Sec. 1241. DETERMINATION AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO TURKEY’S ACQUISITION OF THE S-400 AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM
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## SEC. 1241 DETERMINATION AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO TURKEY’S ACQUISITION OF THE S-400 AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM **[**[22 U.S.C. 9525 note](/us/usc/t22/s9525)**]** ###
(a)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that it is in the national security interest of the United States— ####
(1)to deter aggression against North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)allies by the Russian Federation or any other adversary; ####
(2)to continue to work with NATO allies to ensure they meet their alliance defense commitments, including through adequate and efficient investments in national defense; ####
(3)to work to maintain and strengthen the democratic institutions and practices of all NATO allies, in accordance with the goals of Article 2 of the North Atlantic Treaty; ####
(4)to ensure that Turkey remains a critical NATO ally and important military partner for the United States, contributing to key NATO and United States missions and providing support for United States military operations and logistics needs; ####
(5)to assist NATO allies in acquiring and deploying modern, NATO-interoperable military equipment and reducing their dependence on Russian or former Soviet-era defense articles; ####
(6)to promote opportunities to strengthen the capacity of NATO member states to counter Russian malign influence; and ####
(7)to enforce fully the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.), including by imposing sanctions with respect to any person that the President determines knowingly engages in a significant transaction with a person that is part of, or operates for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation, as described in section 231 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 9525). ###
(b)Determination The acquisition by the Government of Turkey of the S-400 air defense system from the Russian Federation beginning on July 12, 2019, constitutes a significant transaction as described in section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525). ###
(c)Imposition of Sanctions Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose five or more of the sanctions described in section 235 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9529) with respect to each person that knowingly engaged in the acquisition of the S-400 air defense system referred to in subsection (b). ###
(d)Exception Relating to Importation of Goods ####
(1)In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the authorities and requirements to impose sanctions under this section shall not include the authority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. ####
(2)Good defined In this subsection, the term “good” means any article, natural or man-made substance, material, supply or manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical data. ###
(e)Termination On and after the date that is one year after the date on which the President imposes sanctions under subsection
(c)with respect to a person, the President may terminate the application of such sanctions with respect to that person if the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a certification that— ####
(1)the Government of Turkey and any person acting on its behalf no longer possesses the S-400 air defense system or a successor system; ####
(2)no S-400 air defense system or successor system is operated or maintained inside Turkey by nationals of the Russian Federation or persons acting on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation or the defense sector of the Russian Federation; and ####
(3)the President has received reliable assurances from the Government of Turkey that the Government of Turkey will not knowingly engage, or allow any foreign person to engage on its behalf, in pursuing any activity subject to sanctions under section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525) to reacquire the S-400 air defense system or a successor system. ###
(f)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####
(1)the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and ####
(2)the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
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Sec. 1241
DETERMINATION AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO TURKEY’S ACQUISITION OF THE S-400 AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM
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