S. 5025

Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026

Sponsor: Darline Graham

63 cosponsors
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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026

This bill imposes a variety of sanctions, tariffs, and prohibitions related to Russia.

For example, under the bill, the President must 

  • impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on specified persons (individuals and entities) such as the Russian president, certain Russian military commanders, and any foreign person that knowingly provides goods or services relating to Russia's defense industrial base;
  • increase the rate of duty on all goods imported into the United States from Russia to a rate of up to 500% ad valorem (i.e., relative to the value);
  • increase the rate of duty up to 100% ad valorem on all goods imported into the United States from a country that was among the five largest importers of Russian-origin crude oil or natural gas if such country knowingly makes new purchases of such products after enactment of the bill;
  • impose property-blocking sanctions on financial institutions organized under Russian law and owned wholly or partly by Russia; and 
  • impose property-blocking sanctions on foreign vessels that knowingly transport certain products of Russian origin, including crude oil, uranium, and coal. 

The bill prohibits (1) the export, reexport, or in-country transfer to or in Russia of U.S.-produced energy or energy product; (2) U.S. persons from making new investments in Russia or purchasing Russian sovereign debt; and (3) trading the securities of Russian government-owned, -controlled, or -affiliated entities on U.S. national securities exchanges.

The President may waive requirements of the bill by certifying it is in the national interest.

Text of the bill

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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

(a) Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026.

(b) Table of contents. The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.TITLE I—Sanctions with respect to the Russian FederationSec. 101. Definitions.Sec. 102. Imposition of sanctions on certain persons affiliated with or supporting the Government of the Russian Federation.Sec. 103. Imposition of sanctions with respect to financial institutions affiliated with the Government of the Russian Federation.Sec. 104. Imposition of sanctions with respect to other entities owned or controlled by the Government of the Russian Federation.Sec. 105. Prohibition on transfers of funds involving the Russian Federation.Sec. 106. Prohibition on listing or trading of Russian entities on United States securities exchanges.Sec. 107. Prohibition on investment by United States persons in the Russian Federation.Sec. 108. Prohibition on energy exports to, and investment in energy sector of, the Russian Federation.Sec. 109. Prohibition on purchase of sovereign debt of the Russian Federation by United States persons.Sec. 110. Prohibition on provision of services to sanctioned financial institutions by international financial messaging systems.Sec. 111. Prohibition on importing, and sanctions with respect to, uranium from the Russian Federation.Sec. 112. Increase in duties on goods imported from the Russian Federation.Sec. 113. Duties on countries that purchase Russian-origin crude oil or natural gas or facilitate sanctions evasion.Sec. 114. Exceptions.Sec. 115. Waiver.Sec. 116. Sanctions implementation and penalties.Sec. 117. Termination.TITLE II—Other mattersSec. 201. Severability.

I Sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation

II Other matters