Sec. 5. Sense of Congress on imposition of additional sanctions relating to recent use of Novichok in the Russian Federation

116 words·~1 min read·/bill/116/s/4728/is/section-5

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

It is the sense of Congress that the President should— make a determination under section 306(a) of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 ( 22 U.S.C. 5604(a) ) with respect to whether the recent use of Novichok on August 20, 2020, against a Russian opposition leader by the Government of the Russian Federation constituted the use of chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law or the use of lethal chemical or biological weapons against its own nationals as described in that section; and if the President makes an affirmative determination under paragraph (1), impose the sanctions required by section 307 of that Act ( 22 U.S.C. 5605 ).

Connectionstraces to 2

Traces to 2 documents

U.S. Code

Citation graph

cites case law

Sec. 5

Sense of Congress on imposition of additional sanctions relating to recent use of Novichok in the Russian Federation

U.S.C.§ 5604

U.S.C.§ 5605

Cites 2Cited by 0 across 0 sources