; and (B) by striking on or after the date of the enactment of this Act and inserting on or after the date of the enactment of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 ; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking may impose and inserting shall impose, unless the President determines that it is not in the national interest of the United States to do so, ; and (B) by striking on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and inserting on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 . 227. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to significant corruption in the Russian Federation Section 9 of the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 ( 22 U.S.C. 8908(a) ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking is authorized and encouraged to and inserting shall ; and (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking President determines is and inserting President determines is, on or after the date of the enactment of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 , ; and (ii) by inserting or elsewhere after in the Russian Federation ; (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); (3) in subsection (c), by striking The President and inserting except as provided in subsection (d), the President ; and (4) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Application of new sanctions The President may waive the initial application of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person only if the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees— (1) a written determination that the waiver— (A) is in the vital national security interests of the United States; or (B) will further the enforcement of this Act