SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing the Esca-
lation of Armed Conflict in Europe Act of 2025’’ or the 
‘‘PEACE Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) During the night of March 6–7, 2025, only 
one week after the President called for peace be-
tween Russia and Ukraine, the Russian military 
bombarded Ukrainian energy infrastructure and ci-
vilian residences. 
(2) DTEK, a Ukrainian gas producer, noted 
that the assault represented the sixth Russian attack 
on its Odesa facilities in just the preceding two and 
a half weeks. 
(3) On March 7, 2025, the President published 
the following statement: ‘‘Based on the fact that 
Russia is absolutely ‘pounding’ Ukraine on the bat-
tlefield right now, I am strongly considering large 
scale Banking Sanctions, Sanctions, and Tariffs on 
Russia until a Cease Fire and FINAL SETTLE-
MENT AGREEMENT ON PEACE IS REACHED. 
To Russia and Ukraine, get to the table right now, 
before it is too late.’’. 
(4) Despite the President’s calls for a peace set-
tlement, Russia has continued to assault Ukraine, 
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including an April 4 missile attack on Kryvyi Rih 
that killed 20 people and an April 13 strike on 
Sumy resulting in 35 deaths. 
(5) On May 25, 2025, Russia launched its larg-
est aerial attack of the war, deploying hundreds of 
drones and ballistic missiles throughout Ukrainian 
territory. 
(6) On May 27, 2025, the President posted on 
social media with reference to Russian leader Vladi-
mir Putin: ‘‘He’s playing with fire!’’. 
SEC. 3. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FED-
ERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall prescribe regulations to prohibit, or impose 
strict conditions on, the opening or maintaining in the 
United States of a correspondent account or a payable- 
through account by a foreign financial institution that 
knowingly provides significant financial services to— 
(1) any foreign person designated for the impo-
sition of sanctions with respect to the Russian Fed-
eration under— 
(A) Executive Orders 13660, 13661, 
13662, 13685, or 14024; or 
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(B) title II of the Countering America’s 
Adversaries through Sanctions Act (Public Law 
114–44) or an amendment made by that title; 
(2) a foreign financial institution subject to the 
prohibitions of Directive 2 under Executive Order 
14024; 
(3) an entity listed in Annex 1 of Directive 3 
under Executive Order 14024; or 
(4) any foreign person that the Secretary finds 
operates in the energy sector of the Russian Federa-
tion. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 
this section. 
(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 
order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 
to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-
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tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION REQUIRED. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate determining 
whether the following are foreign persons described under 
section 3(a)(4): 
(1) Gazprom. 
(2) Rosneft. 
(3) Lukoil. 
SEC. 5. WAIVER. 
With respect to a foreign financial institution, the 
President may waive the requirements of section 3(a) for 
not more than 180 days at a time upon reporting to Con-
gress that— 
(1) the waiver advances the objective of resolv-
ing the national emergency described in any Execu-
tive Order listed under section 3(a)(1); or 
(2) the waiver is important to the national in-
terest of the United States, provided that the Presi-
dent includes a detailed explanation of the reasons 
therefor. 
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SEC. 6. TERMINATION. 
This Act shall have no force or effect on the earlier 
of— 
(1) 30 days after the date that the President 
reports to Congress that the Russian Federation has 
ceased destabilizing activities with respect to the sov-
ereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine; or 
(2) the date that is 5 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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