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H.R. 6422: Putin Accountability Act

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H.R. 6422: Putin Accountability Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-01-19 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-01-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Putin Accountability Act

Plain summary

Putin Accountability Act This bill imposes sanctions pertaining to Russia and addresses related issues. The President must impose sanctions, with some exceptions, on individuals and entities that knowingly and directly provide specialized financial messaging services to Russia's central bank (or enables access to such services); entities responsible for constructing, financing, or operating Nord Stream 2 (a pipeline constructed to increase Russian natural gas exports) and the corporate officers and controlling shareholders of such entities; individuals and entities in Russia involved in kleptocracy, Russian government activities to subvert U.S. democratic institutions and interests, or Russian government disinformation campaigns against the United States; and entities that are Russian state development corporations, as well as any officials of such an entity. The President must impose property-blocking sanctions on such individuals and entities and also visa-blocking sanctions on the individuals. The President must also (1) issue regulations to prohibit U.S. individuals and entities from dealing in Russian sovereign debt; and (2) issue a determination as to whether certain specified Russian individuals meet the criteria to be subject to sanctions under various authorities, including this bill. The Department of State must (1) designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, and (2) report to Congress a determination of whether Russia-affiliated armed entities in the Donbas region of Ukraine meet the criteria to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations. The bill prohibits expending funds to engage with Russia's government on cyber issues or arms control negotiations until certain conditions have been met.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Putin Accountability Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3] · 46 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Joe Wilson (R-SC), Don Bacon (R-NE), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), August Pfluger (R-TX), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Blake D. Moore (R-UT), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Lisa C. McClain (R-MI), Brian Babin (R-TX), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Ashley Hinson (R-IA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3] reported raising $2.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr6422 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117