[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1905 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1905
To expand the categories of forfeited property available to remediate
harms to Ukraine from Russian aggression, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 8, 2023
Mr. Manchin (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Rounds, and
Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To expand the categories of forfeited property available to remediate
harms to Ukraine from Russian aggression, 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 ``Transferring Illicit Assets to
Ukraine Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF FORFEITED PROPERTY AVAILABLE TO REMEDIATE HARMS TO
UKRAINE FROM RUSSIAN AGGRESSION.
(a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 1708 of the Additional
Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (division M of Public Law
117-328) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``which property
belonged'' and all that follows and inserting the following:
``which property--
``(A) belonged to, was possessed by, or was
controlled by a person subject to sanctions imposed by
the United States with respect to the Russian
Federation under any provision of law;
``(B) was involved in an act in violation of--
``(i) any sanction described in
subparagraph (A); or
``(ii) any restriction on the export,
reexport, or in-country transfer of items
imposed by the United States under the Export
Administration Regulations, or any restriction
on the export, reexport, or retransfer of
defense articles under the International
Traffic in Arms Regulations under subchapter M
of chapter I of title 22, Code of Federal
Regulations, with respect to--
``(I) the Russian Federation,
Belarus, the Crimea, or the so-called
Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic
regions of Ukraine;
``(II) any person in any such
country or region on a restricted
parties list; or
``(III) any person located in any
other country that has been added to a
restricted parties list in connection
with the malign conduct of the Russian
Federation in Ukraine, including the
annexation of the Crimea region of
Ukraine in March 2014 and the invasion
beginning in February 2022 of Ukraine,
as substantially enabled by Belarus; or
``(C) was involved in any related conspiracy,
scheme, or other Federal offense arising from the
actions of, or doing business with or acting on behalf
of, the Russian Federation, Belarus, or the Crimea, or
the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic
regions of Ukraine.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) The term `Export Administration Regulations' has the
meaning given that term in section 1742 of the Export Control
Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801).
``(4) The term `restricted parties list' means any of the
following lists maintained by the Bureau of Industry and
Security:
``(A) The Entity List set forth in Supplement No. 4
to part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations.
``(B) The Denied Persons List maintained pursuant
to section 764.3(a)(2) of the Export Administration
Regulations.
``(C) The Unverified List set forth in Supplement
No. 6 to part 744 of the Export Administration
Regulations.''.
(b) Semiannual Reports.--Such section is further amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections
(d) and (e), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
``(c) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
the Transferring Illicit Assets to Ukraine Act of 2023, and every 180
days thereafter, the Attorney General, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State, shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report on--
``(1) transfers made under subsection (a) during the 180
days preceding submission of the report; and
``(2) progress made in remediating the harms of Russian
aggression towards Ukraine as a result of such transfers.''.
(c) Plan Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the
Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a plan for using the authority
provided by section 1708 of the Additional Ukraine Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2023, as amended by this section.
(2) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' has
the meaning given that term by section 1708 of the Additional
Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023, as amended by
this section.
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