russian influence in the C5+1 format, through 15

which the United States has deepened diplomatic en-16

gagement with countries in Central Asia since 2015. 17

(2) A description of current efforts and strategy 18

by the United States Government to diplomatically 19

urge governments in South and Central Asia to dis-20

continue significant transactions with the Russian 21

defense and intelligence sectors. 22

(3) A description of efforts by individual United 23

States missions in South and Central Asia to 24

counter Russian influence since January 2017, to in-25


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clude the number of embassy staff dedicated to 1

countering Russian influence, the number of cables 2

written on the topic as well as a description of their 3

content, efforts to coordinate countering Russian in-4

fluence among like-minded foreign missions in the 5

respective capitals, statements issued by the mis-6

sions’ public affairs office on the topic, and amount 7

of foreign assistance spent in country to counter 8

Russian influence. 9

(4) Individual strategic plans for each United 10

States mission in the region that defines the problem 11

of Russian influence in the country, establishes 12

goals, objectives and corresponding metrics to 13

counter Russian interference working with local gov-14

ernment and non-governmental partners, and a de-15

scription of the amount of staff time to be dedicated 16

to implementing the plan. 17

(5) A description for how the United States will 18

leverage its role in international bodies to counter 19

Russian influence in South and Central Asia. 20

(6) A clear delineation of tasks and responsibil-21

ities for the Special Envoy for Countering Russian 22

Influence in South and Central Asia and the Deputy 23

Assistant Secretary for Countering Russian Influ-24

ence in South and Central Asia. 25


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SEC. 102. REPORT ON NATO ALLIANCE AND UNITED STATES 1

EFFORTS TO COUNTER RUSSIAN GOVERN-2

MENT INFLUENCE IN AFGHANISTAN. 3


date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 5

in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit 6

to the appropriate congressional committees and leader-7

ship a report providing an assessment of the threats and 8

challenges from the Russian Federation facing the NATO 9

alliance and the United States in Afghanistan. 10

(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-11

section (a) shall include the following elements: 12

(1) A review of current and emerging threats to 13

the United States and NATO in Afghanistan. 14

(2) A review of efforts by the United States and 15

NATO to counter Russian influence in Afghanistan 16

since January 2017. 17

(3) A description of United States Government 18

efforts to inform NATO allies of the threats posed 19

by the Russian Federation in Afghanistan. 20

(4) A description of United States Government 21

efforts to lead a diplomatic effort to counter Russian 22

Federation influence in Afghanistan. 23

(5) A description of specific attacks resulting 24

from bounties against United States allies in NATO 25


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since 2017, including names of countries of origin 1

and casualty numbers. 2

(6) A summary of minutes from meetings of the 3

NATO-Russia Council since January 2017. 4

(7) A description of United States diplomatic 5

efforts to engage directly with the Russian Federa-6

tion with respect to attacks on members of the 7

United States Armed Forces or NATO allies serving 8

in Afghanistan resulting from Russian bounties. 9

(8) Options for the realignment of United 10

States and NATO posture in Afghanistan to respond 11

to new threats and challenges presented by the Gov-12

ernment of the Russian Federation in Afghanistan. 13

(9) A description of the views of counterpart 14

governments, including heads of state, heads of gov-15

ernment, political leaders, and military commanders 16

in the region on Russian Federation interference 17

and influence in Afghanistan. 18

SEC. 103. UNITED STATES-AFGHANISTAN WORKING GROUP 19

ON RUSSIA. 20

(a) WORKING GROUP.—The Secretary of State shall 21

seek to establish a United States-Afghanistan Working 22

Group to address threats posed by the Russian Federation 23

to security in Afghanistan. 24


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(b) REPRESENTATION.—The United States-Afghani-1

