1. Short titles This Act may be cited as the Holding Accountable Russian Mercenaries Act or the HARM Act . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Secretary of State's designation of an entity as a foreign terrorist organization results from a determination that— (A) the entity is foreign and engages in terrorism or terrorist activity; and (B) the terrorist activity threatens the security of the United States or its nationals. (2) The activities of the Wagner Group and affiliated entities of Russian national Yevgeniy Prigozhin pose a threat to the national interests and national security of the United States and allies and partners of the United States, including with respect to Russia’s war on Ukraine, which President Biden declared, on March 2, 2022, pose[s] an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States . (3) On June 20, 2017, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated the Wagner Group and its military leader, Dmitry Utkin, pursuant to Executive Order 13660 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of certain persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine) for being responsible for or complicit in, or having engaged in, directly or indirectly, actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine . (4) On September 20, 2018, the Department of State added Yevgeniy Prigozhin and his affiliated entities, including the Wagner Group, to the list of persons identified as part of, or operating for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation under section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9525 ). (5) On January 20, 2023, a White House spokesperson announced that the Department of the Treasury will designate the Wagner Group as a significant transnational criminal organization pursuant to Executive Order 13581 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note