,i #aaeth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #edbh ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,april #e1 #bjah,mr4 ,castro of ,texas 7for himself and ,mr4 ,turner7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and in addition to the ,committees on the ,judiciary1 and ,financial ,services1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,a ,,bill ,to impose sanctions on certain persons responsible for the ,march #ab1 #bjah1 attack on ,sergei and ,yulia ,skripal1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,stand with ,,uk against ,russia ,violations ,act4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,on ,march #d1 #bjah1 ,sergei ,v4 ,skripal1 and his daughter1 ,yulia ,skripal1 were found unconscious on a park bench in ,salisbury1 ,england4 7#b7 ,british ,prime ,minister ,theresa ,may announced on ,march #ab1 #bjah1 that the poison used in the attack was ,novichok1 a military-grade nerve agent developed by ,soviet scientists for use on ,north ,atlantic ,treaty ,organization troops1 and that ,russia was responsible for the attack4 7#c7 ,on ,march #ae1 #bjah1 the ,united ,kingdom1 ,france1 and ,germany issued a joint statement holding the ,government of ,russia responsible for the poisoning and characterizing the attack as an assault on ,,uk sovereignty4 #c4 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 ,the attempts of the ,government of ,russia to commit murders on ,british soil are unconscionable and violate international law4 7#b7 ,the ,united ,states stands in strong solidarity with the ,british government and its people as they respond to this violation4 7#c7 ,russian aggression must be met with strength and resolve1 including through sanctions to deter future ,russian attacks on dissidents1 expatriates1 and democratic activists4 #d4 ,imposition of sanctions with respect to ,russian persons responsible for ,march #ab attack 7a7 ,in general ,not later than #fj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,president shall impose the sanctions described in subsection 7c7 with respect to any person that the ,president determines-- 7#a7 knowingly engaged in1 provided material support to1 worked on behalf of1 or acted as an agent or instrumentality of any person who perpetrated the attack against ,sergei ,skripal and ,yulia ,skripal on ,march #ab1 #bjah2 or 7#b7 is an officer1 employee1 or agent of the ,government of ,russia and knowingly1 on or after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 materially assisted1 worked on behalf of1 or acted as an agent or instrumentality of the ,russian ,government in the murder1 attempted murder1 or assault committed outside of ,russia against any expatriate1 dissident1 or foreign national4 7b7 ,concurrent report ,the ,president shall submit to ,congress a report1 concurrent with the imposition of any sanction under subsection 7a71 that lists each person determined to have engaged in the conduct resulting in such sanction4 7c7 ,sanctions described ,the sanctions described in this paragraph are the sanctions described in section #bbd7;b7 of the ,countering ,america's ,adversaries ,through ,sanctions ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #iebd7;b774 #e4 ,prohibition on transactions relating to new ,russian sovereign debt 7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ij days after the date of the imposition of a sanction pursuant to section #d7;a77#b71 the ,president shall-- 7#a7 issue regulations prohibiting ,united ,states persons from engaging in transactions with1 providing financing for1 or in any other way dealing in ,russian sovereign debt that is issued on or after the date that is #ahj days after such date of imposition of sanctions2 and 7#b7 exercise all powers granted to the ,president by the ,international ,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja #ac et seq47 to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of one or more of the financial institutions listed in subsection 7c7 if such property and interests in property are in the ,united ,states1 come within the ,united ,states1 or are or come within the possession or control of a ,united ,states person4 7b7 ,russian sovereign debt defined ,for purposes of this section1 the term ,russian sovereign debt means-- 7#a7 bonds issued by the ,russian ,central ,bank1 the ,russian ,national ,wealth ,fund1 the ,russian ,federal ,treasury1 or agents or affiliates of any such institution1 with a maturity of more than #ad days2 7#b7 new foreign exchange swap agreements with the ,russian ,central ,bank1 the ,russian ,national ,wealth ,fund1 or the ,russian ,federal ,treasury1 the duration of which agreement is longer than #ad days2 and 7#c7 any other financial instrument1 the duration or maturity of which is more than #ad days1 that-- 7,a7 the ,president determines represents the sovereign debt of ,russia2 or 7,b7 is issued by a bank listed in subsection 7c74 7c7 ,russian financial institutions ,the financial institutions listed in this subsection are the following3 7#a7 ,sberbank4 7#b7 ,,vtb ,bank4 7#c7 ,gazprombank4 7#d7 ,bank of ,moscow4 7#e7 ,rosselkhozbank4 7#f7 ,promsvyazbank4 7#g7 ,vnesheconombank4 7d7 ,requirement ,to promptly publish guidance ,the ,president shall concurrently publish guidance on the implementation of the regulations issued pursuant to subsection 7a74 #f4 ,implementation2 penalties2 termination 7a7 ,implementation ,the ,president may exercise all authorities provided to the ,president under sections #bjc and #bje of the ,international ,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agjb and #agjd7 to carry out this ,act4 7b7 ,penalties ,a person that violates1 attempts to violate1 conspires to violate1 or causes a violation of section #d or #e1 or any regulation1 license1 or order issued to carry out such sections1 shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections 7b7 and 7c7 of section #bjf of the ,international ,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agje7 to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection 7a7 of that section4 7c7 ,termination 7#a7 ,in general ,the ,president may terminate the application of a sanction under section #d or section #e7;a77#b7 if the ,president submits to ,congress a determination that officers1 employees1 and agents of the ,government of ,russia no longer engage in the conduct described in section #d7;a77#b74 7#b7 ,waiver ,the ,president may1 on or after the date on which the ,president submits the determination described in paragraph 7#a71 waive the prohibition imposed pursuant to section #e7;a77#a7 with respect to ,russian sovereign debt 7as defined in such section7 issued on or after such date if the ,president concurrently submits to ,congress a notification that includes a justification of the basis for waiving such prohibition4 #g4 ,united ,states person defined ,in this ,act1 the term ,united ,states person means-- 7#a7 a ,united ,states citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the ,united ,states2 and 7#b7 an entity organized under the laws of the ,united ,states or of any jurisdiction within the ,united ,states1 including a foreign branch of such an entity4