Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Apr 1, 2025, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 249 words.
Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025 This bill imposes penalties on certain persons (individuals and entities) if the President determines that the Russian government or a person acting at Russia's direction is involved with (1) refusing to negotiate a peace agreement with Ukraine; (2) violating a negotiated peace agreement; (3) initiating another invasion of Ukraine; or (4) overthrowing, dismantling, or seeking to subvert the Ukrainian government. If the President makes such a determination, the bill requires certain actions including the President must impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on specified persons such as the Russian president, certain Russian military commanders, and any foreign person that knowingly provides defense items to the Russian armed forces; the President must increase the rate of duty on all goods and services imported from Russia into the United States to at least 500% relative to the value of such goods and services; the President must increase the rate of duty on all goods and services imported into the United States from countries that knowingly engage in the exchange of Russian-origin uranium and petroleum products to at least 500% relative to the value of such goods and services; the Department of the Treasury must impose property-blocking sanctions on any financial institution organized under Russian law and owned wholly or partly by Russia, and any financial institution that engages in transactions with those entities; and the Department of Commerce must prohibit the export, reexport, or in-country transfer to or in Russia of any U.S.-produced energy or energy product.
- Committees
- Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- International Affairs: 94 of 4,008 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.3%)
- Sponsor
- 5 of 144 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 4,726 words
- Latest action
- Apr 1, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 2 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 2548 Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025 R · Introduced
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th H.R. 6636 To advance sensible priorities. R · Introduced