- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 24, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 6156. Mr. GALLEGO (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. Klobuchar) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1230. MODIFICATIONS TO CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF SANCTIONS
WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
(a) Expansion of Sanctions Subject To Review.—Section
216(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Countering America's Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9511(a)(2)(B)(i)) is
amended—
(1) in subclause (II), by striking “; or” and inserting a
semicolon;
(2) in subclause (III), by striking “; and” and inserting
“; or”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(IV) any Executive order addressing the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 14024 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to blocking property with respect to specified
harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian
Federation).”.
(b) Review of Energy-Related Actions.—Section 216(a)(2) of
the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
(22 U.S.C. 9511(a)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) in clause (ii), by striking “; or” and inserting a
semicolon;
(B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and
inserting “; or”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(iv) an action, including a licensing action, taken
during the period described in subparagraph (C) relating to
the application of sanctions described in subparagraph (B)
with respect to crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas,
or other energy products of Russian Federation origin.”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(C) Period for review for energy-related actions.—The
period described in this subparagraph is the period—
“(i) beginning on the date of the enactment of this
subparagraph; and
“(ii) ending on the date on which the Secretary of State,
in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Secretary of Defense, and the Director of National
Intelligence, certifies to the appropriate congressional
committees and leadership that the Government of the Russian
Federation has ended its war in Ukraine and credibly
committed to a just peace settlement that includes
compensating Ukraine for war damages.”.
(c) Exception To Take Action During Initial Congressional
Review Period.—Section 216(b)(3) of the Countering America's
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9511(b)(3)) is
amended—
(1) by striking “unless a joint resolution” and inserting
the following: “unless—
“(A) a joint resolution”;
(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting “;
or”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(B) the action relates to crude oil, petroleum products,
natural gas, or other energy products of Russian Federation
origin to be used—
“(i) for the preservation of the health or safety of the
crew of an energy transport vessel;
“(ii) for emergency repairs or environmental mitigation or
protection activities relating to an energy transport vessel;
or
“(iii) to address an urgent need to mitigate an economic
impact in a foreign jurisdiction other than the Russian
Federation.”.