Asset Seizure for Ukraine Reconstruction Act
This bill allows the U.S. government to seize assets from Russian and Belarusian entities linked to Ukraine aggression without court trials, using expanded definitions of eligible property under existing sanctions. It targets assets belonging to sanctioned individuals, property involved in violating export controls (like military equipment transfers), or assets tied to Russia/Belarus's invasion of Ukraine. Seized assets would fund Ukraine's reconstruction, with the law set to expire three years after enactment. The process requires presidential emergency declarations and Attorney General certifications to ensure assets qualify under the defined criteria.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Nov 28, 2023
Last action Dec 17, 2024
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Committee
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Dec 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
lower
Nov 28, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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.
lower
Nov 28, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joe Wilson
RRepublican
Co
Steve Cohen
DDemocratic
Co
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
RRepublican
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