Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- Bill Number
- S. 1241
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- International Affairs
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-04-01: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Last Updated
- 2026-01-10T06:45:10Z
Official Summary
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.
Sponsor
Cosponsors (84)
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN], Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME], Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE], Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA], Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT], Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI], Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE], Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Sen. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK], Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ], Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH], Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ], Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND], Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA], Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK], Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL], Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA], Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] and 34 more
Recent Actions
- 2025-04-01: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- 2025-04-01: Introduced in Senate
Bill Versions
- Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025 — issued 2025-04-01 — PDF (31 pages)