HARM Act

United States118th CongressS-416Senate
Updated: Jul 25, 2023

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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HR-506: HARM Act

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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  2. Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

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  3. Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

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  4. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 147.

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