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US HB476
Bill
Status
1/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Meeks
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AI Summary
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Requires the President to impose sanctions on any foreign person who knowingly participates in constructing, maintaining, or repairing any tunnel or bridge connecting the Russian mainland with the Crimean peninsula
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Sanctions include blocking of all U.S.-based property and assets, visa revocation, inadmissibility to the United States, and ineligibility for entry documentation
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References October 2023 reports of Russian and Chinese business officials meeting to discuss building a tunnel from Russia to occupied Crimea as context for the legislation
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Provides exceptions for humanitarian assistance (food, medicine, agricultural commodities), compliance with UN Headquarters Agreement obligations, and U.S. intelligence or national security activities
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Allows the President to waive sanctions with 15 days advance certification to congressional committees that the waiver serves U.S. national security interests
Legislative Description
No Russian Tunnel to Crimea Act
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
1/16/2025