S 5164
117th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Congressional oversight
Military operations and strategy
Russia
Sanctions
Terrorism
Ukraine
HARM Act
Introduced: December 1, 2022
Introduced by:
Wicker, Roger F.
Republican
· Mississippi
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In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 1, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Dec 1, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Holding Accountable Russian Mercenaries Act or the HARM Act
This bill requires the Department of State to designate the PMC Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization. Such designation also applies to any affiliated and successor entities undertaking malign activities against the United States and its allies or partners.
(Among other things, such a designation allows the Department of the Treasury to require financial institutions to block transactions involving the organization.)
The President may waive the application of sanctions against these entities if the President determines it to be in the national interest.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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