Notice of Additions to the CAATSA Guidance

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of State [Public Notice: 11392] ACTION: Notice of additions to the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (CAATSA) Section 231(e) guidance. SUMMARY: The Secretary of State is updating previously issued guidance ( printed page 20431) pursuant to CAATSA to specify additional persons that are part of, or operate for or on behalf of, the defense and intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation. DATES: The updates contained in this notice were effective on March 2, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas W. Zarzecki, Director, Task Force 231, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: 202-647-7594, ZarzeckiTW@state.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the authority in CAATSA Section 231(e), the Secretary of State is issuing updated guidance specifying the following additional persons that are part of, or operate for or on behalf of, the defense and intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation: Section 231(e) List Regarding the Defense Sector of the Government of the Russian Federation 27th Scientific Center; 48 Central Scientific Research Institute Sergiev Posad (also known as [aka] 48 TsNII Sergiev Posad; aka 48th Central Research Institute, Sergiev Posad); 48 Central Scientific Research Institute Kirov (aka 48th Central Research Institute Kirov; aka 48th TsNII); 48 Central Scientific Research Institute Yekaterinburg (aka 48th TsNII…