stan Working Group should include high-level representa-2

tives from the United States and Afghanistan as appro-3

priate to jointly assess the threat posed by Russian ag-4

gression in Afghanistan. 5

(c) REGULAR MEETINGS.—The working group re-6

quired to be established under subsection (a) shall meet 7

not less than four times per year. 8

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 9

authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 10

$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2026 11

to carry out the activities described in this section. 12

SEC. 104. REWARDS FOR JUSTICE. 13

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 14

authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fis-15

cal years 2021 through 2026 for programing that provides 16

rewards to individuals who provide information on Russian 17

bounties against United States Armed Forces stationed 18

anywhere in the world under the Rewards for Justice Pro-19

gram administered by the Department of State under sec-20

tion 36 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 21

of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708). 22

(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 23

days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-24

retary of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-25


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sional committees and leadership a comprehensive commu-1

nications strategy on how the United States Government 2

will advertise the program authorized under subsection (a) 3

internationally. 4

SEC. 105. DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR 5

COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE. 6

The Secretary of State shall create a Deputy Assist-7

ant Secretary position within the Bureau of South and 8

Central Asian Affairs tasked with coordinating efforts 9

across the bureau to counter Russian influence in the re-10

gion. This individual shall coordinate with the Special 11

Envoy for Countering Russian Influence appointed pursu-12

ant to section 106. 13

SEC. 106. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR COUNTERING RUSSIAN IN-14

FLUENCE IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA. 15

(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint, by 16

and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Special 17

Envoy to Counter Russian Influence in South and Central 18

Asia, who shall report to the Assistant Secretary of State 19

for South and Central Asian Affairs. The responsibilities 20

for this position shall include— 21

(1) serving as the United States liaison to gov-22

ernments in the region working to deny Russian in-23

terference in their respective political systems, 24

economies, and security apparatuses; 25


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(2) leading diplomatic efforts to facilitate in-1

creased security assistance, in accordance with exist-2

ing Leahy vetting conditions under law, for those 3

countries intent on discontinuing security assistance 4

from the Russian Federation; 5

(3) serving as a liaison to Department of State 6

officials tasked with implementing section 231 of the 7

Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanc-8

tions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525) and leading diplomatic 9

efforts to engage with countries in the region on ef-10

forts to diminish the sales of Russian weapons to 11

governments in the region; 12

(4) regularly engaging local media in countries 13

in South and Central Asia to counter Russian 14

disinformation efforts; 15

(5) facilitating efforts to increase the presence 16

of the Global Engagement Center in the countries of 17

South and Central Asia; 18

(6) coordinating with United States Chiefs of 19

Mission within the South and Central Asian Affairs 20

Bureau; and 21

(7) providing regular updates and briefs to the 22

Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 23

the Committee of Foreign Affairs of the House of 24


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Representatives on United States efforts to counter 1

Russian influence in the region. 2

SEC. 107. GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER PROGRAMMING 3

IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA. 4


authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for each of fis-6

cal years 2021 through 2026 for programing conducted 7

by the Department of State’s Global Engagement Center 8

to counter Russian influence in the countries of South and 9

Central Asia. 10

(b) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 11

days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-12

retary of State shall submit to the appropriate committees 13

of Congress a communications strategy on how the United 14

States will substantially increase Global Engagement Cen-15

ter programming in South and Central Asia, to include 16

an assessment of the disinformation threat posed by the 17

Russian Federation in the region, a summary of United 18

States efforts to date in countering disinformation by the 19

Government of the Russian Federation or its proxies, and 20

the identification of local partners for the Global Engage-21

ment Center. 22

(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-23

FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit-24

tees of Congress’’ means— 25


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(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 1

