What This Bill Does
This bill requires the President to respond to requests from Congress about whether certain people or companies meet the criteria for sanctions related to Russia. When Congress requests information, the President must decide within 60 days whether to impose sanctions and report back to Congress with that decision.
Who It Affects
The President, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and any persons, foreign persons or foreign financial institutions that Congress asks about.
Key Provisions
• The President must respond within 60 days to a request from the chairman and ranking member (the top two leaders) of the appropriate congressional committees asking whether a person, foreign person or foreign financial institution meets criteria for sanctions (Sec. 2(a))
• The President must submit a classified or unclassified report stating whether sanctions have been imposed or will be imposed on the person or entity in question (Sec. 2(a)(2))
• "Appropriate congressional committees" means the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (Sec. 2(b)(1))
What Changes
Congress gains the ability to formally request information from the President about specific sanctions decisions and receive written responses about those decisions within 60 days.
Important Definitions
Covered Executive order means two specific executive orders related to blocking property with respect to harmful activities by the Russian government or Russian energy export pipelines (Sec. 2(b)(2))
Effective Date
Not specified in bill text
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1357
To provide for congressional oversight of certain sanctions imposed with
respect to the Russian Federation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 3, 2023
Mr. MEUSER (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr.
GUEST, and Mrs. WAGNER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide for congressional oversight of certain sanctions
imposed with respect to the Russian Federation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Over-
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sight of Russian Sanctions Act’’.
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SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CERTAIN SANC-
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TIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE RUS-
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SIAN FEDERATION.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after re-
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ceiving a request from the chairman and ranking member
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of one of the appropriate congressional committees with
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respect to whether a person, foreign person, or foreign fi-
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nancial institution, as the case may be, meets the criteria
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of a person described in a covered Executive order, the
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President shall—
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(1) determine if the person, foreign person, or
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foreign financial institution, as the case may be,
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meets such criteria; and
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(2) submit a classified or unclassified report to
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such chairman and ranking member with respect to
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such determination that includes a statement of
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whether or not the President imposed or intends to
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impose sanctions with respect to such person, for-
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eign person, or foreign financial institution.
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
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TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
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mittees’’ means—
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(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of
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the House of Representatives; and
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(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of
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the Senate.
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(2) COVERED
EXECUTIVE
ORDER.—The term
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‘‘covered Executive order’’ means—
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(A) Executive Order 14024 (86 Fed. Reg.
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20249; relating to blocking property with re-
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spect to specified harmful foreign activities of
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the Government of the Russian Federation) or
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any directive issued pursuant to such Executive
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order; or
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(B) Executive Order 14039 (86 Fed. Reg.
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47205; relating to blocking property with re-
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spect to certain Russian energy export pipe-
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lines) or any directive issued pursuant to such
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Executive order.
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