{"bill":{"id":"119-s-5025","congress":119,"type":"S","number":5025,"title":"Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026","originChamber":"Senate","introducedDate":"2026-07-16","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"G000608","fullName":"Sen. Graham, Darline [R-SC]","party":"R","state":"SC","district":null}],"cosponsorsCount":63,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-07-16","text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs."},"policyArea":"International Affairs","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2026-07-16","text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-07-16","text":"Introduced in Senate","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026</strong></p><p>This bill imposes a variety of sanctions, tariffs, and prohibitions related to Russia.</p><p>For example, under the bill, the President must&nbsp;</p><ul><li>impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on specified persons&nbsp;(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;</li><li>increase&nbsp;the rate of duty on all goods imported into the United States from Russia to a rate of&nbsp;up to 500% ad valorem (i.e., relative to the value);</li><li>increase&nbsp;the rate of duty up to 100% ad valorem on all goods imported into the United States from a country that was among the&nbsp;five largest importers of Russian-origin crude oil and natural gas if such country knowingly makes new purchases of such products after enactment of the bill;</li><li>impose&nbsp;property-blocking sanctions on financial institutions organized under Russian law and owned wholly or partly by Russia; and&nbsp;</li><li>impose&nbsp;property-blocking sanctions on foreign vessels that knowingly transport certain products of Russian origin, including crude oil, uranium, and coal.&nbsp;</li></ul><p>The bill prohibits (1)&nbsp;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&nbsp;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.</p><p>The President may waive requirements of the bill by certifying it is in the national interest.</p>","updateDate":"2026-08-08T15:33:23Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":278,"ts":"2026-08-25T12:34:49.560Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Lindsey%20O.%20Graham%20Sanctioning%20Russia%20Act%20of%202026"}]}}