,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cda  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #h        
7legislative day1 ,february #f71 #bjag  
,mr4 ,graham 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cardin1
 ,mr4 ,mc,cain1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4       
,rubio1 and ,mrs4 ,mc,caskill7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a   
,,bill  ,to provide for congressional   
oversight of actions to waive1 suspend1 
reduce1 provide relief from1 or         
otherwise limit the application of      
sanctions with respect to the ,russian  
,federation1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,russia ,sanctions ,review 
,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,codification of    
,executive ,order #acfid ,executive     
,order #acfid 7#hj ,fed4 ,reg4 #ahjgg2  
relating to blocking the property of    
certain persons engaging in significant 
malicious cyber-enabled activities71 as 
in effect on ,january #a1 #bjag1 and any

 sanctions imposed pursuant to that     
,executive order1 shall remain in       
effect4  #c4 ,codification of ,executive
 orders imposing sanctions in relation  
to the situation in ,ukraine  7a7 ,in   
general ,the ,executive orders specified
 in subsection 7b71 and sanctions       
imposed pursuant to such ,executive     
orders1 shall remain in effect4  7b7    
,executive orders specified ,the        
,executive orders specified in this     
subsection are the following3 7#a7      
,executive ,order #acffj 7#gi ,fed4     
,reg4 #acdic2 relating to blocking      
property of certain persons contributing
 to the situation in ,ukraine7 7as in   
effect on ,january #a1 #bjag74  7#b7    
,executive ,order #acffa 7#gi ,fed4     
,reg4 #aeece2 relating to blocking      
property of additional persons          
contributing to the situation in        
,ukraine7 7as in effect on ,january #a1 
#bjag74  7#c7 ,executive ,order #acffb  
7#gi ,fed4 ,reg4 #afafi2 relating to    
blocking property of additional persons 

contributing to the situation in        
,ukraine7 7as in effect on ,january #a1 
#bjag74  7#d7 ,executive ,order #acfhe  
7#gi ,fed4 ,reg4 #ggceg2 relating to    
blocking property of certain persons and
 prohibiting certain transactions with  
respect to the ,crimea region of        
,ukraine7 7as in effect on ,january #a1 
#bjag74  #d4 ,congressional oversight of
 sanctions imposed with respect to the  
,russian ,federation  7a7 ,submission to
 ,congress of policy changes to         
sanctions on the ,russian ,federation   
,before taking any action to waive1     
suspend1 reduce1 provide relief from1 or
 otherwise limit the application of     
sanctions with respect to the ,russian  
,federation1 the ,president shall submit
 to the appropriate congressional       
committees and leadership a report      
that--  7#a7 describes the proposed     
action2 and  7#b7 certifies that the    
,government of the ,russian ,federation 
has ceased--  7,a7 ordering1            
controlling1 or otherwise directing1    

supporting1 or financing1 significant   
acts intended to undermine the peace1   
security1 stability1 sovereignty1 or    
territorial integrity of ,ukraine1      
including through an agreement between  
the appropriate parties2 and  7,b7      
cyberattacks against the ,united ,states
 ,government and ,united ,states        
persons4  7b7 ,period for review by     
,congress  7#a7 ,in general ,during the 
#abj-;calendar day period following     
submission by the ,president of a report
 under subsection 7a71 the ,committee on
 ,foreign ,relations of the ,senate and 
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of  
the ,house of ,representatives shall1 as
 appropriate1 hold hearings and         
briefings and otherwise obtain          
information in order to fully review the
 report and the certification required  
by subsection 7a77#b74  7#b7 ,limitation
 on actions during initial congressional
 review period ,notwithstanding any     
other provision of law1 during the      
period for congressional review provided

 for under paragraph 7#a71 the          
,president may not waive1 suspend1      
reduce1 provide relief from1 or         
otherwise limit the application of      
sanctions with respect to the ,russian  
,federation4  7#c7 ,limitation on       
actions during presidential             
consideration of a joint resolution of  
disapproval ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of law1 if a joint resolution 
of disapproval passes both ,houses of   
,congress in accordance with subsection 
7c71 the ,president may not waive1      
suspend1 reduce1 provide relief from1 or
 otherwise limit the application of     
sanctions with respect to the ,russian  
,federation1 for a period of #ab        
calendar days following the date of     
passage of the joint resolution of      
disapproval4  7#d7 ,limitation on       
actions during congressional            
reconsideration of a joint resolution of
 disapproval ,notwithstanding any other 
provision of law1 if a joint resolution 
of disapproval passes both ,houses of   

