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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I Sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation

Sec. 108. Prohibition on energy exports to, and investment in energy sector of, the Russian Federation

(a) Prohibitions on investment and exports

(1) In general. Effective on the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the following are prohibited:

(A) Any new investment in the energy sector of the Russian Federation by a United States person.

(B) The export, reexport, or in-country transfer to or in the Russian Federation of any energy or energy product produced in the United States.

(2) Definitions. In this subsection, the terms export, in-country transfer, and reexport have the meanings given those terms in section 1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801).

(b) Sanctions. The President shall impose the sanctions described in section 102(e) with respect to any foreign person that the President determines knowingly sells, supplies, transfers, markets, or otherwise provides goods, services, technology, or other support that facilitates the maintenance or expansion of the production of oil, uranium, natural gas, liquefied natural gas, petroleum, petroleum products, petrochemical products, coal, or coal products for use by any person subject to sanctions under section 102 or 103.

II Other matters