S.Amdt. 3510

SA 3510. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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 C of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1230B. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO MINING INDUSTRY OF THE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

(a) Sanctions With Respect to Production and Exportation of
Certain Minerals.--
(1) In general.--Beginning on the date that is 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with
respect to each Russian entity that the President determines
produces or exports minerals specified in paragraph (2).
(2) Minerals specified.--The minerals specified in this
paragraph are the following:
(A) Platinum, unwrought or in semimanufactured forms,
classified under heading 7110 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (in this Act, referred to as
the ``HTS''), including--
(i) palladium;
(ii) braggite;
(iii) rhodium; and
(iv) ruthenium.
(B) Nickel classified under heading 2604 of the HTS.
(C) Copper, ores and concentrates, classified under heading
2603 of the HTS, including zinc.
(3) Termination.--
(A) In general.--The requirement to impose sanctions under
paragraph (1) shall, subject to subparagraph (B), terminate
on the date that is one year after the President certifies to
Congress that the Government of the Russian Federation has
ended all hostilities against Ukraine.
(B) Probationary period.--If, at any time during the 3-year
period after the President submits a certification described
in subparagraph (A), the President certifies to Congress that
the Government of the Russian Federation has resumed
hostilities against Ukraine, the requirement to impose
sanctions under paragraph (1) shall--
(i) resume effect;
(ii) remain in effect until the President submits to
Congress another certification described in subparagraph (A);
and
(iii) after the President submits such a certification, be
subject to resumption as described in this subparagraph.
(b) Sanctions With Respect to Specific Entities.--
(1) Nornickel.--Not later than 15 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the
President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection
(c) with respect to--
(A) any directors of, officers of, and shareholders with an
interest in, Nornickel or any subsidiary or successor entity
of Nornickel; and

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(B) any foreign government or foreign person that has
knowingly sold, supplied, transferred, or purchased nickel
originally sourced from the Russian Federation, Nornickel, or
any subsidiary or successor entity of Nornickel.
(2) Mining entities owned by sanctioned persons.--Not later
than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and
every 90 days thereafter, the President shall--
(A) impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with
respect to any entity in the mining industry a majority of
the ownership interest in which is held by a person, or a
group of persons, subject to sanctions under this Act or
other sanctions imposed by the United States with respect to
the Russian Federation on or before the date of the enactment
of this Act; and
(B) prohibit any United States person from engaging in any
transaction with an entity described in subparagraph (A).
(c) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection to be imposed with respect to a person described
in subsection (a) or (b) are the following:
(1) Blocking of property.--
(A) In general.--The President shall exercise all of the
powers granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to block and prohibit all
transactions in all property and interests in property of the
person 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) Inapplicability of national emergency requirement.--The
requirements of section 202 of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply for
purposes of this section.
(2) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole.--
(A) Visas, admission, or parole.--An alien described in
subsection (a) or (b) shall be--
(i) inadmissible to the United States;
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to
enter the United States; and
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into
the United States or to receive any other benefit under the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
(B) Current visas revoked.--
(i) In general.--The visa or other entry documentation of
an alien described in subsection (a) or (b) shall be revoked,
regardless of when such visa or other entry documentation is
or was issued.
(ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under clause (i)
shall--

(I) take effect immediately; and
(II) automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry
documentation that is in the possession of the alien.

(d) Exceptions.--
(1) Support for people of the russian federation.--This
section shall not apply with respect to the provision of
humanitarian assistance (including medical assistance) to the
people of the Russian Federation.
(2) Exception for intelligence activities.--This section
shall not apply with respect to activities subject to the
reporting requirements under title V of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized
intelligence activities of the United States.
(3) Exception to comply with international obligations.--
Sanctions under this section shall not apply to the admission
of an alien if the admission of that alien is necessary to
comply with United States obligations under the Agreement
between the United Nations and the United States of America
regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at
Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November
21, 1947, under the Convention on Consular Relations, done at
Vienna April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967,
or under other international agreements.
(4) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
(A) In general.--The authorities and requirements to impose
sanctions authorized under this section shall not include the
authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the
importation of goods.
(B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term ``good''
means any article, natural or manmade substance, material,
supply or manufactured product, including inspection and test
equipment, and excluding technical data.
(e) Implementation; Penalties.--
(1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all
authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702
and 1704) to carry out this section.
(2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this
section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry
out this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth
in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705)
to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act
described in subsection (a) of that section.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Admission; admitted; alien.--The terms ``admission'',
``admitted'', and ``alien'' have the meanings given those
terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1101).
(2) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means an
individual or entity that is not a United States person.
(3) Knowingly; knows.--The terms ``knowingly'' and
``knows'', with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a
result, means that a person had actual knowledge, or should
have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result.
(4) Russian entity.--The term ``Russian entity'' means an
entity that is organized under the laws of, or otherwise
subject to the jurisdiction of, the Russian Federation.
(5) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted
for permanent residence to the United States; or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States
or any jurisdiction within the United States, including a
foreign branch of such an entity.
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