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To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of parliament of the Russian Federation who voted on February 15, 2022, in favor of the appeal to President Vladimir Putin to recognize the…

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To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of parliament of the Russian Federation who voted on February 15, 2022, in favor of the appeal to President Vladimir Putin to recognize the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in southeastern Ukraine as one or more independent states.

Introduced: February 25, 2022 Introduced by: Keating, William R. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Feb 25, 2022
Introduced in House
Feb 25, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill authorizes the President to impose asset- and visa-blocking sanctions on any member of Russia's parliament who voted on February 15, 2022, to appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as one or more independent states.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 10 Republican 7
D
Carson, André
Indiana · Mar 9, 2022
 D
Fletcher, Lizzie
Texas · Mar 7, 2022
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Mar 1, 2022
PRICE, DAVID
· Feb 28, 2022
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 28, 2022
CHABOT, STEVE
· Feb 25, 2022
Cicilline, David
· Feb 25, 2022
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Feb 25, 2022
Deutch, Theodore
· Feb 25, 2022
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Feb 25, 2022
Levin, Andy
· Feb 25, 2022
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Feb 25, 2022
 R
Malliotakis, Nicole
New York · Feb 25, 2022
Manning, Kathy
· Feb 25, 2022
Meijer, Peter
· Feb 25, 2022
 R
Meuser, Daniel
Pennsylvania · Feb 25, 2022
 R
Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Iowa · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Feb 25, 2022
Spanberger, Abigail
· Feb 25, 2022
 R
Tenney, Claudia
New York · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Feb 25, 2022
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Feb 25, 2022
 R
Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Feb 25, 2022
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Feb 25, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6842: To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of parliament of the Russian Federation who voted on February 15, 2022, in favor of the appeal to President Vladimir Putin to recognize the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in southeastern Ukraine as one or more independent states.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6842/
MLA
"H.R. 6842: To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of parliament of the Russian Federation who voted on February 15, 2022, in favor of the appeal to President Vladimir Putin to recognize the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in southeastern Ukraine as one or more independent states.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6842/.
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H.R. 6842, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6842/.
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[H.R. 6842: To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of parliament of the Russian Federation who voted on February 15, 2022, in favor of the appeal to President Vladimir Putin to recognize the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in southeastern Ukraine as one or more independent states.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6842/)
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