Sec. 603. Sanctions relating to the actions of the Russian Federation with respect to Ukraine
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Part 2 of subtitle A of title II of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9521 et seq.), as amended by section 602, is further amended by inserting after section 239 the following: On and after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2019 , the President shall impose five or more of the sanctions described in section 239E with respect to a person if the President determines that— the person knowingly, on or after such date of enactment, invests in an energy project outside of the Russian Federation that is supported by a Russian parastatal entity or an entity owned or controlled by the Government of the Russian Federation; and the total value of the project exceeds or is reasonably expected to exceed $250,000,000.
The President shall impose five or more of the sanctions described in section 239E with respect to a person if the President determines that the person knowingly, on or after the date of the enactment of the Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2019 , sells, leases, or provides to the Russian Federation goods, services, technology, financing, or support described in subsection (b)— any of which has a fair market value of $1,000,000 or more; or that, during a 12-month period, have an aggregate fair market value of $5,000,000 or more.
Goods, services, technology, financing, or support described in this subsection are goods, services, technology, financing or support that could directly and significantly contribute to the Russian Federation’s— ability to develop crude oil resources located in the Russian Federation; or production of crude oil resources in the Russian Federation, including any direct and significant assistance with respect to the construction, modernization, or repair of infrastructure that would facilitate the development of crude oil resources located in the Russian Federation.
The requirement to impose sanctions under subsection
(a)shall not apply with respect to the maintenance of projects that are ongoing as of the date of the enactment of the Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2019 . Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2019 , the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Energy, shall issue regulations— clarifying how the exception under subsection
(c)will be applied; and listing specific goods, services, technology, financing, and support covered by subsection (b). Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2019 , the President shall impose the sanctions described in section 224(b) with respect to not fewer than 24 senior officers of the Russian Federal Security Service who had not been sanctioned by the United States before such date of enactment. Sanctions imposed under subsection
(a)shall remain in effect until the date on which the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Ukrainian naval personnel detained by forces of the Russian Federation on November 25, 2018, are no longer in detention. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2019 , and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall determine and certify to the committees specified in subsection
(d)whether the Government of the Russian Federation, including the armed forces or coast guard of the Russian Federation, has interfered with the freedom of navigation of one or more vessels in the Kerch Strait or elsewhere in a manner inconsistent with international law during the 180 days preceding the certification. Not later than 15 days after submitting a certification under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall publish the certification in the Federal Register. On and after the date that is 90 days after the publication of a certification under paragraph
(2)of subsection
(a)indicating that the Government of the Russian Federation has interfered with the freedom of navigation of one or more vessels as described in paragraph
(1)of that subsection, all entities operating in the shipbuilding sector of the Russian Federation shall be subject to the same restrictions as an entity included on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. The restrictions imposed pursuant to subsection
(b)shall remain in effect until the date on which the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the committees specified in subsection
(d)that— the Government of the Russian Federation, including the armed forces and coast guard of the Russian Federation, has not interfered with the freedom of navigation of any vessels in the Kerch Strait or elsewhere in a manner inconsistent with international law during the 3-year period preceding the submission of that certification; and the Government of the Russian Federation has provided assurances that that Government will not engage in such interference in the future. The committees specified in this subsection are— the appropriate congressional committees; and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. .
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