[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7066 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7066
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 12, 2022
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs
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AN ACT
To require United States financial institutions to ensure entities and
persons owned or controlled by the institution comply with financial
sanctions on the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus to the
same extent as the institution itself, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Russia and Belarus Financial
Sanctions Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--A United States financial institution shall take
all actions necessary and available to cause any entity or person owned
or controlled by the institution to comply with any provision of law
described in subsection (b) to the same extent as required of a United
States financial institution.
(b) Provision of Law Described.--A provision of law described in
this subsection is any prohibition or limitation described in a
sanctions-related statute, regulation or order applicable to a United
States financial institution concerning the Russian Federation or the
Republic of Belarus, involving--
(1) the conduct of transactions;
(2) the acceptance of deposits;
(3) the making, granting, transferring, holding, or
brokering of loans or credits;
(4) the purchasing or selling of foreign exchange,
securities, commodity futures, or options;
(5) the procuring of purchasers and sellers described under
paragraph (4) as principal or agent; or
(6) any other good or service provided by a United States
financial institution.
(c) Penalty.--A United States financial institution that violates
subsection (a) shall be subject to the penalties described in the
applicable statute, regulation or order applicable to a United States
financial Institution.
(d) United States Financial Institution Defined.--In this section,
the term ``United States financial institution'' means any U.S. entity
(including its foreign branches) that is engaged in the business of
accepting deposits, making, granting, transferring, holding, or
brokering loans or credits, or purchasing or selling foreign exchange,
securities, futures or options, or procuring purchasers and sellers
thereof, as principal or agent. It includes depository institutions,
banks, savings banks, money services businesses, operators of credit
card systems, trust companies, insurance companies, securities brokers
and dealers, futures and options brokers and dealers, forward contract
and foreign exchange merchants, securities and commodities exchanges,
clearing corporations, investment companies, employee benefit plans,
dealers in precious metals, stones, or jewels, and U.S. holding
companies, U.S. affiliates, or U.S. subsidiaries of any of the
foregoing. This term includes those branches, offices, and agencies of
foreign financial institutions that are located in the United States,
but not such institutions' foreign branches, offices, or agencies.
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
Passed the House of Representatives May 11, 2022.
Attest:
CHERYL L. JOHNSON,
Clerk.