Senate; and 2

(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 3

House of Representatives. 4

SEC. 108. REPORT ON THE PERSONAL NET WORTH AND AS-5

SETS OF VLADIMIR PUTIN. 6


date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 8

in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 9

shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 10

a detailed report on the personal net worth and assets of 11

the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, 12

including— 13

(1) the estimated net worth and known sources 14

of income of Vladimir Putin and his family mem-15

bers, including assets, investments, bank accounts, 16

other business interests, and relevant beneficial own-17

ership information; and 18

(2) an identification of the most significant sen-19

ior foreign political figures and oligarchs in the Rus-20

sian Federation, as determined by their closeness to 21

Vladimir Putin. 22

(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 23

subsection (a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form 24

but may include a classified annex. 25


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(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-1




Senate; 5

(2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 6

Senate; 7


House of Representatives; and 9

(4) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-10

ligence of the House of Representatives. 11

SEC. 109. EXPANSION OF THE COUNTERING RUSSIAN IN-12

FLUENCE FUND TO SOUTH AND CENTRAL 13

ASIA. 14


authorized to be appropriated for the Countering Russian 16

Influence Fund described in section 7070(d) of the De-17

partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-18

grams Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 19

115–31; 131 Stat. 706), $50,000,000 for fiscal years 2021 20

and 2022. 21

(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Countering 22

Russian Influence Fund shall be used in countries of 23

South and Central Asia the Secretary of State has deter-24

mined are vulnerable to malign influence by the Russian 25


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Federation to effectively implement, subject to the avail-1

ability of funds, the following goals: 2

(1) To assist in protecting critical infrastruc-3

ture and electoral mechanisms from cyber attacks. 4

(2) To combat disinformation and other at-5

tempts to influence democratic processes and elec-6

tions. 7

(3) To combat corruption, improve the rule of 8

law, and otherwise strengthen independent judi-9

ciaries and prosecutors general offices. 10

(4) To improve participatory legislative proc-11

esses and legal education, political transparency and 12

competition, and compliance with international obli-13

gations. 14

(5) To build the capacity of civil society, media, 15

and other nongovernmental organizations countering 16

the influence and propaganda of the Russian Fed-17

eration to combat corruption, prioritize access to 18

truthful information, and operate freely in all re-19

gions. 20

(6) To assist the Secretary of State in exe-21

cuting the functions specified in section 1239(b) of 22

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 23

Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 113 24

note) for the purposes of recognizing, understanding, 25


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exposing, and countering propaganda and 1

disinformation efforts by foreign governments, in co-2

ordination with the relevant regional Assistant Sec-3

retary or Assistant Secretaries of the Department of 4

State. 5

(c) REVISION OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH AMOUNTS 6

MAY BE USED.—The Secretary of State may modify a 7

goal described in subsection (b) if, not later than 15 days 8

before revising such goal, the Secretary notifies the appro-9

priate committees of Congress of the revision. 10

(d) IMPLEMENTATION.— 11

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, 12

acting through the Coordinator of United States As-13

sistance to Europe and Eurasia (authorized pursu-14

ant to section 601 of the Support for East European 15

Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5461) 16

and section 102 of the Freedom for Russia and 17

Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets 18

Support Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5812)), and in con-19

sultation with the Administrator for the United 20

States Agency for International Development, the 21

Director of the Global Engagement Center of the 22

Department of State, the Secretary of Defense, the 23

Commander of United States European Command, 24

the Chief Executive Officer of the United States 25


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Agency for Global Media, and the heads of other rel-1

evant Federal agencies, coordinate and carry out ac-2

tivities to achieve the goals described in subsection 3

(b). 4

(2) METHOD.—Activities to achieve the goals 5

described in subsection (b) shall be carried out 6

through— 7

(A) initiatives of the United States Gov-8

ernment; 9

(B) Federal grant programs such as the 10

Information Access Fund; 11

(C) nongovernmental or international orga-12

nizations; or 13

(D) support exchanges with countries fac-14

ing state-sponsored disinformation and pressure 15

campaigns, particularly in Europe and Eurasia, 16

provided that a portion of the funds are made 17

available through a process whereby the Bureau 18

of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the De-19

partment of State solicits proposals from posts 20

located in affected countries to counter state- 21

sponsored disinformation and hybrid threats, 22

promote democracy, and support exchanges 23

with countries facing state-sponsored 24

disinformation and pressure campaigns. 25


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(3) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.— 1