,congress in accordance with subsection 
7c71 and the ,president vetoes the joint
 resolution1 the ,president may not     
waive1 suspend1 reduce1 provide relief  
from1 or otherwise limit the application
 of sanctions with respect to the       
,russian ,federation1 for a period of   
#aj calendar days following the date of 
the ,president's veto4  7c7 ,joint      
resolution of disapproval  7#a7 ,joint  
resolution of disapproval defined ,in   
this subsection1 the term joint         
resolution of disapproval means a joint 
resolution of either ,house of ,congress
 the sole matter after the resolving    
clause of which is as follows3 ,that    
,congress disapproves of the action     
proposed by the ,president in the report
 submitted to ,congress under section   
#d7;a7 of the ,russia ,sanctions ,review
 ,act of #bjag on 41 with the blank     
space being filled with the appropriate 
date4  7#b7 ,effect of enactment        
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,president may not take any    

action to waive1 suspend1 reduce1       
provide relief from1 or otherwise limit 
the application of sanctions with       
respect to the ,russian ,federation1 if 
a joint resolution of disapproval is    
enacted in accordance with this         
subsection4  7#c7 ,introduction ,during 
the #abj-;calendar day period provided  
for under subsection 7b77#a71 a joint   
resolution of disapproval may be        
introduced--  7,a7 in the ,house of     
,representatives1 by the majority leader
 or the minority leader2 and  7,b7 in   
the ,senate1 by the majority leader 7or 
the majority leader's designee7 or the  
minority leader 7or the minority        
leader's designee74  7#d7 ,floor        
consideration in ,house of              
,representatives  7,a7 ,reporting and   
discharge ,if a committee of the ,house 
of ,representatives to which a joint    
resolution of disapproval has been      
referred has not reported the resolution
 within #aj legislative days after the  
date of referral1 that committee shall  

be discharged from further consideration
 thereof4  7,b7 ,proceeding to          
consideration ,beginning on the third   
legislative day after each committee to 
which a joint resolution of disapproval 
has been referred reports it to the     
,house or has been discharged from      
further consideration thereof1 it shall 
be in order to move to proceed to       
consider the resolution in the ,house4  
,all points of order against the motion 
are waived4 ,such a motion shall not be 
in order after the ,house has disposed  
of a motion to proceed on the           
resolution4 ,the previous question shall
 be considered as ordered on the motion 
to its adoption without intervening     
motion4 ,the motion shall not be        
debatable4 ,a motion to reconsider the  
vote by which the motion is disposed of 
shall not be in order4  7,c7            
,consideration ,the joint resolution of 
disapproval shall be considered as read4
 ,all points of order against the       
resolution and against its consideration

 are waived4 ,the previous question     
shall be considered as ordered on the   
resolution to final passage without     
intervening motion except two hours of  
debate equally divided and controlled by
 the sponsor of the resolution 7or a    
designee7 and an opponent4 ,a motion to 
reconsider the vote on passage of the   
resolution shall not be in order4  7#e7 
,consideration in the ,senate  7,a7     
,committee referral ,a joint resolution 
of disapproval introduced in the ,senate
 shall be referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,relations4  7,b7 ,reporting   
and discharge ,if the ,committee on     
,foreign ,relations has not reported a  
joint resolution of disapproval within  
#aj session days after the date of      
referral of the resolution1 that        
committee shall be discharged from      
further consideration of the resolution 
and the resolution shall be placed on   
the appropriate calendar4  7,c7         
,proceeding to consideration            
,notwithstanding ,rule ,,xxii of the    

,standing ,rules of the ,senate1 it is  
in order at any time after the          
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
reports the joint resolution of         
disapproval to the ,senate or has been  
discharged from its consideration 7even 
though a previous motion to the same    
effect has been disagreed to7 to move to
 proceed to the consideration of the    
resolution1 and all points of order     
against the resolution 7and against     
consideration of the resolution7 are    
waived4 ,the motion to proceed is not   
debatable4 ,the motion is not subject to
 a motion to postpone4 ,a motion to     
reconsider the vote by which the motion 
is agreed to or disagreed to shall not  
be in order4 ,if a motion to proceed to 
the consideration of the resolution is  
agreed to1 the resolution shall remain  
the unfinished business until disposed  
of4  7,d7 ,debate ,debate on the joint  
resolution of disapproval1 and on all   
debatable motions and appeals in        
connection therewith1 shall be limited  

