Sec. 3. Sense of Congress
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It is the sense of Congress that— sanctions serve as a deterrent only if the threat of sanctions is credible; the January 29, 2018, report submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury to Congress under section 241 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act— does not meet the intent of such section at the time of passage; copies lists on the English-language websites of the Kremlin, the Government of the Russian Federation, and the Russian edition of the Forbes billionaires list and fails to exemplify the due diligence and rigorous forensic accounting expected by Congress; and coupled with total silence by senior United States Administration officials regarding the report, sends the wrong signal to Russian President Putin and his inner circle; and the Administration needs to act with strength, to act publicly, and to act forcefully to implement sanctions as intended, including using the report submitted under section 241 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act as the basis to impose sanctions against senior foreign political figures and oligarchs listed in such report.