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HARM Act
Introduced: February 14, 2023
Introduced by:
Wicker, Roger F.
Republican
· Mississippi
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 25, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 147.
Jul 25, 2023
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jul 13, 2023
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Feb 14, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Feb 14, 2023
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 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.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 147.
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