HR 6842 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of parliament of the Russian Federation who voted on February 15, 2022, in favor of the appeal to President Vladimir Putin to recognize the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in southeastern Ukraine as one or more independent states.

Introduced Feb 25, 2022 Originated House Sponsor William R. Keating D-MA

Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 25, 2022
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill authorizes the President to impose asset- and visa-blocking sanctions on any member of Russia's parliament who voted on February 15, 2022, to appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as one or more independent states.

Cosponsors 28

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2022 to Mar 9, 2022; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger	Original	Feb 25, 2022
D-MI	Andy Levin	Original	Feb 25, 2022
R-MO	Ann Wagner	Original	Feb 25, 2022
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Feb 25, 2022
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider	Original	Feb 25, 2022
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Feb 25, 2022
R-NY	Claudia Tenney	Original	Feb 25, 2022
R-PA	Daniel Meuser	Original	Feb 25, 2022
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Feb 25, 2022
D-MN	Dean Phillips	Original	Feb 25, 2022
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Feb 25, 2022
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Feb 25, 2022
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Feb 25, 2022
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Feb 25, 2022
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Feb 25, 2022
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning	Original	Feb 25, 2022
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Original	Feb 25, 2022
R-NY	Nicole Malliotakis	Original	Feb 25, 2022
R-MI	Peter Meijer	Original	Feb 25, 2022
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Feb 25, 2022
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Feb 25, 2022
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Feb 25, 2022
D-NC	David E. Price		Feb 28, 2022
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Feb 28, 2022
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Mar 1, 2022
D-MD	David J. Trone		Mar 7, 2022
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Mar 7, 2022
D-IN	André Carson		Mar 9, 2022

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Feb 25, 2022
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Feb 25, 2022
	Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee	Referred Nov 1, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Feb 25, 2022Introduced in House
Feb 25, 2022Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 35, February 25, 2022, page H1148.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of parliament of the Russian Federation who voted on February 15, 2022, in favor of the appeal to President Vladimir Putin to recognize the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in southeastern Ukraine as one or more independent states.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 25, 2022Introduced in House

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