118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 416HARM Act

A bill to designate the Russian-based mercenary Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization, and for other purposes.

International affairs
Introduced Feb 14, 2023
Last action Jul 25, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Feb 14, 2023
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Referred
Feb 14, 2023
Foreign Relations
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Committee
Jul 13, 2023
Reported out
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Senate
Jul 25, 2023
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

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.

Provisions · 4 sectionsReported to Senate
Timeline · 5 actions
Jul 25, 2023
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jul 25, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 147.
Jul 13, 2023
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Feb 14, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Feb 14, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.