to not more than #aj hours1 which shall 
be divided equally between the majority 
and minority leaders or their designees4
 ,a motion to further limit debate is in
 order and not debatable4 ,an amendment 
to1 or a motion to postpone1 or a motion
 to proceed to the consideration of     
other business1 or a motion to recommit 
the resolution is not in order4  7,e7   
,vote on passage ,the vote on passage   
shall occur immediately following the   
conclusion of the debate on the joint   
resolution of disapproval and a single  
quorum call at the conclusion of the    
debate1 if requested in accordance with 
the rules of the ,senate4  7,f7 ,rulings
 of the ,chair on procedure ,appeals    
from the decisions of the ,chair        
relating to the application of the rules
 of the ,senate1 as the case may be1 to 
the procedure relating to the joint     
resolution of disapproval shall be      
decided without debate4  7,g7           
,consideration of veto messages ,debate 
in the ,senate of any veto message with 

respect to the joint resolution of      
disapproval1 including all debatable    
motions and appeals in connection with  
the resolution1 shall be limited to #aj 
hours1 to be equally divided between1   
and controlled by1 the majority leader  
and the minority leader or their        
designees4  7#f7 ,rules relating to     
,senate and ,house of ,representatives  
7,a7 ,coordination with action by other 
,house ,if1 before the passage by one   
,house of a joint resolution of         
disapproval of that ,house1 that ,house 
receives a joint resolution of          
disapproval from the other ,house1 the  
following procedures shall apply3  7i7  
,the joint resolution of disapproval of 
the other ,house shall not be referred  
to a committee4  7ii7 ,with respect to  
the joint resolution of disapproval of  
the ,house receiving the joint          
resolution of disapproval from the other
 ,house--  7,i7 the procedure in that   
,house shall be the same as if no joint 
resolution of disapproval had been      

received from the other ,house2 but     
7,,ii7 the vote on passage shall be on  
the joint resolution of disapproval of  
the other ,house4  7,b7 ,treatment of a 
resolution of other ,house ,if one      
,house fails to introduce a joint       
resolution of disapproval1 the joint    
resolution of disapproval of the other  
,house shall be entitled to expedited   
floor procedures under this subsection4 
7,c7 ,treatment of ,house resolution in 
,senate ,if1 following passage of the   
joint resolution of disapproval in the  
,senate1 the ,senate then receives a    
joint resolution of disapproval from the
 ,house of ,representatives1 the joint  
resolution of disapproval of the ,house 
shall not be debatable4  7,d7           
,application to revenue measures ,the   
provisions of this paragraph shall not  
apply in the ,house of ,representatives 
to a joint resolution of disapproval    
that is a revenue measure4  7#g7 ,rules 
of ,house of ,representatives and       
,senate ,this subsection is enacted by  

,congress-- 7,a7 as an exercise of the  
rulemaking power of the ,senate and the 
,house of ,representatives1             
respectively1 and as such is deemed a   
part of the rules of each ,house1       
respectively1 but applicable only with  
respect to the procedure to be followed 
in that ,house in the case of a joint   
resolution of disapproval1 and          
supersedes other rules only to the      
extent that it is inconsistent with such
 rules2 and  7,b7 with full recognition 
of the constitutional right of either   
,house to change the rules 7so far as   
relating to the procedure of that       
,house7 at any time1 in the same manner1
 and to the same extent as in the case  
of any other rule of that ,house4  7d7  
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,appropriate congressional committees   
and leadership ,the term appropriate    
congressional committees and leadership 
means--  7,a7 the ,committee on         
,finance1 the ,committee on ,banking1   
,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs1 the      

,select ,committee on ,intelligence1 the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations1 and 
the majority and minority leaders of the
 ,senate2 and  7,b7 the ,committee on   
,ways and ,means1 the ,committee on     
,financial ,services1 the ,permanent    
,select ,committee on ,intelligence1 the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and   
the ,speaker1 the majority leader1 and  
the minority leader of the ,house of    
,representatives4  7#b7 ,united ,states 
person ,the term ,united ,states person 
means-- 7,a7 a ,united ,states citizen  
or an alien lawfully admitted for       
permanent residence to the ,united      
,states2 or  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