S.Amdt. 4845

SA 4845. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 proposed by Mr. Reed to the bill H.R. 4350, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1283. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CHINESE
AND RUSSIAN COMPANIES THAT SIGN CONTRACTS OR
OTHERWISE DO BUSINESS WITH THE TALIBAN IN
STRATEGIC RESOURCE SECTORS.

(a) In General.--The President shall impose the sanctions
described in subsection (b) with respect to any covered
foreign entity that, on or after the date of the enactment of
this Act--
(1) signs a contract with the Taliban with respect to a
strategic resource sector; or
(2) otherwise agrees to do business with the Taliban in a
strategic resource sector.
(b) Sanctions.--
(1) Blocking of property.--
(A) In general.--The President shall exercise all of the
powers granted to the President under the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the
extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in
property and interests in property of a covered foreign
entity described in subsection (a) if such property and
interests in property are in the United States, come within
the United States, or are or come within the possession or
control of a United States person.
(B) Penalties.--The penalties provided for in subsections
(b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person
that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or
causes a violation of any regulation, license, or order
issued to carry out subparagraph (A) to the same extent that
such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act
described in subsection (a) of that section.
(C) Implementation.--The President may exercise all
authorities under sections 203 and 205 of the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to
carry out this paragraph.
(2) Inclusion on entity list.--The President shall include
any covered foreign entity described in subsection (a) on the
entity list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security
and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15,
Code of Federal Regulations.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered foreign entity.--The term ``covered foreign
entity'' means--
(A) an entity organized under the laws of the People's
Republic of China or the Russian Federation, including any
jurisdiction within either such country; or
(B) a significant subsidiary (as defined in section 210.1-
02(w) of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor
regulations) of an entity described in subparagraph (A).
(2) Critical mineral.--The term ``critical mineral'' means
a critical mineral--
(A) included in the final list of critical minerals
published by the Secretary of the Interior in the Federal
Register on May 18, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 23295); or
(B) as defined in section 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020
(30 U.S.C. 1606(a)).
(3) Strategic resource sector.--The term ``strategic
resource sector'' means a sector of the economy relating to
trade or investment in any critical mineral.
(4) United states person.--the term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted
to the United States for permanent residence; and
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States
or any jurisdiction within the United States (including any
foreign branch of such an entity).
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