SANCTIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF BELARUS.

SEC. 326. SANCTIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF BELARUS. Section 6 of the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 (Public Law 109-480; 22 U.S.C. 5811 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking “December 19, 2010” each place it appears and inserting “August 9, 2020”; (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting “, peaceful protesters,” after “all opposition activists”; (C) by striking paragraphs (3) and (6); and (D) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (7) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting “and Russian Individuals Complicit in the Crackdown That Occurred After the August 9, 2020, Election” after “Belarus”; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: “(4) is a member of the Central Election Commission of Belarus or assisted the Commission in manipulating the presidential election of August 9, 2020;” ; (D) in paragraph (5), as redesignated, to read as follows: “(5) is a member of any branch of the security or law enforcement services of Belarus, including the KGB, Interior Ministry, and OMON special police unit, and is responsible for, or complicit in, ordering, controlling, materially assisting, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, or technological support for, or otherwise directing, the crackdown on opposition leaders, journalists, and peaceful protestors that occurred in connection with the presidential election of August 9, 2020; or” ; and (E) by adding at the end the following: “(7) is a government official, including at the Information Ministry, responsible for the crackdown on independent media, including revoking the accreditation of journalists, disrupting internet access, and restricting online content; “(8) is an official in the so-called ‘Union State’ between Russia and Belarus (regardless of nationality of the individual); or “(9) is a Russian individual that has significantly participated in the crackdown on independent press or human rights abuses related to political repression in Belarus, including the Russian propagandists sent to replace local employees at Belarusian state media outlets.” ; (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking “the Overseas Private Investment Corporation” and inserting “the United States International Development Finance Corporation”; (4) in subsection (e), by striking “(including any technical assistance or grant) of any kind”; and (5) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking “or by any member or family member closely linked to any member of the senior leadership of the Government of Belarus” and inserting “or by the senior leadership of the Government of Belarus or by any member or family member closely linked to the senior leadership of the Government of Belarus, or an official of the so-called ‘Union State’ with Russia”; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end before the semicolon the following: “, or an official of the so-called ‘Union State’ with Russia”; and (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “, or the so-called ‘Union State’ with Russia,” after “the Government of Belarus”.