,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cfdj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #aj1 
#bjbb,mr4 ,lankford introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
imposition of sanctions with respect to 
persons that aid or assist the ,russian 
,federation in acts of military         
aggression toward ,ukraine4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,belarus ,aggression ,accountability    
,act of #bjbb4  #b4 ,sense of ,congress 
,it is the sense of ,congress that--    
7#a7 the buildup of ,russian forces in  
,belarus along its southern border with 
,ukraine is of great concern to the     
,united ,states and not consistent with 
regularly scheduled joint military      
exercises between the militaries of     
,belarus and the ,russian ,federation2  
7#b7 the ,united ,states should make no 
distinction between the ,russian        
,federation and any other government    

that aids or assists ,russian forces in 
any acts of military aggression that    
violate the sovereignty or territorial  
integrity of ,ukraine2  7#c7 the        
,government of ,belarus should incur    
significant penalties for any actions   
that aid or assist the ,government of   
the ,russian ,federation in acts of     
military aggression towards ,ukraine2   
and  7#d7 the penalties imposed by the  
,united ,states on the ,government of   
,belarus for such actions should be     
comparable to the penalties incurred by 
the ,government of the ,russian         
,federation for any acts of military    
aggression that violate the sovereignty 
or territorial integrity of ,ukraine4   
#c4 ,reports to ,congress on support for
 ,russian aggression toward ,ukraine by 
,belarus  7a7 ,interim reports  7#a7 ,in
 general ,not later than #cj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
and every #cj days thereafter until the 
date that is #ahj days after such date  
of enactment1 the ,secretary of ,state1 

in consultation with the ,secretary of  
the ,treasury1 shall submit to the      
appropriate congressional committees a  
report on support for ,russian          
aggression toward ,ukraine by the       
,government of ,belarus4  7#b7 ,contents
 ,the report required by paragraph 7#a7 
shall include-- 7,a7 an assessment of   
the activities of the armed forces of   
,belarus that aid or assist the         
,government of the ,russian ,federation 
in any act of military aggression that  
violates the sovereignty or territorial 
integrity of ,ukraine1 including the    
extent to which the armed forces of     
,belarus-- 7i7 provide material1        
tactical1 or other support to any such  
act of military aggression2  7ii7 serve 
as a host to any ,russian forces that   
participate in any such act of military 
aggression2  7iii7 operate for or on    
behalf of the defense or intelligence   
sectors of the ,government of the       
,russian ,federation in any such act of 
military aggression2 or  7iv7           

participate jointly with the ,government
 of ,russian ,federation in any such act
 of military aggression2  7,b7 an       
identification of persons in ,belarus   
that engage in any activity described in
 paragraph 7#a72 and  7,c7 an           
identification of persons in ,belarus   
that engage in a significant transaction
 with the ,russian ,federation described
 in section #bca7;a7 of the ,countering 
,america's ,adversaries ,through        
,sanctions ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4          
#iebe7;a771 including persons that      
procure lethal capabilities that are    
used in an act of military aggression   
that violates the sovereignty and       
territorial integrity of ,ukraine4  7b7 
,annual report  7#a7 ,in general ,not   
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 and annually
 thereafter1 the ,secretary of ,defense 
shall submit to ,congress a report on   
military cooperation between ,belarus   
and the ,russian ,federation4  7#b7     
,elements ,the report required by       

paragraph 7#a7 shall include-- 7,a7 a   
description of developments in military 
cooperation between ,belarus and the    
,russian ,federation2  7,b7 an          
assessment of threats to the security of
 the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty           
,organization resulting from the        
developments described in subparagraph  
7,a72 and  7,c7 a plan to adjust the    
force posture of the ,north ,atlantic   
,treaty ,organization and the ,united   
,states to adequately respond to the    
threats described in subparagraph 7,b74 
7c7 ,appropriate congressional          
committees defined ,in this section1 the
 term appropriate congressional         
committees means-- 7#a7 the ,committee  
on ,foreign ,relations and the          
,committee on ,armed ,services of the   
,senate2 and  7#b7 the ,committee on    
,foreign ,affairs and the ,committee on 
,armed ,services of the ,house of       
,representatives4  #d4 ,imposition of   
sanctions  7a7 ,sanctions with respect  
to persons that engage in certain       

activities ,not later than #cj days     
after the date of the submission of a   
report required by section #c7;a71 the  
,president shall impose the sanctions   
described in section #h7;b7 of the      
,support for the ,sovereignty1          
,integrity1 ,democracy1 and ,economic   
,stability of ,ukraine ,act of #bjad    
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #hijg7;b77 with respect  
to not fewer than #e persons identified 
pursuant to section #c7;a77#b77;,b74    
7b7 ,sanctions with respect to persons  
that engage in certain transactions ,not
 later than #cj days after the date of  
the submission of a report required by  
section #c7;a71 the ,president may      
impose the sanctions described in       
section #bce of the ,countering         
,america's ,adversaries ,through        
,sanctions ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #iebi7   
with respect to the persons identified  
pursuant to section #c7;a77#b77;,c74