HR 6919 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Prohibition on Imports of Russian Oil Act

Introduced Mar 3, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Tom Cole R-OK

Latest action · Mar 3, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 3, 2022
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Prohibition on Imports of Russian Oil Act

This bill requires the President to prohibit the importation of petroleum products from Russia. Petroleum product means crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product, including natural gas liquid product.

Further, the bill authorizes the President to (1) modify or remove the prohibition for some or all petroleum products if the President notifies Congress that such modification or removal is appropriate given the situation in Ukraine, and (2) use appropriate authorities to impose civil or criminal penalties as necessary to enforce the prohibition.

Cosponsors 34

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 3, 2022 to Mar 17, 2022; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-TX	Beth Van Duyne	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-FL	Bill Posey	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-LA	Clay Higgins	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-CA	David G. Valadao	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-KY	Harold Rogers	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-TX	Jake Ellzey	Original	Mar 3, 2022
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-FL	John H. Rutherford	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-IL	Mike Bost	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-KS	Tracey Mann	Original	Mar 3, 2022
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Mar 7, 2022
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino		Mar 7, 2022
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Mar 7, 2022
R-NY	Claudia Tenney		Mar 7, 2022
R-TN	Diana Harshbarger		Mar 7, 2022
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Mar 7, 2022
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Mar 7, 2022
R-KS	Jake LaTurner		Mar 7, 2022
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Mar 7, 2022
R-NC	Ted Budd		Mar 7, 2022
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong		Mar 8, 2022
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks		Mar 8, 2022
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Mar 8, 2022
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Mar 8, 2022
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Mar 17, 2022

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 3, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 3, 2022Introduced in House
Mar 3, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 39, March 3, 2022, page H1303.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To prohibit the importation of petroleum products from Russia, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Prohibition on Imports of Russian Oil Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 3, 2022Introduced in House

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