; Whereas in response to an increase in antidemocratic policies by the Lukashenka regime, the United States has enacted a series of punitive measures against Belarus; Whereas the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Canada have enacted sanctions and other punitive measures against dozens of individuals and entities found responsible for the perpetration of violence against peaceful demonstrators, opposition members, and journalists, among others; Whereas Executive Order 14038 issued on August 9, 2021, which expanded the scope of Executive Order 13405, found that the Belarusian regime’s harmful activities and long-standing abuses aimed at suppressing democracy and the exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Belarus—including illicit and oppressive activities stemming from the August 9, 2020, fraudulent Belarusian presidential election and its aftermath, such as the elimination of political opposition and civil society organizations and the regime’s disruption and endangering of international civil air travel—constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States ; Whereas, as of March 2023, the United States Government has designated 94 individuals, 69 entities, and 3 aircrafts pursuant to Executive Orders 13405 and 14038 including Alyaksandr Lukashenka, other Government officials, and State-owned companies and has utilized other mechanisms such as the Global Magnitsky Sanctions Program to impose punitive measures on Belarusians who commit human rights violations; Whereas, on April 8, 2022, President Biden signed the Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act ( Public Law 117–110 ) and further restricted exports to Belarus under the Export Administration Regulations; Whereas, since the fraudulent August 2020 Presidential election, the Belarusian economy has been effectively isolated from the global market as punishment for their domestic human rights abuses