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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6953 

To prohibit the importation of crude oil and petroleum products from the 

Russian Federation, to impose sanctions with respect to persons involved 

in the importation of such crude oil and petroleum products who have 

engaged in acts of corruption or who are responsible for serious human 

rights abuses, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2022 

Mr. KHANNA (for himself and Ms. MACE) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 

Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Oversight and 

Reform, Financial Services, and 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 

A BILL 

To prohibit the importation of crude oil and petroleum products from the Russian Federation, to impose sanctions 

with respect to persons involved in the importation of 

such crude oil and petroleum products who have engaged 

in acts of corruption or who are responsible for serious 

human rights abuses, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Severing Putin’s Im3 mense Gains from Oil Transfers Act of 2022’’ or the 

4 ‘‘SPIGOT Act of 2022’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress makes the following findings: 

7 (1) In February 2022, the Russian Federation 

8 launched a large scale invasion of Ukraine that vio9 lated Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. 

10 (2) In 2021, the Russian Federation became 

11 the second-largest exporter of crude oil and petro12 leum products to the United States, after Canada. 

13 (3) In 2020, 7 percent of all petroleum imports 

14 to the United States came from the Russian Federa15 tion, which is more than was imported from the 

16 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

17 (4) The United States private sector imported 

18 848,000 barrels of oil from the Russian Federation 

19 per day in June 2021. 

20 (5) From January through December 2021, the 

21 United States imported 245,194,000 barrels of oil 

22 from the Russian Federation, which at an annual 

23 average of $71 per barrel equals approximately 

24 $17,400,000,000 in oil imports. 

25 (6) As of February 2022, oil prices have risen 

26 to $92 per barrel. 


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1 (7) According to the Ministry of Finance of the 

2 Russian Federation, 36 percent of all revenue of the 

3 Government of the Russian Federation came from 

4 the oil and gas sector in 2021. In 2019 and 2020, 

5 the overall percentage of revenue of that Govern6 ment that came from the oil and gas sector reached 

7 39 and 28 percent, respectively. 

8 (8) The President of the Russian Federation, 

9 Vladimir Putin, relies on a network of government 

10 officials, heads of state-owned enterprises, and busi11 ness leaders to maintain his grasp on power. 

12 (9) Russian-owned energy entities that have ties 

13 to individuals aligned with Putin see benefits from 

14 reliance by the United States on imports of crude oil 

15 and petroleum products from the Russian Federa16 tion. 

17 (10) In early 2021, political prisoner Alexei 

18 Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation outlined 

19 some of the corrupt linkages between Russian oil 

20 giant Rosneft, with key Putin ally Igor Sechin as its 

21 head, and Vladimir Putin himself. 

22 (11) The United States Government has al23 ready taken action against individuals with links to 

24 the energy sector of the Russian Federation, such as 

25 Igor Sechin, Boris and Arkady Rotenberg, Kirill 


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1 Shamalov, Viktor Vekselberg, and Sergey Frusenko, 

2 under— 

3 (A) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 

4 Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of 

5 Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note); 

6 (B) Executive Orders 13661 and 13662 

7 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 

8 property of additional persons contributing to 

9 the situation in Ukraine), codified by section 

10 222 of the Countering America’s Adversaries 

11 Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9522); and 

12 (C) Executive Order 13582 (50 U.S.C. 

13 1701 note; relating to blocking property of the 

14 Government of Syria and prohibiting certain 

15 transactions with respect to Syria). 

16 (12) While sanctions imposed by the United 

17 States in response to the Russian Federation’s war 

18 of aggression against Ukraine have largely exempted 

19 the energy sector, on February 24, 2022, the United 

20 States Government announced action against the fol21 lowing 2 additional individuals with links to that sec22 tor: 

23 (A) Ivan Sechin, son of Igor Sechin, and 

24 reportedly a deputy head of a department at 

25 Rosneft. 


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1 (B) Andrey Patrushev, a leader of 

2 Gazprom Neft, and son of Nikolai Platonovich 

3 Patrushev, the Secretary of the Russian Secu4 rity Council. 

5 (13) Despite ongoing United States imports of 

6 crude oil and petroleum products from the Russian 

7 Federation and existing laws and policies against 

8 supporting human rights abuses, there has been no 

9 United States Government-led analysis of the link10 ages between the energy sector of the Russian Fed11 eration and corruption or human rights abuses. 

12 (14) Oil imported from the Russian Federation 

13 contributes to the overall United States carbon foot14 print, which makes up nearly 15 percent of all global 

15 greenhouse gas emissions. 

16 (15) On January 27, 2021, President Joseph 

17 R. Biden issued Executive Order 14008 (86 Fed. 

18 Reg. 7619; relating to tackling the climate crisis at 

19 home and abroad), which identifies climate change 

20 as an essential element of the foreign policy and na21 tional security strategy of the United States. 

22 (16) The Department of Defense cites climate 

23 change as a national security threat, noting that 100 

24 percent of geographic combatant commands were af25 fected by climate-related impacts in 2019, and more 


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1 than 1,700 military installations continue to be 

2 threatened by sea-level rise. Extreme weather events 

3 have caused more than $796,100,000,000 in damage 

4 in the United States during the 5 years before the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act alone. 

6 (17) President Biden has set an economy-wide 

7 target for the United States to reduce its net green8 house gas emissions by 50 to 52 percent below 2005 

9 levels by 2030, which will require decarbonization in 

10 the energy, buildings, and transportation sectors. 