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1 2

of each year, the Secretary of State, acting 3

through the Coordinator of United States As-4

sistance to Europe and Eurasia and the Bureau 5

of South and Central Asian Affairs, shall sub-6

mit to the appropriate committees of Congress 7

a report on the programs and activities carried 8

out to achieve the goals described in subsection 9

(b) during the preceding fiscal year. 10

(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by 11

subparagraph (A) shall include, with respect to 12

each program or activity described in that sub-13

paragraph— 14

(i) the amount of funding for the pro-15

gram or activity; 16

(ii) the goal described in subsection 17

(b) to which the program or activity re-18

lates; and 19

(iii) an assessment of whether or not 20

the goal was met. 21

(e) COORDINATION WITH GLOBAL PARTNERS.—In 22

order to maximize impact, eliminate duplication, and 23

speed the achievement of the goals described in subsection 24


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(b), the Secretary of State shall ensure coordination 1

with— 2

(1) the European Union and its institutions; 3

(2) the governments of countries that are mem-4

bers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or 5

the European Union; and 6

(3) international organizations and quasi-gov-7

ernmental funding entities that carry out programs 8

and activities that seek to accomplish the goals de-9

scribed in subsection (b). 10

(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-11

tion shall be construed to apply to or limit United States 12

foreign assistance not provided using amounts available in 13

the Countering Russian Influence Fund. 14

(g) EXPANSION OF PILOT PROGRAM.— 15

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 16

expand the pilot program required under section 17

254(g) of the Countering America’s Adversaries 18

Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9543(g)) to hire 19

additional personnel within the Bureau for Democ-20

racy, Human Rights, and Labor to develop and im-21

plement programs focused on combating corruption, 22

improving rule of law, and building capacity of civil 23

society, political parties, and independent media. 24


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(2) REPORT ON ENSURING ADEQUATE STAFF-1

ING FOR GOVERNANCE ACTIVITIES.—Not later than 2

90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 3

the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee 4

on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appro-5

priations of the Senate and the Committee on For-6

eign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of 7

the House of Representatives a report on implemen-8

tation of the pilot program required under section 9

254(g) of the Countering Russian Influence in Eu-10

rope and Eurasia Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 9543(g)). 11

(h) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-12




Senate; and 16


House of Representatives. 18

TITLE II—SANCTIONS 19SEC. 201. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 20

GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION RE-21

LATING TO BOUNTIES ON MEMBERS OF 22

ARMED FORCES AND ALLIED FORCES IN AF-23

GHANISTAN. 24

(a) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.— 25


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(1) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 1

15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 2

the President shall submit to the appropriate con-3

gressional committees and leadership a certification 4

with respect to— 5

(A) whether or not the Government of the 6

Russian Federation, or a proxy of that Govern-7

ment, offered bounties, or ordered, directed, or 8

was otherwise responsible for the offering of 9

bounties, for the killing of members of the 10

Armed Forces of the United States or members 11

of the Resolute Support Mission led by the 12

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (commonly 13

referred to as ‘‘NATO’’) in Afghanistan; 14

(B) whether the information described in 15

subparagraph (A) was provided to— 16

(i) senior officials of the United 17

States Government, including the Presi-18

dent and the Vice President, and, if so, 19

when that information was provided to 20

those officials; and 21

(ii) allies of the United States serving 22

in Afghanistan under the NATO-led Reso-23

lute Support Mission. 24


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(2) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 15 1

