HR-2913 — Ukraine Support Act

YourVoice.Now Summary

Your MoneyCriminal Justice & Due ProcessCivil LibertiesCorporate BenefitsTransparency & AccountabilityTargeted & Unrelated Provisions

Sets 500% tariffs on Russian goods if the war goes on, taxes frozen Russian assets for Ukraine's rebuild, and lets Congress block sanctions relief.

Your Money

Tariffs on Russian goods — at least 500%

If the President finds Russia is still at war or stalling peace talks, all goods and services coming in from Russia get a duty of at least 500 percent. It starts within 15 days of that finding.

Import ban widened — fuel from refineries that use Russian crude

Today's ban covers oil shipped from Russia. This would also block gasoline, diesel, and other fuel products from any refinery abroad that runs Russian crude. It starts when the bill becomes law.

Criminal Justice & Due Process

New sanctions rules carry fines and prison — U.S. firms included

Anyone who breaks the bill's sanctions, tries to, or helps someone else do it faces the civil and criminal penalties in the emergency economic powers law. That includes U.S. people and companies that keep dealing with blocked banks and firms.

Civil Liberties

U.S. visas canceled for sanctioned people — effective at once

People named under these sanctions cannot enter the United States, get a visa, or be paroled in. A visa they already hold is revoked at once, no matter when it was issued.

Corporate Benefits

U.S. insurance offered to foreign ships — Ukraine cargo, five years

Ships owned in NATO countries or Ukraine could get U.S. government war risk insurance while carrying cargo to or from Ukraine. Normal rules limit that coverage to U.S. ships. The bill sets those rules aside for five years.

Money to grow U.S. nuclear business in Europe — $30 million yearly

The State Department would get $30 million a year through 2029 to push European countries toward U.S. and allied nuclear technology instead of Russia's. It must also write a plan to cut Rosatom's role in Europe.

Transparency & Accountability

Congress can block sanctions relief — 30-day review period

Before easing, waiving, or greatly changing any Russia sanction, the President must report to Congress and wait 30 days. The wait is 60 days for reports sent between July 10 and September 7. Congress can pass a joint resolution to stop the move.

Weapons lending reported to Congress — within 90 days

The bill extends the power to loan or lease U.S. weapons to Ukraine and nearby allies through 2028. Each time it is used, the State Department must tell Congress what went out and how it will be returned.

Targeted & Unrelated Provisions

Iran drone plans added to a Ukraine bill — military options included

One section tells the Commerce and State departments to write plans to keep U.S. microchips out of Iranian drones. It also tells the Defense Department to draw up military options against Iran within 30 days.

$250 million for Radio Free Europe — one named broadcaster

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty would get $250 million for 2026, and Congress calls for restoring it after an executive order moved to shut it down. That is one named news outlet funded inside a Ukraine bill.

More about this bill

Goods brought in from Russia would face tariffs of at least 500 percent. Fuel would also be blocked if it comes from any refinery that runs Russian crude oil, even a refinery outside Russia. The fuel ban would start as soon as the bill became law. The tariff waits on a finding by the President. That finding must say Russia is still waging war, still refusing to talk peace, or breaking a peace deal. It is due within 15 days, then every 90 days after. After such a finding, the President must freeze U.S. property of big Russian banks such as Sberbank and VTB. The same goes for Russian oil, gas, coal, and mining firms, plus named Russian leaders. The reach goes past Russia. Sanctions also hit ship owners who break the oil price cap. They hit firms that help build a bridge or tunnel to Crimea. They hit anyone moving North Korean arms to Russia. People placed under these sanctions lose any U.S. visa right away. Breaking the rules can bring fines and prison. The bill also taxes Russia and Belarus. Interest and dividends earned by their frozen government assets would be taxed at 100 percent. That money would fill a new Ukraine Reconstruction Trust Fund. The State Department could spend it only on rebuilding, aid, business growth, and government reform in Ukraine. Military aid keeps flowing too. Ukraine and NATO allies could borrow up to $8 billion for U.S. weapons through 2026. Ukrainian troops would get $300 million a year for training and arms in 2026 and 2027. Loans of U.S. equipment run through 2028. Congress gets a new check on any President who wants to ease up on Russia. Before lifting, waiving, or greatly changing a Russia sanction, the President must send Congress a report and wait 30 days. That list also covers nine executive orders on Russia. Lawmakers can then vote to block the move. Smaller pieces fund Radio Free Europe with $250 million. Others offer U.S. war risk insurance to ships hauling Ukraine cargo. One orders plans to keep U.S. chips out of Iranian drones.

Congressional Summary

Ukraine Support Act This bill addresses the war between Russia and Ukraine by (1) providing assistance to Ukraine and certain European countries, and (2) establishing penalties for Russia and certain foreign persons (individuals and entities). Assistance provided under the bill includesestablishing a reconstruction trust fund for Ukraine,requiring the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to prioritize support for Ukraine,reviving the President’s authority to lend or lease defense articles to Ukraine or Eastern European countries affected by the war through FY2028, extending through 2027 the Department of Defense’s authority to provide security assistance and intelligence support to Ukrainian forces, andrequiring the Department of State to take certain actions to build the capacity of the militaries and border forces of Baltic countries.Additionally, the President must periodically determine if the Russian government or any proxy is waging a war of aggression against Ukraine, refusing to sincerely negotiate a peace agreement with Ukraine, or acting in violation of a negotiated peace agreement with Ukraine. If the President makes such a determination, the President must impose certain penalties includingproperty- and visa-blocking sanctions on certain Russian officials;property-blocking sanctions on Russian companies in the oil and mining sectors, Rosatom (Russia's state-owned nuclear enterprise) and its subsidiaries, and certain Russian financial institutions; andincreasing the rate of duty on all goods and services imported from Russia into the United States to at least 500% relative to the value of such goods and services.

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: House
Status: summarized
Action: Introduced in House
Action Date: 2025-04-14
Date Added: 2026-06-03
Source: Congress.gov →

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