HR 7991 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

KREMLIN Act

Introduced Jun 8, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Michael Waltz R-FL

Latest action · Jun 8, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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.

IntroducedJun 8, 2022
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Keeping Russia's Energy and Military Liable for Invading its Neighbors Act or the KREMLIN Act

This bill temporarily prohibits federal agencies from contracting with persons that have business operations with the government of Russia or with fossil fuel companies that operate there, with exceptions where necessary to provide humanitarian assistance or disaster relief or where vital to U.S. national security interests.

The bill terminates the prohibition when the President submits to specified congressional committees a written certification determining that Russia

has reached an agreement relating to the withdrawal of Russian forces and cessation of military hostilities that is accepted by the Ukrainian government,
poses no immediate military threat of aggression to any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member, and
recognizes the right of the people of Ukraine to independently and freely choose their own government.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 8, 2022 to Jul 27, 2022; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Jun 8, 2022
R-NE	Don Bacon	Original	Jun 8, 2022
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jun 8, 2022
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Jun 8, 2022
R-PR	Jenniffer González-Colón	Original	Jun 8, 2022
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Jun 8, 2022
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Jun 8, 2022
R-CA	Young Kim	Original	Jun 8, 2022
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Jun 9, 2022
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jun 9, 2022
R-TX	Brian Babin		Jun 13, 2022
R-TN	Mark E. Green		Jun 13, 2022
R-FL	Byron Donalds		Jun 23, 2022
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Jul 12, 2022
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar		Jul 15, 2022
D-MA	William R. Keating		Jul 27, 2022

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Jun 8, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 8, 2022Introduced in House
Jun 8, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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

Mr. WALTZ: H.R. 7991. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and spending.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 98, June 8, 2022, page H5409.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 4364	KREMLIN Act	Related bill	Jun 8, 2022

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To prohibit contracting with persons that have business operations with the Government of the Russian Federation or the Russian energy sector, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: KREMLIN Act; Keeping Russia’s Energy and Military Liable for Invading its Neighbors Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

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Jun 8, 2022Introduced in House

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