days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 2

Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 3

congressional committees and leadership a report de-4

scribing the measures taken by the Department of 5

Defense to provide greater protection to members of 6

the Armed Forces of the United States in Afghani-7

stan. 8

(3) FORM.—The certification required by para-9

graph (1) and the report required by paragraph (2) 10

shall be submitted in unclassified form but may in-11

clude a classified annex. 12

(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 13

(1) IN GENERAL.—If the President certifies 14

under subsection (a)(1)(A) that the Government of 15

the Russian Federation or a proxy of that Govern-16

ment was responsible for bounties as described in 17

that subsection, the President shall, not later than 18

15 days after the date of the certification, impose 19

the following sanctions: 20

(A) ASSET BLOCKING.—The President 21

shall exercise all of the powers granted to the 22

President under the International Emergency 23

Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 24

to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all 25


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transactions in property and interests in prop-1

erty of each person described in paragraph (2) 2

if such property and interests in property are in 3

the United States, come within the United 4

States, or are or come within the possession or 5

control of a United States person. 6

(B) ALIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS, AD-7

MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 8

(i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 9

An alien described in paragraph (2) is— 10

(I) inadmissible to the United 11

States; 12

(II) ineligible to receive a visa or 13

other documentation to enter the 14

United States; and 15

(III) otherwise ineligible to be 16

admitted or paroled into the United 17

States or to receive any other benefit 18

under the Immigration and Nation-19

ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 20

(ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 21

(I) IN GENERAL.—The visa or 22

other entry documentation of an alien 23

described in paragraph (2) shall be re-24

voked, regardless of when such visa or 25


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other entry documentation is or was 1

issued. 2

(II) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A rev-3

ocation under subclause (I) shall— 4

(aa) take effect immediately; 5

and 6

(bb) automatically cancel 7

any other valid visa or entry doc-8

umentation that is in the alien’s 9

possession. 10

(2) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person described 11

in this paragraph is any of the following: 12

(A) Vladimir Putin or any person acting 13

for or on behalf of Vladimir Putin, including 14

any person managing any of his assets any-15

where in the world. 16

(B) Any senior official of the Government 17

of the Russian Federation determined by the 18

President to have been involved in the activity 19

described in subsection (a)(1)(A). 20

(C) Any official of a defense or intelligence 21

unit of that Government, including the Main 22

Intelligence Agency of the General Staff of the 23

Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, if 24

that unit is determined by the President to have 25


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been involved in the activity described in sub-1

section (a)(1)(A). 2

SEC. 202. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 3

THE DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE SECTORS 4

OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 5

The President shall exercise all of the powers granted 6

to the President under the International Emergency Eco-7

nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent 8

necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in property 9

and interests in property of persons specified, as of the 10

date of the enactment of this Act, pursuant to regulations 11

or other guidance issued under section 231(e) of the Coun-12

tering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 13

U.S.C. 9525(e)) if such property and interests in property 14

are in the United States, come within the United States, 15

or are or come within the possession or control of a United 16

States person. 17

SEC. 203. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 18

TRANSACTIONS WITH CERTAIN RUSSIAN PO-19

LITICAL FIGURES AND OLIGARCHS. 20

(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 30 21

days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-22

dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-23

dent under the International Emergency Economic Powers 24

Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to 25


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block and prohibit all transactions in property and inter-1

ests in property of each person described in subsection (b), 2

if such property and interests in property are in the 3

United States, come within the United States, or are or 4

come within the possession or control of a United States 5

person. 6

(b) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—The persons described in 7

this subsection are— 8

(1) political figures, oligarchs, and other per-9

sons that facilitate illicit and corrupt activities, di-10

rectly or indirectly, on behalf of the President of the 11

Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, and persons 12

acting for or on behalf of such political figures, 13

oligarchs, and persons; 14

(2) Russian parastatal entities that facilitate il-15

licit and corrupt activities, directly or indirectly, on 16

behalf of the President of the Russian Federation, 17

Vladimir Putin; 18

(3) family members of persons described in 19

paragraph (1) or (2) that derive significant benefits 20

from such illicit and corrupt activities; and 21

(4) persons, including financial institutions, 22

that knowingly engage in significant transactions 23

with persons described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 24


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(c) UPDATED REPORT ON OLIGARCHS AND 1

