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Calendar No. 312 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6968 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 23, 2022 
Received 
MARCH 24, 2022 
Read the first time 
MARCH 28, 2022 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To prohibit the importation of energy products of the 
Russian Federation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Suspending Energy 
Imports from Russia Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF ENERGY PROD-
UCTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
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(1) PROHIBITION OF ENERGY PRODUCTS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, all products 
of the Russian Federation classified under chapter 
27 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States shall be banned from importation into the 
United States, other than products imported on or 
before 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on the date 
that is 45 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) 
AUTHORITY
TO
ALLOW
IMPORTATION 
UNDER
CONTRACT.—Notwithstanding the prohibi-
tion under paragraph (1), the President may allow 
certain products described in such paragraph to be 
imported into the United States if the importation 
of such products is pursuant to a written contract 
or agreement that was entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized 
to waive the prohibition under subsection (a) with 
respect to one or more of the products of the Rus-
sian Federation described in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) if the President cer-
tifies that such waiver is in the national interest of 
the United States and includes in such certification 
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a description of the product or products to which the 
waiver is proposed to apply. Such waiver shall take 
effect beginning on the date that is 90 calendar days 
after the date of submission of such certification, 
unless there is enacted into law during such 90-day 
period a joint resolution of disapproval. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION.— 
(A) PRIOR JUSTIFICATION.—The President 
shall, not later than 15 calendar days before 
submitting a certification described in para-
graph (1), submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a justification for the waiver 
proposed under such paragraph. 
(B) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEES.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(i) the Committee on Ways and 
Means, the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(ii) the Committee on Finance, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs, and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate. 
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