To impose sanctions with respect to Turkey's acquisition of the S-400 air and missile defense system.

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7639 To impose sanctions with respect to Turkey’s acquisition of the S-400 air and missile defense system. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 16, 2020 Mr. KINZINGER (for himself, Ms. SPANBERGER, and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af- fairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be sub- sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To impose sanctions with respect to Turkey’s acquisition of the S-400 air and missile defense system. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. DETERMINATION AND IMPOSITION OF SANC- 3 TIONS WITH RESPECT TO TURKEY’S ACQUISI- 4 TION OF THE S-400 AIR AND MISSILE DE- 5 FENSE SYSTEM. 6 (a) FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Aug 07, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7639.IH H7639 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7639 IH (1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following 1 findings: 2 (A) The Government of Turkey acquired 3 the S-400 air and missile defense system from 4 the Russian Federation beginning on July 12, 5 2019. 6 (B) Such acquisition was facilitated by 7 Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industries 8 (SSB). 9 (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 10 Congress that it is in the national security interest 11 of the United States— 12 (A) to deter aggression against North At- 13 lantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies by 14 the Russian Federation or any other adversary; 15 (B) to continue to work with NATO allies 16 to ensure they meet their alliance defense com- 17 mitments, including through adequate and effi- 18 cient investments in national defense; 19 (C) to work to maintain and strengthen 20 the democratic institutions and practices of all 21 NATO allies, in accordance with the goals of 22 Article 2 of the North Atlantic Treaty; 23 (D) to ensure that Turkey remains a crit- 24 ical NATO ally and important military partner 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Aug 07, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7639.IH H7639 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7639 IH for the United States, contributing to key 1 NATO and United States missions and pro- 2 viding support for United States military oper- 3 ations and logistics needs; 4 (E) to assist NATO allies in acquiring and 5 deploying modern, NATO-interoperable military 6 equipment and reducing their dependence on 7 Russian or former Soviet-era defense articles; 8 (F) to promote opportunities to strengthen 9 the capacity of NATO member states to 10 counter Russian malign influence; and 11 (G) to enforce fully the Countering Amer- 12 ica’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (Pub- 13 lic Law 115–44; 22 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.), in- 14 cluding by imposing sanctions with respect to 15 any person that the President determines know- 16 ingly engaged in a significant transaction with 17 a person that is part of, or operates for or on 18 behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of 19 the Government of the Russian Federation, as 20 described in section 231 of that Act. 21 (b) DETERMINATION.—The acquisition by the Gov- 22 ernment of Turkey of the S-400 air and missile defense 23 system from the Russian Federation beginning on July 24 12, 2019, shall constitute a significant transaction as de- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Aug 07, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7639.IH H7639 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 7639 IH scribed in section 231 of the Countering America’s Adver- 1 saries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525). 2 (c) SANCTIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the 3 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im- 4 pose five or more of the sanctions described in section 235 5 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanc- 6 tions Act (22 U.S.C. 9529) with respect to the Govern- 7 ment of Turkey’s acquisition of the S-400 air and missile 8 defense system from the Russian Federation. 9 (d) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 10 GOODS.— 11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 12 provision of this section, the authorities and require- 13 ments to impose sanctions under this section shall 14 not include the authority or a requirement to impose 15 sanctions on the importation of goods. 16 (2) GOOD DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 17 term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man- 18 made substance, material, supply or manufactured 19 product, including inspection and test equipment, 20 and excluding technical data. 21 (e) TERMINATION.—The President may terminate 22 the imposition of sanctions required under this section 23 with respect to a person if the President submits to the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Aug 07, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7639.IH H7639 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 7639 IH appropriate congressional committees a certification 1 that— 2 (1) the Government of Turkey and any person 3 acting on its behalf no longer possesses the S-400 4 air and missile defense system and no such system 5 or successor system is operated or maintained by 6 Russian nationals, or persons acting on behalf of the 7 Government of the Russian Federation, in Turkey; 8 and 9 (2) the President has received reliable assur- 10 ances from the Government of Turkey that the Gov- 11 ernment of Turkey will not knowingly engage, or 12 allow any foreign person to engage on its behalf, in 13 any activity subject to sanctions under section 231 14 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through 15 Sanctions Act in the future. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Aug 07, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7639.IH H7639 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS