SPIGOT Act of 2022
USA117th CongressHR-6953| House
| Updated: 3/8/2022
Ro Khanna
Democratic Representative
California
Cosponsors (1)
Committees (7)
• Ways and Means Committee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Energy Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Judiciary Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Severing Putin's Immense Gains from Oil Transfers Act of 2022 or the SPIGOT Act of 2022 This bill prohibits the importation of crude oil and petroleum products from Russia. The President may waive this prohibition by meeting certain requirements, such as certifying to Congress that the import prohibition would unduly impact energy prices for U.S. consumers. The bill also requires the President to impose sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that are involved with (1) importing crude oil and petroleum products from Russia to the United States, and (2) acts of corruption or serious human rights abuses.
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Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
International Affairs
Air qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesClimate change and greenhouse gasesConflicts and warsCongressional oversightCorporate finance and managementDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEconomic performance and conditionsEnergy pricesEnergy storage, supplies, demandEuropeForeign and international corporationsGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsHuman rightsMilitary operations and strategyOil and gasPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsRussiaSanctionsTrade restrictionsUkraineWar and emergency powers
SPIGOT Act of 2022
USA117th CongressHR-6953| House
| Updated: 3/8/2022
Severing Putin's Immense Gains from Oil Transfers Act of 2022 or the SPIGOT Act of 2022 This bill prohibits the importation of crude oil and petroleum products from Russia. The President may waive this prohibition by meeting certain requirements, such as certifying to Congress that the import prohibition would unduly impact energy prices for U.S. consumers. The bill also requires the President to impose sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that are involved with (1) importing crude oil and petroleum products from Russia to the United States, and (2) acts of corruption or serious human rights abuses.
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Introduced in House
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Ro Khanna
Democratic Representative
California
Cosponsors (1)
Committees (7)
• Ways and Means Committee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Energy Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Judiciary Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee
International Affairs
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- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Air qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesClimate change and greenhouse gasesConflicts and warsCongressional oversightCorporate finance and managementDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEconomic performance and conditionsEnergy pricesEnergy storage, supplies, demandEuropeForeign and international corporationsGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsHuman rightsMilitary operations and strategyOil and gasPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsRussiaSanctionsTrade restrictionsUkraineWar and emergency powers