PARASTATAL ENTITIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.— 2

Section 241 of the Countering America’s Adversaries 3

Through Sanctions Act (Public Law 115–44; 131 Stat. 4

922) is amended— 5

(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 6

subsections (c) and (d), respectively; 7

(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-8

lowing: 9

‘‘(b) UPDATED REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 10

after the date of the enactment of the Russia Bounty Re-11

sponse Act of 2020, the Secretary of the Treasury, in con-12

sultation with the Director of National Intelligence and 13

the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate 14

congressional committees an updated report on oligarchs 15

and parastatal entities of the Russian Federation that 16

builds on the report submitted under subsection (a) on 17

January 29, 2018, by— 18

‘‘(1) including the matters described in para-19

graphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a); and 20

‘‘(2) excluding from the portion of the report 21

responsive to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) any in-22

dividual with respect to which there is no credible in-23

formation suggesting the individual has the close fi-24


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nancial or political relationships, or engages in the 1

illicit activities, described in subsection (a).’’; and 2

(3) in subsection (c), as redesignated by para-3

graph (1), by striking ‘‘The report required under 4

subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘The reports required 5

by subsections (a) and (b)’’. 6

(d) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 7

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 8

shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 9

and leadership a strategy describing how the President 10

will coordinate with the European Union and its individual 11

member countries with respect to efforts to deny Russian 12

persons described in the updated report required by sub-13

section (b) of section 241 of the Countering America’s Ad-14

versaries Through Sanctions Act, as amended by sub-15

section (c), access to financial institutions or real estate 16

in the European Union or United States. 17

SEC. 204. IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES. 18

(a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 19

all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 20

International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 21

U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to the extent necessary to carry 22

out this title. 23

(b) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, attempts to 24

violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of the 25


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provisions of section 201(b)(1)(A), section 202, section 1

203(a), or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 2

out such provisions, shall be subject to the penalties set 3

forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-4

national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 5

1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an 6

unlawful act described in subsection (a) of such section 7

206. 8

SEC. 205. EXCEPTIONS. 9

(a) INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—This title shall not 10

apply with respect to activities subject to the reporting re-11

quirements under title V of the National Security Act of 12

1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel-13

ligence activities of the United States. 14

(b) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL 15

OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVI-16

TIES.—Sanctions under section 201(b)(1)(B) shall not 17

apply with respect to an alien if admitting or paroling the 18

alien into the United States is necessary— 19

(1) to permit the United States to comply with 20

the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 21

United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 22

1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, 23

between the United Nations and the United States, 24

or other applicable international obligations; or 25


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(2) to carry out or assist law enforcement activ-1

ity in the United States. 2

(c) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 3

GOODS.— 4

(1) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and require-5

ments to impose sanctions under this title shall not 6

include the authority or a requirement to impose 7

sanctions on the importation of goods. 8

(2) GOOD DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 9

term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or manmade 10

substance, material, supply or manufactured prod-11

uct, including inspection and test equipment, and ex-12

cluding technical data. 13

(d) EXCEPTION RELATING TO ACTIVITIES OF THE 14

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRA-15

TION.— 16

(1) IN GENERAL.—This title shall not apply 17

with respect to activities of the National Aeronautics 18

and Space Administration. 19

(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 20

title or the amendments made by this title shall be 21

construed to authorize the imposition of any sanc-22

tion or other condition, limitation, restriction, or 23

prohibition, that directly or indirectly impedes the 24

supply by any entity of the Russian Federation of 25


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any product or service, or the procurement of such 1

product or service by any contractor or subcon-2

tractor of the United States or any other entity, re-3

lating to or in connection with any space launch con-4

ducted for— 5

(A) the National Aeronautics and Space 6

Administration; or 7

(B) any other non-Department of Defense 8

customer. 9

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