[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[S. 416 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 147
118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 416
To designate the Russian-based mercenary Wagner Group as a foreign
terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 14, 2023
Mr. Wicker (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Tillis, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Graham, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr.
Heinrich, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Manchin,
Mr. Durbin, Mr. Young, and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
July 25, 2023
Reported by Mr. Menendez, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To designate the Russian-based mercenary Wagner Group as a foreign
terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Holding Accountable Russian
Mercenaries Act'' or the ``HARM Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Congress makes the following findings:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) The Secretary of State's designation of an
entity as a foreign terrorist organization results from a
determination that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the entity is foreign and engages in
terrorism or terrorist activity; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the terrorist activity threatens the
security of the United States or its
nationals.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) The activities of the Wagner Group and
affiliated entities of Russian national Yevgeniy Prigozhin pose
a threat to the national interests and national security of the
United States and allies and partners of the United States,
including with respect to Russia's war on Ukraine, which
President Biden declared, on March 2, 2022, ``pose[s] an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and
foreign policy of the United States''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) On June 20, 2017, the Department of the
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated the
Wagner Group and its military leader, Dmitry Utkin, pursuant to
Executive Order 13660 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to
blocking property of certain persons contributing to the
situation in Ukraine) ``for being responsible for or complicit
in, or having engaged in, directly or indirectly, actions or
policies that threaten the peace, security, stability,
sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) On September 20, 2018, the Department of State
added Yevgeniy Prigozhin and his affiliated entities, including
the Wagner Group, to the list of persons identified as part of,
or operating for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence
sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation under
section 231 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through
Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) On January 20, 2023, a White House
spokesperson announced that the Department of the Treasury will
designate the Wagner Group as a significant transnational
criminal organization pursuant to Executive Order 13581 (50
U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of
transnational criminal organizations), consistent with the
authority granted to the President under section 203(a) of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1702).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) The Wagner Group, a self-described private
actor that undertakes military action and subversive operations
at the behest of the Government of the Russian Federation, is a
``terrorist group'' that engages in ``terrorism'' (as defined
in section 140(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,
Fiscal Year 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d))), which is
``premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated
against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or
clandestine agents''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) The Wagner Group and its affiliated entities
have committed, or are credibly accused of committing,
terrorist activity (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B))),
through their involvement in--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the massacres, rape, and torture of
civilians in Bucha, Ukraine, in March 2022;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the massacres in Moura, Mali, in March
2022;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) the massacres of migrant workers and
civilians in mining regions along the Sudan- Central
African Republic border in 2022;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) the murder of Russian journalists in
the Central African Republic in June 2018 as well as
threats against United States journalists investigating
such incident;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) the kidnapping of children in the
Central African Republic in 2022 to work in
mines;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) the rape and sex trafficking of women
and children in the Central African Republic between
2018 and 2022;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (G) the sabotage and lethal suppression of
civilian protestors in Sudan in 2019;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (H) the use of nerve agents against
Libya's Government of National Accord and deployment of
illegal land mines and booby-traps in civilian areas of
Tripoli between 2019 and 2020;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) the torture and execution of a Syrian
national in June 2017;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (J) efforts to assassinate Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky in March 2022;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (K) the receipt of weapons shipments
initially reported in December 2022 from the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea, which the Secretary of
State had designated a state sponsor of terrorism on
November 20, 2017.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> It is the sense of Congress that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the Russian-based mercenary Wagner Group meets
the criteria for designation by the Secretary of State as a
foreign terrorist organization under section 219(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a));
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the Secretary of State should designate the
Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization under such
section 219(a).</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF THE MERCENARY WAGNER GROUP AS A FOREIGN
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--Upon the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of State shall designate the Wagner Group as a foreign
terrorist organization in accordance with section 219(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Application.--The designation required under
subsection (a) shall equally apply to any affiliated and successor
entities to the Wagner Group undertaking malign activities against the
United States and its allies and partners, including activities taking
place in Ukraine, Africa, and the Middle East.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of
sanctions under this section if the President determines and reports to
the appropriate congressional committees that such a waiver is in the
national security interest of the United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Annual Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of
State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees
describing the international activities of the Russian-based mercenary
Wagner Group.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) the Committee on Financial Services of the
House of Representatives;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) the Committee on Armed Services of the House
of Representatives.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.
This Act may be cited as the ``Holding Accountable Russian
Mercenaries Act'' or the ``HARM Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Secretary of State's designation of an entity as a
foreign terrorist organization results from a determination
that--
(A) the entity is foreign and engages in terrorism
or terrorist activity; and
(B) the terrorist activity threatens the security
of the United States or its nationals.
(2) The activities of the Wagner Group and affiliated
entities of Russian national Yevgeniy Prigozhin pose a threat
to the national interests and national security of the United
States and allies and partners of the United States, including
with respect to Russia's war on Ukraine, which President Biden
declared, on March 2, 2022, ``pose[s] an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign
policy of the United States''.
