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Official title: To impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation if the Government of the Russian Federation refuses to negotiate a peace agreement with Ukraine, violates any such agreement, or initiates another military invasion of Ukraine, and for other purposes.
Introduced December 18, 2025 by Brian K. Fitzpatrick · Last progress December 18, 2025
The bill tightens and clarifies U.S. sanctions tools—strengthening multilateral pressure on Russia and preserving long-term sanctions authorities—while adding significant compliance costs, potential trade/shipping disruptions, and reducing congressional flexibility to reassess those measures.
U.S. policymakers and financial regulators can rapidly block Russian-linked vessels, banks, officials and ban U.S. persons from buying Russian sovereign debt or making new investments, reducing Russia's ability to finance its war in Ukraine.
The bill strengthens multilateral enforcement by accepting allied (UK/EU/G7) sanctions as prima facie evidence, making it harder for sanctioned actors to evade controls through third countries.
Firms and regulators get greater legal certainty and continuity—through preserved Treasury licensing authority, valid pre-enactment general licenses, clarifying definitions, and a severability clause—helping compliance planning and enforcement consistency.
U.S. banks, brokers, insurers and other firms face substantial new compliance burdens, disrupted business with Russian-linked clients, and higher operational costs that can be passed on to customers.
Making sanctions authorities permanent and concentrating recurring mandatory reviews, automatic visa revocations, and broad waiver powers reduces Congressional oversight and long-term legislative flexibility to reassess policy.
Secondary effects—lost business opportunities, supply-chain disruptions, and risks to foreign banks and firms—could raise costs for U.S. companies and consumers through higher transaction costs and reduced market access.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Clarifies and expands Russia-related sanctions definitions and exceptions, adds wind-down rules, preserves Treasury licensing, and makes a provision of the Iran Sanctions Act permanent.
Creates expanded definitions and authorities for sanctions targeting Russian actors and sectors, sets exceptions and wind-down rules for certain transactions (including humanitarian, medical, and specified commercial activities), and clarifies licensing authority. It also makes a key provision of the Iran Sanctions Act permanent by removing its sunset clause. The bill focuses on tightening sanction definitions (including who counts as a foreign person, critical infrastructure sectors, and covered Russian military/intelligence actors), while preserving specified exceptions for U.S. government operations, certain international obligations, medical and nuclear cooperation, and a 270-day wind-down period for certain entities and transactions.