,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djgi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #be1    
#bjbb,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself and ,mr4 ,manchin7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,foreign ,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit the ,secretary of the ,treasury
 from engaging in transactions involving
 the exchange of ,special ,drawing      
,rights issued by the ,international    
,monetary ,fund that are held by the    
,russian ,federation or ,belarus4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,russia and ,belarus ,,sdr ,exchange
 ,prohibition ,act of #bjbb4  #b4       
,special ,drawing ,rights ,exchange     
prohibition  7a7 ,in general ,the       
,secretary of the ,treasury may not     
engage in any transaction involving the 
exchange of ,special ,drawing ,rights   
issued by the ,international ,monetary  
,fund and held by the ,russian          
,federation or ,belarus4  7b7 ,advocacy 

,the ,secretary of the ,treasury shall--
 7#a7 vigorously advocate that the      
government of each member country of the
 ,international ,monetary ,fund1 to the 
extent that the member country issues a 
freely usable currency1 prohibit        
transactions involving the exchange of  
,special ,drawing ,rights held by the   
,russian ,federation or ,belarus2 and   
7#b7 direct the ,united ,states         
,executive ,director of the             
,international ,monetary ,fund to use   
the voice and vote of the ,united       
,states to oppose any allocation of     
,special ,drawing ,rights to the        
,russian ,federation or ,belarus4  7c7  
,waiver ,the ,president may waive the   
application of this section if the      
,president-- 7#a7 determines that a     
waiver is in the national interest of   
the ,united ,states2 and  7#b7 submits  
to ,congress a notice of and            
justification for such waiver4  7d7     
,termination ,this section shall have no
 force or effect on the earlier of--    

7#a7 the date that is #e years after the
 date of the enactment of this ,act2    
7#b7 the date that is #cj days after the
 date that the ,president reports to    
,congress that the ,governments of the  
,russian ,federation and ,belarus have  
ceased aggression undermining the       
sovereignty and territorial integrity of
 ,ukraine2 or  7#c7 the date on which   
the ,president determines and reports to
 ,congress that termination is in the   
national interest of the ,united        
,states4