(3) On June 20, 2017, the Department of the Treasury's
Office of Foreign Assets Control designated the Wagner Group
and its military leader, Dmitry Utkin, pursuant to Executive
Order 13660 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property
of certain persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine)
``for being responsible for or complicit in, or having engaged
in, directly or indirectly, actions or policies that threaten
the peace, security, stability, sovereignty or territorial
integrity of Ukraine''.
(4) On September 20, 2018, the Department of State added
Yevgeniy Prigozhin and his affiliated entities, including the
Wagner Group, to the list of persons identified as part of, or
operating for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence
sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation under
section 231 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through
Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525).
(5) On January 20, 2023, a White House spokesperson
announced that the Department of the Treasury will designate
the Wagner Group as a significant transnational criminal
organization pursuant to Executive Order 13581 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to blocking property of transnational criminal
organizations), consistent with the authority granted to the
President under section 203(a) of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702).
(6) The Wagner Group, a self-described private actor that
undertakes military action and subversive operations at the
behest of the Government of the Russian Federation, is a
``terrorist group'' that engages in ``terrorism'' (as defined
in section 140(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,
Fiscal Year 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d))), which is
``premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated
against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or
clandestine agents''.
(7) The Wagner Group and its affiliated entities have
committed, or are credibly accused of committing, terrorist
activity (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B))), through their
involvement in--
(A) the massacres, rape, and torture of civilians
in Bucha, Ukraine, in March 2022;
(B) the massacres in Moura, Mali, in March 2022;
(C) the massacres of migrant workers and civilians
in mining regions along the Sudan- Central African
Republic border in 2022;
(D) the murder of Russian journalists in the
Central African Republic in June 2018 as well as
threats against United States journalists investigating
such incident;
(E) the kidnapping of children in the Central
African Republic in 2022 to work in mines;
(F) the rape and sex trafficking of women and
children in the Central African Republic between 2018
and 2022;
(G) the sabotage and lethal suppression of civilian
protestors in Sudan in 2019;
(H) the use of nerve agents against Libya's
Government of National Accord and deployment of illegal
land mines and booby-traps in civilian areas of Tripoli
between 2019 and 2020;
(I) the torture and execution of a Syrian national
in June 2017;
(J) efforts to assassinate Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky in March 2022; and
(K) the receipt of weapons shipments initially
reported in December 2022 from the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, which the Secretary of State had
designated a state sponsor of terrorism on November 20,
2017.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Russian-based mercenary Wagner Group meets the
criteria for designation by the Secretary of State as a foreign
terrorist organization under section 219(a) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)); and
(2) the Secretary of State should designate the Wagner
Group as a foreign terrorist organization under such section
219(a).
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF THE MERCENARY WAGNER GROUP AS A FOREIGN
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
(a) In General.--Upon the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
State shall designate the Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist
organization in accordance with section 219(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)).
(b) Application.--The designation required under subsection (a)
shall equally apply to any affiliated and successor entities to the
Wagner Group undertaking malign activities against the United States
and its allies and partners, including activities taking place in
Ukraine, Africa, and the Middle East.
(c) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of sanctions
under this section if the President determines and reports to the
appropriate congressional committees that such a waiver is in the
national security interest of the United States.
(d) Annual Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State
shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees
describing the international activities of the Russian-based mercenary
Wagner Group.
(e) Defined Term.--In this Act, the term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(3) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of
the Senate;
(4) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives;
(5) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives;
(6) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives; and
(7) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives.
(f) Exception for Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding
Activities.--When applying the terms ``material support or resources''
(as defined in section 2339A(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code) and
``material support'' (as defined at section 212(a)(3)(B) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182 (a)(3)(B)) with respect
to activities and transactions involving the Wagner Group, such terms
shall exclude activities and support directly related to humanitarian
assistance or peacebuilding activities, including--
(1) activities and transactions described in an authorizing
document issued by the Secretary of the Treasury (or designee)
by means of a license, regulation, exemption, or other
document;
(2) activities that--
(A) support humanitarian projects to meet basic
human needs and to support education;
(B) support peacebuilding, conflict prevention, or
conflict resolution programs;
(C) support disarmament, demobilization, or
reintegration programs;
(D) directly benefit the civilian population,
including support for the removal of landmines and
economic development projects directly benefitting the
civilian population;
(E) support democracy building;
(F) support non-commercial development projects
directly benefitting civilians; and
(G) support environmental and natural resource
protection;
(3) any transaction by a nongovernmental organization that
are ordinarily incident and necessary to the activities
described in paragraph (2), including--
(A) processing and transferring funds;
(B) paying taxes, fees, or import duties;
(C) the purchase or receipt of permits, visas,
licenses, or public utility services if such
nongovernmental organization is not a person or entity
whose property or interests in property are blocked
pursuant to another provision of statute or regulation;
and
(4) noncommercial transactions that are related to the
direct or indirect provision of agricultural commodities,
medicine, medical devices, replacement parts and components for
medical devices, or software updates for medical devices to an
individual whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to another provision of statute or regulation, if such
items are transferred in quantities consistent with personal,
noncommercial use.
