,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhbf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bc1
 #bjba,mr4 ,marshall 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,scott of ,florida7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to impose sanctions with       
respect to ,chinese and ,russian        
companies that sign contracts or        
otherwise do business with the ,taliban 
in strategic resource sectors1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,restricting   
,taliban ,critical ,mineral ,trade ,act4
  #b4 ,imposition of sanctions with     
respect to ,chinese and ,russian        
companies that sign contracts or        
otherwise do business with the ,taliban 
in strategic resource sectors  7a7 ,in  
general ,the ,president shall impose the
 sanctions described in subsection 7b7  
with respect to any covered foreign     
entity that1 on or after the date of the

 enactment of this ,act-- 7#a7 signs a  
contract with the ,taliban with respect 
to a strategic resource sector2 or  7#b7
 otherwise agrees to do business with   
the ,taliban in a strategic resource    
sector4  7b7 ,sanctions  7#a7 ,blocking 
of property  7,a7 ,in general ,the      
,president shall exercise all of the    
powers granted to the ,president under  
the ,international ,emergency ,economic 
,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja et    
seq47 to the extent necessary to block  
and prohibit all transactions in        
property and interests in property of a 
covered foreign entity described in     
subsection 7a7 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  7,b7 ,penalties ,the   
penalties provided for in subsections   
7b7 and 7c7 of section #bjf of the      
,international ,emergency ,economic     
,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agje7 shall

 apply to a person that violates1       
attempts to violate1 conspires to       
violate1 or causes a violation of any   
regulation1 license1 or order issued to 
carry out subparagraph 7,a7 to the same 
extent that such penalties apply to a   
person that commits an unlawful act     
described in subsection 7a7 of that     
section4  7,c7 ,implementation ,the     
,president may exercise all authorities 
under sections #bjc and #bje of the     
,international ,emergency ,economic     
,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agjb and   
#agjd7 to carry out this paragraph4     
7#b7 ,inclusion on entity list ,the     
,president shall include any covered    
foreign entity described in subsection  
7a7 on the entity list maintained by the
 ,bureau of ,industry and ,security and 
set forth in ,supplement ,no4 #d to part
 #gdd of title #ae1 ,code of ,federal   
,regulations4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this
 section3 7#a7 ,covered foreign entity  
,the term covered foreign entity means--
 7,a7 an entity organized under the laws

 of the ,people's ,republic of ,china or
 the ,russian ,federation1 including any
 jurisdiction within either such        
country2 or  7,b7 a significant         
subsidiary 7as defined in section       
#baj4a-jb7w7 of title #ag1 ,code of     
,federal ,regulations1 or successor     
regulations7 of an entity described in  
subparagraph 7,a74  7#b7 ,critical      
mineral ,the term critical mineral means
 a critical mineral-- 7,a7 included in  
the final list of critical minerals     
published by the ,secretary of the      
,interior in the ,federal ,register on  
,may #ah1 #bjah 7#hc ,fed4 ,reg4        
#bcbie72 or  7,b7 as defined in section 
#gjjb7;a7 of the ,energy ,act of #bjbj  
7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #afjf7;a774  7#c7        
,strategic resource sector ,the term    
strategic resource sector means a sector
 of the economy relating to trade or    
investment in any critical mineral4     
7#d7 ,united ,states person the term    
,united ,states person means-- 7,a7 a   
,united ,states citizen or an alien     

lawfully admitted to the ,united ,states
 for permanent residence2 and  7,b7 an  
entity organized under the laws of the  
,united ,states or any jurisdiction     
within the ,united ,states 7including   
any foreign branch of such an entity74