11 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

12 It is a sense of Congress that— 

13 (1) the reliance of the United States on oil im14 ported from the Russian Federation presents a na15 tional security liability; 

16 (2) a prohibition on imports of oil from the 

17 Russian Federation could deprive the Russian Fed18 eration upwards of $20,000,000,000 or more rev19 enue from the United States in 2022; 

20 (3) Russian energy entities are controlled by 

21 Russian executives and oligarchs with close ties to 

22 Vladimir Putin, and profits from the energy sector 

23 may be implicated in corruption and in fueling 

24 human rights abuses globally and in the Russian 

25 Federation; 


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1 (4) the United States Government must— 

2 (A) investigate the links described in para3 graph (2) to avoid funding activities tied to 

4 human rights abuses and corruption through 

5 the purchase of oil imported from the Russian 

6 Federation; 

7 (B) develop a comprehensive strategy to 

8 replace oil imported from the Russian Federa9 tion with domestic carbon-free energy sources; 

10 and 

11 (C) invest in renewable energy alternatives 

12 to replace foreign carbon-intensive energy im13 ports; and 

14 (5) actively decarbonizing the United States en15 ergy economy is of vital strategic interest to the na16 tional security and climate change reduction targets 

17 of the United States. 

18 SEC. 4. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE19 FINED. 

20 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com21 mittees’’ means— 

22 (1) the Committee on Finance, the Committee 

23 on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, 

24 Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on 

25 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and 


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1 (2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the 

2 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Fi3 nancial Services, and the Committee on Energy and 

4 Commerce of the House of Representatives. 

5 SEC. 5. REPORT ON LINKS BETWEEN RUSSIAN ENERGY EN6 TITIES, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AND 

7 CORRUPTION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

10 the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary 

11 of Energy, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary 

12 of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director 

13 of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate 

14 congressional committees a report— 

15 (1) identifying which Russian, United States, 

16 and international entities are involved with the im17 portation of crude oil and petroleum products from 

18 the Russian Federation into the United States; 

19 (2) describing the relationship of those entities, 

20 and members of their executive boards, with Vladi21 mir Putin and other Russian persons subject to 

22 sanctions imposed by the United States; 

23 (3) identifying whether any individuals de24 scribed in paragraph (2) or entities described in 

25 paragraph (1) have engaged in acts of corruption or 


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1 are responsible for or complicit in, or have directly 

2 or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights 

3 abuses; 

4 (4) identifying the ways in which revenue gen5 erated from the exportation of crude oil and petro6 leum products to the United States and to other 

7 countries has helped insulate the Russian economy 

8 since the United States and international community 

9 imposed sanctions in response to the Russian Fed10 eration’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine; 

11 (5) identifying alternative suppliers for the im12 portation of crude oil and petroleum products, other 

13 than from the Russian Federation, that minimize 

14 risks to United States consumers; 

15 (6) a comprehensive strategy to prioritize car16 bon-free energy sources and reduction of the demand 

17 for fossil energy as alternatives to crude oil and pe18 troleum products imported from the Russian Fed19 eration; and 

20 (7) assessing why United States entities are 

21 choosing to do business with entities described in 

22 paragraph (1) and what advantages doing business 

23 with such entities presents. 


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1 (b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub2 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

3 include a classified annex. 

4 SEC. 6. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF CRUDE OIL AND 

5 PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FROM THE RUSSIAN 

6 FEDERATION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date that is 30 

8 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the im9 portation of crude oil and petroleum products from the 

10 Russian Federation into the United States is prohibited. 

11 (b) PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 

13 the prohibition under subsection (a) for a period of 

14 not more than one year if— 

15 (A) the report required by section 5 has 

16 been submitted to the appropriate congressional 

17 committees; and 

18 (B) the President submits to the appro19 priate congressional committees a certification 

20 that— 

21 (i) the importation of crude oil and 

22 petroleum products from the Russian Fed23 eration does not pose a significant risk to 

24 the national security of the United States; 

25 and 


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1 (ii) a prohibition on the importation 

2 of crude oil and petroleum products from 

3 the Russian Federation would unduly im4 pact energy prices for United States con5 sumers. 

6 (2) RENEWAL.—The President may renew a 

7 waiver issued under paragraph (1) on annual basis 

8 if, before the termination date of the previous waiv9 er— 

10 (A) the most recent report required by sec11 tion 5 has been submitted to the appropriate 

12 congressional committees; and 

13 (B) the President submits to the appro14 priate congressional committees a certification 

15 described in paragraph (1)(B). 

16 (3) FORM OF CERTIFICATION.—A certification 

17 submitted under paragraph (1)(B) or (2)(B) shall be 

18 submitted in unclassified form but may include a 

19 classified annex. 

20 SEC. 7. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Upon receiving a report required 

22 by section 5, the President shall use the authorities pro23 vided by the provisions of law specified in subsection (b) 

24 to impose sanctions with respect to any foreign individual 

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1 gaged in acts of corruption or who are responsible for or 

2 complicit in, or have directly or indirectly engaged in, seri3 ous human rights abuses. 

4 (b) PROVISIONS OF LAW SPECIFIED.—The provisions 

5 of law specified in this subsection are the following: 

6 (1) The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Ac7 countability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public 

8 Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 

9 (2) The Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Ac10 countability Act of 2012 (title IV of Public Law 

11 112–208; 22 U.S.C. 5811 note). 

12 (3) Title II of the Countering America’s Adver13 saries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9501 et 

14 seq.). 

15 (4) The International Emergency Economic 

16 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 

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