SEC. 5. TASK FORCE ON COUNTERING RUSSIAN MALIGN ACTORS AND MERCENARY
PROXIES.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
establish a task force on countering the Russian mercenary
groups and their proxies (referred to in this section as the
``Task Force'').
(2) Russian mercenary groups and their proxies defined.--In
this section, the term ``Russian mercenary groups and their
proxies'' means--
(A) mercenary proxy groups, such as Wagner PMC (and
any relevant successors that engage in similar
conduct), PMC Patriot, Andreyevsky Krest PMC, PMC
Convoy, Akhmat PMC, Moran Security Group, and RSB
Group;
(B) any organization or network that is directly
involved in planning and carrying out influence
operations in the United States or in any country that
is an ally or partner of the United States; and
(C) any overt or covert financial, procurement, or
logistics network directly involved in supporting the
actors or activities described in subparagraphs (A) or
(B).
(b) Objectives.--The objectives of the Task Force shall be to--
(1) identify individuals and entities linked to Russian
mercenary groups and their proxies that are responsible for, or
complicit in, transnational criminal activities and atrocities
in Africa;
(2) degrade the operational capabilities of Russian
mercenary groups and their proxies worldwide;
(3) disrupt and degrade the financial, procurement, and
logistics networks that sustain Russian mercenary groups and
their proxies and networks;
(4) deny Russian mercenary groups and their proxies the use
of third-country safe havens or bases of operations that can be
used to project influence or support their operations globally;
(5) coordinate diplomatic activities in countries in which
the Wagner Group poses a national security threat;
(6) engage with allies and partners of the United States to
carry out the objectives described in paragraphs (1) through
(5); and
(7) make recommendations for sanctions, including regarding
designations and any additional sanctions authorities that may
be needed.
(c) Composition.--
(1) Leadership.--The Task Force shall be led by the Deputy
Secretary of State or another senior official of the Department
of State who has been designated by the Secretary of State to
lead the Task Force.
(2) Department of state representatives.--Members of the
Task Force shall include representatives of--
(A) relevant regional or functional bureaus of the
Department of State;
(B) the Global Engagement Center;
(C) the Office of Sanctions Coordination;
(D) the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy;
and
(E) other offices and bureaus of the Department of
State that the Secretary of State determines should be
represented on the Task Force.
(3) Other federal departments and agencies.--Members of the
Task Force shall also include representatives of--
(A) the Department of Defense;
(B) the Department of the Treasury;
(C) the intelligence community (as defined in
section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 3003);
(D) the Department of Justice; and
(E) any other relevant Federal department or
agency.
(d) Report.--Not later than 90 days after establishment of the Task
Force, and annually thereafter for the following 3 years, the Secretary
of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report containing--
(1) a summary of the Task Force's efforts to counter
Russian mercenary groups and their proxies during the preceding
year;
(2) a description of the Task Force's diplomatic efforts to
carry out the objectives described in subsection (b),
including--
(A) diplomatic demarches;
(B) bilateral engagements;
(C) coordination of multilateral initiatives with
allies and partners; and
(D) any other relevant diplomatic activities;
(3) a description of financial, cyber, military, or
intelligence tools or authorities used to carry out the
objectives described in subsection (b), including the cyber
capabilities authorized to be shared under section 398 of title
10, United States Code;
(4) a description of any information operations or public
diplomacy efforts associated with any of the activities
described in paragraphs (1) through (3); and
(5) a description of the coordination and synchronization
of efforts among the Department of State, the Department of the
Treasury, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence,
Department of Defense, and any other relevant Federal agencies,
to counter Russian mercenary groups and their proxies in
affected countries.
SEC. 6. ENHANCED DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS AND INCREASING PERSONNEL TO COUNTER
THE ACTIVITIES OF THE WAGNER GROUP AND OTHER RUSSIAN
MILITARY COMPANIES.
(a) Plan to Enhance Diplomatic Efforts.--Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State
shall develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
plan for enhancing diplomatic efforts with governments and regional
organizations to counter the Wagner Group, any relevant successors to
the Wagner Group that engage in similar conduct, and other Russian
mercenary groups and their proxies. Such plan shall include
recommendations for increasing the number of personnel at certain
United States diplomatic missions to ensure that relevant embassies
have the personnel to focus on the activities, policies, and
investments of Russian mercenary groups and their proxies.
