Bills Introduced – 3-8-22

Yesterday, with both the House and Senate in session, there were 64 bills introduce. Two of those bills will receive additional attention in this blog:

HR 6968 Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]

HJ Res 75 Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2022 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]

Ukraine Related Legislation

For information purposes only, I am providing this list of bills introduced yesterday that were related to the Russian attack on the Ukraine. Most of these bills were introduced for political purposes back home with no intention that they ever proceed through the legislative process.

H.R.6968  Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act,

H.R.6969  To prohibit the importation of petroleum products from Iran, and for other purposes,

H.R.6981  To authorize the President to waive export criteria and transportation and related costs for transportation of certain ammunition and ordnance to supply entities providing ammunition to Ukraine, and for other purposes,

H.R.6984  To authorize humanitarian assistance to the people of Ukraine, and for other purposes,

H.R.6992  To designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, and for other purposes,

H.R.6994  To prohibit United States Government recognition of the Russian Federation's claim of sovereignty over any part of Ukraine (to include Crimea), its airspace, or its territorial waters, and for other purposes,

H.R.6995  To prohibit trade with the Russian Federation, and for other purposes,

H.R.7002  To authorize the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, to be illuminated by blue and yellow lights in support of Ukraine,

H.Res.969  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States policy should encourage Russian soldiers to abandon Putin's war with Ukraine, and that Russian soldiers who defect should be granted expedited admission to the United States as refugees if they clear all applicable vetting and security procedures,

H.Res.970 Directing the Fine Arts Board to obtain a bust of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, for display in the House of Representatives wing of the United States Capitol,

S.3775  A bill to authorize the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to enter into contracts with satellite-based companies to provide or propagate internet and mobile services in countries where the United States Government is engaged in, or providing support related to, contingency operations, and for other purposes,

S.3780  A bill to provide security assistance for Ukraine, and for other purposes,

S.3786  A bill to suspend normal trade relations treatment for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, and for other purposes,

S.3787  A bill to prohibit the importation of petroleum products from the Russian Federation, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an income tax credit for the sale or blending of certain fuels containing ethanol and to extend tax incentives for biodiesel and renewable diesel, to amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations under that Act, and for other purposes.