(b) Additional Staffing Plan.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit
a staffing plan to the appropriate congressional committees for
key diplomatic posts in Africa (including north Africa) to
increase monitoring and reporting on the activities of the
Wagner Group, any relevant successors to the Wagner Group that
engage in similar conduct, and other Russian mercenary groups
and their proxies. Such plan shall identify new incentives for
filling positions that are hard to staff.
(2) Financial and human resources.--The Secretary of State
shall prioritize efforts to ensure that United States
diplomatic missions in countries in which the Wagner Group
poses a national security threat have sufficient financial and
human resources to engage in effective public diplomacy to
counter the influence of the Wagner Group and other Russian
mercenary proxy groups.
(c) Branding and Marking United States Foreign Assistance.--The
Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development, and the heads of other relevant Federal
departments and agencies should--
(1) prescribe the use of the United States flag to
identify, consistent with section 641 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2401), all foreign assistance provided
by the United States to countries in which the Wagner Group
poses a national security threat;
(2) limit the use of branding and marking waivers, as
appropriate, for humanitarian assistance provided by the United
States to such countries; and
(3) only use branding and marking waivers on a case-by-case
basis for non-humanitarian programs administered by the
Department of State, the United States Agency for International
Development, or another Federal department or agency
administering programs in such countries.
(d) Efforts to Limit Benefits From Illicit Extraction and Trade in
Natural Resources.--The Secretary of State, in coordination with the
heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall engage
in diplomatic efforts to limit the ability of the Wagner Group, any
successor to the Wagner Group that engages in similar conduct, and
other Russian mercenary proxy groups to engage in, or materially
benefit from, the smuggling and illicit extraction, refining, and trade
of gold and other natural resources, including by encouraging--
(1) the harmonization of tax regimes;
(2) the adoption of due diligence and international
standards for conflict-free and responsible sourcing of natural
resources; and
(3) the formalization of artisanal mining sectors.
SEC. 7. STRATEGY TO COUNTER THE WAGNER GROUP.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with
relevant Federal agencies, shall develop and submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a strategy to deter and counter the global
activities of the Wagner Group and any successor to the Wagner Group
that engages in similar conduct.
(b) Elements.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall
include the following elements:
(1) Regional and country-specific approaches to countering
the influence and activities of the Wagner Group and any
successor that engages in similar conduct in Africa, Europe,
the Middle East, and Latin America, including efforts to
counter recruitment by or on behalf of the Wagner Group and any
successor to the Wagner Group that engages in similar conduct.
(2) A comprehensive campaign, conducted in partnership with
the Global Engagement Center, designed to--
(A) expose the activities of the Wagner Group and
any successor to the Wagner Group that engages in
similar conduct; and
(B) counter the propaganda and disinformation and
misinformation operations of the Wagner Group.
(3) Examples of past efforts to accomplish the objectives
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) and a
list of the tools that have been used for disinformation
purposes.
(4) A plan to utilize other tools available to the United
States Government to degrade the operations of the Wagner Group
and any successor to the Wagner Group that engages in similar
conduct.
(5) An analysis of policy and programmatic limitations,
gaps, and resource requirements to effectively counter the
Russian Federation's malign influence and activities in Africa,
Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Asia, and other
regions, as appropriate.
(6) Recommendations for any additional authorities or
resources needed to more effectively degrade operations and
influence of the Wagner Group, any successor to the Wagner
Group that engages in similar conduct, and similar groups.
(c) Form.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.
SEC. 8. INFLUENCING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO CONSIDER
WAGNER GROUP MINING CONCESSIONS WHEN CONSIDERING LOANS
AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCING PROJECTS.
(a) Consideration by International Monetary Fund of Mining
Concessions With Affiliated Entities of the Wagner Group.--The
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury,
shall advise the United States Executive Director of the International
Monetary Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to ensure
that the International Monetary Fund, when considering a loan to a
country, considers whether the potential recipient of such loan has
provided mining concessions or direct budgetary support to the Wagner
Group or entities affiliated with the Wagner Group.
(b) Consideration by Export-Import Bank of the United States of
Mining Projects.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary of Treasury, shall advise the United States Chair and
Director of the Board of Governors of the Export-Import Bank of the
United States to use the voice and vote of the United States to ensure
that the Export-Import Bank, when considering development financing
projects, reviews whether the potential recipient has provided mining
concessions or direct budgetary support to the Wagner Group or entities
affiliated with the Wagner Group.
SEC. 9. INFORMATION SHARING ON HIGH-VALUE WAGNER GROUP TARGETS.
The Secretary of State is authorized to take appropriate steps to
share information regarding high-value Wagner Group targets with like-
minded foreign government partners, which could include full names and
biometric data of individual targets, if available and relevant to
determining visa restrictions.
Calendar No. 147
118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 416
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To designate the Russian-based mercenary Wagner Group as a foreign
terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
July 25, 2023
Reported with an amendment